Teacher Information: I have been dancing all my life. I started with formal training as a young girl in ballet & flamenco. In my twenties I studied Martha Graham's Modern Dance technique at Brooklyn College for 2 years and Belly Dance for a year in the dancer's apartment in Greenwich Village, New York. I left dance for a CPA career, a husband and 2 great kids who are now 30 & 25. In the last 15 years, I gave up my corporate career and returned to dance full time, it's my passion. That's how I got the courage to leave a lucrative career and open the Goddess Store & Studio. Belly Dance Education: Maja the Girl from the Nile my mentor & dance teacher in all the genres of bellydance for over 7 years. I also studied Belly Dance with Myriam Eli , Scheherazade, Jeri Beaucaire, Effy & now Maria Jammal. I am currently the Managing Director of Goddess Studio's Professional Belly Dance Troupe Almaas of South Florida and also one of their dancers. I have attended many workshops with some of the best dancers in the world. Among them:Tamalyn Dallal, Leila Hadad, Domba, Raquia Hassan, Virginia, Bozenka, Amar Gammal, Samay and many others. Flamenco Dance: Studying for over 8 years with Miguelangel , Paola Escobar, Niurca Marquez, Adela Green, Josefina Espinola, Mayelu Perez and now with Juan Sobrino from Spain. In addition, I have taken many flamenco workshops in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain and in the USA with Belen Maya, Omayra Amaya, Juan Parra, Chiqui de Jerez, Andres Pena & Juan Tejero. In the Ecstatic & Spiritual Dances I have studied Tantric Dance of Feminine Power with Vajra Ma from Los Angeles, Trance Dance with Gaia Budhai from South Beach, Erotic Dance with Annetta Luce from Australia and Exotic Dance with The Art of Exotic Dance for Everyday Women. Currently I practice Biodanza The Dance of Life with Hilda Restrepo. I'm also a Reiki Master, Level I Tibetan Palm Healing, Access Conciousness Bars, Kundalini Yoga Practitioner, Kuan Yin Initiation, Level 1 Shaman Rights & Meditation Advocate.