GRACE.....

I love the word Grace.  In it's many definitions and uses as a verb, noun, adjective and adverb, its main message to me is love.  I desire to exude more Grace in my life...to be more grateful, compassionate, kind.  To do what is right, to forgive, to be generous and to move on this earth with a sense of lightness, ease and peace...to move with grace.   In Nia we use the harmony, balance and peaceful energy of Aikido energy to discover ease, comfort and love for our body...moving with GRACE.   Nia reminds us of the balance of Aikido through the word GRACE (I love this!!!):

G: Grounding - Our feet connected to earth as we move fluidly in space, on-line, off-line, changing directions.
R:  Relax - moving efficiently & effectively, staying fully connected to the experience.
A:  Awareness - Paying attention to body sensations, perceiving how our body relates as a whole, separately, and moving from a place of personal choices
C:  Center - Moving from the center, the center goes with you no matter what the form or direction, using your center as your 2nd pair of eyes
E:  Energy - Using Chi energy to direct your attention, relating to the energy inside and outside the body.

The energy and essence of Aikido as one of the 9 movement forms of Nia asks us to blend the movements of our body, to turn lines into circles, to create harmony out of struggle and to use love as our guiding light for all movement.  Aikido...Harmonious, Spherical Motion.  Your dance of peace, power, beauty and grace.   Aikido energy teaches as to listen to our body and be WITH our body.   Yes, Aikido energy is calling me and I cannot think of a better way to express and cultivate this energy than in my Nia classes this week.  So join me as we connect to Grace and enJOY the dance of the Nia routine Leap of Faith.

My classes this week are:  Monday and Thursday at 5:30 pm, Saturday at 9:30 am and Sunday at 4:00 pm all at The Synergy Studio.