DTH 18: | Dance to find your community with special guest Oreet

Dance To Heal

To move to music gives us the ability heal by taking us to an inner plane that allows us to detach from our trauma. In that moment of freedom, we can be present, and give ourselves permission to experience pure joy.

In this episode of Dance to heal, Jenny welcomes back Oreet, Founder of SharQuí - The Bellydance Workout in a discussion about the role of dance in promoting family, prayer, culture, and community. Tune in to know more about how you can take part in their amazing dance community even if you absolutely do not know how to dance!

What to expect in this episode:
01:21 – How dance makes you feel?

02:00 – The role of dance in Oreet's life.

04:17 – When Jenny first saw Oreet

05:19 – Dancing from the heart

07:34 – How movement takes you out of trauma response.

09:02 – The system that makes you want to dance.

10:11 – Perspective on dance over time.

14:42 – Signing up for Oreet's Virtual Studio

About Oreet:
Oreet is the founder of SharQuí - The Bellydance Workout. Oreet’s roots are from Israel and Yemen and has been bellydancing and doing folk dance since the age of 6. She took her knowledge from her contemporary dance training, her fitness expertise with her indigenous dance, and created SharQui – The bellydance workout in 1998 – and has been doing it ever since. For past the 25 years, Oreet has been teaching students to love moving their bodies again as well as mentoring instructors in the SharQui format. Her new passion is educating the world about Jewish Mizrahi dance and its relevance in Arabic Culture. She truly feels blessed that she does what she loves – being an instructor, a mentor, and a source teacher.

Connect with Oreet:

Website: https://www.sharqui.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SharQuiworkout

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sharquiworkout/
About Jenny Cohen:

Jenny C. Cohen is a breast cancer survivor, and it is her mission to help people who have been through the most debilitating, disfiguring, traumatic events like breast cancer to feel bold beautiful and full of life. Jenny believes in a world where everyone can dance to heal and feel safe in their bodies knowing they are created in beauty and perfection in spite of life happenings. She is an award-winning performer who healed through her D.I.S.C.O.V.E.R. process presented in the multi category best-selling book “Outside In Recovery: Dancing My Way Back to My Self after Breast Cancer."

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Connect with Jenny Cohen:

Websites: https://www.jennyccohen.com/
https://www.outsideinrecovery.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jennyccohen/