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

 Blue Belt Day 4 Blue Belt Principle #6, Split, Ellipt, Blend is a practice that comes from Aikido, one of the nine movement forms upon which Nia is based.  Split, Ellipt, Blend is a map that shows us where we can place our attention.  Splitting is putting my attention 100% into myself and away from […]

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Blue Belt Day 3 Blue Belt Principle #4, Developmental Anatomy, is a beautiful practice that takes us through the five developmental movement stages most of us went through as children.  It’s a practice of self-healing for the body, the mind, the emotions and the spirit.  The classic form of the practice is to do one […]

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Blue Belt Day 2 “Debbie does Dallas!” proclaimed Debbie Rosas as she introduced the Sunday morning Nia class. She was referring to the group of Nia students visiting from Dallas, Texas.  Ashland Nia White Belt Wendy Seldon’s Nia teacher brought her students to Nia Headquarters for a long weekend of Nia!  Statuesque Jule Aguirre and […]

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 Blue Belt Day 2 Just as Nia White Belt Principle #1 is the Joy of Movement, so Nia Blue Belt Principle #1 is the Joy of Being in Relationship.  In Blue Belt, we layer the practice of the Joy of Being in Relationship over the practice of the Joy of Movement.  In the practice of […]

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 (I’ve had difficulty getting internet access since I arrived in Portland.  I apologize for not being able to report in until now.)   Blue Belt Day 1   I’m in Portland at Nia Headquarters repeating my Blue Belt intensive with Nia founders Debbie Rosas and Carlos Rosas.  The Blue Belt is a training in communication, […]

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The focus of Saturday’s class was Music, Movement and Magic.   Music, Movement and Magic is part of White Belt Principle #3, Music and the 8BC System.  The focus arose out of my desire to bring to the class a deeper understanding both somatically and cognitively of sound in the Nia practice.  It also arose out […]

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I’m back home in Ashland.  I will be back at The DanceSpace teaching Tuesday morning, February 5th.  I hope that this blog has been useful to you in getting a flavor of my Nia intensive training experience and of the greater Nia practice and presence available to us all, each in our own body’s way […]

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A member of the Nia community has asked, “You already have a Brown Belt and you’re now doing White. Would you explain how that works?” Two years ago, when I was auditing two days of Sarah’s Blue Belt training in Portland, Carlos asked that I consider repeating my White and Blue Belts before continuing on […]

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1.  The Joy of Movement 2.  Natural Time and the Movement Forms 3.  Music and the 8BC System 4.  FreeDance 5.  Awareness 6.  The Base 7.  Three Planes and Three Intensity Levels 8.  The Core of the Body 9.  Creative Arm and Hand Expressions 10.  X-Ray Anatomy 11.  Business and Marketing 12.  Continuing Education 13. […]

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