Blue Belly Dance

From a Scary Dream to a Light Bulb Moment

Just the other night I had the weirdest dream full of strange symbols, and images of women dancing and laughing in bizarre positions. It was almost like the exorcist movie except the main characters becoming possessed were belly dancers. It was a really scary dream and I woke wondering what the heck that was all about!

Actually when I wake up in the mornings I can look really scary myself so I just chalked it up to our strange weather we are having meaning snow in May. So pretty much I was thinking that all our senses are a little out of wack these days along with the weather.

But in the back of my mind it was bugging me that I even had a dream like that and as the days passed by I became preoccupied in finding out what the residual images of the dream meant. There was something that I was either missing or was way beyond my reach. But as I thought about it, I realized that sometimes our thoughts play out in our dreams what we are feeling about the outside world.

It became clear that it was about communication and the lack of sensible exchange of ideas, questions and information. I am the pot calling the kettle black here so I realized that I was looking at the world from hands that are always too busy to reach out and say hello. I have realized that making dance our family business has created more work that seems to pile up each week. No, complaints here but I realized that creating a business has made me take my rose colored glasses off and see the business end of what we are doing differently. It's all about communication and getting to the bottom line which basically means there can't be any underlying issues that aren't resolved. Daniel and I have had our ups and downs with butting heads and we had to learn to communicate in a way that makes for a harmonious environment. I will admit there were times when this just didn't seem possible. We had to build not only our communication but set goals and aspirations that paralleled each other. Through trial and error we have reached a place where we trust each other and follow each others lead.

So what does the dream have to do with any of this you might ask? Good question, I was wondering that myself until one day as I was whining to Daniel (sorry, but the truth) about people not calling me back, emailing me back when the light bulb went off in my head. We had developed a system that was customer oriented so when students write in or have a problem, we take care of it asap. So I was in that mind set when I was complaining and I realized that when it comes to our business that I have changed into a full blown business woman. It finally happened and I was surprised to realize that I have two hats that I wear now instead of one; the belly dancer and the business woman. I don't combine the two anymore because they don't mix well. They are both head strong and combative with each other which at times has lead me to become the possessed one!

I realized that in my past my belly dance image was called upon to entertain the masses making it transient and momentary because after it was all said and done I would became the other me called Rainbow. My problems stemmed from me forgetting to separate the two and I would make decisions based on emotional responses instead of logical reasons. As a business grows the emotional reactions to things can be an albatross weighing down our goals and aspirations. It can literally be the brick wall that appears over and over again. We can blame other people but ultimately it is our own reactions to people, situations and life that can hinder our progress.

The two biggest problems that I have come across in my dance career are lack of communication and judgment based on limited information. Why anyone would want to be in the dark is crazy to me. But one thing that I do know is that if a person stays in the dark they can create scenario after scenario that after a while not only has a life of its own but it can lead them into a reality based on limited information. This can create a weak foundation for any business that can cause it to crumble.

We have to get out of the dark ages as women and come into the 21st century knowing that not only are we the future but we are the example for the next generation to follow. Let's leave a blue print that's easy to follow and lucrative to everyone.

 

 

About the Author

Leyla Najma is a professional belly dancer with 26 years experience teaching and performing as well as writing articles recently published in "The Chronicles" Belly Dance Magazine." Check out leyl'as new membership website www.bellydancevillage.com

Organization and decorating tips?

I am 13. I have this small "study room". It is located in the garage. So far I have greens, blues, purples, and black seer curtains dividing the room. I have a built in desk. A bookcase. And a table out in the room. I need it to be a getaway place where I can also study. I also have shelves. the only problem is that it's small. The walls are painted white.

I want to incorporate my likes and hobbies into the room. What can I do to organize and decorate?

Likes/hobbies-----

Belly Dance(All kinds)
Animals (am a vegetarian)
I volunteer a lot
cultures
books
art
fantasy
darker colors (but can have lighter colors)
music
Just a few. Willing to spend but not too much. Any other ideas, links also help.
Also like peaceful things

LOVE enviroment

hey, I think it would be better if you open all the curtains which are dividing the room because first of all as you said that its a small room so I think its unwise to divide it like that. Having so many dividing curtains might even make the room look clumsy and stuffy. I want to ask you if all the walls in that room are full of book shelves, if it is then don't stuff all the shelves with books rather put books in piles at different places of the shelves in a scattered way. In the empty places of the book shelves put antiques, show pieces, or "nice little things'' which you love loking at or maybe inspire you to be creative. If you do have an empty wall maybe you could hang a painting, or cover the wall with a nice wall paper, or cover it with a fancy kind of fabric with putting unnoticable nails in the ends. Another thing you could do with the white walls is keep them white or maybe paint them different colours which you like. If you are good in drawing you could even paint some scenario or anything you like on those bare white walls. You gave your hobbies or likings in the list but I would tell you that if you want to have a touch of those things in your decoration you have to think a little bit on that yourself that how you can include those things in that room and if you still need help maybe you could ask more detailed question about that later. I would suggest you to have light colours in the room as the room is small and you should know that dark colours make a room look smaller than it actually is and light colours make the room look bright, lively and big. You could have a small stereo or music player in that room so that you could listen to music while studying. Keep small plants in small pots in that room coz plans always bring liveliness to an atmosphere. have bright lights it will aid you while studying and have dim lights or shades which you could turn on while maybe listening to music or relaxing. Have small cozy one sitter or two sitter couch in the room for relaxing and if thats not possible buy some comfy cushions and a soft rug or mat, place the mat on the floor and also the cushions and sit and have fun on them. I hope what I wrote would help you and I would like to tell you I am also a vegetarian and I really appreciate you being one as well.

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