Transcendent Bellydance is a wellness and fitness class open to people of all backgrounds who want to learn the beautiful art of middle eastern dance and benefit from the transformational power of the divine feminine expressed through movement. By exploring the body's articulation of the sensuous rhythms and melodies of middle eastern music, vital life-force can be awakened and accessed for healing and increased body awareness and confidence.
In this one hour class, participants will be given an introduction to bellydance technique, including controlled isolations and undulations of the upper and lower body, accents and vibrations of the hips, and basic traveling steps. Through a series of free-flowing and dynamic combinations, we'll work up a sweat and experience the uplifting, joyful energy of bellydance. With a mindful, meditative warm-up and cool-down focusing on calling in sacred intention, this class is designed to provide a welcoming space for everyone.
Please wear comfortable clothes you can move freely in and your bare feet. Optional: You can bring a scarf or sash to tie around your hips.
About Layla Isis:
Layla Isis is a renowned performer, instructor and choreographer of Oriental Dance (Bellydance). After nearly two decades of training in Middle Eastern Dance and culture, she is established as one of the most highly sought after professional bellydancers in the NYC area, performing constantly in the region and around the world across a wide array of platforms. Film and Television highlights include Sex and the City 2, HBO's Vinyl, Dr. Oz and Late Night with Conan O'Brien.
Drawing upon her background in theatre, a variety of movement forms, spiritual traditions and her passion for dance as a conduit to boundless creative and transcendent potential, Layla continually aims to help others discover the same the healthy, healing and harmonizing relationship with the feminine that she has through bellydance and conscious evolution.
