If you're a dance or fitness instructor who wants to grow your classes, increase your income, and turn your passion into a real business, you’re in the right place. Each week, I’ll break down the exact strategies, lessons, and behind-the-scenes truths I learned from building a thriving bellydance fitness brand. No fluff, no guessing, just real talk on instructor marketing tips, how to fill your classes, student retention, branding and class growth, so that you can build a profitable instructor career.
Lace up those dance and fitness shoes — it’s time to build the business you deserve. Let’s do this
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Real Strategies to Get More Students, Earn More, and Build a Thriving Biz
The Teaching Skills We Don’t Talk About Enough - Read The Room | 128
In this episode, I’m talking about one of the most important skills an instructor can develop: reading the room.
Because great teaching isn’t about getting through everything you planned. It’s about noticing what’s happening with the actual human beings standing in front of you and knowing what to do next.
Because your job isn’t to prove that your lesson plan worked. Your job is to help your students succeed.
You can work with me by doing a Class Audit, Development Coaching or joining the SharQui Instructor Academy. Go to www.sharqui.com (http://www.sharqui.com) for more info.
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit oreet.substack.com (https://oreet.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1)
14 Oct 2026
Your Class Is Fun. But Are Your Dance & Fitness Students Successful? | 127
What actually makes someone want to come back to your class?
Is it the music? The energy? The community? The instructor? How you make people feel?
My guests Barry and Shay Kostabi of FitCarma have built their work around creating intentional class experiences that keep people coming back. And you KNOW I had some thoughts about that.
Because I believe you can create an amazing atmosphere, have a room full of smiling people, and be incredibly charismatic... and still not be a great teacher.
So where does student success fit into the experience?
In this episode, Barry, Shay, and I get into what actually makes a great class, why retention needs to be intentional, what the first-time student experiences that regulars may not, and whether our industry sometimes confuses charisma and energy with great teaching.
We also talk about something studio owners and instructors don’t always want to hear: people rarely tell you when they felt lost or unsuccessful.
They just don’t come back.
So if we really want to create classes people want to return to, we need to look beyond whether they had fun.
Did they feel successful? Did they feel capable? Did they feel like they belonged there?
Now THAT’S an experience worth coming back for.
To learn about or work with FitCarma, go to: https://www.fitcarma.com/ (https://www.fitcarma.com/)
For more info on how to work with me, email me directly at email me at directly at oreet@sharqui.com (mailto:oreet@sharqui.com) or visit my website at www.sharqui.com (http://www.sharqui.com) for more info.
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit oreet.substack.com (https://oreet.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1)
7 Oct 2026
The Teaching Skills We Don’t Talk About Enough - Predictability | 126
Do your students seem to get it while they’re watching you... but the second they look away, everything falls apart?
That might be telling you something about the way they’re learning.
And one of the things that helps bridge that gap is something that doesn’t sound particularly exciting:
Predictability.
When students understand the structure of your class, recognize patterns, and begin to anticipate what’s coming next, they stop thinking so damn hard.
And eventually, they don’t need to stare at you every second just to keep up.
In this episode, I’m talking about why predictability creates confidence, the difference between students following you and actually learning from you.
Predictability is part of great teaching.
For more info on how to work with me, email me directly at email me at directly at oreet@sharqui.com (mailto:oreet@sharqui.com) or visit my website at www.sharqui.com (http://www.sharqui.com) for more info.
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit oreet.substack.com (https://oreet.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1)
Who has been a guest on Bellydance Biz Builders
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Tamalyn Dallal
Shoshana Mizell
Kamrah
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Apple Podcasts (US)
5.0 / 5
14 ratings
Spotify
5.0 / 5
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YouTube
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Engagement
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