Healing Through Oriental Dance: Part 1, Physical Healing - Page 5

If you can't find a local teacher who suits the above criteria, you can still start learning to dance through video and other resources. The article What If There's No Local Teacher Or You Need More Than Your Local Teacher Can Give? offers suggestions on how to proceed.

Physical Healing: Web Sites To Explore

Here are some links to other web sites with resources on the use of Oriental dance as a tool for healing:

• Sports Injuries: Treatment. This article on Saqra's web site tells what to do if you do become injured.
• Salubrity. This article from the Belly Dancing For Older Women web site talks about how belly dancing helps promote more healthy muscles, internal organs, and flexibility.
• The Goddess Is Dancing. In this article from the Magical Motion web site, Christina Sophia discusses how the creative process of Oriental dance can help heal the physical, mental, emotional and psychic wounding experienced by women over the past several centuries.
• Benefits From Bellydancing. In this article on Despina's Dreaming Of Jeannie web site, Raylene Bliss quotes a number of dancers who describe the benefits they receive from belly dancing. Many of them cite healing benefits. See the home page of Despina's web site for additional interesting articles on many dance-related topics.
• A Dream Come True. Another great article on the Dreaming Of Jeannie web site, written by Daniela, tells of how dancing has helped her overcome the problems caused by a congenital illness and failed surgical attempt. A brief description of her story appeared above in the article -- follow this link for the full detail. See the home page of Despina's web site for additional interesting articles on many dance-related topics.
• Dancing For Health. This article on Columbia University's web site talks about the physical health benefits that dancing in general (not just Oriental dance) has to offer.
• Bellydancing? Absolutely! Suite101's own Lady Barbara talks about her experience in using belly dancing to get back into shape after recovering from a bout with Lyme disease.
• Health Benefits of Belly Dance. On Zehara's web site.

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