Dancing Through Life!

“Dance is the hidden language of the soul” - Martha Graham

​Good morning fellow dancers!

This week we celebrate National Dance week!  EveryBody is a dancer and EveryBody is meant to dance.  I know this...watch a baby/young child when they hear music.  They autoMagically start to dance and move with the rhythm.  Rhythm is a part of our body and our life...our unique heart beat, our unique breath, the rhythm of the sun, the moon and the stars.  Everywhere!!

Nia invites us to always be a dancer no matter what we are doing.  It is called Dancing Through Life...where every day movements feel like a dance.  When I'm unloading dishes out of the dishwasher, it is a dance of folding and unfolding my bones as I release down to pick up a dish and then reach up to store it on the shelf above.    As I walk through the grocery store it is a dance of flexibility as I reach for what I desire on the top shelf.  I'm may even get to act as if I wearing high heels!  HA!  When I hug my loved ones, it is a dance of touch and embrace as I rock side to side.  AHHH - I love that dance!

Take the opportunity to connect to your dance no matter if you are on the dance floor or moving through your day.    Notice how it can change the energy and sensation of what you are doing when you make it a dance.  Who knows someone may want to join in with you!

Let's dance this week:

Monday (Today!!) at Noon and 5:30 pm

Wednesday at 6:45 am for Somatic Awakening

Thursday at 5:30 pm

Saturday at 9:30 am

all at The Synergy Studio.

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June white belt.  Come join us!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTJAkspWdY0

Love & Light
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Joanie Brooks,
http://www.joaniebrooks.me/
Nia Training Faculty, Nia White Belt Trainer, Nia 1st Degree Black Belt


Nia 5 Stages of Healing Facilitator, Journey Dance Guide, Mindful Change Coach and Laughter Yoga Leader

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!

Grace, Gratitude, Love!!

"Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet, and the winds long to play with your hair."  Kahlil Gibran

Spring is underway and our Earth is blooming with beautiful colors...it is truly a time of new beginnings, growth, and abundance!  My husband and I, along with our dog Rocket, went on a ride Friday through the beautiful Texas hill country and everything is bursting with life, vitality and beauty.  Thank you Mother Earth!!  

This week we honor and give gratitude to our Earth, the source of our stability, our roots, our life support system.  Mother Earth is sacred and dedicated to you, and each day we have the opportunity to sense this dedication as we step onto our earth with grace, gratitude and love.  Grace, gratitude and love has the power to manifest throughout our body, and is represented through our actions and words.  When we approach our body, our earth and our life as universal gifts, and we share this with others in our unique way (our actions and words), we are teachers and healers to the world; we are Sacred Athletes.  Image a world where everyBody is a Sacred Athlete...unlimited possibilities!

Close your eyes for a moment, connect to earth through your feet, inhale deeply and as you exhale, create the deep sound of  "UUUUU...". Sense Mother Earth kissing the soles of your feet. Relax, smell the moment and then sound a "Thank You." 

Join me in Grace, Gratitude and Love of Earth and U.  Many opportunities to share your uniqueness and rocking music awaits your dance!! 

My classes this week...all at The Synergy Studio except where noted: 

Monday 5:30 pm Nia

Tuesday 6:45 am Nia

Wednesday 6:45 am...Somatic Awakening - experience a unique dance of earth!!

Thursday 8:30 am Nia (at Gold's Gym Rodgers Ranch)

Thursday 5:30 pm Nia

Saturday 9:30 am Nia

Sunday 10:00 am JourneyDance...a dance of Beginnings!

Sunday 4:00 pm Nia

Interested in the Nia White Belt Intensive? 

Our next training in San Antonio is a split weekend that starts at 3:00 pm on Thursday, June 5 and goes through Sunday June 8. The next weekend is June 13, 14 and 15 (Friday, Saturday and Sunday). This is a PERFECT opportunity to take the Nia White Belt w/out having to take a full week from work. 

7 days dedicated to you, your body and your life.  You go deep into each one of the 13 principles of the Nia White Belt where you create a loving relationship with yourself and your body.  In this intensive you learn tools for managing stress, enhancing your relationships,  and creating a work/life balance. I invite you to explore techniques using your body, voice, intent, mind, emotions and unique spirit to master getting into and living in your body.  Empower yourself, open up to your potential and step into your greatness!

Love & Light,
Joanie Brooks,
Nia Training Faculty, Nia White Belt Trainer, Nia 1st Degree Black Belt

Nia 5 Stages of Healing Facilitator, Journey Dance Guide, Mindful Change Coach and Laughter Yoga Leader

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!