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Chop Cut, One Of Nia’s 52 Moves
Well, it looks like I haven’t posted a Nia move from the Nia 52 Moves in a long time. When I started my blog and website I wasn’t actually planning on posting about each and every move, but with only...
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Day Thirteen Of Your Daily Ten Minute Practice
Ahh, I usually have Mondays off, but today I am subbing a class. I will be teaching Nia when there is regularly Pilates. I thought I would try Nia at the community center because this is the...
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Here we are day twelve of the Daily 10 Minute Practice. Here is where you post your comment. I don’t know if I will doing my “practice” before or after I teach Nia. Today (Sunday, February 12, 2017)...
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THAT’S Not Dance
I know that I have written posts about how different people think of different things as exercise. I have written about how some people don’t think that a shimmy is exercise. Whether they don’t THINK...
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What Do You Mean Nia FreeDance Tool?
Some of you may be wondering what I mean when I say Nia FreeDance Tools. Recently I invited First Degree Black Belt Nia Teacher, Jason Alan Griffin, to present a playshop of his creation. The...
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Squished Lemons In a Jar
I have some friends on Facebook that I have never met. They are friends I have through Nia. Nia is like any other group exercise or activity, you tend to “gather” in a group. In addition to the...
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Crystal Breath
The Special Nia Events that I held at the end of March were held at a dance studio in Campbell called Range of Motion. Well, the owner of the dance studio opened a store next door called Range of...
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Dancing Away The Stickiness
More often than not in my Nia classes we have a physical focus. A focus and an intent in an exercise class is not easy for some people. So having a focus that is physical seems, for many, to be...
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Finger Flicks – A Nia 52 Moves
I did not intend to write a blog post on all of the 52 Moves in Nia. My intent was to post a few and entice you into buying The Nia Technique Book. It seems as if I just might get to all of Nia’s 52...
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Ways To Practice Rock Around The Clock
I have said it many, many times, but I am going to say it again. Nia has 52 Moves which we incorporate into the Nia routines. These moves have a specific way to be done. But the way they are done is...
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The Good Things Of 2014, Onto 2015
This year we were lucky to have a visitor for our Goodie Jar reading. My niece was visiting and she helped us relive the moments that made us smile. I am a smart enough aunt to know that I have an...
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Something New To Something Old
I have posted about Nia’s 52 Moves. They are moves that Nia has decided to include in the Nia Routines. They are moves that work the entire body. They exercise the brain and the nervous system. As...
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Cities Could Make Waiting Safe and Fun!
One of my Facebook friends shared a link to a video. (See below. Watch video.) I LOVE this. The idea is so awesome, to me. I think it would be so cool if dancing on the street while waiting for a...
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Saving Bars
If you have read more than one post on my blog you know (probably) that I teach a movement class called Nia. Nia is very much about “dancing” and moving to the music. The training required in order...
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Broken Hearts And Blood Vessels
Our focus in Nia this morning was laughter, happiness, joy, comfort, and support our intent was to find it (from within) and share it with those in the world that need it (or even just want it). We...
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A Great Move In Nia’s 52 Moves
One of Nia’s 52 Moves is a nice move. It can be done easily, it can be used in almost any dance, and it has numerous benefits, but the name is one I get crawly skin saying. I don’t like to say it....
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Nia’s Five Sensations, Well, Two and One Fourth
Aaaahhhh! I did it again. I do it all the time. I see things on Facebook that I want to look at but I don’t have time or when I see it is it not the right time to look at it so I open it in another...
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Your Choice To Choose Then Tweak To Sustain Or Increase
You might have seen my post Are You Happy – It’s Your Choice that used the “poster” created by Alex Kopblin. It is a flow chart asking if you are happy with simple instructions on how to stay or...
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Tail Wagging
In Nia we do something we call “wag your tail”. Now there are various ways one can “wag” their tail. This move is not one of Nia’s 52 Moves, but we do it A LOT. One might think that wagging one’s tail...
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I Changed My Mind, I DO Teach Nia
I know – well, I am pretty confident that I have mentioned before in a blog post that I don’t think of myself as teaching people Nia. Even though I say I teach Nia, I usually prefer to say I lead Nia....
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