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PUSH 'N PULL - the dance of Vulnerability & Defensiveness

Posted by Carmen Loureiro Hadas on Friday, December 2, 2011, In : Musings

Yet again I have been dancing through life with physical immobility due to recovery from surgery [a groin hernia]. I did not lightly go under the scalpel. It was a challenge to find my way towards a peaceful acceptance of the necessity of surgery. I entered the hospital as if in a dream, watching this story with its interesting characters play out. My vulnerability was palpable to me, in this foreign world [I birthed both my daughters at home and thus had very little hospital [or even doc...

A Nia dancer's comments "given me the confidence to love my body"

Posted by Carmen Loureiro Hadas on Saturday, January 29, 2011, In : Nia Students'/Dancers' comments

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 confiden...
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A Nia student's comments - "my bone density has improved"

Posted by Carmen Loureiro Hadas on Monday, January 3, 2011, In : Nia Students'/Dancers' comments

"I discovered Nia over a year ago and I am totally hooked! At first I was worried that I wouldn’t cope, with being in my mid-50’s and never having danced before. I needn’t have worried as I am able to go at my own pace and when I fumble, I have a good laugh and feel no judgment.

The benefits I have received from going to Nia are great. After a class I feel totally relaxed, happy and in tune with myself. I have shed a few kilos and have toned some. My bone density has improved ...
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What to remember when waking - poem by David Whyte

Posted by Carmen Loureiro Hadas on Sunday, October 17, 2010, In : Inspirations

In the first hardly noticed moment in which you wake, coming to this life from the other more secret, moveable and frighteningly honest world where everything began, there is a small opening into the day which closes the moment you begin your plans.

What you can plan is too small for you to live.

What you can live wholeheartedly will make plans enough for the vitality hidden in your sleep.

To be human is to become visible while carrying what is hidden as a gift to others.

To remember the other wo...
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The Nia Technique is also about personal growth

Posted by Carmen Loureiro Hadas on Wednesday, August 25, 2010, In : Classes

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 is a great package deal for my busy lifestyle! A Nia class is my one-stop, one hour "tick" for the day. Sweat - tick. Stretch - tick. Have fun - tick. Tone and condition my body - tick. Sense - tick. Feel alive - tick. Release and express - tick. Know myself - tick. Be present - tick. Be social - tick. Laugh - tick.
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Nia Glow Class Focus: Moving the Body in ways to Sense Stability

Posted by Carmen Loureiro Hadas on Wednesday, August 25, 2010, In : Classes

I did a lot of swaying of the hips and tail bone to engage the muscles between my hip bones. Walking through the rest of the day I had a sense of my upper body, especially the area between my pelvis and chest, LIFTING UP & OUT OF MY PELVIS. Activating the Sensation of Stability enabled my spine to "float" up - having a positive, graceful effect on my posture. Aha!!

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