Pre Natal & Post Partum Bellydance with Ankara Rose
Learn this gentle & empowering ancient art in a fun and supportive atmosphere
Just some of the Benefits of Bellydance for Birth include:
* Target muscles needed for birth, including those to help your baby descend
* Low impact & gentle exercise
* Improve your body image
* Connect with your body and baby
* Meet up with other expectant mothers!
Just some of the Benefits of Bellydance for Birth include:
* Target muscles needed for birth, including those to help your baby descend
* Low impact & gentle exercise
* Improve your body image
* Connect with your body and baby
* Meet up with other expectant mothers!
*FREE Prenatal Bellydance Kickoff Event with Ankara Rose!
~ Free class, demo, raffle, and more ~
WEDNESDAY February 6th!
6:30 - 8:00 pm
The Birth Cottage
4 Prospect St, Milford NH
www.birthcottage.com
~ Free class, demo, raffle, and more ~
WEDNESDAY February 6th!
6:30 - 8:00 pm
The Birth Cottage
4 Prospect St, Milford NH
www.birthcottage.com
Spring Class Session - Merrimack NH
** Class Policies ** Class Description & Registration **
Class Location:
Broadway Bound Performing Arts Center
501 Daniel Webster Highway
Merrimack, NH
(In front of Gold’s Gym and next to Sal’s Pizza)
Please call or email Ankara Rose with questions.
603-660-6622
Broadway Bound Performing Arts Center
501 Daniel Webster Highway
Merrimack, NH
(In front of Gold’s Gym and next to Sal’s Pizza)
Please call or email Ankara Rose with questions.
603-660-6622
Class Policies
While Belly Dance is one of the safest and most effective exercises for Birth, these classes are intended for women in the low-risk category who have received the go-ahead from their OB GYN/Midwife for low impact exercise. Please always check with your doctor before beginning any exercise program while pregnant, and always listen to your body and go at your own pace.
- New students please arrive 5-10 minutes prior to class time to fill out registration form. All students are required to sign a liability waiver upon starting classes with Ankara Rose.
- Classes start promptly. Please arrive on time so you can be sure to receive a thorough warmup.
- Please dress comfortably, yoga or exercise wear is best. You do not need to show your belly, but don't feel shy to either! As for footwear, bare feet or indoor dance footwear (jazz/ballet slippers, etc). A scarf or something tied around your hips is always nice. Hipscarves are available to borrow and for sale in class. Also, please always bring a water bottle!
- Classes are Non-Refundable and Non-Transferable (only exception is if instructor has to cancel - due to inclement weather, emergency, illness, etc). In the event of personal schedule changes before the start of session, enrollment can be deferred to the next session.
- Credit cards accepted securely online through PayPal. Otherwise & Drop ins are Cash or Check.
- There must be a minimum of 4 students registered for classes to proceed. A refund of the full amount paid will be given if class does not reach minimum.
- New students please arrive 5-10 minutes prior to class time to fill out registration form. All students are required to sign a liability waiver upon starting classes with Ankara Rose.
- Classes start promptly. Please arrive on time so you can be sure to receive a thorough warmup.
- Please dress comfortably, yoga or exercise wear is best. You do not need to show your belly, but don't feel shy to either! As for footwear, bare feet or indoor dance footwear (jazz/ballet slippers, etc). A scarf or something tied around your hips is always nice. Hipscarves are available to borrow and for sale in class. Also, please always bring a water bottle!
- Classes are Non-Refundable and Non-Transferable (only exception is if instructor has to cancel - due to inclement weather, emergency, illness, etc). In the event of personal schedule changes before the start of session, enrollment can be deferred to the next session.
- Credit cards accepted securely online through PayPal. Otherwise & Drop ins are Cash or Check.
- There must be a minimum of 4 students registered for classes to proceed. A refund of the full amount paid will be given if class does not reach minimum.
Class Description & Registration
Prenatal & Postpartum Bellydance - Wednesdays, 10:30-11:30 am
*SPRING SESSION (6 Weeks) - Coming Soon in April - please email [email protected] if you wish to register and receive further information on this class.
**Possible Wednesday evening class may be added if enough interest! Please email [email protected] if this interests you.
Belly dance originated as a dance FOR women BY women, passed down from mother to daughter to preserve its sacredness and honor its connections to birth and fertility. Bellydance naturally drops our center of awareness to the cradle of our hips, helping us to accept ourselves for the feminine beauty that we possess and connect with our growing baby in our bellies. It is low impact and gentle on the body, targeting the muscles needed for labor and to help baby descend. Long before modern medicine, women used bellydance to reduce pain in labor and bring their babies into the world.
Class will start with a gentle warmup and stretch, move into strengthening exercises, then proceed into the basics of bellydance movements along with easy low-impact combinations to get you dancing. We cover moves that are beneficial, gentle and healing, as well as going over those which should be avoided at this time. Class always ends with a relaxing and centering cool down.
These classes are for women in all stages of pregnancy, including those who have received the go-ahead to exercise again in the Postpartum period. Postpartum mothers are more than welcome to wear their new babies in class, gently rocking the little ones to sleep to the ancient rhythms from the Middle East. These classes are relaxed and laid-back, a warm supportive atmosphere where we can celebrate the beautiful journey into motherhood.
"A Bedouin Arab girl learns a pelvic dance during the puberty..and will belly dance when she is in labour. The belly dance represents the power of women to produce life." - Sheila Kitzinger, Rediscovering Birth, Little, Brown and Company (UK) 2000.
* Midwives, Nurses, Doctors, Doulas, and medical students are more than welcome to participate in these classes for the purpose of learning/education and appreciating the beauty of bellydance at this stage in life.
* Expectant moms and those in the postpartum period are more than welcome to join the regular Belly dance class sessions for more day/time options. (Though please email me first! I may be able to schedule another evening time slot if enough interest). Accommodations & modifications can be made (though please no baby wearing in regular classes).
Registration:
Spring Session (6 Weeks) Coming Soon in April! Dates TBA
$65.00 Session (6 classes) or $14 Drop in
*Please contact Ankara Rose if you wish to register, and I will send you further information*
*SPRING SESSION (6 Weeks) - Coming Soon in April - please email [email protected] if you wish to register and receive further information on this class.
**Possible Wednesday evening class may be added if enough interest! Please email [email protected] if this interests you.
Belly dance originated as a dance FOR women BY women, passed down from mother to daughter to preserve its sacredness and honor its connections to birth and fertility. Bellydance naturally drops our center of awareness to the cradle of our hips, helping us to accept ourselves for the feminine beauty that we possess and connect with our growing baby in our bellies. It is low impact and gentle on the body, targeting the muscles needed for labor and to help baby descend. Long before modern medicine, women used bellydance to reduce pain in labor and bring their babies into the world.
Class will start with a gentle warmup and stretch, move into strengthening exercises, then proceed into the basics of bellydance movements along with easy low-impact combinations to get you dancing. We cover moves that are beneficial, gentle and healing, as well as going over those which should be avoided at this time. Class always ends with a relaxing and centering cool down.
These classes are for women in all stages of pregnancy, including those who have received the go-ahead to exercise again in the Postpartum period. Postpartum mothers are more than welcome to wear their new babies in class, gently rocking the little ones to sleep to the ancient rhythms from the Middle East. These classes are relaxed and laid-back, a warm supportive atmosphere where we can celebrate the beautiful journey into motherhood.
"A Bedouin Arab girl learns a pelvic dance during the puberty..and will belly dance when she is in labour. The belly dance represents the power of women to produce life." - Sheila Kitzinger, Rediscovering Birth, Little, Brown and Company (UK) 2000.
* Midwives, Nurses, Doctors, Doulas, and medical students are more than welcome to participate in these classes for the purpose of learning/education and appreciating the beauty of bellydance at this stage in life.
* Expectant moms and those in the postpartum period are more than welcome to join the regular Belly dance class sessions for more day/time options. (Though please email me first! I may be able to schedule another evening time slot if enough interest). Accommodations & modifications can be made (though please no baby wearing in regular classes).
Registration:
Spring Session (6 Weeks) Coming Soon in April! Dates TBA
$65.00 Session (6 classes) or $14 Drop in
*Please contact Ankara Rose if you wish to register, and I will send you further information*
About the Instructor
Ankara Rose bellydanced throughout her first pregnancy, practicing and performing up till 5 days before her son's birth - even using bellydance movements in the early stages of labor. She was blessed with a wonderful natural birth experience, and strongly believes in the power of bellydance to contribute to this factor. She encourages all women - no matter what their birth plan to be - to take care of your bodies in this precious period through both proper diet and regular, low impact exercise.
Now expecting her second child, she has long since wanted to bring this beautiful gentle and healing dance to women at this special time in their lives. Her research into natural childbirth, exercise safety for prenatal/postpartum and by applying her experience and training to her own daily life and pregnancies, Ankara Rose has acquired a deeper understanding of this dance at this stage in one's life and is happy to pass this art and it's many benefits on to other women.
Picture of Ankara Rose dancing during her first pregnancy.
Photo (c) William Johns, 2008
Check out the following resources for further reading on belly dance for birth:
Roots of Oriental Dance - Article by Morrocco. FANTASTIC rare account of dancer Morrocco's experience witnessing bellydance as a birth dance.
More to come soon!
Roots of Oriental Dance - Article by Morrocco. FANTASTIC rare account of dancer Morrocco's experience witnessing bellydance as a birth dance.
More to come soon!
www.AnkaraRose.com - [email protected] - (603) 660-6622
©2012 Ankara Rose World Dance. Celtic BellyFusion® is property of Ankara Rose.
©2012 Ankara Rose World Dance. Celtic BellyFusion® is property of Ankara Rose.
