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Poetry in Motion - is very much the Nia way

Posted by Carmen Loureiro Hadas on Tuesday, February 8, 2011, In : Movement 
 "Movement is a vital celebration of life. It is a way to proclaim your own existence and relish in the joy of being alive.

Our bodies love movement. When we stretch or dance, our bodies adjust, realign and start to become fluid with the rhythm of life. Our mood lifts and we feel more connected with the world around us..."

read more at http://www.dailyom.com/articles/2011/26715.html

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While I dance I can only be joyful & whole - Nia

Posted by Carmen Loureiro Hadas on Wednesday, September 8, 2010, In : Inspirations 

“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

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Dance me to the end of love - Nia

Posted by Carmen Loureiro Hadas on Wednesday, September 8, 2010, In : Inspirations 

Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in
Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love

Oh let me see your beauty when the witnesses are gone
Let me feel you moving like they do in Babylon
Show me slowly what I only know the limits of
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love

Dance me to the wedding now, dance me on and on
Dance me very tenderly and dance me ...


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Sweat your Prayers: Dancing in Nia classes

Posted by Carmen Loureiro Hadas on Wednesday, August 25, 2010, In : Expressive Dance 
Whether we turn to dance with steps, rave all night in clubs or aerobicise until we have buns of steel, the idea is to get moving.  Once your body surrenders to movement, your soul remembers its dance.

You have to dance through the dark in order to see the light. You have to go to the source of all our wounds, the big wound, the divorce of spirit from flesh, and heal this wound if you ever want to fulfill the longing for a real self, a soulful self, a big, huge self, one that sleeps with the B...
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