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Nia dancer's comments "Nia gives me something very special: the ability to completely get out of my head"

Posted by Carmen Loureiro Hadas on Wednesday, February 23, 2011, In : Nia Students'/Dancers' comments 
   "This morning I attended a beautiful, energetic and life affirming Nia class at forty weeks pregnant....because I could! Part of the incredible beauty of this particular form of movement is that it will always meet me exactly where I am: if I want to work up a super-energetic sweat, that’s available, but so is a more gentle, flowing approach for quieter days. If I want to get funky and interesting, that’s great, but so is a simple focus on the basic movements. To me, this is what disti...
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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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