RakasaFit for Deep Core fitness and fun

Suzanna Davis

Belly dance and core fitness merge into “RakasaFit,” a fun and challenging workout and global community of feminine strength and movement.

Not only for belly dance enthusiasts, this class attracts people from a variety of interests, moving together to an energetic mix of Middle Eastern melodies and modern beats.

Fitness devotee and career belly dance professional, Suzanna Davis, founded RakasaFit, inspired by her love of dance and movement as a way to create healing and community, and supported by decades of experience and cross-disciplinary training in ballet, jazz, contemporary, African, and Middle Eastern dance with international instructors from Egypt and around the world.

Well received internationally, Suzanna’s RakasaFit classes are now offered in Shoreline’s Alive Juice Bar studio in Ballinger Village, Mercer Island Community Center, and soon other fitness outlets throughout the NW. 

Lunges, extensions, and other popular fitness moves are elegantly combined with powerful belly dance drills that demand full extension through the spine and deep engagement of core muscles. 

Belly dance is widely known to bring physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being, yet for some it remains an exotic curiosity. With a consistent format focused on the elemental shapes, vibrations, and energy points of this movement practice, Suzanna makes these benefits accessible to everyone. Although the movements and combinations are basic, the workout is nonetheless challenging, which enables participants of all levels and backgrounds to benefit.

“It's really amazing. I believe it's a huge help no matter what your fitness or dance goals are!” says Amber Swanger, a dedicated student.

Suzanna Davis is also known for her full scale shows such as Belly Dance Off, which has held 23 events in 8 venues across 3 cities since being founded in 2010. RakasaFit reflects the same spirit of quality, authenticity, personal growth, and global community in these events.

Classes are currently held on Tuesdays at 10:30am and Sundays at 12:00 Noon at Alive Juice Bar, 20226 Ballinger Way NE, Shoreline 98155.