Good early morning!
I just got back late evening from a magical 5 days at Esalen in California. I was at a workshop called Passionate Presence with Toni Bergins, creator of Journey Dance. We were a group of seven men and eight women… dancing, discussing, processing, playing theatre games, drawing, meditating, more dancing, rolling on the floor, laughing, crying, more dancing… and dropping into deep friendships that happened in those few short days. An over-riding focus was our fascia, or connective tissue, and the connection we all have in the world of dance, movement, and living in joy. Many ‘connections’ happened while I was there… from people coming up to me who took yoga at the studio years ago but moved away, to Nia friends who emailed me after dancing with Toni a few days earlier in Berkley… “I met Toni, and she asked if I knew Adelle…” I had numerous conversations with friends of friends, as we discovered with amazement that we knew each other.
Our body is a metaphor for life itself… The fascia that connects all the bones, muscles and organs… a beautiful, continuous sheath of tissue that loves to move, dance, express, emote, and feel connection. Just as our connection to others keeps us healthy in our body, mind, emotions and spirit, when we reach out, draw in, dance, jiggle, rock and roll on the earth, we move our connective tissue keeping it healthy and pliable.
Come dance your fascia this week with me… sense your connective tissue and your connection to others in the dance of life.
We will Journey Dance at 10:00am on Sunday… Then bring your friends back to a FREE Nia class at 4:00 with Joanie and me and stay afterwards to hear about the upcoming White Belts in December and 2012.
I am so blessed to be connected to you, and I encourage you to push your edge, go beyond, dance with others when you travel… and sense your connection to humanity.
Click here to meet Toni, creator of Journey Dance. I hope you will join us in January for a magical 5 days of connection! http://youtu.be/1iFwydZy5ns
With love, Adelle
My classes this week: Journey Dance this Sunday 10:00am, Free Nia class with Joanie this Sunday 4:00pm, and Nia Tuesday 6:45am, Wednesday 9:15am, Fun Friday 5:30pm
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Adelle Brownlee Brewer
Owner, The Synergy Studio
Black Belt Certified Nia Trainer
Journey Dance Facilitator; Professional Fiber Artist
San Antonio, Texas
www.thesynergystudio.com
www.nianow.com/adelle
www.journeydance.com