Here are some benefits the practice of Walking brings to the body, mind, emotions and spirit:
Body:
The heal lead.
Stability combined with mobility.
Integrating the vertical body with motion in space in the horizontal plane.
Mind:
360 degree awareness.
Moving forward in life.
Integrating the entire neurological being.
Emotions:
Being in relationship with community.
Being in relationship with all beings.
Integrating the emotional body.
Spirit:
Walking meditation.
Walking your path.
Stepping into the moment with your animal ancestry intact.
. . . All of Nia and all of vertebrate life is based on the walking pattern. Here are some of the benefits Walking brings to the experience and practice of Nia’s three movement arts:
Dance Arts:
Foot motions: whole foot, relevé, heel lead.
Moving in directions.
Rising energy of Duncan Dance.
Rising energy of Duncan Dance.
Martial Arts:
The heel lead of Tai Chi.
The smile line: The arc that the body center makes with each step as we sink on the standing leg to prepare for shifting weight, and the subsequent rise on the other leg as it becomes fully weight bearing.
The smile line: The arc that the body center makes with each step as we sink on the standing leg to prepare for shifting weight, and the subsequent rise on the other leg as it becomes fully weight bearing.
Support from behind and underneath.
Healing Arts:
Conscious vertical alignment of bones in Yoga.
Alignment from the top down of Alexander Technique.
Integrating all 5 Stages of Self-Healing through Feldenkrais.
Alignment from the top down of Alexander Technique.
Integrating all 5 Stages of Self-Healing through Feldenkrais.
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