
The Dance of Fertility or Raqs Sharqi is also called Bellydance, Oriental Dance or Middle Eastern Dance.
Bellydance is a 17,000 year old sacred art form to be respected and eloquently performed. This dance comes from the pre-Islamic tradition. It's true that is has had many changes over the centuries and often misrepresented.
It is now widely accepted by many dance scholars as having originated as a fertility or Goddess worshipping dance in North Africa as well as Mesopotamia as it was called so many centuries ago.
I'm a firm advocate of an active childbirth and have used bellydance, yoga, pilates and active birthing positions throughout my whole pregnancy and in the labour ward on both my own pregnancies to bring about a faster, drug-free childbirth and female empowerment as it works with rather than against a woman's bone and muscle structure.
Bellydance is the best known exercise for women; by women.

2022
New monthly wellbeing half day retreat
prices and location to be announced
shortly
includes:
45 minutes Bellydance Basics
45 minutes Laughter Yoga Therapy
45 minutes Embodiment
30 minutes Angel Meditation
Lunch included
Minimum of 10 people for wellbeing workshop
Dance of Fertility Workshops
Group bookings or 1:1 or with a partner
Increase your fertility in mind, body and spirit. Embrace a drug-free, shorter labour.
2 hour group workshop
€45 per person (Minimum of 4 participants)
1:1 private session €80
Active Birthing Bellydance Workshops
Group Bookings or 1:1 or with a partner
2 hour workshop €45 per person (Minimum of 4 participants)
1:1 private session €80
JuniperJade also has over 14 years
experience as a bellydancer
holding a Master's Degree in Dance
Movement Psychotherapy and a Higher National Diploma in Advanced Dance