Thank you from Siluria

Message from Rachel Jones aka Siluria:

"Season’s Greetings to everyone and a belated MASSIVE THANK YOU for coming to our Merry Midwinter hafla at New Panteg RFC last Wednesday.

"Thanks to you all so much for your excellent and beautiful performances, and thanks to all those who helped out in other ways. Thanks for giving your time and considerable talents to make the night a success.

"You will be pleased to hear that the raffle raised £60 (thanks to those who donated prizes) and the event raised £150 which we will be using to pay towards the sponsorship of a child in Malawi, through Action Aid.

"Siluria Belly Dance Club based in Pontypool has been sponsoring a boy named Medison Chomba since 2007.

"Thanks to you all again and a very merry Christmas and a happy and peaceful New Year.

"Lots of love,

Rachel and the Pontypool Follies"

See www.siluriabellydance.co.uk for more about Rachel's activities.

Holistic Bellydance with Fiora

Fiora Touliatou is holding a series of Ηolistic Bellydance workshops in Cardiff in the new year.

It is inspired by traditional bellydance moves, the North African trance dances Zaar and Guedra, the Persian Khaleegi, holistic therapies and elements of Kundalini yoga.

Holistic bellydance is a personal journey. The intention is to focus on the healing effects of bellydance and experience it as a moving meditation.

There won't be sequences, choreography or musical interpretation taught. From time to time, students will be asked to close their eyes in order to focus inside their body. Some dancing will be done while sitting down.

Holistic bellydance is about holistic movement, chakras, visualisation, releasing negative feelings, experiencing the flow of cosmic energies, being connected with our higher self and the Universal Consciousness.

The sessions will take place one Saturday a month: January 16, February 6, March 6, April 3, May 8 and June 5. One group will meet in the morning (10am till midday) while the second group will meet in the afternoon (1 till 3pm).

The workshops take place at the Gaia Studio, (entrance on Cottrell Road), at the rear of 173 Treharris Street, Roath, Cardiff CF24 3HQ.

Each workshop costs £15 - places are limited, advanced bookings only.

Contact Fiora Touliatou at 07896309065

See www.oriental-fusion.net for more about her classes and performances.