{"id":594,"date":"2009-10-06T11:59:40","date_gmt":"2009-10-06T19:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/niasomoves.com\/Rachaelsblog\/?p=594"},"modified":"2009-10-06T14:01:48","modified_gmt":"2009-10-06T22:01:48","slug":"beginners-mind-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/synergy-pt.net\/niablog\/beginners-mind-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Beginner’s Mind: Love"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every Nia class has a focus. \u00a0The focus of today’s class was “Beginner’s Mind,” inspired by Nia co-creator Debbie Rosas’ recent telecourse on that topic. \u00a0(You can listen to a recording of Debbie’s telecourse at www.nianow.com\/telecourses<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

In his classic book, Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind<\/a><\/em>, Suzuki-roshi tells us, “If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything. \u00a0In the beginner’s mind, there are many possibilities; in the expert’s mind there are few.”<\/p>\n

The music for today’s class was “Love,” The Beatles “Love.”<\/p>\n

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Beginner’s mind. \u00a0Love. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Beginning again, this moment, in love. \u00a0Again this breath, in love. \u00a0Again this heartbeat, in love. \u00a0Life itself is again walking toward me, hands open, new, ancient, generous — in love.<\/p>\n

I had never danced to or taught this music before today. \u00a0Beginner’s mind. \u00a0Love.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow, I fly, again, to New Mexico with my husband, Richard, as we do twice a year, to study, again, with our teacher, Mart\u00edn Prechtel<\/a>, for ten days\u00a0in his school Bolad’s Kitchen, and attempt again\u00a0with my fellow holy amnesiacs to re-member the flowering of the holy into that which we call the “Island of Now in the Ocean of All Time.” \u00a0As Sukuki-roshi said, “The world is its own magic.”<\/p>\n

Nia classes continue\u00a0at The DanceSpace<\/a> with the beautiful Melanie Freeman and the beautiful Sarah Rose Marshank. \u00a0I’ll be back Tuesday, October 20 to begin again, in love.<\/p>\n


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