Dancing Friends!
Our weekly focus continues on the fluid path…
I am fascinated by our Fascia, our connective tissue in the body. As my exploration of the fascia deepens, I am discovering more pathways to health and well-being. Visualizing my body as a network of flowing connection and sensation has brought greater appreciation for this gift, and heightened awareness of the importance of the daily dance of movement. The daily dance keeps my body in a continued state of transformation. The Freedom that grows from the Form.
Our weekly focus continues on the fluid path…
I am fascinated by our Fascia, our connective tissue in the body. As my exploration of the fascia deepens, I am discovering more pathways to health and well-being. Visualizing my body as a network of flowing connection and sensation has brought greater appreciation for this gift, and heightened awareness of the importance of the daily dance of movement. The daily dance keeps my body in a continued state of transformation. The Freedom that grows from the Form.
Fascia is pervasive. It is everywhere in our body. Fascia lines our organs. It lines and infuses with our muscles. It helps attach our muscles to our bones. It lines our bones too. It forms pathways for our delicate nerves, arteries, and veins to run through – tunnels to transport the fluids that sustain us. Fascia is a 3 dimensional web connecting every structure in our entire body – from head to toe – without interruption. It is a continuous unit, flowing from one form to the next, changing shape and tone depending on the structure it infuses with.
Fascia is designed to protect us, to keep our internal structures properly positioned, to allow the different parts of our body to slide and glide around each other as we move, and allow our body to maintain it’s shape. If we took away everything except our fascia, we would still maintain our shape!
Free and easy movement, freedom from chronic pain, and the simple joy of being in tune with the world rely on a fluid and balanced fascial matrix.
And speaking of being in tune with the world, fluid and ready for change…
And speaking of being in tune with the world, fluid and ready for change…
I have experienced three earthquakes in the last week. I was on the floor in child’s pose while attending a class at Spectrum… and the floor began to move. I thought I was dizzy… and then found out later it was an earthquake. I’ve been in Oklahoma with some of my kiddos and my mother the last several days. Friday night, I was awakened as the bed rocked and rolled… a 4.7 quake… and last night, Austin and I sat in the car as it rocked from side to side… a 5.2 quake! My bed last night was like a water bed all night long with the aftershocks.
The continual transformation of Earth is a great metaphor for the continual transformation of my body and connective tissue.
We keep our fascia healthy, strong, and fluid through movement. When our fascia is sedentary, it becomes sticky, fuzzy, knitted together, like scar tissue, and our shape takes on a different form. A form with less freedom… and it wants to break loose just like Mother Earth under pressure.
Nia is full, systemic, body movement, helping our fascia mold, shape, re-shape, change and be in a state of constant transformation.
“Through Movement We Find Health”… Let’s move our fascia this week… Moving our Form into Freedom!
See you on the dance floor!
Loving the transformation, Adelle
See you on the dance floor!
Loving the transformation, Adelle
My classes this week: Tuesday 6:45am, Wednesday 9:15am, Fun Friday 5:30pm, Sunday 4:00pm
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