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Article: Belly Dance and Birth.(sacred dance of birth)
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- September 22, 1998
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1998 Association of Labor Assistants & Childbirth Educators. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Historically, belly dance has been the birth dance in many cultures. The movements reflect the bodies' urges during the stages of labor. The movements relax, strengthen, and bring awareness to the muscles used during labor and birth. This dance has been done in community with women in supportive relationship to each other. We hope to bring this alternative form of support to the midwifery movement and to add it to women's birth choices one undulation at a time.
In August of 1993, we met a pregnant woman named Clare. We were teaching "Belly Dance as Sacred Dance" at a two week dance camp in Maine. Clare fell in love with the dance. She took all the classes we ...
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Article: Shake, shimmy and sweat: Belly dance booming as a ...
The Orange County Register (Santa Ana, Calif.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);
February 13, 2003 ;
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... ... Hip-drop yourself into hot pants. Belly dance your beautiful body. It's all right ... matter how old, no matter how fit. Belly dance is picking up speed in community centers ... said Jheri St. James, who teaches belly dance in Laguna Beach, Calif. "I've got ...
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