Just combine these four ingredients in a blender, drink, and feel yourself getting healthier. Here is the magical ratio for one big glass or two smaller glasses: 1 apple cored (no need to peel) Juice and zest from 1/2 a lemon 1/4 cup of loosely packed fresh parsley 1 cup of water It's that easy. No juicer required for deliciousness, and unlike juice in this shake you get the fiber from the fruit and herbs as well as the natural sugars. Enjoy!
Doing Pilates in the morning nearly every day since 2003 has made me a stronger, happier person. It's that simple. The routine below can become as easy to complete as brushing your teeth. It's a morning ritual with massive benefits that only takes about 15 minutes. It feels so good to check exercising off of your list first thing. Pilates can be done on a yoga mat or folded hotel blanket or towel or sarong on the beach sand. I've done pilates right in bed when I travel and the floor is not that exciting to get close to. You can do Pilates on the
Increase your positive energy while you practice belly dancing to this Chi Gong belly dance routine video and audio clip
Choreographing belly dance for a group or improvising belly dance with others does not have to be hard! Choose moves that are easy to sync, repeat moves, and learn how to follow your friends.
Portland's Ruby Beh is a hair tossing, veil throwing belly dance powerhouse. Learn some of her unique veil moves as well as tips for choreographing and learning drum rhythms for belly dance.
Afraid to perform with a live band? Liz Strong of Belly Dance Superstars and Beats Antique and Emmy award winning musician Dan Cantrell share their best practices for dancing to live music.
There can be many steps in the authentic ritual of making mint tea, but this recipe is simple and delicious and works fine for those of us without culturally-steeped expectations. I have just never had mint tea anywhere but Morocco, so I'll call it Moroccan Mint :) This makes a medium size pot of tea. The number of actual teacups of tea depends on the size of your teacups! https://youtu.be/N5VRkBD2JQQ Cut or break the top 6 inches of the mint plant off with stems Do this for 6-10 stems. Dunk them in cold water to rinse Bring a little more than 1 quart (4 cups)
Mango sticky rice is one of the most delicious simple desserts in the world. The most important part is to choose a ripe, sweet mango. Then the coconut milk is salted and sweetened making magic with each bite.
Antique assuit headbands, head ornaments and coins sewn to headbands, decorated side clips, flapper headbands, boho updos with porcupine quills, and simple crowns make easy hairdos for belly dancers.
Lamma Bada Yatathana is a beautiful old song to belly dance to. Lamma Bada is also The Danceable Song for the 9th episode of my belly dance podcast A Little Lighter [visual-link-preview encoded="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"] If you want to sing Lamma Bada, print these: Lamma Bada phonetic lyrics and translation - Aquabella version Lamma Bada Lyric Pronounciation and Translation - Taksim Ithaca Version Lamma Bada is a “muwashsha”, meaning a secular poem which grew out of al-Andalus. This often refers to Southern Spain before Christian invaders came in the late 1400s and kicked out a hell of a lot of great musicians and architects. Muslims and Jews were forced to either