"Your body hears everything you think.” (www.bodypositive.com). It’s a powerful idea. Those crazy thoughts running around your mind willy nilly have an affect whether you want them to or not. While you’re talking to a friend you think, “wonder if she ever considered braces?”, or you are with a co-worker and think, “that shirt is too small,” or you are with your family and think, “am I related to these people?”. Or perhaps your thoughts run unrelated to where you are in the moment and circle around and around about things you have to do, things you want to do, or things you’ll never do again. All of your thoughts have power. Wouldn’t it be nice to use that power for good? Think a positive thought about your body right now. Try, “I have cute toes.” Or, “My bladder is healthy.” Or, “My heart pumps with a joyous rhythm.” And for those days when your thoughts circle around and around, try adding, “All is well” so you can hear that over and over and over.

Belly dance has a funny way of taking over your mind. Suddenly you find yourself thinking “my, what nice big hips you have”, or “look how far out you can roll your belly”, or “my shaking flesh doesn’t look half bad”. If you haven’t already, give it a try. It will change the way you think.

Extra! Extra! Read All About It
We’ve been in the news lately. Our vision of belly dance as a tool to use for pregnancy and labor is bubbling into the mainstream. Check out Cathy’s interview on the front page of the Wall Street Journal online.wsj.com/article_em...ODU3Wj.html Of course we’re not the only ones with this vision. So, please check out our website to get the whole scoop www.thegoddessdancing.com/belly...h.htm.

Good Hearts
If you live far away from us or can’t find a class in your area, try our dvd. We designed it for women like you! Our instructional dvd is available on Amazon. Search under The Goddess Dancing and there we are! We hope you enjoy reading the reviews of our dvd just as much as we did. After all, we do have “good hearts”.

On the Red Line
This fall we are busy with SEVEN classes! Whew! Our studio in Central Sq has four of them. On Mondays, Advanced Beginner at 6:30 and Intermediate at 7:45. On Tuesdays, Beginner at 7:45. And on Thursdays, our Pregnancy and Birth class at 7:45. See the schedule on our website: www.thegoddessdancing.com/class...ut.htm highlight “Classes” on the menu bar to find the schedule.

New Class
One of our new classes at Central Sq is the BD for Pregnancy and Birth series. If you are looking for exercise while you are pregnant, want to learn about movements for pregnancy, want to get pregnant, or want to learn the origins of this ancient dance while learning the basic moves, this is the class for you! www.thegoddessdancing.com/belly...th.htm

TwoTwo
Boston University has hired us once again to teach for their dance department. We have two classes there this fall on Wed and Sat. It books up fast! fitrec.bu.edu/programs/dance/dflexd.asp

And One for You
Karen is once again teaching in her hometown of Chelsea! She is running classes for young girls for Genevieve’s Dance Studio on Wed. boston.citysearch.com/profile/4756658/

To Boldly Go…
Lastly, if you are in the area, we invite you to join us for BOLD, the Birth on Labor Day event September, 29th. It is an amazing event that we are very proud to be involved in. We will be performing our Mother Birth dance at the event. www.thegoddessdancing.com/mothe...h.htm. Check out their website at: www.birthonlaborday.com/announce.html.

You are in Our Thoughts,
Blessings,
Anita-Cristina, Cathy, Karen, and Leslie
we are The Goddess Dancing

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