Cross-Training Body Mind Emotions Spirit | Rachael R. Resch

Rumi says, “We have fallen into the place where everything is music.” Each organ in the human body plays its own unique music: Heart beat rhythm, flute of bone, wind pipes of lungs and larynx, syncopation of joints, harp strings of tendon. In Sanskrit, Nada Brahma means “the universe is made of sound.” In physics, sound is […]

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One of the best things for me about Nia is that it’s not only a great fitness practice – but a great energy practice as well. The sophisticated energetics of Nia are what made it possible for me to do Nia when I was totally disabled in my thirties by asthma – and to heal my body as a result. Nine […]

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I’ve just returned from my semi-annual pilgrimage to New Mexico where my husband and I study with our teacher, Martín Prechtel, at his amazing school, Bolad’s Kitchen. Every morning we listened to fantastic music from all over the world – from Finland to Sudan to Uzbekistan. In honor of the great, beating, courageous hearts of […]

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The focus of today’s Nia class was Connection. The intent:  Consciously Embodying the Mystery. They were chosen by the delightful seven-year old Aurora from the basket of cards we created New Year’s Day. The etymology of “connection” is from com- “together” + nectere “to bind, tie, ” as in nexus, net, knot and node.       […]

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As part of my Nia Next Generation Trainer (NGT) training, I have an assignment to adapt the choreography of an existing Nia routine to new music.  I chose the routine Canta, by Nia co-founder Carlos AyaRosas.  You can listen to the original music of Canta here. My adapted Canta routine is called Oasis.  Oasis because […]

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Thanksgiving 2010 Today I am grateful for my body and for life.  Thank you, body.  Thank you, life. Thank you, body, for your innate wisdom, your brilliant body know-how, your splendid, spirally, multi-tasking intelligences, that always know where and  when and how to go, in the best, in the most difficult and in regular, everyday circumstances. […]

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Today, at the end of class, we listened to “A Good Day,” the words of Brother David Steindl-Rast, the 84-year old Benedectine monk who, in 1965, was sent  by his abbot to pursue Christian-Buddhist dialogue. You can read more about Brother David here and his connection with many spiritual traditions working for peace. Brother David […]

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“Kindness” was the focus of class on Tuesday. In Nia, once we set the focus, we step into the practice.  We can step into kindness again and again as our practice.  Kindness is always present.  The body is your cocoon of kindness.  Kindness is inside the body.  The body’s own kind.  Your kind of kindness. […]

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My body is exquisite.  This was the focus of Thursday’s Nia practice, chosen at random. Your body is exquisite. Your body is exquisite all the time — not just when you feel good, happy, in love, healthy, look a certain way or are successful.  Your body is exquisite all the time.  Your body is exquisite […]

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The focus of today’s class was Nia Principle #13: Dancing What You Sense. When we experience the essential lesson of Nia — that life is lived through sensation — we become connected, connected to the body, connected to our lives, connected to the world, and connected to the moment and to the great presence that […]

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