Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could become sexually alive, alleviate depression, mend your broken heart, enliven your marriage and ultimately reclaim your feminine power through belly dancing? This exciting guide book shows you how to do just that!
Daleela Morad earned her Master's Degree in Counseling Psychology before practicing as a mental health professional. She also holds an Adult Teaching Credential in the Performing Arts, and a minor degree in music from the University of California, Davis. She fuses her 19 years of expertise in Middle Eastern dance with 10 years of experience as a counselor to offer belly dance therapy for women. As a University of California Regents Scholar, author, artistic director, performer, choreographer, and dance instructor, she wishes to spread the healing power and beauty of the feminine through the ancient art of belly dance.
Daleela has been performing for over 19 years and is known for her passionate, joyful, and mesmerizing dances. Led by her passion for Middle Eastern dance, Daleela travels and performs internationally and leads workshops on belly dance and on the therapeutic aspects of belly dance. Daleela studied with numerous Egyptian dance masters and has performed in mystical Egypt, as well as in Latin America and Asia. She has written travel stories and articles about the therapeutic aspects of belly dance for acclaimed dance magazines El RaksEL Sharki, Zaghareet, and The Gilded Serpent.
The Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission certified Daleela to teach and perform three educational workshop/performances to K-12 schools and community organizations. In 1998, she won the prestigious Elly award for her lead role as the gypsy dancer, Esmeralda, with Garbeau's Family Theatre in Sacramento, California and also starred as Scheherazade and Pocahontas. She appeared on the December, 1997 cover of the Middle Eastern dance magazine of oriental dance and arts, "El Raks El Sharki." As the featured dancer, she choreographed and danced in the East Indian documentary film, Daulat.
She lives with her husband, Joaquin Martinez, and teenage daughter, Andrea, in Sacramento, California. She and her daughter carry on the tradition of the belly dance, performing together as a mother/daughter duet for many celebrations. She and her troupe, The Eye of the Cobra, dance for Northern California events to celebrate the power of women joined together.