Month: February 2017

Change truly is the elixir of life and the only constant that is available to us. The irony of the word and the energy! 🙂

Life is in constant flux, and our body is a beautiful metaphor for change. Every cell is twirling, vibrating energy all the time, and our cells are being replaced every 7 years, so some cells in the body are always changing. Pretty cool, right?!

I’ve been diving deeper into the constant of change this week. Jenn, our wonderful studio manager and dear friend, will be making her journey to Los Angeles at the end of the month, to live her dream. Katharine Frey, Terry Pozza, and Christi Meyers will be joining the studio as new Nia teachers, and I will be taking over a different Nia class.

The changes:  Wednesday 5:30pm: Nia with Katharine and Terry… Friday 9:15am: Nia with Moi!… Nia Fun Friday 5:30pm with Christi.

FUN with changes are in the house!

We also have another massage therapist joining the studio, a wonderful man named Todd Morgan. He is moving here from Los Angeles. Again, the irony and Joy of the Universe as one leaves for LA and one arrives! And a man to boot! 🙂 A first for the studio. CHA, CHA, CHANGE!

Join me, other teachers, and The Synergy Studio, as we embrace the only constant in life… Change. Please support our new teachers and come get an amazing massage… (Yes… I mean amazing) As we grow up at The Pearl, let’s all welcome Change with open minds and loving hearts!

SEE you in class!

Love Love Love is in the house of Change! Adelle 

PS. My last FUN Friday class will be a Nia FreeDance class. Join me Thursday 9:15am, and Friday 5:30pm for two different, very inspirational  journeys through the body, emotions, mind and spirit. I teach Yoga for Lunch on Thursday 12:00, and Slow Flow Yoga on Sunday 8:45am.

Top off your weekend with Nia CELL-ebrate on Sunday 4:00pm!

… with your body.

Good evening friends,

In this week of Valentine’s, we are reminded of the ever-abiding presence of love that surrounds us… from family, friends, and other special relationships in our life.

The presence of love is always there, whether during the week of Valentine’s, celebrating another holiday, or just any ordinary day. All we have to do is take a breath… one breath… to be reminded that our body loves us. Our breath reminds us that our body naturally takes in love when it needs it, through the inhale… and releases gratitude when its ready, through the exhale.

The most important relationship you will ever have is the one you have with your body. Getting to know your body better, through movement, exploration, and listening to its voice of sensation, is truly the most important ‘task’ we can do everyday.

Fall in love with your body. Tell your body how much you appreciate its constant presence, its steady companionship, no matter the circumstances. 

I’m having a love affair with my psoas muscle, a fascinating part of my body that holds me up, walks me through my day, and holds emotions for me. I’m continuing my love affair with my psoas this week.

I hope you will join me in class both Tuesday 6:45am, Wednesday 9:15am, for a regular Nia class, as well as Thursday 9:15am and Friday 5:30 pm, for Nia FreeDance.

I’m choosing to teach Nia FreeDance two times this week.

Why? Because I LOVE the practice sooo much, and I LOVE my body sooo much, that I want to give it extra special attention, feeding it with freedom in Body, Emotion, Mind and Spirit. Ahhhh! Perfect.

SEE you soon!

LOVE LOVE LOVE, Adelle

PS. Two more fantastic articles on the psoas are below…. I encourage you to read on and fall in love with your psoas!

http://www.wakingtimes.com/2015/06/02/the-muscle-of-the-soul-may-be-triggering-your-fear-and-anxiety/

Another great, informative article from Yoga Journal: http://www.yogajournal.com/article/practice-section/the-psoas-is/

Smiles that say it all! We love our community                                in CaliforNia!

Preparation for the Nia White Belt                graduation in Los Angeles!

Hi Friends!

I am coming off an amazing 3 1/2 weeks of learning, teaching, growing and connecting. Starting with hosting a Nia Blue Belt training, then teaching a Transformational Breath® Seminar, then training a Nia White Belt in CaliforNia, and finally being a host and student this last weekend, at a YogaFit for Warriors training designed for understanding PTSD and the impact it is having on our troops as well as our society.

My psoas has received a work-out! Sitting on airplanes has tightened it, and doing Nia and Yoga with awareness of lengthening this amazing muscle, has helped me remain healthy, flexible and strong.

This is a wonderful excerpt from an article I read about Liz Koch. She has an amazing weekend Psoas training… and I hope to bring her to The Synergy Studio!

“The Psoas muscle (pronounced so-as) is the deepest muscle of the human body affecting our structural balance, muscular integrity, flexibility, strength, range of motion, joint mobility, and organ functioning.

A relaxed psoas is the mark of play and creative expression.  Instead of the contracted psoas, ready to run or fight, the relaxed and released psoas is ready instead to lengthen and open, to dance.

Koch believes that by cultivating a healthy psoas, we can rekindle our body’s vital energies by learning to reconnect with the life force of the universe. Within the Taoist tradition the psoas is spoken of as the seat or muscle of the soul, and surrounds the lower “Dan tien” a major energy center of body.  A flexible and strong psoas grounds us and allows subtle energies to flow through the bones, muscles and joints.” ~~~From https://bodydivineyoga.wordpress.com/2011/03/23/the-psoas-muscle-of-the-soul/

How about it? Let’s rock, roll, spin, open, strengthen and lengthen the muscle of the soul this week! Psoas! Yes!

Love, Adelle

My classes this week:

Nia:  Tuesday 6:45am, Wednesday 9:15am, Thursday 9:15am, Friday 5:30pm, Sunday 4:00pm

Yoga: Thursday 12:00pm, Sunday 8:45am

Read more about the muscle of the soul from the amazing Dr. Christine Northrup… http://www.drnorthrup.com/psoas-muscle-vital-muscle-body/

Happy Friday my friends!

Spending a week, basking in the glow of teaching a Nia White Belt with 12 other souls in California, and many more enJoying classes, finds me more grounded and present in gratitude for every breath.

Sacred: Dedicated or devoted exclusively to a single use, purpose or person.

I make choices moment to moment. We all are making choices.

I choose to recognize the beauty, grace, and gift of my sacred breath. I’m choosing to live in gratitude for every moment, and every breath.

I hope you will join me tonight at 5:30. How about Sacred breath in CELL-ebration of choice?

Loving you deep, wide and tall, Adelle