CERTIFICATION INTENSIVE - INTRODUCTION AUDIO - 
THE 5 ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS FOR BELLY DANCE TEACHERS

•  An overview of all the questions Belly Dance teachers must be skilled at answering to succeed

•  Investigating the ‘What’ questions of teaching - pertaining to teaching method

•  Investigating the ‘How’ questions of teaching - pertaining to technique explanation

•  Investigating the ‘When’ questions of teaching - pertaining to curriculum

•  Investigating the ‘Why’ questions of teaching - pertaining to business intentions

•  Investigating the ‘Who’ questions of teaching - pertaining to the selfhood of the teacher

 

CERTIFICATION INTENSIVE - AUDIO 1 -
CULTIVATE YOUR TEACHER HEART & SPIRIT

•  How fear is a constant partner to teaching 

•  How to overcome fear in the classroom

•  Becoming conscious about your self beliefs/ego that affect your teaching

•  A real life story from a student of how an unconscious teacher caused her to stop learning belly dance

•  The importance of creating an emotionally safe space in your classroom

•  Running a teaching business is a huge mirror, take note of your self-talk

•  Embracing the challenging times that precede growth and expansion 

•  Honouring the gifts of your Teacher Heart & Spirit

•  Top tips for how to cultivate your teaching craft in these areas

•  Signs of a student who disrespects boundaries and how to deal with it

 

CERTIFICATION INTENSIVE - AUDIO 2 - 
THE NECESSITY OF BOTH HEART & MIND FOR TEACHERS

•  Understand the essence of both Heart & Mind for Teachers

•  The strengths & weaknesses of the Masculine skewed teacher

•  The strengths & weaknesses of the Feminine skewed teacher

•  Understanding your energy in teaching

•  The damage an unbalanced/skewed teacher can cause to students

•  The danger of being out of balance for the teacher herself

 

CERTIFICATION INTENSIVE - AUDIO 3 - 
HOW TO FIND YOUR POWER THROUGH BALANCE

•  Shemiran’s personal story of journeying from pain to the power of balance

•  The importance of identifying your skew and correcting it

•  Practical steps you can take towards finding your power today 

 

CERTIFICATION INTENSIVE - AUDIO 4 - 
GETTING IN TOUCH WITH YOUR AUTHENTIC BUSINESS INTENTIONS

•  Your unique ‘Why’ behind your desire to teach

•  Identifying fear driven intentions vs. heart driven intentions

•  Courage to be yourself in your teaching business and the power in letting go of “should’s”, “must’s” and “have to’s”

•  The power of Inner Guidance in business

•  The changing nature of intentions over time

 

CERTIFICATION INTENSIVE - AUDIO 5 - 
SETTING YOUR BUSINESS CULTURAL INTENTIONS WORKSHOP

•  What are Cultural Intentions

•  Questions that help you set your intentions

•  Why emotional and spiritual intentions need to be considered in business

•  How to set them powerfully for yourself in your business

 

CERTIFICATION INTENSIVE - AUDIO 6 - 
SETTING YOUR BUSINESS STRUCTURAL INTENTIONS WORKSHOP

• What are Structural Intentions

• Questions that help you set your intention

• The importance of setting financial intentions and money mindset

• How to set them powerfully for yourself in your business

 

CERTIFICATION INTENSIVE - AUDIO 7 -
CLARIFYING THE MOTIVATIONS BEHIND YOUR BUSINESS INTENTIONS 

• The importance of setting your Cultural Intentions before your Structural Intentions

• Where are you coming from when setting an intention - fear or your heart? 

• The energy of your heart will fuel your business

• Guided exercise to find out where your motivations are coming from

 

CERTIFICATION INTENSIVE - AUDIO 8 - 
MARKETING TO YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE

• What is a ’Target Audience’ or ‘Avatar’?

• Why is it such an essential part of your marketing? 

• ‘Target Audience’ from a heart centred perspective = The people you are called to serve

• Demographics - the facts and figures of your Target

• Psychographics - the mental and emotional aspects of your Target

• Speaking to their pain vs. speaking to their pleasure in your marketing 

• The relationship between your Cultural Intentions, your Target, and where to find them

• Starting to craft your marketing message through this knowledge

• Understanding the difference of marketing to what they are wanting vs. what they are needing

• Options of avenues for broadcasting your marketing message/advertising; offline and online

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CERTIFICATION INTENSIVE - AUDIO 9 - 
EFFECTIVE MARKETING PLAN FOR BELLY DANCE TEACHERS

• The two types of contacts you need to market to

• Taking your Business Intentions, and communicating them in your marketing 

• Various effective methods of marketing for a Belly Dance business

• How to create ‘News’ around your teaching, and reach the media

• The one imperative action you need to take to have people to continually build relationship with

• Intro to Relationship Marketing - Touching on some more modern and advanced techniques

 

CERTIFICATION INTENSIVE - AUDIO 10 - 
INTRODUCTION TO THE IMPORTANCE OF CURRICULUM

• Why teaching without a thoughtful and methodical curriculum is damaging to your students’ experience

• The imperative function of building foundation first

• The importance and power of teaching Improvisational skills, and its enriching effects on your students and classes

• The power of structure in building your students’ self esteem and confidence 

 

CERTIFICATION INTENSIVE - AUDIO 11 - 
BELLY DANCING FROM THE HEART METHOD OVERVIEW

• Let’s start at the beginning - how to teach the new beginner

• The secret to not overwhelming your beginners

• The importance of order, organisation & sequencing in teaching

• Empower your students with clarity - make sense of the dance to your students

• The 5 Steps of breaking down the dance for your students

 

CERTIFICATION INTENSIVE - AUDIO 12 - 
FOUNDATION LEVEL COURSE STRUCTURE & WEEKLY CLASS PLANS

• Step by Step course structure

• Go through each week in a a complete Foundation level course 

• Listen to Shemiran explaining some of the thinking behind creating the curriculum

• Teach your absolute beginners - your most sensitive students - with confidence and ease

 

CERTIFICATION INTENSIVE - AUDIO 13 - 
HOW TO STRUCTURE YOUR CLASS FOR SUCCESS

• Minute by minute breakdown of an average Belly Dance class

• Incorporate basic beginner with continuing beginner students, to the benefit of everyone involved

• How to infuse joy and energy into your classroom experience

 

CERTIFICATION INTENSIVE - AUDIO 14 - 
HOW TO ENSURE ALL YOUR STUDENTS UNDERSTAND YOUR INSTRUCTIONS

• Addressing the various modes of learning/types of learners  in your classroom

• Guided exercise to learn how to apply this powerful teaching tool

• Further teacher tools when stuck in giving instruction

 

CERTIFICATION INTENSIVE - AUDIO 15 - 
HOW TO MOVE YOUR CONTINUING BEGINNERS FORWARD
WITHOUT BOREDOM, OR OVERWHELM

• Curriculum thinking for Mixed Level Beginners classes

• You must recap the Foundations with your Continuing Beginners

• Helping your Beginners change their “I can’t” to “I can” and continue their learning journey with you

• Avoiding teacher burn-out and protecting your energy

• How to successfully run Mixed Level Beginners classes

 

CERTIFICATION INTENSIVE - AUDIO 16 -
HOW TO CREATE FURTHER CURRICULUM

• Gain confidence to create your own curriculum for beyond foundational students

• The importance of structure and methodology to give you clarity and decrease confusion and anxiety in teaching

• How to reduce your nerves by 80% - Plan a year in advance (4 Terms) - choose the themes per term

• A great program to purchase to base your curriculum for Beyond Beginner students and more advanced

 

CERTIFICATION INTENSIVE - AUDIO 17 - 
TEACHING IMPROVISATION AND BASIC MUSIC INTERPRETATION

• Conquer your fear of teaching (and dancing) Improvisation with these basic principles

• Belly Dancing from the Heart Method starts Improv basic principles from Term 1

• A simple technique to help students to identify rhythm as a basis for Improv

• Simple techniques to help students assemble movement to music

• The structure you built with her Foundations will give students confidence, and decrease anxiety