If more people could get access to books like Think and Grow Rich and The Laws of Success among others what would be impact on our society? It is materials like these that we need to use to build up our self-esteem so as for us to have greater respect for life and people.

Did that gunman scare life out of me? Hell no. Instead he made me appreciate life more than ever. It made me realize that no matter what you have been through you can overcome. Life’s too short to be brooding over what when wrong or what might have been.

All I am focus on right now is to make use of whatever time I have left on earth. I have even stopped thinking about what others think about me because it doesn’t matter anymore to me.

As someone once said, “Those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind”. Stay positive, it is best way to reach out for success.

Copyright © Nicholas Dixon

I always tell them to love their belly...besides it is only one they have! Eventually women move towards greater self- acceptance and confidence. They learn to be empathic in response to energetic music. They learn to lead, to follow and to let go.

Belly Dance is improvisational. There are basic moves to dance, but once learned dance becomes a personal expression of dancer. Characteristic of today's dance are movements of pelvis and undulations of body. These movements are not socially taught in our culture. Instead, there are restrictions placed on movement of certain body parts and how much they may be moved. Belly dance breaks through those barriers, freeing up body so women can fully express their feminine self.

Dance is a metaphor for life. In dance, we move through time and space, just as we do while we live out passage of our lives. The belly dance is truly a unification of body, heart and mind. It's also fun to get dressed up in a "costume", exercise our hips and our belly, and do this in a non-threatening atmosphere of acceptance of our female sensuality.

And finally, belly dance helps women to return to where life begins, our primordial womb. What a wonderful way to find connection between our heart and soul and expression of our body.

For more information and to enroll in class, contact: Sandra Schrift (teacher) 619-688-9467 www.schrift.com/belly_dancing.htm