As you can see Basha Raks is made up of women with different body types, all wonderful in their own right. I have always hated the way I looked. Even when I was younger and quite thin I was not happy with my body. It only got worse as I got older and having kids only added to my negative body image. Instead of accepting myself as I was I was constantly criticising myself.
Everything changed when I started belly dancing. I discovered what my body was capable of and I really started looking at how it moved. Before long I had people in class commenting on how good my hips were, how elegant my arms were. My instructor has told me a few times what a luscious bum I have! Now in the past a comment like that would have sent me running for cover in utter embarrassment! Now I am proud of my body! I am so thankful I can now look at my self with pride and be happy within myself. I have finally reached a place in my life where I am happy in my own skin. Had I not started belly dancing I can say with certainty I would still be loathing my body.
People close to me have noticed a change in me. They say I have so much more confidence and seem a lot happier than I have been in a long time. If only more women could love themselves just as they are.
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