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Everything Is Music

Rachael — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 21:09:31 +0000

Rumi says, “We have fallen into the place where everything is music.” Each organ in the human body plays its own unique music: Heart beat rhythm, flute of bone, wind pipes of lungs and larynx, syncopation of joints, harp strings of tendon. In Sanskrit, Nada Brahma means “the universe is made of sound.” In physics, sound is […]

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Nia’s Energy Personalities

Rachael — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 22:38:47 +0000

One of the best things for me about Nia is that it’s not only a great fitness practice – but a great energy practice as well. The sophisticated energetics of Nia are what made it possible for me to do Nia when I was totally disabled in my thirties by asthma – and to heal my body as a result. Nine […]

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Great Music: All Bolad’s Kitchen, All The Time

Rachael — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 03:21:43 +0000

I’ve just returned from my semi-annual pilgrimage to New Mexico where my husband and I study with our teacher, Martín Prechtel, at his amazing school, Bolad’s Kitchen. Every morning we listened to fantastic music from all over the world – from Finland to Sudan to Uzbekistan. In honor of the great, beating, courageous hearts of […]

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Awareness of Ankles

Rachael — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 01:16:06 +0000

Etymology The word “ankle” means “angle,” coming from proto-IndoEuropean meaning “to bend,” thus describing both the form and the function of this body part. Connections The ankle connects your foot to your shin. All joints are connectors. Joints connect two or more bones with each other. Your ankle’s purpose is […]

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Connection

Rachael — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 04:22:07 +0000

The focus of today’s Nia class was Connection. The intent: Consciously Embodying the Mystery. They were chosen by the delightful seven-year old Aurora from the basket of cards we created New Year’s Day. The etymology of “connection” is from com- “together” + nectere “to bind, tie, ” as in nexus, net, knot and node. […]

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Oasis

Rachael — Sun, 01 May 2011 03:56:34 +0000

As part of my Nia Next Generation Trainer (NGT) training, I have an assignment to adapt the choreography of an existing Nia routine to new music. I chose the routine Canta, by Nia co-founder Carlos AyaRosas. You can listen to the original music of Canta here. My adapted Canta routine is called Oasis. Oasis because […]

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Becoming A Sensation Scientist: Awareness of Breath

Rachael — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 02:43:22 +0000

My journey of remembering that I am a sensation scientist began in the spring of 1995, when, by chance, I walked into my first Nia class in a fitness club in Portland, Oregon, and my life changed forever. At the time, I was totally disabled by asthma. I was a physical therapist but unable to […]

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Thank You Portland For Making Me Who I Am Today

Rachael — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 04:19:09 +0000

This morning I flew up to Portland from my home in Ashland, nestled in the Klamath-Siskiyou mountains of southern Oregon. Every where I look I am reminded of the story of my life, interwoven in these streets, layered in space and time and memory. I lived and loved in Portland for eighteen years, after growing […]

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Thank You, Body

Rachael — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:04:03 +0000

Thanksgiving 2010 Today I am grateful for my body and for life. Thank you, body. Thank you, life. Thank you, body, for your innate wisdom, your brilliant body know-how, your splendid, spirally, multi-tasking intelligences, that always know where and when and how to go, in the best, in the most difficult and in regular, everyday circumstances. […]

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A Good Day

Rachael — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:10:05 +0000

Today, at the end of class, we listened to “A Good Day,” the words of Brother David Steindl-Rast, the 84-year old Benedectine monk who, in 1965, was sent by his abbot to pursue Christian-Buddhist dialogue. You can read more about Brother David here and his connection with many spiritual traditions working for peace. Brother David […]

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