About Bellydance for Healing

Bellydance for Healing is a bellydance class that naturally evolved from how Ronnie Ambar practiced bellydancing in her living room. It combines ancient bellydance movements with healing practices from around the world. Therapeutic exercises such as chi gong, yogic breathing and visualization are woven into the fabric of this unique class. The class is designed and paced to add to your energy, instead of expending it, as most dance and exercise classes do.

Bellydance for Healing is unhurried in its flow, affirming of all shapes and sizes, and safe and appropriate for all women. The classroom atmosphere is supportive, lighthearted and upbeat. Movement is presented as something to discover and enjoy. Each dancer will be given plenty of space to express the movements in her own unique way - and to discover her inherent grace.

About Ronnie Ambar

Ronnie Ambar is a multi-disciplinary artist from Miami, Florida. She has been a teacher and performer of bellydance since 2008, and founded Bellydance for Healing in 2010.

With an eclectic background in classical music (piano and voice), gentle yoga, yoga nidra, pranayamas, meditation and more, Ronnie weaves together elements from many disciplines to produce her signature gentle and inspiring classes. They provide a nourishing workout that cultivates chi, or life force.

Ronnie exudes warmth and enthusiasm and holds an unwavering belief in her students. She belives: "If women all over the world, over thousands of years, have been doing this dance... odds are, you can, too!"

Feel free to reach out to Ronnie with your questions or to say hello at bellydanceforhealing@gmail.com.

 
“You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.”
— Mary Oliver

Benefits of Class

Experiences vary from woman to woman, but some of the most common benefits of Bellydance for Healing are:

  • Learning a new skill • Distracts you, completely, for an hour or so

  • Increased confidence • Increases muscle tone

  • A rise in creativity (on and off the dance floor) • Connects you with your inner self

  • Greater flexibility • Promotes self-acceptance

  • Improved circulation • Slows down mental chatter

  • Deeper, easier breathing • Reduces anxiety

  • Promotes positive connections among women • Eases insomnia

  • Helps boost self-expression • Meet new classmates and friends

  • Listen to new, beautiful music