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 partly childlike, partly catlike, and partly just like myself. One of the sensations I had was the thought, "I could teach here."<\/p>\n
After tonight’s class with Carlos with a focus on the hands, studio manager Liz Ganz (who did some workshops for us in Ashland a few years ago) brought me down to the Nia office. Debbie had invited me out to dinner tonight. It turned out she couldn’t go, though, because she was working on a deadline. Liz mentioned to Debbie that she might need a sub for Thursday night’s class because Liz had an injury. When I heard this my energy field said, "I could teach!" My body was quiet. My mind expected only the next moment. They discussed it a bit and then Debbie said, "Rachael could teach!" <\/p>\n
It feels natural, exciting, nerve wracking, natural, exciting . . . I wept tears of joy and gratitude on the bus home tonight. I have been dancing in that studio since 1982 when I studied jazz with Joe Orlando and Senegambian dance with Ruby Burns, and in that building since 1980, when I first moved to Portland after college. <\/p>\n
The icing on the cake is that Ashland Nia Blue Belt, Sarah Rose Marshank, will be here at Nia HQ to dance with me in my class! What a dance the universe is. Baruch Hashem! <\/i>I love you all.<\/p>\n
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