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 from Seattle and Marcia Barr from Eugene.

This morning, we worked some more with Nia Principle #3, Music and the 8BC System.   Carlos is a genius, a master of listening to music and listening to the being Music.  While Debbie teaches how to see, feel and listen to the being of the Body, Carlos teaches how to see, feel and listen and be in relationship to the being of Music. 

I am practicing the art of listening to sound and silence.  I am mapping the music and developing intimacy with each song, each instrument, each note, each pause, each silence.  It parallels the practices for Principle #5, Awareness, through which I deepen my intimacy with my body by bringing attention to sensations; it parallels the practices of FreeDance stages 3 and 4 — which we also did this morning — to feel and express my emotions.

When I practice the Art of Listening, the light of my awareness widens and becomes more sphere-like, with me in the center and sound coming into my system from all directions.  It feels like being in a great cathedral and yet very intimate.