I am so happy to share after much testing, researching and planning I am officially introducing Naja’s Raqs & Roots Online Circle!
My online circle brings you not just dance but movement from wherever you are. You can enjoy a class from home, revisit movements at your own pace while exploring even when you can’t make it to the studio.
The very first full length video is now available for you. Earth & Ember. This class is aproximatly 1 hour in length featuring Global Caravan Tribal Bellydance. Join me for earthy inspired moves and the ember and glow of the fall! In this video we explore:
Carolyn’s Walk
Lean Walk
Morrocan Hip Hop
Alternating Arabic
Bicycle Shimmy
Turkish Shimmy
Amaya Box.
Earth & Ember is just the first part of what will become a growing collection of online classes & recordings for you! I am excited to build this space and share more opportunities with you to move, learn and feel more connected. This is something I have wanted to do for such a long time (many years).
You can find Earth & Ember on the Najla’s Rags & Roots Online Circle Page, along with a few little freebies! I hope you join me there and dance and move with me whenever it feels right for you!
Fall is a beautiful time to return to yourself, settle into a supportive routine, and discover how good movement can feel. October registration is now open at Hip Love Studio! September 23rd to October 3rd!
Our fall theme, Falling for Movement, continues throughout October with welcoming classes designed to help you build strength, mobility, confidence, and connection. All classes are beginner friendly, and you never need previous experience to get started.
Monday at 6:30 PM: Yoga & Stretch Unwind from your day with gentle yoga, stretching, breathwork, and mindful movement. This class supports flexibility, mobility relaxation and well being.
Tuesday at 9:30 AM: Yoga Foundations A welcoming morning yoga class using standing, seated, and kneeling movements without getting up and down repeatedly from the floor. Perfect for anyone wanting a supportive and accessible yoga practice. Focusing on strength & balance.
Tuesday at 5:30 PM: Pilates Mat Build core strength, stability, posture, and body awareness through beginner to intermediate Pilates exercises. Modifications are always offered so you can work at the level that feels right for you.
Wednesday at 6:30 PM: Bellydance Foundations Explore classic Cabaret-style bellydance in a friendly, beginner-focused environment. We will work with posture, arms, foundational movements, traveling steps, and introductory veil techniques. Each class ends with a fun follow along dance experience.
Thursday at 5:30 PM: Barre Fitness A full-body workout inspired by ballet, Pilates, and functional fitness. Barre helps develop strength, balance, stability, and muscular endurance and no dance experience required.
Thursday at 6:30 PM — Global Caravan Tribal Bellydance October’s theme is Warrior Energy , inspired by strength and warrior energy. We will focus on strong posture, powerful arms, grounded movement using Global Caravan vocabulary. Bringing out your own warrior energy through movement.
Thursday at 7:30 PM — Yoga Wellness Journey Close your evening with a calming combination of Yin and restorative yoga, breath work and allows you to slow down, release tension, and reconnect with yourself.
Weekly classes require monthly registration. Drop-ins are not offered for regularly scheduled classes, helping us create a consistent and connected learning experience.
Move More withHip Love Pass
Want to enjoy a full month of movement with the Hip Love Pass? For $99 per month, you can attend all of my weekly yoga classes, pilates and barre fitness. It is a flexible and affordable way to build a consistent routine while enjoying a variety of classes for strength, mobility, balance and relaxation.
You can now move with me from home through Najla’s Raqs & Roots Online Circle. The growing online library currently includes free Global Caravan, bellydance, Ballet Boot Camp, and gentle yoga videos, with more movement experiences coming soon.
On October 18 from 6:30–7:30 PM, join me online for Earth & Ember, a live Global Caravan Zoom class filled with grounded movement and fiery energy.
Registration is required by: October 16th for live and or recording.
The recording lets you revisit the material and move at a time that works for you.
Register for October
October registration is open September 25 through October 3. Space is limited so every student receives personal guidance in a comfortable, supportive setting.
Whether you are returning to a familiar practice or trying something completely new, you are welcome here. At Hip Love Studio, movement is for every body and you never have to be “in shape,” flexible, or experienced before beginning.
Come move, strengthen, breathe, and fall in love with movement this October
I love the changes of seasons and what fall brings! It’s the opportunity to slow down, reconnect and to get back to a rhythm after a busy summer.
September gives us the opportunity to find movement again as we often have more time and less going on. Plus movement helps to connect back to ourselves.
Falling for movement is our theme at Najla’s Dance and September is a great time to start.
Whether you’re looking for the creativity of belly dance, the strength and energy of Barre Fitness, the mindful movement of Pilates or Yoga, or a combination of classes, there’s a place for you.
No experience is needed in any of our classes as we want everyone to have an opportunity to move in their body. You do not need to have rhythm, be flexible, strong or not know how to dance!
Movement is not just about exercise or getting stronger its an opportuntiy to connect, breath, giving ourself space, to be surrounded by others, feeling good. I hope you join me to maybe experiance something new or come back to movement if it has been awhile and fall in love with yourself and movement.
I invite you to come:
Move
Dance
Stretch
Strengthen
Breath
Check out our schedule for the fall and month of September!
Once you have taken a look at the schedule check out the classes here and grab your spot. Click the button below:
Welcome to our Studio! We are so glad your here! Hip Love Studio is a very unique space. We offer quite a few classes that you can not find anywhere else and not your normal dance studio. We focus on recreational dance & fitness classes giving you a wide variety of movement from kids to adult!
Hip Love studio is about healing in physical love through movement, fitness, dance and energy healing. Allie Joseph is the owner and has been in the fitness & dance industry for over 32 years. She has found dance, movement and fitness a very valuable part in her life.
The studio focuses on empowering others through movement and dance of all ages! Sharing the passion. Is a big dream come true! I created this space for individuals to learn and move. It is a non judgmental safe space to connect and explore.
We are all born to move. We are born to dance, create, and be free. That is what we are all about! Teaching others to feel good in their own body and skin feeling good.
I would love for you to join us. Check us out and become a part of an amazing community. Here, you can be yourself!
Belly Dance is for everyone no matter the age. It is just one of the very few dance forms where you can say that…actually it may be the only; one more specifically if we are talking about advancing to professional level but lets not focus there.
Over my years of being a belly dancer myself of just now 23 years; I have heard oh I am too old or she is too young, or belly dance for kids? I believe I have written about this a time or too but it has been on my mind a lot more recently. I have had discussed this countless of times with current students, soon to be students about the topic. In general, most of the women believe that they are too old for belly dance….what qualifies for too old??? You have got me!!! But, generally speaking I am going to guess that society suggests on average if you are over 30; your too old…this is far from true!
I myself have had the privilege to teach all women from the age of 3-98! I know it is truly crazy that it can be true but WoW all of these women have amazed me! The average age of women stepping into there first class is age anywhere from 40-50, then we do have those exceptions of course, taking their first belly dance class beyond 75 and up!
Have you thought about trying out classes and then thought, but I am too old? Have you suggested it to someone a friend and you got that are you kidding me look? No matter what I am here to tell you that belly dance is for everyone!
Benefits of Belly Dance for 40 & up (benefits everyone!)
it is a low impact workout so it is easier on your joints & bones.
the movements tend to be natural flow (side to side, up and or down, forward & back, in & out).
It helps with coordination and balance.
Helps with posture and to keep the body strong.
Helps keep the body flexible & agile.
It is fun, promotes confidence & well being
Provides time for community with others while learning.
Helps keep the brain young by learning & remembering moves & steps.
These are just some of the amazing benefits! Plus and this is a BIG ONE!!! It just makes you feel Good! We all love to dance and wiggle around! “When you Wiggle. It makes you Giggle!” (My Mantra).
Benefits for All Keep Reading:
We all want to feel good in our bodies and feel good about ourselves! Belly dance increases confidence, self esteem and you will feel better on the whole just not with you, your body, but outlook on life. This dance really teaches us so much more then dance. You get to share with others, create friendships and lasting memories. I provide a space for all women where you can come and just be you. That has always been my #1 vision. I will teach you how to move your body, with love & grace. To move freely, to connect to your most powerful self that has been laying dormant inside you. To help you to feel better, to be more confident in yourself, to help you grow & bloom. To have fun, community, movement & connection. I currently have classes for ages 4 all the way to adult.
Summer of Movement Finale Move. Breathe. Dance. Connect.
As summer begins to wind down, August is our opportunity to celebrate everything we’ve accomplished together through movement. Whether you’ve been joining us for yoga, Pilates, barre, belly dance, or our children’s classes, this month is about finishing the season feeling stronger, more confident, and ready to welcome fall.
Movement is more than exercise. It helps us build strength, reduce stress, improve balance, express ourselves, and connect with our community. Every class at Hip Love Studio offers a unique experience while supporting our shared goal of moving with intention.
Take a look at what’s happening in our Finale!
Mondays 5:30-6:30pm $30/4weeks
Yoga & Stretch Gentle Flow
Come join me for the perfect class to start your Monday and your week to move, stretch, flow and feel relaxed with movement. As we finish the summer moving with intention and breathe and being mindful of our body and movement helping you to set up your week with gentle feel good movement.
Perfect for beginners or anyone wanting to refine the basics. We’ll focus on standing poses, seated poses, hands-and-knees work, breathing techniques, alignment, and safe transitions. This class builds confidence one pose at a time without floor-based reclining postures. This class will help you leave feeling energized and to go about your day!
Simple & Controlled movement to allow you to discover the power of core strength, stability, and mindful movement. Each class is designed to improve posture, balance, flexibility, and functional strength while helping you feel stronger from the inside out. Feel good, strong, centered and balanced as we focus on simple moves with quality not quantity to feel the burn!
Join me as we dive and develop the essential building blocks of belly dance through isolations, upper and lower body movements, accents, shimmies, and simple traveling steps. As the month progresses, you’ll begin putting these movements together with greater confidence, ease and fun! Low impact and a great way to move your body in an uplifting unique way!
Explore movement inspired by the rich traditions of Global Caravan style while strengthening technique, musicality, and connection. Each class is an opportunity to travel through movement while celebrating creativity and community.
find your breathe, unwind, relax and release in our Thursday night Yoga class that focuses on slow and gentle movement using various props and movements that help you relax and unwind. Perfect way to end a Thursday night!
July at Hip Love Studio: Your Summer of Movement Continues!
Join me Hip Love Studio & Najlas Dance
Happy July!
Summer is the perfect time to reconnect with yourself through movement, and I invite you to join us for another month of dancing, stretching, strengthening, and building community at Hip Love Studio and Najlas Dance
Whether you’re looking to learn something new, improve your fitness, reduce stress, or simply enjoy moving with others in a welcoming environment, there is a place for you here.
July Class Offerings
Our weekly schedule includes:
Pilates Mat Ballet Barre Bootcamp Gentle Yoga & Restore Yoga Beginner Bellydance Global Caravan Tribal Bellydance
No matter your experience level, you’ll find supportive classes designed to help you move with confidence and joy.
Foundations for BeginnersCommunity, Culture, Creativity
Want to fully immerse yourself? Grab my Ultimate Bellydance Package for July that gives you access to Wednesday & Thursdays 6:30pm classes plus the monthly workshop Spicy Stylings July 26th 3:30-5pm for $120!
Our Summer of Movement Pass allows you to enjoy multiple styles of movement throughout the month for just $99.
With your pass you can:
Attend up to 4 classes each week
Choose one class per day
Mix and match bellydance, yoga, Pilates, and Barre Fitness.
Explore new classes while maintaining your favorites
Please note: Workshops, special events, pop-up classes, and troupe activities are not included.
Reserve Your Spot
To help us prepare the best experience for everyone, all students that’s dropping in including Summer of Movement Pass holders—must reserve their space by 4:00 p.m. on the day of class by registering online via the website.
Pass holders, you must send a Facebook message or text at 740-466-7590 by 4pm day of class.
This allows classes to be prepared with care and helps ensure a smooth experience for everyone.
💜 Why Move This Summer?
Movement is about so much more than exercise.
It helps us:
Build strength and flexibility
Improve balance and posture
Reduce stress
Increase confidence
Connect with an encouraging community
Celebrate what our bodies can do
Every class is an opportunity to invest in yourself.
Yoga/pilates & Barre Fitness
Whether you want to stretch, calm down, gain strength and more flexibility. These are great additions we have added! All run on 4 week series/sessions for just $30 monthly.
Yoga & StretchYoga basics great for beginnersPilates 5:30pm TuesdaysThursdays 5:30pmThursdays 7:30pm perfect to unwind
🌺 Join Us This July
Whether you’re returning to class or joining us for the very first time, I’d love to welcome you.
