I dropped bellydance like a hot potato almost two years ago...
Nothing about it was working for me - it added negativity instead of taking it away.
I'm ready to jump back in, after realizing a few things:

I don't want to perform

Tribal is not the only style I am interested in

I don't need to be part of the bellydance scene - I don't really fit in, and there is no harm in just admitting that

My attitude, and big mouth, caused me some problems that I intend not to repeat; if I was... read more

I feel comfortable admiting it: I had a small-scale nervous breakdown this week.

It needed to be. It was time that I shut the hell up and really listened to where my life is.

T. was in L.A. at a conference all week, which meant that I could whittle myself down to a nub without causing him any distress.
I ate shitty food, did nothing around the house, watched an unhealthy amount of bad t.v., avoided almost all social contact, and actually stared at the wall for hours on end. I barely s... read more