Nadira’s Retirement and the Fu...
Nadira is retiring! To celebrate (and maintain our legacy), we’re opening up the Belly Dance Geek® catalog with “pay what you want” pricing and granting permission for classroom use.
Want Awesome Audio? I can help!

Got Awesome Audio? If you are a teacher that has been struggling to find a...
#Massive Improv Giveaway

We’re celebrating the new decade with the #MassiveImprovGiveaway (and a SWANKY sale too)!
Join the 21 Day Practice Challenge
Have you heard? There is an AWESOME 21 Day Practice Challenge happening right...
Enter to WIN FREE zills from Saroyan...
Have you heard? There is an AWESOME zill giveaway going on from the...
Summer Video Series on Variations fo...

Would you like to improvise with ease? Learn to free up your brain so you can be ‘present’ in the music with the Improvisation Safety Net Coaching program.
Transitions & Trophies

What’s happening at Belly Dance Geek? And just who IS this Heather Wayman person anyway?
Improvisation Toolkit Volume 2 Birth...

We’re celebrating with a give-away (and a SWANKY sale too)! One lucky winner will receive the premium package of the Improvisation Toolkit Volume 2 DVD! Enter by 2/24/19.
How to Build a Sustainable Practice ...

Do You Want to Practice, But Never Find the Time? Most of the...
Wholesale Clearance on Improvisation...

BIG CLOSEOUT SALE! Are you a vendor or teacher who carries merchandise in class? I’m offering a BIG discount on wholesale copies of my Improvisation Toolkit DVDs. Minimum order 10 copies, but you can mix titles.
Happy Danceaversary to Me!

Today is my 15th Danceaversary! I took my very first belly dance class...
Torture-Free Critiques is Ready!

Does watching yourself on video feel like torture? Watching yourself...
Coming Soon: Be Amazing in the Momen...

Start thinking about your priorities… The next offering of Be...
Nadira Interviews Las Vegas Belly Da...

If you missed the news, I’m teaching at the 2014 Las Vegas Belly...
Black Friday 2013 Sale
(Get 25% off products, 15% off coaching.) To get the specials, just enter...
What would you like to see in 2012?
My annual tradition is to spend New Year’s day clearing out the old...
The Psychology of Traveling Patterns
Taktaba Turns Five! Five years ago today, I released the first episode of...
Improvisation Toolkit Volume 3 is in...
The next of the Improvisation Toolkit is now in production! Volume 3 will...
What Questions Do You Have About Tra...
Volume 2 just shipped last week, but I’m already starting work on the...
Improvisation Toolkit Volume 2 is He...
Volume 2 of the Improvisation Toolkit has arrived! It’s 7.5 inches...
Haiti Giveaway Winner
The winner of the giveaway for Haiti is Tondo of Windsor, Ontario.Tondo made...
Donate to Relief Efforts in Haiti, a...
Make a donation to the Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders, or Heifer...
What Can I Do to Help You in 2010?
My friend Dave Charest posed this question today, and it’s a good one....
How Do You Like Your Articles?
In the last 15 months, I’ve been laid up with two serious injuries in a...
Improvisation Toolkit Volume 2 Pre-O...
Improvisation Toolkit Volume 2: Structure will be released on February 25th,...
The Improvisation Toolkit Series is ...
It’s been just over a year since I released Volume 1 of the...
Belly Dance Class on Dead Air Live
My on-air class on Dead Air Live is now available online, courtesy of the...
Nadira Teaching on Dead Air Live Ton...
For those of you who are local:Hi everybody,I’ll be teaching a class...
Happy Half-Birthday to the Toolkit, ...
The Improv Toolkit Volume 1 had its half-birthday last week, and what a...
Old Giveaway, New Winner
So, way back in October, I ran a DVD giveaway for a copy of The Improvisation...
Whoa!
Cough.I just discovered that Taktaba is currently featured not once but THREE...
Drumroll Please…
The 100th copy of The Improvisation Toolkit Volume 1 has sold!I wish I had my...
Update: Early Bird Pricing Extended ...
Hi everybody, (Apologies to anybody who already got this on my mailing list!)...
We Interrupt This Podcast: Pre-Order...
Volume 1 of my DVD series, The Improvisation Toolkit, is now available to...
Improvisation Toolkit DVD Sneak Prev...
I finished shooting my upcoming improvisation skills video last week!...
Boston-Area Classes in Karsilama and...
For those of you in the Boston area: The next 8-week session of my beginner...
Congrats to Joy Cavender!
My apologies for the delay posting this, but congratulations to Joy Cavender,...
Upcoming Improvisation DVD! I want y...
BIG NEWS: You may have noticed that it has been a while since the last...
Drawing Winner
Congrats to Johannah B., the winner of the World Belly Dance Day drawing!...
Winner Selected!
Thank you everyone for entering my World Belly Dance Day podcast DVD...
DVD Giveaway in Honor of World Belly...
A big thanks to The Belly Dance Business Academy for cluing me in:Tomorrow...
Shimmies for a Cure a Huge Success
Shimmies for a Cure Part Deux was a BLAST! First, I owe a HUGE thank you to...
Taktaba on TV! (eventually), Episode...
My apologies for my silence lately, but big things are in the works! Episode...
Episode 3 Coming Soon
Hi everybody, First, thanks for all your feedback on Episode 2. Since most...
Episode 2 will return shortly
UPDATE (11:30am, 11/23/07): The corrected version is now available in all...
Taktaba Workshop + Episode 2 coming ...
Hi everyone, It’s my pleasure to announce the very first Taktaba...
We are Experiencing Technical Diffic...
Hi Everybody, Thanks for your continued patience. The external hard drive I...
Episode 2 Delayed Again
A few sections of Episode 2 will need to be reshot, so I won’t have...
Episode 2 in Editing, Performance vi...
Hi everybody, After much delay, Episode 2 has finally been filmed. I hope to...
Episode 2 coming soon
Thank you everyone for your wonderful feedback. I’m so glad to hear...
Episode 1 Coming Less Soon
Sorry everybody, but Episode 1 is going to be delayed a few more days. Some...
Episode 1 Coming Soon
Hi everybody, Thanks for coming back! Unfortunately, Episode One is going to...
Ahlan Wa Sahlan
My name is Nadira, and welcome to this blog, the home of Taktaba, my upcoming...