Form and Freedom - Expressing Who You Are!

Good morning my dancing friends!

Blessings to everyBody as we step into our 4th of July celebration week!!  Join me in Nia all weekend as we play with Form and Freedom, celebrating our uniqueness and freely expressing who we are!    So what is Form and Freedom in Nia?  Think of Form as the katas (movement sequences), the 9 Movement forms of Nia (Martial Arts, Dance Arts, Healing Arts), Nia 52 moves, 7 cycles of Nia, and even the music (sounds, silence, rhythm, melody, harmony).  Freedom is how YOU uniquely dance and express within Nia's form, connecting to Your Body's Way (YBW), Your Spirit's Way (YSW), and Your Emotional Range of Motion (YEROM)!  This is when the fireworks go off!!!  We use form to find freedom and we use freedom to transcend our form.  As a Sacred Athlete, the potential is limitless as your freedom comes alive with your creativity, beauty and expression.  Let me give you an example.  In Monday's class during the cool down we played with the form of one of Nia's base moves, A-Stance.  Staying loosely with A-Stance, we uniquely played with all the possibilities to move, explore and create magic within this form to stretch and strengthen...no thinking - pure sensation and joy.  It was beautiful to witness!!!!  I invite you to experience this right NOW! 

As with everything we do on the dance floor, we can take into life, for Nia is a life style practice.  Find Freedom in everything you do:  your job, cleaning your house, walking your pet, grocery shopping, being with your family and loved ones...  Endless possibilities to express who you are! 

Join me on the dance floor...let's celebrate and create fireworks!!!  Be safe my dear friends!!!  I love you all!

My classes this week:

Thursday (TODAY!) at 5:30 pm

Saturday at 9:30 am (4th of JULY!!!!! - wear red, white or blue!!!)

Sunday at 4:00 pm

AND - have you heard???  Adelle and I have added a Nia White Belt intensive to our schedule for July - a split weekend at The Synergy Studio.   It is a great opportunity to take the Nia White Belt and only take a couple of days off from work. The training starts at 3:00 pm on Thursday, July 23 and will go through Sunday, July 26.  The 2nd weekend is Friday , July 31 - Sunday, August 2.  Here is the link to the registration and where you can get additional information:  HERE!

Love & Light,
Joanie Brooks,
http://www.joaniebrooks.com
Nia Training Faculty, Nia White Belt Trainer, Nia 1st Degree Black Belt
MELT Certified Hand & Foot Instructor
Yoga Teacher (certified in the YogaFit Warrior Program)
Journey Dance Facilitator Nia 5 Stages of Healing Facilitator
Mindful Change Coach
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!