SharQui - The bellydance workout®

Help get the word out about Sweating Sexy with SharQui - The bellydance workout.

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SharQui - The bellydance workout®

3372 Sacramento street
San Francisco, CA 94118
http://www.sharqui.com

18Jun
2013

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Being a small business of 1 person, I wear many hats. It has been challenging to concentrate my efforts on one aspect of my company's growth. I desperately need help getting the work out about SharQui via social media, ads, press, etc. SharQui is an awesome workout for ALL women. It not only is fun, and gets you fit, but it celebrates our bodies!

I would like to raise funds with Smallknot because I need to get the word out about my business in San Francisco and the West Coast. I will specifically use the funds to hire a PR person to get TV press and features in publications as well as hire a marketing consultant to help with social media marketing. I am hoping with your help that ALL women will be able to Sweat Sexy with SharQui on the West Coast!

My name is Oreet and I am the creator of SharQui - The bellydance workout, a unique format born bellydance style with fitness and anatomic focus.

The inspiration to create SharQui came to me after years of working with women in gyms either in classes or one on one. I watched women work themselves harder and harder, over and over; yet they always remained unhappy with their body's condition. It bothered me on such a deep level that I found it very demotivating to my own moods until I had an idea. I'd grown up with and studied bellydance from my family, and the dancing was always so full of joy and life. It was everything I wasn't seeing these women find: a celebration of femininity in every shape and form and I wanted to bring the real core of it to my day-job in the gym.

Some of the problem is that bellydance is frequently misunderstood. It wasn't a dance created for seduction or enticement. It’s a powerful cultural dance form with deep roots stemming from a number of regions throughout the Middle East. It's a language, a story, and a celebration of life and taking joy in everything about being a woman that must be carefully taught and learned. That's why I feel that SharQui isn't just about exercise or dance; it's something that blends the two and in the process, helps to enrich daily life and how to love your body – no matter your natural shape or size.

SharQui was formulated in New York City 1998, became incorporated in 2000 and launched it's first instruction DVD in 2002. Currently I have 3 DVDs on the market and would love to add more, as well as revamp my instructor certification program. I now have 50 instructors across the U.S and recently moved to San Francisco to expand on the West Coast.

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