Thinking of joining me today at Allstar Fitness (open to all!) for our Up Close and Personal Series? Here's my notes for what we will experience. Listening to music is one of my favorite exercises and it is so relaxing almost meditative in the way Nia teaches us to listen and receive sounds. And then to take the skill of listening to music and allow ourselves to connect to the music makes for a powerful movement experience. Once you have the skill of listening to music, you'll draw on it for all your class experiences and also be able to translate that "listening skill" into other areas of your life--like listening to others, listening to yourself, listening to your body.  I'm looking forward to sharing it and practicing it with you today. XO , Jill

Nia Up Close and Personal Series:  January 5^th Tuesday @ 10:45-Noon, Allstar Fitness

Topic: Listen, Sense, Dance

Focus:  experience more in depth listening

Intent: fuller experience of dancing b/c of increase listening skill

Nia: Listening is O, emptying out in order to receive

1)       to receive music

2)      communications from a person

3)      information from our body

Important skill to listening is quieting the mind. We do this in Nia by:

1)      experiencing RAW (relaxed, alert and waiting)

a.       Relaxed body,

b.      Alert mind

c.       Waiting spirit

Use” listening to music” to fine tune our skill of listening.

 “Music is the Festive Dress of Silence” Chamalu

1)      Listen for the sound and the silence

2)      Listen for melody, rhythm,  harmony, changes in tempo, accent, mood

3)      Listen to all the music

4)      Listen to certain instrument (follow it)

Experience: 

1)      Practice RAW without music

2)      Practice listening to all music

3)      Practice listening to certain sounds

4)      Practice dancing to certain parts of music (as a group)

Next week:  Learn, Move , Energize Nia’s  unique way of learning “the moves”. And week three: 7 cycles of a Nia class- Nia’s unique way of creating a complete workout.