A Dancemeditation™ Training: Spiritual Bellydance

Explore the ancient art of belly dance, restoring your fragmented self, reveling in your sensual body, and refreshing your soul. Spiritual Bellydance combines breath awareness with naturally resonant movement forms from mystical Sufi dance to connect your body’s inner and outer space and ignite your intuition.

To invite a meditative state, Dunya Dianne McPherson begins each day with breathing and slow movement to a rich tapestry of music. She introduces her techniques that increase awareness of embodied presence and cultivate the ability to observe without judgment. These techniques include

• Rocking Array
• Spinal Spiral and Wave
• Pelvic Root Motion
• Iconic Veil.

Movement is interspersed with periods of rest to allow integration, time for reflective writing, and dialogue. You take home a manual and a terrific support for teachers and practitioners who wish to incorporate these techniques into their work.

If you’re looking for a deeper experience of belly dance or a meaningful, mystical movement connection, or you simply need joy and revitalization, come journey with Dunya.

Recommended reading Dunya Dianne McPherson, Skin of Glass: Finding Spirit in the Flesh (Dancemeditation Books); George Lakoff and Mark Johnson, Philosophy in the Flesh: The Embodied Mind and Its Challenge to Western Thought (Basic Books); Mary Bond, The New Rules of Posture (Healing Arts Press).

Note Bring a silk veil (3.5 to 4 yards of 45-inch-wide lightweight silk) and a journal. Everyone will receive a certificate of completion and a copy of Dunya’s Spiritual Bellydance e-guidebook to continue the journey at home. Dancemeditation certification trainees receive four days credit toward an 80-day certification. Visit www.dancemeditation.org for more information about certification.

• 23.5 credits for Yoga Alliance (YA), $20 additional charge
• 23.5 credits for Athletic Trainers (BOC), $20 additional charge