Going about the practice of dancing through life, living meditation and life as art, the body invites us into its deep reservoir of sensation, perception and proprioception in all its 75 trillion cells. The body itself is awareness. Dancing through life invites us to experience all of life to be as pleasurable as when […]
Entries from August 2008
Dancing Through Life
August 16th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Dancing Through Life · Ongoing Nia Classes · The Foundation of Nia
Feet and Hands: 2008 Olympics
August 14th, 2008 · 3 Comments
In Nia we call the feet, “the hands that touch the Earth,” and the hands, “the feet that touch the space.” Front paws, back paws, four paws radiating from the body center. Check out these beautiful photos of feet and hands from the Olympics in Beijing: Feet Hands Hands are feet, feet are hands Look […]
Tags: Ongoing Nia Classes · The Foundation of Nia
Watsu: The Sensation of Embryonic
August 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Yesterday I received a Watsu session from my friend Sharon Dvora. Wow! Watsu (from “water shiatsu”) is type of bodywork done in the water. (Find out more about Watsu here.) Talk about the sensation of being Embryonic! You are floating in warm water, while being continuously cradled, rocked and stretched by the Watsu […]
Tags: The Nia Five Stages: Developmental Movement
Black Belt Photo Montage
August 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments
My Black Belt sister, Lisa Cassidy from Canada, created this compilation of the beautiful photographs taken by Nia CEO, Jeff Stewart, during Black Belt and set it to music. It’s lovely. It may take a little while to download, depending on your system, but it’s worth it to see and feel the soul of Black […]
Tags: 4) Black Belt