{"id":238,"date":"2009-01-29T21:05:41","date_gmt":"2009-01-30T05:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/niasomoves.com\/Rachaelsblog\/?p=238"},"modified":"2009-01-29T21:05:41","modified_gmt":"2009-01-30T05:05:41","slug":"brown-belt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/synergy-pt.net\/niablog\/brown-belt\/","title":{"rendered":"Brown Belt"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here I am in 2oo5, at my Nia Brown Belt training with Nia co-creators Debbie Carlos and Carlos Rosas.<\/p>\n

Just as every Nia class has a focus, so every Nia teacher training has a focus. Brown Belt focuses on energy.\u00a0\u00a0(For an overview see\u00a0The Nia Belt System<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

In Brown Belt, we start, as always, with Nia’s foundation, White Belt Principle #1, The Joy of Movement. \u00a0Then we expand the sensation of\u00a0The Joy of Movement to include the sensation of energy. \u00a0We study and practice the somatics of energy as it moves, and is moved by, the body, mind, emotions and spirit, both individually and collectively.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>As in the practice of acupuncture, Nia as a practice also opens up energy pathways. \u00a0Nia movement is specifically designed \u00a0to stimulate the flow of chi<\/em> or energy in the body.<\/p>\n

Although Nia is only 25 years old, working with energy to get fit and heal is not. \u00a0Nia’s foundation in the martial arts rests in a lineage of energetics that goes back thousands of years. \u00a0(Click here<\/a> to learn about all of Nia’s nine movement forms.)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>In 1996, when I first began taking Nia classes and was so very ill, I believe it was this aspect of Nia — the movement of chi<\/em> in the body, \u00a0mind, emotions and spirit — which provided me a path of profound and lasting healing.<\/p>\n

In Nia, a fit energy field means we can move to the edge of chaos and then self-organize back into order. \u00a0FreeDance is one way Nia supports going to the edge \"\"<\/a>of chaos. \u00a0When we can move in and out of form and freedom, we develop energetic fluidity, strength, flexibility, creativity and empowerment.<\/p>\n

Please enjoy these glimpses into the experience of Brown Belt 2005.<\/p>\n

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Photographs by Jeff Stewart, Nia Technique, Inc.
\n Brown Belt 2005, Nia Headquarters, Portland, Oregon, USA.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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