Welcome to the Dancing Goddess Podcast - a space for dancers, seekers, and embodied artists reclaiming movement as ritual, expression, and devotion.
Together we’ll explore the art of dance, creativity, feminine embodiment, spirituality, and the deeper wisdom living inside the body.
I’m your host, Lamia Barbara - Indian Fusion Bellydancer, yoga teacher, and creator of the D.E.V.I. Method™, devoted to helping women embody technique, artistry, and soulful confidence.
So take a deep breath, soften into your body… And let’s dance. 🐍✨
21. How to Make Fusion Belly Dance More Inclusive with Kamrah (A Cup of Tea Series)
Hello beautiful dancer and welcome to this amazing interview for our A Cup of Tea series!
I'm SO excited to share with you this beautiful chat with Kamrah 🌟
Viral TikTok star, performer, teacher, and more, Kamrah is Chicago’s first trans masculine belly dancer. He has performed fusion, American cabaret, Lebanese, and Egyptian belly dance since 2001 and is noted for his creativity, isolations, and theatricality.
We talk about:
🎯 What is "core fusion" in Fusion Bellydance
👐 How to create inclusive environments in the community
🪢 How to help this art form survive to the passing of time ...
And so much more!
Have your cup of tea or coffee ready and enjoy ☕
Go check Kamrah's profile on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kamrahdancer/ (https://www.instagram.com/kamrahdancer/)
⇢ Are you ready to stop collecting movements and start cultivating an embodied artistic practice?
🪷 The D.E.V.I. Method™ Mentorship & Certification Program is a 12-week practitioner training designed to help you build a dance practice rooted in devotion, embodiment, cultural integrity and soulful confidence - so you can become the artist your dance is asking you to become.
Explore the journey: https://www.lamiabarbara.com/devi (https://www.lamiabarbara.com/devi)
✹ Start here: watch the FREE "7-Minute Dance Practice Ritual" https://www.lamiabarbara.com/practiceritual (https://www.lamiabarbara.com/practiceritual)
✹ Let's connect! Send me a DM on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lamia_barbara/ (https://www.instagram.com/lamia_barbara/)
✹ My Website and more about me: https://www.lamiabarbara.com/ (https://www.lamiabarbara.com/)
✹ You can watch this episode on video on my YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/mngpXAAzKJs (https://youtu.be/mngpXAAzKJs)
29 Sept 2026
20. Body Intelligence & Fusion Belly Dance with Dipika Vijay
I am thrilled to share with you today's interview with the gorgeous Dipika Vijay 😍
Dipika is an academically trained designer and a movement artist and coach age mentor by passion. Her dance company is called Badass Belly Dance, and her fitness classes fly under the name Firefly Aerial Fitness, both in Mumbai, India.
She has been Belly Dancing for over 17 years and confidently claims that design and alternate movement intensify, add more substance and vocabulary to her dance and body's intelligence.
She dances to create more beauty, reclaim strength, and teaches so that others may see the beauty and strength that already exists within them. She uses movement to create form and form to shape thoughts.
You will love this interview SO much! Have your cup of tea or coffee ready ☕
Go check Dipika's profile on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dipikavijay/ (https://www.instagram.com/dipikavijay/)
⇢ Are you ready to stop collecting movements and start cultivating an embodied artistic practice?
🪷 The D.E.V.I. Method™ Mentorship & Certification Program is a 12-week practitioner training designed to help you build a dance practice rooted in devotion, embodiment, cultural integrity and soulful confidence - so you can become the artist your dance is asking you to become.
Explore the journey: https://www.lamiabarbara.com/devi (https://www.lamiabarbara.com/devi)
✹ Start here: watch the FREE "7-Minute Dance Practice Ritual" https://www.lamiabarbara.com/practiceritual (https://www.lamiabarbara.com/practiceritual)
✹ Let's connect! Send me a DM on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lamia_barbara/ (https://www.instagram.com/lamia_barbara/)
✹ My Website and more about me: https://www.lamiabarbara.com/ (https://www.lamiabarbara.com/)
✹ You can watch this episode on video on my YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/AoQ-TB4yHrY (https://youtu.be/AoQ-TB4yHrY)
22 Sept 2026
19. Pioneering Tribal Fusion Belly Dance in India with Nivetha Shree
Hello beautiful dancer, today I want to share with you an amazing interview with Nivetha Shree.
After training in both Bellydance and Yoga, Nivetha discovered and deeply fell in love with Tribal/Fusion Bellydance. Over the years she has taught workshops and performed in various Bellydance festivals and also had the privilege of organizing Tribal Nritta - the first event dedicated to Tribal/Fusion Bellydance in Bangalore. Nivetha is also the first FCBD Sister Studio in India!
This interview is SO inspiring and you'll find it so juicy! Have your cup of tea or coffee ready 🧡
Go check Nivetha's profile on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/niveetha_dancer/ (https://www.instagram.com/niveetha_dancer/)
⇢ Are you ready to stop collecting movements and start cultivating an embodied artistic practice?
🪷 The D.E.V.I. Method™ Mentorship & Certification Program is a 12-week practitioner training designed to help you build a dance practice rooted in devotion, embodiment, cultural integrity and soulful confidence - so you can become the artist your dance is asking you to become.
Explore the journey: https://www.lamiabarbara.com/devi (https://www.lamiabarbara.com/devi)
✹ Start here: watch the FREE "7-Minute Dance Practice Ritual" https://www.lamiabarbara.com/practiceritual (https://www.lamiabarbara.com/practiceritual)
✹ Let's connect! Send me a DM on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lamia_barbara/ (https://www.instagram.com/lamia_barbara/)
✹ My Website and more about me: https://www.lamiabarbara.com/ (https://www.lamiabarbara.com/)
✹ You can watch this episode on video on my YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/qNbE6CWmmCg (https://youtu.be/qNbE6CWmmCg)
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