#Rosina-Fawzia Al-Rawi

[songsofbloodandwater]

"One day [my grandmother] called me. I came and saw a blackboard at her side. «Come, sit next to me. I’d like to teach you an ancient craft. Take this chalk in your hand.».  She inserted it between my thumb and index finger and went on. «Now draw a dot and concentrate all your energy into this one dot. It is the beginning and the end, the navel of the world.» The following day, she called me again. «Fawzia, come!» She sat at her usual place with the board next to her. «Now draw the first letter of the Arabic alphabet, the alif, a vertical line; start from the top, keep your hand light and put all your inner strength into the downward movement. Let the line become as long as three dots lying above each other.» Again, I took the chalk between thumb and fore finger, and I made an alif (ا). She explained that the alif is the first expression of the dot. It is unique among all the letters of the alphabet and contained in all of them. Trace it with reverence, she told me, for the alif is the dot’s longing to show itself. It is through the dot’s longing to grow beyond itself that the alif is born. Regardless of their multiple, outer shapes, all letters are the alif in their essence. (...) I felt my body straighten into a living alif. My arms, hands, back, legs, and feet all turned into alif. Another day came when my grandmother called me. (...) «Anchor your feet to the earth and balance your weight on both legs. Now shift your pelvis to the right and then to the left, as if you were drawing a shell. Every time you reach the furthest outward point, stop, balance back to your middle and then to the other side. Now come, make the same movement with the chalk on the board (ٮ): Does this shape remind you of something?» «It’s the second letter of the alphabet, grandmother, but the dot underneath it is missing.» «The dot is the beginning,» she explained. «The dot begets all the other letters. The dot is below and the alif in between (ب). Together, they form the word (father), one of the names of the Divine. When you whirl or when you circle your pelvis, you are drawing the dot, the origins. From this shape all other movements are born – they all stem from this dot, from the navel in your belly.»

— Grandmother’s secrets: the ancient rituals and healing power of

belly dancing (2012) by Rosina-Fawzia Al-Rawi

[orangefret]

Finally getting around to reading Grandmother's Secrets: The Ancient Rituals and Healing Power of Belly Dancing written by Rosina-Fawzia Al-Rawi. Already finding quotes I love. "Each body shape was seen as a gift, an intended destiny." Please always remember to love all the things about yourself for you are a gift. #bellydance #bellynerd #bellydanceresearch #reading #rosinafawziaalrawi #bellydancebooks #bellydancequotes #youareagift #destiny #loveyourself #selfconfidence

[tribalshakti]

"A história da vida está escrita no corpo e ela pode ser entendida e recontada no intenso momento da dança profunda e verdadeira. Assim a dança se torna uma fonte de inspiração, um meio de reunir as partes separadas do Ser e fortalecer a mulher, e também um jeito claro e dinâmico para que ela possa descobrir os próprios desejos e entender a si mesma, sem importar quão inseguro ou duvidoso o futuro possa ser." Tradução livre de Grandmother's Secrets, de Rosina-Fawzia Al-Rawi (em VOODOOHOP)

[wtwistyoga]

Our physical tensions reflect our inner tensions. Their roots may be found in repressed feelings and unsolved conflicts. There is no physical exercise which can solve the cause of such conflicts or neuroses. Yet the movements can help you become aware of the tensions in your body and break away from the never ending circle of thoughts. That alone is a major step. When you examine the things in yourself that are stiff, those things that won't be budged, everything inside you that say "No," then your feelings can start flowing and your body can loosen itself. This is the beginning of the healing process.

"Grandmother's Secrets" Rosina-Fawzia Al-Rawi (translated by Monique Arav)

[playfuloakdance]

Through dancing people understand their feelings. Through the movement of the body the heart opens.

Rosina-Fawzia Al-Rawi

[tribalshakti]

"Ao experimentar movimentos não familiares da Dança do Ventre, a mulher pode permitir que seu corpo rompa com normas culturais. Aprender este tipo de dança significa aprender uma nova sabedoria corporal e novos rituais, e assim aquela que torna-se fisicamente consciente de seus condicionamentos, repressões e bloqueios culturalmente adquiridos. Novos mundos de consciência tornam-se acessíveis, soltando memórias guardadas no corpo, trazendo uma alegre corporeidade que leva a um estilo de vida menos rígido. No meio de uma selva de imagens femininas confusas, a dança do ventre pode ajudar as mulheres na busca por suas próprias identidades, como mulheres e como seres humanos." Tradução livre de Grandmother's Secrets, de Rosina-Fawzia Al-Rawi #sagradasabedoriafeminina #dança #awakening #dance #ritualdance #despertar #conexão #shakti #dançasagrada #sacreddance #empoderamentofeminino #tribalfusion #tribaldance #tribalbellydance #tribalshakti #dançadoventre #bellydance #sagradofeminino