Message from the Bunny

The Easter Bunny is curious what kind of candy people want for their baskets?

I Love to Dance!

One of the things that really inspires me in life is watching really good belly dancing. At it's root, it's a very ancient dance form that is very powerful and woman-centered. Fat Chance Bellydance put it best when they said on their website:
Imagine this: there was a time in history, a long time ago, when the bounce and sway of a woman’s hips was considered so beautiful that they set it to music and made a dance out of it...

I've been belly dancing for 24+ years and I love it. I bellydanced in the delivery room with 2 of my 3 pregnancies (I discovered the dance after giving birth to my first child). When I was delivering my son, I did hip circles while I was in labor, and it sped up my dilation by 6 hours. He was born in the next two hours after I started dancing instead of the near 10 hours the doctor predicted.

I had a girlfriend from Iran once who said her mother taught her that if she ever wanted to spend time alone, she should shut the door to her room, put some music on and just dance. I've been credited with really graceful arm movements, and I learned them from her.

The above picture is of the lovely Rachel Brice.