To belly dance (or Middle Eastern dance, or raqs sharqi) is to caress yourself from the inside out! Through belly dance, we have the opportunity to enter a world beyond ourselves, the ancient world of mythology.
  Our bodies remember the millions of women through history who have danced around fires, in ritual, in villages, for pharaohs, in harems or for one another. Belly dance is also a way to connect with women in community today!
  The fluid, curving movements of belly dance are healing to the soul."