oooh i was *just* thinking about some of these questions the other day!
please do tell!

Im going to reply since michi is not much into using "tribe". She was born in So. California, to a mother from Mexico and her papa from Peru. She has studied primarily with Rachel Brice and Co. and her career has been with the BDSS tour in America and Europe. She's been dancing just 5 years, since she was first inspired by Rachel. She is starting her dancing up again this month. Her dreads are a little over 7yrs old, all natural. In the past she danced all the time because her and RB lived down the street from each other. Her advice I think would be to "Practice, Practice, Practice". Thanks! too, Akasa is looking pretty cute these days. he's amazing. bless~~>

hi there y'all!!!

so sorry to be such a lagger ..... i'll try to respond a little sooner from now on.

so, i see mister miah has answered most of the ?'s.....
but i wanted to make sure:

i had a very short career in massage therapy before i fell in love with bellydance.
i had never felt the way i did when i first saw rachel dance.
so i just completely went for it.

my inspirations?
wow, there are sooooo many!
obviously rachel for lighting the fire and then continually fanning it!
mardi love-bug. no words necessary. or worthy.
beauty.
making people feel something that moves them.
different cultures.
love.
my lover.
my baby.
coffee.
my friends.
too many things inspire me.
are we talking dance inspiration?!!!!!!

i have only studied bellydance-so far!

i plan on trying to get back into it soon, hopefully this month.
right now everything revolves around my family and making sure my baby is getting a strong foundation.
i joyfully surrender to Akasa !

actually, this summer will be 8 years i've had my dreads.

right now i don't really have any dance discipline. but when i did, it was just as much as i could.
sometimes i just could not get myself to do it.
other times i'd do it all day for days.
guess which were the times i made any progress?

my advice is :
PRACTICE!

peace.

I so take that you (Michelle) speak spanish. GRREAT!
Saludos desde Virginia!
Un abrazo y enhorabuena x tu maternidad. VUELVE PRONTO A BAILAR, TE EXTRAÑAMOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!