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

 Nia Principle #13: Teaching What You Sense. The practice of this final White Belt principle is quite beautiful.  When we teach we cycle through a three stage process.   First I practice listening to the music, receiving it with my whole body.  Next, I dance to the music just for fun.  Finally I ask my […]

[Read more →]

I did it! My class focus tonight at Nia HQ was White Belt  Principle #10: X-Ray Anatomy.  We danced our bones, ligaments, muscles, soft bellies, desires, marrow, wings, tails, claws, osteoblasts and osteoclasts, directed energy with fingers and hands, floated over the planet, shouted, sighed and shook. I felt a bit numb within the bigness of […]

[Read more →]

Before our afternoon session began with Carlos on Principle #10, X-Ray Anatomy, I became very curious about the white curtains covering the tall central mirrors in the studio in the area where the teacher stands during class.  I went behind them, having fun walking back and forth along the wall between mirror and curtain, feeling […]

[Read more →]

WhIte Belt Principle #9:  Creative Arm and Hand Expressions In Nia we say our feet are the hands that touch the Earth.  Our feet and toes sense the ground, provide our foundation and a way to move our bodies through life.  Hands and fingers orient us in space and in relationship to the world around […]

[Read more →]

Afternoon session with Debbie. What fun!  Debbie used a life-sized skeleton model plus line drawings from Ida Rolf’s book to talk about physical and energetic anatomy.  I love bones!  I love to look at and think about and be curious about bones. Debbie said when we look at the shapes and the lines of the […]

[Read more →]

Morning session with Carlos. Here we are, the Sensational Seven, in StudioNia at Nia Headquarters.  From left to right we are: Karen Northrup from Florida, Helen Attridge, born in Ireland, Janet Oglethorpe from San Antonio, myself, Roné Prinz from LA (who is a student of my Blue and Brown Belt sister, Kate Nash), Sarah Karr […]

[Read more →]

Afternoon session with Debbie. Principle 6:  The Base.  Feet, the hands that touch the Earth.  Ankles, shins, knees, thighs, hips, pelvis, L5 and L4.  In class tonight, Carlos quoted the Buddha:  "When the feet sense the Earth, they sense themselves."  The feet draw energy into the body so we can circulate it through our system. […]

[Read more →]

 Morning session. I awoke this morning, tired and happy, to a thin dusting of snow, just the smallest draft from the pinky feather of the wing of the White Goddess who is cloaking my friends and family in Ashland.  My mind has been keeping me awake the last two nights, excitedly reviewing the events of […]

[Read more →]

The Feast of Movement it should be!  Today we actually delved into four of the 13 principles:  The Joy of Movement; Natural Time and the Movement Forms; Music and the 8BC System; FreeDance.  Our group is lovely.  Debbie and Carlos are relaxed and masterful.  And the sensation of stepping into the river of White again for […]

[Read more →]

As I walked from my car to the parking garage elevator for the first session of my White Belt, I saw a striking woman in a long black coat and hat carrying a giant bouquet of pink roses.  It was Debbie Rosas, my Nia trainer.  So we descended the elevator, walked across the rainy street […]

[Read more →]