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Entries from July 2008

Photos from Black Belt

July 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Photos by Jeff Stewart, Nia Technique, Inc.

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Speaking to the Mystery

July 19th, 2008 · 3 Comments

In the temple of the body, the king and the queen and the thirty-three, together waiting, breathing,  receiving, seeing,  knowing not knowing, echoing, pulsing, speaking to the Mystery.  

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Black Belt Day 7 – Final Day

July 18th, 2008 · 8 Comments

I’m exhausted, happy and . .  . I’m a Nia Black Belt! The day began at 7:00 am with class with Debbie.  The week long training officially ended with a Black Belt ceremony at 4:00.  Afterwards, the whole group, including Debbie and Carlos and Debbie’s husband Jeff, had dinner at a restaurant in Northwest Portland.  […]

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Black Belt Day 6

July 17th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Between the Known and the Unknown the Third Thing has put up a swing: and all Earth’s creatures, even the supernovas, sway between these two trees of the Known and the Unknown And it never winds down. Angels, animals, insects by the millions, also the wheeling sun and moon; ages go by, and it goes […]

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Black Belt Day 5

July 16th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Today was a rich, blossoming, beautiful day, sprayed with shimmering sleeplessness that seemed to make us all mysteriously more awake, more available to the unknown and to each other. Here are some of the great beauties of the day: I experienced a strong and harmonious echo between Black Belt and my Senté energetic studies with […]

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Black Belt Day 4

July 15th, 2008 · 3 Comments

                We are asked not to talk about the specific content of Black Belt so I have felt challenged in writing blog entries that really reflect what is happening, yet keep the lid on the alchemical vessel of Black. As I sat in a discussion session this morning […]

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Black Belt Day 3

July 14th, 2008 · 8 Comments

                        This afternoon, Carlos took us on a field trip.  We went to the South Park Blocks, where row after row of grand, old London Plane trees preside over cobblestone, asphalt and human, the constant rustling of their leaves singing blessings to the life […]

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Black Belt Day 2

July 13th, 2008 · 4 Comments

I live my life in growing orbits Which move out over the things of the world. I do not know if I can achieve the last, But that will be my attempt. I am circling around God, around the ancient tower And I have been circling for a thousand years. And I still don’t know […]

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Black Belt Day 1

July 12th, 2008 · 5 Comments

I cross kitty corner at SW Yamhill and Park toward the venerable Pythian Building, built in 1907 by the Knights of Pythias, an American secret society whose members, in their fraternal wisdom, included in this building at least five dance studios and one grand ballroom.  A street musician plays an upbeat violin concerto.  The afternoon […]

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Can you say V-U-L-N-E-R-A-B-L-E?

July 10th, 2008 · 3 Comments

It’s the eve of heading to Portland to begin my Black Belt training with Debbie and Carlos and 20 plus other Nia Brown Belts from around the country and around the world.  As I write I feel excited and ready to plunge in.   But until a few hours ago, I’ve been productively procrastinating about […]

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