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

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 […]

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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. […]

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 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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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I’ve arrived in Portland, miraculously flying through atmospheres, winds and wisps of watery clouds, the sun’s thousands of sparkling photons lighting up the world, riding on silver wings of polished earth, past Three Sisters, elegant in snowy dresses, past craggy Mt. Jefferson and more distant Mt. Adams, past Wy’East or Mt. Hood, within sight of old lady Loowit, Mt. […]

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When Debbie Rosas and Carlos Rosas gave birth to Nia in 1983, they had journeyed through dance arts (jazz, modern and Duncan), martial arts (Tai Chi, Tai Kwon Do, Aikido) and healing arts (Alexander, Feldenkrais, yoga) guided by their bodies’ natural desire for the joy of movement.  As they began training other Nia teachers, they […]

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Today, like every other day, we wake up, empty and afraid. Don’t open the door to the study and begin reading. Take down a musical instrument. Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the Earth. — Jelaluddin Rumi (translated by Coleman Barks) Sometimes my […]

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