Tanya Jane Sutton discovered Nia last year and I recently received an email from her with these touching words. She gave me permission to quote her here.
" ... I know that I NEED Nia in order to maintain a level of sanity and to feed my soul. I used to be a professional dancer, so many lifetimes ago, and have let myself go to such an extent that I was always afraid of re-entering the somewhat “snobby” world of dancing again. Nia, and more specifically, you have given me the confidence to love my body and to keep on dancing through life, doing something I always loved, with the freedom to be who I want to be. A most heartfelt THANK YOU for introducing me to my body once again! It was a long separation ...
I URGE any fence-sitters to get up and move themselves through Nia, as a way of rewarding their bodies for all the hard work they do on a daily basis. We only have one body and it is the greatest instrument we will ever own. I read somewhere ... “We don’t HAVE a soul. We ARE a soul. We HAVE a body.” ... so it stands to reason that when we treat our body, we feed our soul ... "
Thank you for sharing your experience and thoughts Tanya. I am very fortunate as a Nia teacher to meet wonderful people who come and dance and play with me. I LOVE this about my "job" !! :)
And Thank You Nia for giving us the space to become whole together - Carmen
