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I've got a quick five ways for you to get your engines fired up my friends!

Are you sitting at your desk for too long at a time? Every hour why not get up and get your energy revved back and your body unstiff? Release the overwhelm…and

1. Take a dance break! Playlists are a great way to get yourself moving. What are your favorite songs right now? Can you make a playlist to have nearby, on your computer, phone, iPad, at your desk? Take a few minutes or several songs to move to, sing out loud, stretch, and toss your hair around a bit, you sassy gal!

Can’t think of any songs? Here, I’ll give you just a few of my favs, you can go to iTunes to download them, and enjoy! to iTunes

What do you desire, down in your heart and soul and belly?

Get up offa that thang

Dance and you’ll feel better!

(a la James Brown) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDwOFThiNnA

1. Ai Du, by Ry Cooder 2. Shifting Sands, by Gypsy Caravan 3. Gone Travelling, by Ganga Giri 4. Medina Stepper, by Jeff Stott 5. Mystery, by Gypsy Caravan

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2. Try one, or all, of these quick movement breaks!

1. A slow, yummy standing stretch from your fingers to your toes where you feel your ribs lift and your belly stretch and your hips loosen. Take a deep breath and revel in that delicious body.

2. A walk outside, smelling the freshness, listening to the singsong of the birds, let the sun or the rain infuse your spirit, and feel your aliveness!

3. Lay on the floor, bring your knees up, and do a sideways twist laying on the floor, to open up the heart and the shoulders and the hips—oh yeah…(you might only do this if you are alone!)

4. A bellydance to get your joints juiced up, your feminine creative spirit flowing, and put a smile on your face. Bend your knees, and make a figure 8, called a takseem, with your hips, from side to side. Feel the power in your belly. Try a gentle undulation from the ribcage down to your pelvis. Shimmy and gently shake your shoulders and feel the tension release, and your heart open. Have a giggle and loosen up your jaw. Now isn’t that better?

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Hey there, Paulette Rees-Denis here…innovator, and your movement motivator and catalyst, and I am Taking Tribal Global. As an inspirator of feminine empowerment, my work is ultimately about guiding women on a Dance and Desire journey to follow their soul desires through movement, words, and personal creative beauty.

Not sure how to do any of those moves or even find the time? I can help, ‘because I’ve got more for you on the inside! Go deeper into my webpages…

Gypsy Caravan Tribal Bellydance ® www.paulettereesdenis.com [email protected]

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Dance and Desire

You, audacious soul, have come to the right place!

Catch the tribal passion, Dance your journey and Follow your dreams…

3. Got a pen and a paper? Can you jot down a few thoughts to these questions?

1. How do you feel right now? I mean really feel?

2. And how do you want to feel? What do you desire? 3. OK, say your words out loud. I want to feel…. How did that feel to hear them? Gives them life, doesn’t it?

Me…I want to feel connected, in tune, and full of passion… I have a few Core Desired Feelings, and I bring these deep-rooted words, these feelings into my body when I dance and when I write, bringing my passions and desires to life!


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What can I do for you? My desire and passion is to help guide you on your journey to be

the best dancer, the best creator, the best whole person — — body, mind, and spirit —

whether you dance through life for

celebration and fitness,

write your passion,

you want to sharpen your technique,

or you dream of becoming a

Gypsy Caravan Bellydance instructor… I am here for you!

4. Now let’s do a very simple breathing exercise … Sit straight, with your back in alignment, feet on floor, close your eyes, put your hands on your belly, breath in through your nose, breath out through your mouth. Now slow the breath and expand the belly with the inhale, open the chest … in, hollow the belly out as you exhale, out, engage through your core … Breathe in, breathe out, repeat, feel your body relax, yet staying engaged through your creative power center, your core, your belly, your womb … Now how do you feel? Maybe a little quieter, more focused, calmer…sometimes all you need to do is step away from what you are doing to give yourself some space, regain your clarity, and just take a damn break!


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WW says:

This Tribal journey is fascinating, joyful, and soul expanding, and I am so very grateful to you for your life’s work in creating this beautiful and powerful dance and paving the way for all of us.

5. OK, one more thing for you to have fun with! Stand up away from your desk, behind you chair, or wherever you are, you only need a little room … I want you to take up some space! Standing with your feet further than hip width apart, take your arms up and out on the diagonal reaching to the up corners, and stretch through the torso down into the legs and toes, back up through the arms, open the chest and heart, feel your expansion! Now bending all the way down, bend your knees almost to the floor, lift your heels and curling up on yourself, lay your chest over your thighs, open up the back, pull the navel into the spine, like your own little womb … Slowly stand up again and stretch big, like before … take up some space, gals … full on Say your words of desire again, while you are in this full on open position, out loud is better so you can hear yourself, and mean it! Again, curl back in on yourself, down to the floor. Relax and hug your knees. Stand up one more time and spread out, BIG. Then bring your arms down, whoa, notice how you feel… Just take a little walk around the room, walk with intention—heel, toe, heel, toe, head up,

chest lifted, heart open, walk forward from your heart with intention… oh yeah how do you feel now?



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Now you can go back to your desk, and you feel a little livelier, full of you own refreshed energy and breath, and more space. Thoughts become words, become things! In combining writing and moving, journaling and dancing, you bring awareness, you can find your truths, you can release what you don’t need anymore, and go after what you desire, what will make you feel great. And then be able to work, to pass it on, to enjoy this incredible life we have and to feel great. Let’s celebrate, you! Want to know about moving that delicious body of yours? Want to dance, get your body tuned up, desire to dig in deep and get your words flowing, do some tribal bellydance, connect with amazing women around the globe, align with your own beauty and power and feel your creative essence? I am your movement motivator and I have the super fun moves, words, and music, to get you groovin and feeling freakin’ fabulous! Check out my offerings as you peruse through the website. Email me if you have questions, I love to hear from you. Join me…allow me to guide you on your journey! Loves, Paulette


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