Empowerment, strength and community for women of the Heavy Hips Tribal Belly Dance community, their friends and supporters. (More at www.heavyhips.net) Exploring the sacred origins and contemporary applications of "belly dance" as a spiritual practice, mental and physical discipline and as a metaphor and vessel for blossoming in our personal and communal lives.

Interests weave tribal belly dance, yoga, central asian dance, classical belly dance, folk dance, bharata natyam, odissi, kathak, bhangra, bollywood and hindi cinema choreography, gothic and theatrical dance, fusion, jazz, hip hop, storytelling, permaculture, fire dance and poi, meditation and buddhism, ritual, personal growth, environmentalism, feminism, social activism and everything green and organic! Yes its a witch brewing, caldron stirring circle of maidens, mothers, crones, pans and shamans and we're making music, dance, art, gardens and literature to change the status quo. Got it?

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