Conditioning the Nia Way!

Hello my Nia Friends!!
What comes into your mind when you hear or say the word conditioning?  Muscles, athletes, weights, pain, pleasure?  In Nia, conditioning is a holistic life style and fitness practice that follows the voice of the body - sensation. Nia conditioning is guided by pleasure and is infused with the Joy of Movement, which creates the perfect environment in your cells for well being and motivation.  What is Nia's secret?  Nia incorporates 9 movement forms that add different energy and variety for you to explore your potential.  Nia has a practice called FreeDance that invites you to move your body, explore your body sensations and create new movement vocabulary.  Nia uses the Five Sensations of Fitness (FAMSS): flexibility, agility, mobility, strength, and stability, that each have their own unique sensation quality.  These sensations invite you to be your own Conscious Personal Trainer so you can achieve the fitness results you want. Nia uses music that seduces you to move and create magic with your body.  Nia is based on 52 moves that 'works out' every muscle and moves every bone in your body! 

Nia conditioning is for your body, mind, emotions and spirit, and is practiced in the classroom and in life.  Are you ready to dance?  Are you ready to condition?  This is just the beginning...there is more.  Join me in class this week.

My Nia Classes this week:

Sunday (today) at 4:00 pmMonday and Thursday at 5:30 pm all at The Synergy Studio.

Then get ready for a weekend of conditioning and fun with the new Nia routine Touch.  Join Adelle and me for Touch classes on Friday, March 1 at 5:30 and Saturday, March 2 at 9:30... then again Sunday, March 3 at 2:30 for a "Learn the Move" experience of Touch, followed by the 4:00 class.  Many Nia teachers will be teaching with us on Sunday! Sign up here for the Sunday playshop, including the CD.

Teachers and Licensed Belts of Nia... Join us for Touch classes Friday and Saturday, and stay on Saturday for the Touch Routine Immersion learning experience! Contact me about receiving the bars and pearls.

Learn more and go deeper into the connection with you body and your life by taking a Nia White Belt Intensive.    Sign up at http://www.nianow.com/joanie. 

Go to my link & get 40% off of Nia clothing, music & much more!!  Look for the 40% off purple button:  http://nianow.com/joanie

Love & Light,
Joanie Brooks,  Nia Training Faculty, Nia White Belt Trainer,
Nia 5 Stages of Healing Facilitator, Journey Dance Guide, Mindful Change Coach
http://www.joaniebrooks.me/

 Nia - Somatic Education for EveryBody.  Nia is an expressive movement form & lifestyle practice that uses The Body's Way to achieve physical, mental, emotional & spiritual fitness & well-being."   

75 trillion cells in your body…Play with them all with Nia!

Reach out and Touch Life - Let Life Touch You!

Hello My Friends!!

What a warm and sun filled weekend!! I love the sensation of the sun touching my skin!  Touching is a great way to transmit and receive pleasure all day long through sensation. Touching increases body awareness, can provide energy healing, and has the power to emotionally console, or kinesthetically guide the body. One of Nia's Hand Moves is called "Touching"; however, we can actually touch and be touched constantly via our skin.  Did you know your skin is your largest organ of your body?  The average human being has 21 square feet of skin and about 300 million skin cells. Your skin is constantly renewing itself from the bottom up and takes 52 – 77 days to shed its cells..  Our skin can detect hot and cold, pain and pleasure, and through your skin you receive receive love, compassion, consoling, and comfort just through the touch of your own hands. So be touched!  As you walk, let the earth touch the soles of your feet.  As you put on your clothes, let your clothes touch your skin.  When you take a drink of water, let the glass touch your lips and your hand.  As you listen to music, let the sounds and silence vibrate your skin.  YUMMM!!!  

Oh and once last fact about your skin...Goose bumps are actually little pimples that help retain a layer of warm air over your body.  I just got them thinking about dancing with you this week!  I'm Touched!  HA HA!  See you in class.  

And speaking of Touch...Adelle and I are hosting an Immersion weekend for the new Nia routine TOUCH for students and Nia Teachers, March 1-3rd.  Find out more at this link:  https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/ASP/home.asp?studioid=2715

and sign up for the Sunday playshop that includes a TOUCH music CD.   

My Nia Classes this week:

Monday and Thursday at 5:30 pm

Saturday at 9:30 am

and Sunday at 4:00 pm.

I will also be teaching the 10:00 am JourneyDance class.  All at The Synergy Studio.

Go to my link & get 40% off of Nia clothing, music & much more!!  Look for the 40% off purple button: http://nianow.com/joanie
Love & Light,
Joanie Brooks,  Nia Training Faculty, Nia White Belt Trainer, Nia 5 Stages of Healing Facilitator, Journey Dance Guide, Mindful Change Coachhttp://www.joaniebrooks.me/


 Nia - Somatic Education for EveryBody.  Nia is an expressive movement form & lifestyle practice that uses The Body's Way to achieve physical, mental, emotional & spiritual fitness & well-being."   

75 trillion cells in your body…Play with them all with Nia!

“I see you…I see your Greatness!!"

“I see you…I see your Greatness.”  I have just returned from Portland where 48 Nia trainers from around the world gathered to collobrate and co-create the new face of Nia.  Nia, just like our body and our life is constantly changing, growing and expanding, and I am so honored and grateful to be part of this amazing group of men and women.  Many times during our full days of dancing and sharing of wisdom Debbie Rosas, co-founder and CEO of Nia, thanked us and told us “I see you.  I see each of you and I see your Greatness.”   She constantly reminded us to see Greatness in ourselves.  Seeing our Greatness is not about being great.  It is opening our hearts and our eyes to the possibilities before us and our unique potential.  It is being a Sacred Athlete.  

The saying goes the eyes are the entry into our soul.  There is so much that is revealed through our eyes.  I can look at someone and by looking at their eyes be able to tell how they are feeling at the moment.  Our eyes are communicators and communicate all our emotions:  love, excitement, anger, sorrow, compassion, apprehension, curiosity.  Our eyes reveal what is happening inside.  Have you ever looked at a loved ones eyes and known they were not feeling well?

In Nia we learn to use our eyes in new and exciting ways.  In principle 5 Awareness and Dancing Through Life, we are invited to look out and change our perception, be inspired and see art in all of life.  In principle 8, The Core of the Body, we learn through Head and Eye movements, the most organic way to move our head and neck, and integrate the rest of our body is to use our eyes.  Look and let your eyes move you naturally with grace, ease and efficiency.  In principle number 10, X-Ray Anatomy we are invited to see without seeing and sense what is underneath our skin and make alignment changes that bring our body into homostatis..into peace.  We also learn to look at our body and the body of others through non-judgemental eyes for information so choices can be made to move our bodies toward pleasure and wellness.  

Nia always invites us to see ourselves with love.  Not until I can see myself with love, as love, and see my Greatness, will I be able to see others as love and see their Greatness.  Nia has opened my eyes to potential and possibilities and connected me to the visual magic around me so I can see and receive life with curiosity and wonderment.  As I step back into my life here in San Antonio I want to express my gratitude and love for each of you. I see in you the wonderful human being that you are, and the difference you make in this world and in my life.  I see you and I see your Greatness!  Below is a poem I offer to you.  It expresses how I feel about you.  See you in class.  

Through My Eyes

You are beautiful
Although, you may not see
the person that I see
when I look at you
And if the mirror you look into
could show your reflection through my eyes
you would see a smile so bright
it could light up the world
throughout the day and into the night
You are courageous
Although, you may not feel
all that brave
But I see, how strong you can be
And if you could take a minute
to look back at all your ups and downs
you would smile with pride
because you made it through
And then you would be believe
what I already know to be true
You are incredible, intelligent
fearless and strong.
Life is beautiful, wonderful and fun
and all your dreams can come true
if you start by believing in you.  (Author Unknown)

My upcoming Nia classes:

Saturday (Today!) at 9:30 am

Sunday at 4:00 pm

Monday and Thursday Nia at 5:30 pm 

all at  http://www.thesynergystudio.com/. 

On Friday, Feb. 8th Adelle and I start a Nia White Belt!!!  Join us in classes and a special debut of the new Nia routine Touch on Feb. 10th!

Learn more and go deeper into the connection with you body and your life by taking a Nia White Belt Intensive.    Sign up at http://www.nianow.com/joanie.  

Go to my link & get 40% off of Nia clothing, music & much more!!  Look for the 40% off purple button: http://nianow.com/joanie
Love & Light,
Joanie Brooks,  Nia Training Faculty, Nia White Belt Trainer, Nia 5 Stages of Healing Facilitator, Journey Dance Facilitator, Mindful Change Coach


 Nia - Somatic Education for EveryBody.  Nia is an expressive movement form & lifestyle practice that uses The Body's Way to achieve physical, mental, emotional & spiritual fitness & well-being."   

75 trillion cells in your body…Play with them all with Nia!