Through Movement We Find Health

Entries from August 2008

Dancing Through Life

August 16th, 2008 · No Comments

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Tags: 4) Black Belt