Essence of Bellydance

The founder of ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™

Coco has traveled the world to entertain clients such as Hilton, L'Oréal and BMW with her belly dance shows. She is a regular guest on German national TV and worked with artists like Natacha Atlas, Fady Maalouf, Bülent Ceylan and Kurt Krömer. Her belly dance classes, teacher training and online courses have moved over 7 million women around the world. Coco's Bestselling Book Interviews with Coco

In ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE we reconnect to our body on a deeper level and dance from the inside out.

ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ Teacher Trainer

As a child Wiebke danced international folk dances and jazz dance. At the age of 16 she started with belly dancing and other dance styles. Through her pregnancies her interest in body work and dance has reawakened. 2012 she graduated as a dance educator for modern and creative dance at the Freies Musikzentrum in Munich and has built her own dance groups. Numerous further trainings followed with emphasis on in pre- and postnatal workouts and dance. Since 2017 Wiebke is a certified ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ teacher and 2020 she became an official ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ teacher trainer. Interview Wiebke

I love to witness how women discover new aspects of themselves in my classes. Aspects that get lost in our hectic lifestyle. I am grateful to guide them through this process.

Be the Inspiration you need

Sofiya is a professional dancer and since 2019 a certified ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ teacher. In the center of her work is emotion, she applies it in her teaching as well as performing. In her classes, she always takes care of her students, she makes sure they feel good, explore their bodies, and energize their minds. She creates a safe space, where everyone is welcome to be themselves. Apart of Bellydance, she trained for several years ballet, contemporary, tribal fusion and improvisation. Sofiya loves to explore new types of dance and to improve herself in order to teach her students better. Interview Sofiya

ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE brings you back to your roots. It connects your body and mind, and brings you a completely new awareness.

A new body awareness

After experimenting with different belly dance styles since 2008 Kadriya decided to share her knowledge with other women. Her belly dance classes benefit from her professional experience with modern educational science and is perfectly supplemented with elements of autogenous training and relaxation techniques. In 2014 she completed her professional training and became a certified ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ teacher.

It is wonderful to see my students fan their inner flame and rise. They are enthusiastic about their new connection with their body. That is very special to me because I feel the same, in every single class.

the power to express, connect and transform

Gabriela is a Colombian professional musician and pegagogue. She has lived, studied and worked in Berlin since 2015. She has almost 15 years of experience as a pedagogue in different continents with people from different cultural backgrounds and ages. She is a certified teacher in the ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE Method since 2021. For her, the relationship between music and dance plays a very important role in both disciplins, since they are closely correlated. Each is an art that has the power to express, connect and transform the human being physically, mentally and emotionally. This relationship, but also finding a sense of self and at the same time of belonging to the group, and of course having fun, are part of her main objectives.

I started ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE as a way to reconciliate and reconnect with a part of myself I thought I didn´t have any longer. With this method, I found that connecting these special sensous movements and music meant for me that I can connect not only with every part of my body in a beautiful way, but also with my most inner self, sensousness and femininity.

Living your inner fire

Sonja holds a Master of Education degree for High School teaching but has devoted her life to coaching and dancing. She obtained her Soulresponding Coach degree 2014-2016 and is now developing Soulresponding-Swiss as well as the Soulresponding Academy. In 2017 she became a certified ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ teacher. In her work she likes to connect the old moves of Oriental dance with topics of femininity as well as body awareness and accompany women into their vitality. Interview Sonja

The ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE provides the best basis to flow into your own style of dance, because it unites several arts, methods and mindsets.

Desire for movement and dance

I always loved to dance and move. Growing up in the former eastern part of Berlin I wanted to become a dancer as a child. However, my passion was thwarted by the rigor of my former dance teacher. But I was still interested in movement. I practiced various forms of yoga and have intensively studied movement and meditation and the aspects of a healthy life. Today I am a teacher and work with children. I see the passion of children to move and to physically express themselves to the music. I recognize how important our body is as a medium of expression for us humans. Through the ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE teacher training 2019, I was able to re-experience my body, express myself as a dancer, and through the integration of the pelvic floor I gained a good stability in the body. And that is exactly what you will experience in my lessons! Experience yourself and your body new and awaken the dancer in you!

Here you rediscover your desire for movement and dance. ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE is a whole body workout that gives you new energy.

Fall in love with your femininity

Solli loves dancing to middle eastern and Latin American rhythms and losing herself in the music. At the age of 15 she moved to Ecuador where she discovered her passion for the Latin sensuousness. She brought it back when she moved to Germany in 2014 where she started to take classes with Coco. In 2017 she became a certified ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ teacher. At the moment she teaches Bellydance courses at the Medical University Brandenburg. After her graduation in Psychology she plans to focus on bodywork therapy and connect it with Bellydance.

I invite you to a journey full of sensuous joy - a journey that leads directly to yourself!

Pelvic Floor and Femininity

Rada teaches pelvic floor and vagina training seminars for women since 2010. She is an international certified fitness instructor and consultant for work with women in crisis situations. Through ESSENCE, Rada has found a deeper connection to sensuous movement and Bellydance and yields it into her work. 2015 she became a certified ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ teacher.

ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE has a huge potential to make women healthy and happy with themselves and in their relationship.

Self confident and alive

Afraa Falak has been dancing since she can walk. Different dance styles over many years led her to discover oriental dance and its fascinating grace - especially on stage. Since her ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ teacher certification in 2015 her classes focus on healthy technique, paired with the joyous ease of dancing and womanhood.

Through the effective use of only the necessary power and the mindful movment of the pelvis and the spine our mind and body alike become flexible.

Sensuality and joy of life

I am a Physiotherapist, Yoga teacher, Yoga Coach and I also work with the color care system Aura-Soma. I have 3 children. I always was interested in dance. But my parents didn`t allow me to learn ballet. Later I did Jazz dance. I was searching my whole life. I studied Sports at the university and then became a Physiotherapist, where I found a way to heal the body with movement. But something was missing. In Yoga, I found a way to combine body, soul, and mind. But I missed the feminine. Then I met Coco in her Pussy Yoga workshop, and I felt so inspired by her. I had been always interested in Bellydance, but I felt too old to start learning it. Nonetheless, I decided to join the ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ teacher training 2020 and there I finally found answers to my questions.

I love to teach and to watch the women find their sensuality and their joy of life. They discover their femininity and the goddes inside.

Dancing in the here and now

From 2013 until 2015 Joanne took regular classes with Coco and the first ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ teachers. When she moved to Hamburg she trained with the ESSENCE Online course and joined the Teacher Training 2016 as a test student. She loved the atmosphere, the quality of education and the time with Coco so much that she decided to join the teacher training 2017 in order to bring ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE to Hamburg! Interview Joanne

When I dance I am in the here and now. My thoughts are 100% with myself and don't wander into the future or the past. It's a union of the body mind and soul. And it's a fantastic feeling!

Feeling for yourself

As a child Jasmin Sunita enjoyed dancing, but at the age of 11 she had a bicycle accident, where she lost two of her front teeth in the upper jaw. This caused her to lose her self-esteem. She withdrew from social contacts and gained more physical problems over the time. Early 2015 she found Coco's Sensuous Dance Workout and rediscovered her passion for dance and movement. After enjoying the teacher training as a test student in 2016, she signed up for the next teacher training and got her certification 2017. Jasmin is also a dental assistant and a student at Bremen university.

I love how we focus on the pelvic floor in ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE. The conscious feeling of the pelvic floor and its connection with every movement gives me a grounded feeling and a sense of security within my body. The structured diversity of movements helps me to find my body blockades easier and to release them little by little.

The energy when people come together

I was born and raised in Stuttgart, where I graduated from the Waldorf School. I have always enjoyed art and movement. I took piano lessons for 10 years and tried out various movement forms from Ballet to Yoga. I discovered Bellydance at the age of 16 and enjoyed it from the first moment. Since then I have been belly dancing once a week. After my A-levels I worked and planned to travel. But because of Corona I had to cancel these plans and used the chance to further my education in Bellydance. I am very happy to have done the ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ training 2020. It has helped me advance on the inside and in my way and attitude of dealing with Bellydance. Now I am very happy to be able to pass on some of this knowledge. At the moment I live in Bremen and study Dance and Theater pedagogy.

I want my students to have fun with movement and feel connected with themselves again after class. I love that it is possible to give other women such a feeling and I also love the energy when people come together!

Body and Soul Inspiration

Looking for a sport which she could do for herself but in a group, a sport in which she would feel comfortable, a sport that would nourish her body and her soul, Sara found Bellydance 2012. To deepen her understanding of bellydance she joined the ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ teacher training and where she obtained her certification in 2016.

ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE is a wonderful method to get to know yourself and your body and to discover your personal potential. And the Bellydance style you learn at ESSENCE is a beautiful way to showcase this new experience.

Become the best version of yourself

Lisa always loved dancing. She admired the sensouos and mysterious moves of belly dancers - but she never thought she could do it herself. Until in 2017, when she just started! Since then she fell more and more in love with the dance and the changes that came along with it. 2019 she became a certified ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ teacher and started teaching. Lisa is also a nutritionist and is constantly educating herself further about achieving a healthy lifestyle through nutrition, exercise, dance and training the mind. Her goal is to help people becoming the best version of themselves. Interview Lisa

What I love about teaching is to see how people start to connect with their bodies and to feel their bodies move from the inside.

Your personal Journey

Luisa is dancing since she was a child. She loves Bellydance, improvisational dance and hip-hop. When she dances, she feels a connection to her soul, her mind becomes calm and she feels pure joy and self-confidence. 2019 she became a certified ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ teacher.

ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE opens a space for your very personal journey to explore your body like a curious child. There is no pressure your pace is perfect. Yyou are allowed to take time for your body. It's your home for life.

Dance frees the soul

Camila has discovered belly dancing in 2009 at the age of 15 and immediately fell in love with this art form. She has trained with renowned teachers in Ecuador and Germany and is actively seeking opportunities to expand her knowledge of Bellydance. She lives in Göttingen since 2013 where she also studies biology. Since 2015 she is a certified ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ teacher and teaches belly dance classes at Göttingen University.

Bellydance frees the soul, but teaching opens the doors to self development.

Dancing as wellness programme for body, mind and soul

Biggi has been dancing since her early childhood. She has gathered experience in various dance styles: ballet, video clip dancing, hip hop, break dance, jazz and modern dance, ballroom dances, charleston, Irish and American tap dance. During her studies in Potsdam in 2014, she discovered Bellydance. She became so passionate about it, that she decided to make it her profession back in her home town Aachen. Thus, she enrolled in the ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ teacher training and became a certified teacher in 2018.

I wish women coming to my class to find a place that fills them with feelings of warmth and happiness, a place where they can feel completely at ease. They learn the belly dance technique slowly to melodious music that touches the soul. Thereby, they also learn to connect to their pelvic floor and to engage it while dancing and in their daily lives.

women rediscovering themselves

I started the ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE training mainly for myself: I wanted to fall in love with my life, to be present in my body, to feel my precious femininity. It came out much better! Since the birth of my son, I have sought reconnection with (my) nature through intensive trainings. Cyclical life led me to my clarity. Naturopathy to my autonomy. Energetics to magic. ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE combines all of this and is the brilliant shortcut to lead women into their true potential. It is a gift from nature and thanks to Coco, with her creative spirit of discovery, we can all unpack it again. This is my inspiration: women rediscovering for themselves the feeling of being a goddess. I became a certified ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE teacher 2021.

If I were an old wise woman asked for the secret of life, I would answer: start with the ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE. All the answers are waiting for you there. And you will recognize them all by yourself!

Dance yourself

I was an enthusiastic banker in Stuttgart when I got in touch with dance. This connection of body, mind and music made me experience a new kind of bliss. I felt connected and rooted in myself. This made me realize that banking couldn't be all I was meant to do. I also craved to feel deeper, to open my heart more and to live a conscious life. So I began to educate myself further into that direction and became a health and fitness coach. 2016 I opened the Practice Center Stuttgart, where I help others to dance themselves free and to be more of themselves. Since 2019 I'm excited to be an Essence of Bellydance teacher. Teacher Interview

Every woman is unique. I want to give everyone the right inspiration & support at the right time.

ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ Teacher Trainer

As a child Wiebke danced international folk dances and jazz dance. At the age of 16 she started with belly dancing and other dance styles. Through her pregnancies her interest in body work and dance has reawakened. 2012 she graduated as a dance educator for modern and creative dance at the Freies Musikzentrum in Munich and has built her own dance groups. Numerous further trainings followed with emphasis on in pre- and postnatal workouts and dance. Since 2017 Wiebke is a certified ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ teacher and 2020 she became an official ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ teacher trainer. Interview Wiebke

I love to witness how women discover new aspects of themselves in my classes. Aspects that get lost in our hectic lifestyle. I am grateful to guide them through this process.

sensuality, self-realization and connection

At the age of 3, Lea was already drawn to dance. She was trained by Jane Landon, a former principal of the Royal Ballet Company. Lea continued her professional education at the Northern Ballet School, Iwanson School of Contemporary Dance and at the Folkwang University of Arts. In 2014, she was selected to dance in Pina Bauschs Tannhäuser Bacchnal as part of the Dance Biennale at the Semper Oper in Dresden. Already during her studies, she was seeking teaching techniques that are conscious and respect the human body. Due to her own injuries, she gained further qualifications in the Gyrotonic- and the Gyrokinesis method, to be able to dedicate herself individually to a body-friendly way of professional dance. She teaches those methods since 2012. Furthermore, Lea is a certified Rolfer® and is currently continuing her studies as a naturopath. Lea came across ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE after giving birth to her son, when she was looking for postnatal recovery. In ESSENCE, she can combine her knowledge as a bodyworker with her dance in a playful way, which is a great enrichment for her. Lea loves to dive deep into the mysteries of the body, to connect with other women and to get creative together. Lea became a certified ESSENCE teacher in 2021.

In my class, I love to achieve flow states with my women and to be fully present together. In me, you can find an ally in self-realization, femininity and in bringing magic into your life. When I discover something meaningful for myself, I’m happy to share my secrets and I am happy to see other women glow.

A magical experience

Emilia started dancing classical ballet at the age of 5 for several years. After a long break she returned to dance, by exploring in her rare spare time many styles, for example Contemporary Dance and Flamenco. Since 2012 Bellydance is part of this. As a certified ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ teacher since 2021 Emilia wants to provide courses for students of all ages and fitness levels, especially the ones who did not yet have the opportunity to access the world of dance movement.

Every dance class is an absolutely magical experience, we release the tension of our daily lives and feel the positive energy among us, even online.

Living self-determined

Since she was a child, Sarina loved to dance. But only after a period of an intense work with the inner child she decided to integrate dancing in her daily life. That's how ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE came into her life. Sarina has become a certified ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ Teacher in 2018 and supported the students of the Online-Teacher Training 2022 as mentor. Next to her job as ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ Teacher, Sarina has a full-time work at Munich Airport and studies communication psychology. Interview Sarina

Due to my experiences in the business sector I know the problems with the continuous performance pressure and the competitive thinking. Because of that it’s so important not to loose sight of ourselves. That’s why I want to help women to encounter themselves open-hearted and honestly, to trust their body and to welcome their feelings and emotions.

DISCOVER HOW BEAUTIFUL AND SENSUAL YOU ARE

Christina always had a passion for dancing - Salsa, Bachata, Kizomba, Bellydance, she could never get enough. She discovered belly dancing for herself as a teenager and was enthusiastic from the beginning. She immediately began to feel the joy, self-love and amazing body feeling this dance brings. Has she always known that she wanted to be a dance teacher one day? Deep down yes! Yet - as Paulo Coelho says so beautifully - "sometimes the path only shows itself when you start walking it."

The first step to teaching belly dance began with Christina's pregnancy - because her former dance teacher always emphasized "Girls, if you ever get pregnant, make sure you do belly dancing! It’s the best you can do for yourself, your body and your baby".

With that in mind, she started with the online ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ course led by Wiebke. And from the very first lesson, she rediscovered her passion for belly dance. The clear structure of the ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ method, which makes even the most complex movements easy to learn, fascinated her so much that she decided to integrate dancing firmly into her life, and to turn this hobby into a career. Which is why she decided to do the ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ training in 2022.

She has also taken further training and graduated in "Belly dance during pregnancy" with Wiebke and Lea, and is a certified prenatal Bellydance teacher. Besides that, she offers Bellydance courses specifically for postnatal recovery.

My vision is to excite other women in belly dancing and to help them discover the incomparable feeling of happiness and self-esteem that belly dance gives you! With ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ not only can we train our bodies, but we can also learn to build a good relationship with them and love ourselves exactly as we are!

Dancing has fascinated me since I was young. It started with jazz and modern dance as well as standard and latin dance. Due to my training as an IT specialist, my dance partner and I went our separate ways. In 2006 I finally fell in love with belly dance in a beginner's course. I then took courses and gained my first performance experiences at annual dance festivals.

In 2012 I got to know ATS and ITS and that's how I found my way to fusion dance in 2016. In the meantime, I can already look back on a few performances, especially at international festivals of the fusion scene. In January 2020 I received my Bellyfit® Instructor certification. In 2021 I completed my certification as an ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ teacher. In order to always be able to pass on the latest knowledge to my students, I regularly take part in certifications and workshops with well-known international dancers. Among them e.g. Kami Liddle, Olga Meos, Valenteena Ianni and Melli Sarina.

ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE offers a holistic approach and an ideal course structure. Emphasis is placed on the participants connecting with and feeling their bodies. These basics and the feeling for one's own body are essential for a dancer.

Inspiration For Women

In her childhood Ivonne competed in rhythmic sports gymnastics, until horseback riding became her great passion. She found her way back into dancing by Butoh in 2009 where she also started to learn various relaxation and bodywork techniques like Autogenous training and Feldenkrais. Since 2013 she has devoted herself to belly dancing and became a certified ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ teacher in 2016. Interview Ivonne

I love the holistic approach of the ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE method. It contains so much foundational bodywork, relaxation techniques, energy work combined with the creativity of dance and movement.

ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ Teacher Trainer

In her youth Daya began her education in belly dance with international stars. In addition to her Pedadgogy and Theatre Education studies she completed a further education in Therapeutic Dance (DGT). She loves to explore Contemporary Dance, Ballet, Yoga, Meditation and Bodywork. Since 2010 she inspires her audience through experimental and classical dance performances. In 2014 she obtained the ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE teacher certification and 2017 she got certified as the first official ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ teacher trainer. Interview Daya

I love the connection between body, mind and soul in ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE.

Feeling, freedom and life

Her experiences in various dance styles of our world, her Yoga practice and the drawing of mandalas led Inna to Mandala Temple Dance. 2012 she bacame a certified Mandala Temple Dance teacher. In 2014 she obtained the ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ teacher certification.

Dance creates harmony inside of us. I discovered my passion for dance on my travels as I immersed myself in differnet cultures and ways of living.

Feeling free and beautiful

I dance since I was a teenager: jazz, modern and tap dance, flamenco, Bellydance and burlesque. My main job is teaching German to refugee children; apart from that I am a sex education teacher and WenDo trainer (physical and verbal self-defence for women and girls). With these two activities, my clients and I work a lot on "my body in contact with another body". Especially in WenDo, boundaries are an important issue, as in becoming aware of negative sensations and acting to avoid them. I noticed I urgently needed a counter activity, as in something enjoyable and sensuous for my body, and therefore joined the ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ teacher training. Since 2020 I am happy to pass this on to the women in my courses.

The more we know and cherish our body, the better we perceive which encounters and physical contacts are beneficial - and which aren't. My bellydance classes are a safe space for women where they can plunge into their senses and feel free and beautiful.

Let your feelings dance

I was born in Mexico and have lived in Germany for 25 years. For me, dancing will always be the most beautiful art in life, I cannot imagine life without dance. With ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE I could not only to develop myself as a dancer, I also conneted more deeply with my essence. For that I thank life, Coco and all the wonderful women I met during my training. Since 2020 I am a certified ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE teacher and Pelvic floor trainer. The Arabic rhythms are very important to me. I want my participants to feel the rhythms in their bodies especially in our inner center.

The connection to our body is essential. To let our feelings dance is a challenge, it helps us grow on a personal level.

the joy of movement

In the middle of my life I came across ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE and completed the teacher training in 2020. My fascination with belly dance began at the age of 16. More dance styles and further training in various areas of relaxation, meditation and body work followed. This curiosity about the body and its movements made me become a physiotherapist, naturopath and sexologist in 2006. Here my focus became pelvic floor therapy, to which my heart belongs.

For me, ESSENCE is the joy of movement, a feeling from within, the conscious everyday experience from our center - and the self-empowerment that grows from it. This is possible at any moment. At any age. Now.

LOVING YOUR BODY

Since her childhood, Tida has lived between the two different cultures of Germany and Thailand. This has shaped her life as well as her way of thinking. She has always enjoyed traveling and particularly loved experiencing foreign cultures. During her studies she worked as a tour guide and after completing her Bachelor of Art degree she became a flight attendant with a Thai airline. On her return to Germany, she worked in the airline offices.

Through her love of yoga and her interest in various physical training methods, Tida became aware of Coco's book Pussy Yoga. After reading the book and practicing the exercises, she was so enthusiastic and convinced of Coco's methods that she completed the teacher training course in Munich. Since 2022 she is a certified ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ teacher.

Her greatest wish is to pass on this holistic training method, which strengthens body and mind, to as many women as possible in Germany and Thailand, whether young or old. Women who are already in the second half of their lives, like herself, are especially close to her heart. She also has a particular interest in the area of Pelvic Floor Integration.

The ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ Method helps you to make your body and especially your pelvic floor lively and supple again.

Embody your femininity

Consciously lived femininity, cycle-aware womanhood and the depths of female sexuality are topics that have fascinated Angelika for many years. For this reason, she has chosen to let this inner calling become her profession. As a body awareness coach, Angelika guides women in her courses, workshops, classes and counselling sessions, to fully embody their femininity in all their different aspects - to enjoy and embrace a sensuous and fulfilling life. Her offer is as diverse and extensive as the female nature itself. In her cycle-aware yoga classes, her belly-dance infused pelvic floor training, or in her body work sessions as well as cycle awareness coach, Angelika´s passion for embodied femininity is taking each woman on her individual journey to come home to herself, to her beautiful body. Since 2020 she is a certified ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ teacher.

Essence is a unique approach to belly dance - where you dance from the inside out and connect with the very nature of your feminine essence.

Embody your femininity

Consciously lived femininity, cycle-aware womanhood and the depths of female sexuality are topics that have fascinated Angelika for many years. For this reason, she has chosen to let this inner calling become her profession. As a body awareness coach, Angelika guides women in her courses, workshops, classes and counselling sessions, to fully embody their femininity in all their different aspects - to enjoy and embrace a sensuous and fulfilling life. Her offer is as diverse and extensive as the female nature itself. In her cycle-aware yoga classes, her belly-dance infused pelvic floor training, or in her body work sessions as well as cycle awareness coach, Angelika´s passion for embodied femininity is taking each woman on her individual journey to come home to herself, to her beautiful body. Since 2020 she is a certified ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ teacher.

Essence is a unique approach to belly dance - where you dance from the inside out and connect with the very nature of your feminine essence.

Anywhere and always

As a child I had a strong urge to move, but the opportunity to take dance lessons did not exist in my small hometown. That is why I moved to London and later to my current home Graz. I took classes in many different styles of dance, including ballet, modern and jazz dance. I met my husband at a dance class and so it came about that this hobby became our common hobby. As you can see, dancing has been with me all my life and yet one last piece of the puzzle was missing, which I only found through ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE. The integration of the pelvic floor into the dance movements made it possible for me to feel myself in a completely new way. This way, dancing became much more intuitive for me - I had never experienced it like this before. It is the self-confidence and the positive body image that women often lack, and that I was able to acquire through regular Essence of Bellydance training, that I am now passing on to other women. I am a certified Essence of Bellydance teacher since 2020.

Belly dancing is a wonderful way to develop yourself and learn new things, to feel stronger and healthier.

Hapiness for body and soul

Movement and dance, as well as physical fitness and inner harmony, have always been an important part of my life. I'm a Pilates and Yoga teacher, but I also give various group and private classes. I got to know belly dancing 15 years ago and since then it has meant being fit and happy for me. Dancing has always given me energy and confidence. ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE is then the next step on this path. It enables me to pass on my passion and love for belly dancing. I find this method a unique combination of everything women need for a healthy mind and body. I have been a certified ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE teacher since 2021.

ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE harmoniously connects body and soul. You learn to relax the mind, to feel your body, to perform the beautiful and feminine movements anatomically precise and to dance from your heart.

To come into the body

I started belly dancing in my second pregnancy. I had problems with my back, so it was the perfect way for me to move my body without hurting myself and without feeling limited. It's more than just an activity, I have so many benefits in my daily life where I receive impulses to go deeper into my body or have a better posture due to the many years of practicing bellydance. A big world opened to me when I discovered my pelvicfloor. This wonderful experiences I wish every woman!

I love to teach bellydance! I give the opportunity to come into the body, to let all stuff that we don't need fall away, to feel comfortable, lightly and let the body dance like it needs to move.

Living your inner fire

Sonja holds a Master of Education degree for High School teaching but has devoted her life to coaching and dancing. She obtained her Soulresponding Coach degree 2014-2016 and is now developing Soulresponding-Swiss as well as the Soulresponding Academy. In 2017 she became a certified ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ teacher. In her work she likes to connect the old moves of Oriental dance with topics of femininity as well as body awareness and accompany women into their vitality. Interview Sonja

The ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ provides the best basis to flow into your own style of dance, because it unites several arts, methods and mindsets.

Healing the body

I found Coco's Pussy Yoga book and the ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ classes online when I was looking for a way to heal my body and strengthen my pelvic floor after my second daughter was born. What it gave me was so much more than a 'physical' repair. A whole new approach to life with a deeper connection to my body, my feelings, my sensuality, my everything.

I have always loved dancing and bellydance is a wonderful dance which can be done any time at home, in a class or with friends to feel more deeply connected to your physical self and to the beautiful world around you.

The founder of ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™

Coco has traveled the world to entertain clients such as Hilton, L'Oréal and BMW with her belly dance shows. She is a regular guest on German national TV and worked with artists like Natacha Atlas, Fady Maalouf, Bülent Ceylan and Kurt Krömer. Her belly dance classes, teacher training and online courses have moved over 7 million women around the world. Coco's Bestselling Book Interviews with Coco

In ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE we reconnect to our body on a deeper level and dance from the inside out.

Incredible Tool for Expression

When I was a kid, I saw an old film where a woman was belly dancing and I was so fascinated of this mystery and beauty. I am dancing since I can remember. At the age of 13, as a shy and introverted girl, belly dancing was my life savior and I started discovering how powerful is to move my body when hard emotions arise. Since then, I have become a professional dancer and have explored Contemporary Dance, Traditional African Dances, Tribal-Fussion, Dance-Theater, Hula Hoop, Art Therapy and more. I have studied the power of the dancing body in different cultures. Since 2018 I am a certified ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ teacher.

When I found Coco through YouTube and saw her authenticity and her special approach to dance, I fell in love with belly dancing again. The ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE method has a very "well nourished" foundation. It combines the best of ancient and modern bodywork techniques. The result is a free, strong and playful dancing body!

Dance is my life

Olga is a professional dancer and teacher in Ronda, Spain. She began to study Flamenco and Classical Spanish Dance at the age of four at the Pilar Becerra Academy of Dance. In 1999 she began touring Europe as a soloist and with dance companies such as Pura Pasion. In 2005 she became a dance teacher and personal trainer and since 2013 she has been a certified ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ teacher.

ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE has woken up something new deep inside of me.

Transformative Experience

Eva passionately danced all her life in addition to Asian martial arts, meditation and horse riding. She is a full-time film director. Focussing on a belly dancer as part of a film inspired her interest in belly dance. She instantly fell in love with the sensual movements and the amazing physical feeling. Since 2010 Eva has been learning from Coco, and became a certified ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ teacher in 2014 in order to pass the transformative experience of this dance on to other women.

In ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE we get to know our body in detail and are able to develop an expressive personal dance style.

Living your inner fire

Sonja holds a Master of Education degree for High School teaching but has devoted her life to coaching and dancing. She obtained her Soulresponding Coach degree 2014-2016 and is now developing Soulresponding-Swiss as well as the Soulresponding Academy. In 2017 she became a certified ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ teacher. In her work she likes to connect the old moves of Oriental dance with topics of femininity as well as body awareness and accompany women into their vitality. Interview Sonja

The ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE provides the best basis to flow into your own style of dance, because it unites several arts, methods and mindsets.

The Joy of Dancing

I loved music and dance since I was a child. I was moving my body to the beat and always wanted to join real dance classes with a teacher. Unfortunately there was no such possibility in the country side of northern Poland where I grew up. When I moved to Denmark I took a course in jazz dance. I was looking for something to express myself and gain self esteem. That's when belly dance came to me. I've read an article in a Polish holistic magazine "Wróżka" about belly dancing. How it changes life, brings freedom and joy. That was exactly something what I was looking for, so I found a class in Copenhagen. I went there for about 2 years and loved it until I had to stop because of my job. As I looked for online classes I found Coco and decided that I want to take the ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ teacher training and spread the joy of dancing. I'm a certified of Bellydance Teacher since 2018.

Dancing and moving our bodies is so natural and organic. I admire the freedom of self-expression in belly dancing and love to see other woman smiles and satisfied happy faces while we dance together.

Body Awareness and Expression

Anastasia has been working as an English and Spanish teacher and an actress. Movement, dance, artistic expression and connecting with her body has always been essential for her well-being. She practiced different types of dance, such as modern jazz, folklore, capoeira and latin to build body awareness. She trained with great teachers of Egyptian and Classic Oriental as well as Tribal Fusion for 2 years in Greece and Spain. In 2019 she moved to Norway and started offering belly dance fitness classes and became a certified ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ teacher.

ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE is a great way to be initiated to the secrets of body awareness, pelvic floor integration and ecstatic moves!

Pelvic Floor and Femininity

Rada teaches pelvic floor and vagina training seminars for women since 2010. She is an international certified fitness instructor and consultant for work with women in crisis situations. Through ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE Rada has found a deeper connection to sensuous movement and Bellydance and yields it into her work. 2015 she became a certified ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE teacher.

ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE has a huge potential to make women healthy and happy with themselves and in their relationship.

Waking up the woman

Liene is a designer and assistant to Rada Ram in teaching pelvic floor and vagina seminars for women. 2015 she became a certified ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE teacher and started to lead Bellydance workshops and classes.

Belly dance is now part of my everyday life. It gives me a greater understanding of what happens in my body with every move.

The Joy of Dancing

I loved music and dance since I was a child. I was moving my body to the beat and always wanted to go to a real dance class with a teacher. Unfortunately there was no such possibility in the country side of northern Poland where I grew up. When I moved to Denmark I took a course in jazz dance. I was looking for something to express myself and gain self esteem. That's when belly dance came to me. I've read an article in a Polish holistic magazine "Wróżka" about belly dancing. How it changes life, brings freedom and joy. That was exactly something what I was looking for, so I found a class in Copenhagen. I went there for about 2 years and loved it. Then I had to stop because of my job. As I looked for online classes I found Coco and decided that I want to take the ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE teacher training and spread the joy of dancing. I'm a certified ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ teacher since 2018.

Dancing and moving our bodies is so natural and organic .I admire the freedom of self-expression in belly dancing and love to see other woman smiles and satisfied happy faces while we dance together.

Feel your best self

Katrina grew up dancing ballet, tap, and jazz since the age of 3. She carried her love of movement into her career as a pediatric Occupational Therapist. Through a self-promise of learning to take better care of herself following a broken arm and feeling disconnected, Katrina discovered Coco’s book Pussy Yoga. After loving the way the movements made her feel, she wanted to learn more, and completed the ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE training in 2022.

Katrina has become passionate about sharing her new knowledge and techniques with as many women as possible, particularly around pelvic floor integration and how to help women feel their best self. She also wants to help her daughters’ generation grow up feeling confident and aware of their possibilities.

I love teaching as it allows me to share a safe place with my students to forget the daily stress and find enjoyment through movement.

Expressing our authentic soul selves

I am raising my two children with my spouse and work for the government of New York State as a Human Resources manager at a hospital. I earned my Bachelor of Arts degree in African American Studies, which included coursework in West African and Jazz dance. During college I performed in multiple dance and spoken word showcases, as well as co-choreographed an interpretive dance piece. I have taught swim lessons to young children, outdoor education to adolescents, and English as a Second Language to adults. I am a certified Zumba and Zumba Kids/Kids Jr. instructor and since 2022 a certifies ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE teacher.

I am drawn to the intentional focus on the pelvic floor and somatic awareness. Pelvic Floor Integration makes ESSENSE OF BELLYDANCE unique. It encourages us to unite the the practical and the spiritual by increasing our awareness of anatomy and function while connecting energetically to our sacred selves. As we tune into our bodies we become a channel of our beautiful life force and we can use that practically to heal ourselves as we show up to our daily lives with renewed presence. As a teacher, I love that the method is accessible to all levels. My favorite part about teaching is holding a space where people can come together and play with the suggestion to dance and live from the inside out. There is no pressure to "perform.

There is a magic to experiencing ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE with others. The synergy buzzes through and around us. We practice plugging into our own personal source of power, creating a charge and an outlet to express our authentic soul selves. That's what I love about the privilege of teaching, is guiding a process amongst students to their own sources of joy and how to live from the heart.

Expand and delight

It is never too late to learn. A secret dream of little girl Debra was to dance, but she kept this so tight inside that she never even twirled around like a typical little girl. She did immensely enjoy country life, climbing trees and running barefoot among many other things. However, the restriction of a dream and other restrictions of movement (i.e. hips) she intentionally placed upon her young body, albeit without knowledge of the harm, led to a longing to simply be able to walk gracefully.

After years of searching, Coco Berlin and the ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE to the rescue! Multiple dreams come true for Debra and she is passionate about being the best teacher she can be. Aircraft engine building and a variety of other skills fade away, but dancing is here to stay.

A special motto that works for any situation: Expand Your Gratitude and Delight.

The freedom to dance like no one else

I have always had a love for music, art, and dance. I began belly dance classes in 2009, studying various styles and techniques, but when I came across the ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE method, I was hooked. I love the natural movement and earthy feel of it. Coco's way of teaching made me feel relaxed and comfortable in my own skin. I found that dancing from the inside out made me more aware of my own body. I realized that no two dancers are exactly alike, although the movements may be taught the same. We all interpret this beautiful art in our own natural way, giving us the freedom to dance like no one else. As a fashion designer and professional seamstress for over 40 years, I am teaching the ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ method since 2021 and designing my Body and Soul brand of earthy-inspired belly dance apparel.

Coco's way of teaching is easy to follow, precise, and very fun, I love this method because it helps me find my own natural way to move while learning the integration of the pelvic floor muscles.

Being your self

Lilly Violet is a fusion belly dancer, yoga practitioner and alternative model. She started doing yoga at Madison Area Tech College and immediately felt a strong connection to the yogi lifestyle. Soon afterwards she started belly dancing with Ayperi Genneyya and realized that this was her true calling so she set out to learn as much as she could. On her trip to Germany 2014 she discovered Coco Berlin and the ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE method. In 2016 she completed Zoe Jakes Key of Diamonds intensive in Milwaukee Wisconsin. 2017 she returned to Germany to study with Coco and became a certified ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ Instructor.

ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE taught me to be comfortable in my own body. I saw that I can be vulnerable and just me in my own skin. Now I am sharing this with others.

LOVING YOUR BODY

Since her childhood, Tida has lived between the two different cultures of Germany and Thailand. This has shaped her life as well as her way of thinking. She has always enjoyed traveling and particularly loved experiencing foreign cultures. During her studies she worked as a tour guide and after completing her Bachelor of Art degree she became a flight attendant with a Thai airline. On her return to Germany, she worked in the airline offices.

Through her love of yoga and her interest in various physical training methods, Tida became aware of Coco's book Pussy Yoga. After reading the book and practicing the exercises, she was so enthusiastic and convinced of Coco's methods that she completed the teacher training course in Munich. Since 2022 she is a certified ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ teacher.

Her greatest wish is to pass on this holistic training method, which strengthens body and mind, to as many women as possible in Germany and Thailand, whether young or old. Women who are already in the second half of their lives, like herself, are especially close to her heart. She also has a particular interest in the area of Pelvic Floor Integration.

The ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ Method helps you to make your body and especially your pelvic floor lively and supple again.

Connecting to yourself

Daphné is half Mauritian, half Spanish. She has been living in multicultural Mauritius, for 18 years where she had the chance to discover the richness of each culture through their music, dances and rituals. Daphné began dancing at a very young age. She started with ballet and quickly tried various dance styles such as jazz, belly dance, salsa, hip-hop, pole dancing and african dance. In each and every dance, she discovered a new part of herself. Since 2015, Daphné dove deeper into bellydancing. Through ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE she learned to feel her body and the movements in a completely different way, which allowed her to feel more connected with herself from the inside. In 2018 she became a certified ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ teacher. She is now looking forward to share this wonderful method in Mauritius and to continue her training in Dance and Movement Therapy.

With ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™, you learn to feel your body, feel the movements in a completely different way, which allows you to feel more connected with yourself from the inside.