Hello Friends,

This is a big week for me. I'm heading down to Portland (with another Nia Teacher, Randee Fox) to "Court My Destiny" as I look into pursuing a profession as a Nia White Belt Trainer. To become a Nia Trainer has been a desire of mine for 14 years now! I'm thrilled, excited, and slightly nervous. I'll be meeting with 50 other participants, (other Nia Trainers and Co-Creator, Debbie Rosas) as we embark on a 3- day event to expore if we'd like to become Nia's Next Generation Trainers. Nia is embarking on bringing up a whole new generation of trainers that will not only bring this body of work to the general public but also bring the body of work to many special applications.(for example: Nia for those healing from cancer, Nia for equestrians, Nia for kids etc..).

Welcome to Week 3 of FreeDance!  Last week, you experienced Stage 2 Being Seduced by the Music- The Art of Listening. How did your listening to sound and silence go?

This week, we will explore FreeDance Stage 3: Feelings and Emotions- Act As If. In this third stage, we begin to explore beyond our habitual dance movements and create gestures and movements that come from our "pretend" emotions. In this stage we give 100% of our attention to acting. By listening to the song, we can interpret the music and tell a story through acting out emotions. This is the time to act, to activate your emotions. Allow yourself to act tender, explosive, angry, joyous, agitated or shy. Play with any emotions that turns you on in the moment.

Experiencing Feelings and Emotions:  Play a piece of music or song--anything works.  Listen, move and connect to the sounds and silence. Use the music to inspire you to pretend, act as if you are ___________(fill in with emotion). Play the same piece and pretend again. This time choosing an entirely different emotion to act out.

Afterwards:  You may want to sit a moment and reflect, recapitulate, your experience.  No judging needed; simply consider what you experienced.  What gestures came your way? Which emotions felt more comfortable, less? What is your emotional body and physical body experiencing right now?

Materials and information adapted from the Nia Technique-R.
www.NiaNow.com

Questions?  You are welcome to contact Jill (jill@niadivas.com) or Lesley (lesley@niadivas.com)

Next week: FreeDance Stage 4: The Creative Source-The Real You.

With Love,

Jill and Lesley

www.niadivas.com

I'm really thrilled to be offering a triad of new programs that live under the umbrella of Glo. This program came to me out of the desire to take the feeling of Nia out of the class/studio and into my daily life more. I find when I offer something, I get so much in return. So, because I want to live more in my body on a daily basis, I'm offering that we do that together. Glo is about gaining that natural body-centered Glow. That illuminated look and feeling I have when I feel balanced in body, mind, emotions and spirit. I will admit, just preparing the marketing materials for Glo has me spending more time at my computer and I'm having to pay attention even more to how the computer saps my spirit, even though it helps me bring Glo to you.  It is part of the learning process. How much is too much? When does my spirit and my body start to feel zapped? Do I choose to respond or actively choose to continue typing a way? And what does that choice now leave me with?

During the program of Glo we'll use the morning meditations to get centered, relax into our body and begin to feel how we can set ourselves up for the rest of the day. And then, with the Glo Workshop, we'll do household and office tasks and begin to explore how to make even them body-centered. That should be rich! And because of my years of private training in fitness, yoga and post-rehabilitation (from injuries), I'm excited to begin working with people who want to create a personalized experience.

Here's the link to all the Glo Program information where you can find the details and also register. And of course, if you have questions, please contact me at jill@niadivas.com.

http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e2vfz95r77c2bf26

I recently was interviewed by Personal Development Expert, Melissa Wadsworth for her blog. We had a lovely conversation as she was intuitively keen on the many sides of "me" that show up in my world. She captured the essence of Nia beautifully and I am so grateful for her thoughtful words and sincere heart. I wanted to share it with and you can also find more information on Melissa and her dream board business at: www.melissawadsworth.com

Welcome to Manifesting Magic!

Well, Hello NiaDivas. 

First, let me introduce myself to you. You see, as most people, I have
several segments of "my life and my roles". To keep it brief I'll
bullet point: Nia Lover, dancer, teacher, mother of two little people,
dog-lover ( great dane mommy!), partner (no not wife!), radio show producer/co-host,
reluctant social media lover and early adopter of all things self-mastery
related.

My one sentence is:  I inspire other with my joy for sharing what I
love and what I learn. If you listen to Oprah's Soul Series today...you'll
get the one sentence reference.

This is my year to integrate. For much of my life I've compartmentalized my
many loves not knowing exactly how to make business/pleasure/family all
"work" together. I still don't know how, but I do know it is
going to happen this year! I desire it and therefore it shall be!

Over the weekend I attended a Nia Plearning workshop, held by the magnificient Nia Trainer
Winalee. Included in the details was this writings posted by Nia teacher and
extraordinary woman, Randee Fox. It means a lot to me and I'd like to share it
with you.

Transmutations, Dance of Joy

The butterfly is the symbol of
change, joy and color.

It is the symbol of the soul.

They remind us that life is a
dance,

not to take things quite so
seriously.

They also remind you to get up and
move.

Dance brings the sweetness of
life.

Butterflies bring color and joy to
your life.