There are so many different ideas going around about Middle Eastern Dance, also commonly called Belly dance. If anyone asked me years ago what was belly dance and if I would ever get into such a thing, I would have shaken my head.

I count myself as a sensual person, but in my head "Belly dance" was...shall I say...connected too deeply with "exotic" instead of "sensual"? Such small difference in meaning, yet that made a world of difference to me. I know, what a close-minded person was I.

What do people usually think of when one mentions Belly dance?
Harem?
Exotic Dance of Seven Veils?
(which doesn't really exist outside the imagination of those who made Hollywood Movies...unless of course someone chereographs a piece for that).

I personally believe belly dance to be something of a expression of one's feminine side, or expression of one's sensuality, one's feelings, thoughts etc. etc...

There are so many with different views regarding "Danse Oriental"... So many interpretations...
At the end though...it is just plain fun and exciting.
So erase all the misconceptions you have about what belly dance is and just dance. Give yourself a chance for something new.

Honestly, part of the reason why I started belly dance was that I HATED going to Gym. But living in a place where one has to drive everywhere, Gym or alternative method of exercise is a requirement if one is to stay healthy.

So somehow, I was lured into a recreational belly dance class and here I am...

And always, always in class whatever I might be doing. There is always something for you to learn, something for you to enhance. There is something in belly dance whoever you are.