July Nia News

This morning I was working on learning a new routine called “Passion”. I listened to the focus then turned off the instructor’s voice on the DVD so I could just listen to the music and play. About half way through we’re doing this move that is so alive and vibrant that I thought for one split second that I was on stage, a dancer on fire with movement, just totally jamming out to the music. It was just a couple minutes ago while reading something completely unrelated that I remembered that the focus of this Passion routine is “Dancing to the Music”. Brilliant!

I am listening to SARK’s complimentary first Dream Boogie teleclass. I love SARK’s books. They are so life affirming and womanly. It’s perfect timing as she is asking what our belief in our dream is right now. Mine is a bit low as I received an email recently that made my long term goal seem a little silly, based on the requirement that were just determined and presented. When I’m ready I will reread the email and see where I am really. Sometimes we just have to give the dream some time to ripen. I do think I will get one of her workbooks this week, maybe put the dream in the hothouse to help it along.

Well, it has been a long time since I have written and how funny to sit on the couch watching Glee and get motivated. Sure it’s just a TV show but being a music and dance lover, I can’t help but like it. Plus I just love the word glee. Are there really still Glee Clubs? It’s such a joyful word, glee. So You Think You Can Dance has started again too although I have not seen one yet. The body is such an amazing vessel, holding us, protecting us and most importantly, bringing us that rush of good feeling when it moves just the right way, hits the perfect note. What we feel inside, throughout the body and the mind, bringing us happiness when something feels good, is not just passing whimsy! These feelings, sensations, are essential, vital to our being. So move your body. Wiggle your toes. Take a walk. Have a good stretch. Sense the power and grace of this magnificent gift.

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Celebrate National Dance Day with MuvE Fitness in Motion. Join us for free Nia and Zumba demos and fantastic door prizes this Thursday, April 29, 6:00pm-7:00pm.

MuvE is located at 787 East Butler Road in Mauldin, just off I-385. Directions at http://www.muvefit.com/.

We will have a full class Nia demo on Saturday, May 1 from 9:00am-10:00am at Yellow Ball Yoga. Wear something comfy and bring a friend, a mom, a daughter.

Yellow Ball Yoga is at Riverside Tennis Club, 435 Hammett Bridge Road, Greer www.riversidetennisclub.com.

Beginning this weekend – April 10

Start the weekend out right with some healthy (but fun!) movement. You don’t need experience in anything to “do” Nia, just bring some comfy clothes and the intention to do something nice for yourself.

Saturday classes will take place on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month from 9:00am-10:00am at MuvE Fitness, 787 East Butler Road in Mauldin, just off I-385. Directions at http://www.muvefit.com/.

When I took my first Nia class, I danced, and my body smiled and breathed a huge sigh of relief – to move in a way that felt so natural and sooooo good. After taking ballet, tap and jazz as a girl, I tried ballet again as an adult, but there was no smiling in any part of my body. It seemed forbidden!

So great was the pull of Nia that I always thought in the back of my mind that I would like to share it with others, although I had never had the desire to teach anything before.

In the meantime, I moved to Greenville and struggled to find a Nia class close to home. After my daughter’s first birthday, I realized I needed to do some things for myself, to exercise and have some fun. Finally I had a revelation, I will teach my own classes! I was also trying to find ways to heal some lower back pain and little did I realize that Nia would help me with that. During this time my mother’s cancer reoccurred as well and Nia saved me from going crazy with grief while I was losing my mom. To delve into the teaching of  a positive, joy-affirming practice and to share it with others has made such an enormous impact on my life, helping me heal physically, emotionally and spiritually. My hope is that I can help others, even in some tiny way, find healing too.

10:45am-noon

Muve Fitness (787 East Butler Road, Mauldin, right of I-385)

Come dressed ready to move and enJOY!