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Saturday 13 March 2010: class is cancelled

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:54:53 +0100

Nia technique

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:39:28 +0100

Nia is a technique that starts with fitness and ends with comprehensive healing of the body, mind, emotions and spirit.

First class of the year: Focus

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:58:20 +0100

I'm looking forward to the first class tomorrow. There have been a lot of inquiries about classes. People want to commit to their health and fitness and have fun at the same time.

The focus for the class is going to be:

COMMITMENT TO THE JOY OF MOVEMENT THIS YEAR

The beauty of Nia is that we don't only benefit physically and have a fabulous time, we can also experience personal growth.

For me personally Nia has been a great package deal for my lifestyle! A Nia class is my one-stop one-hour 'tick'. Sweat - tick. Pleasure - tick. People - tick. Laugh - tick. Stretch - tick. Know myself - tick. Be present - tick. Sense - tick. I could go on and on.

Duncan dance

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:22:43 +0100

"You were wild here once, don't let them tame you" Isadora Duncan

We have come to be danced

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:13:30 +0100

We Have Come to Be Danced

Not the pretty dance

Not the pretty pretty, pick me, pick me dance

But the claw our way back into the belly

Of the sacred, sensual animal dance

The unhinged, unplugged, cat is out of its box dance

The holding the precious moment in the palms

Of our hands and feet dance.

We have come to be danced

Not the jiffy booby, shake your booty for him dance

But the wring the sadness from our skin dance

The blow the chip off our shoulder dance.

The slap the apology from our posture dance.

We have come to be danced

Not the monkey see, monkey do dance

One two dance like you

One two three, dance like me dance

but the grave robber, tomb stalker

Tearing scabs and scars open dance

The rub the rhythm raw against our soul dance.

We have come to be danced

Not the nice, invisible, self-conscious shuffle

But the matted hair flying, voodoo mama

Shaman shakin’ ancient bones dance

The strip us from our casings, return our wings

Sharpen our claws and tongues dance

The shed dead cells and slip into

The luminous skin of love dance.

We have come to be danced

Not the hold our breath and wallow in the shallow end of the floor dance

But the meeting of the trinity, the body breath and beat dance

The shout hallelujah from the top of our thighs dance

The mother may I?

Yes you may take 10 giant leaps dance

The olly olly oxen free free free dance

The everyone can come to our heaven dance.

We have come to be danced

Where the kingdom’s collide

In the cathedral of flesh

To burn back into the light

To unravel, to play, to fly, to pray

To root in skin sanctuary

We have come to be danced

We have come.

by Jewel Mathieson

Life as a work of art

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:12:27 +0100

"Every single day, without exception, make at least one attempt to open yourself to seeing life as it really is - a work of art.
When you do this, you will begin to Dance Through Life as if it were the only possible way of living."

- Debbie Rosas and Carlos Rosas, founders of the Nia Technique

While I dance

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:58:13 +0100

"While I dance I cannot judge,

I cannot hate, I cannot separate

myself from life. I can only be joyful

and whole. That is why I dance."

-Hans Bos

Nia: Through Movement we find Health

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:12:22 +0100

http://niasomoves.com/Rachaelsblog/12-thank-you-nia-through-movement-we-find-health/

Nia Black Belt instructor, Rachael R. Resch writes:

"... This is the Nia promise: Through movement we find health.

Through movement we sense, feel, experience, discover, express, create. Through movement we live.

The body itself is in constant motion: heart beating, 75 trillion cells respirating, organs secreting, nervous system humming. Life itself is motion... "

Read this post about a healing journey with asthma

Nia Class Focus: Moving the body in ways to sense Stability

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:23:50 +0100

I did a lot of swaying the hips and tail bone to engage the muscles between the hip bones. Walking through the rest of the day I had a sense of my upper body, especially the space between my pelvis and chest LIFTING OUT OF MY PELVIS. I realised that at other times I might be sinking into the pelvis. Activating the sensation of Stability helped my spine to 'float' up and had a positive effect on my posture. 'Aha!'