Month: September 2017

Nia Friends!!!! Please read on…

Are you ready to learn, grow, and have fun?

Nia 5 Stages Trainer Laurie Bass!

Nia 52 Moves/Move IT Trainer Kelle Rae!

We have 2 AMAZING fellow Nia Trainers coming to San Antonio, sharing their knowledge and expertise, as we dive deeper into the lifestyle practice we all love so much… Nia!

Sign-ups are happening, so jump in! It really helps ALL of us with planning if you sign up well in advance… me, fellow trainers, and the studio.

Joanie and I have been sooo supported in multiple communities around the world, as we travel teaching Nia FreeDance. Let’s show both Kelle and Laurie that same support!

These two amazing people are the co-creators of Nia 52 Moves/Move IT *Kelle, and Nia 5 Stages *Laurie. It is an honor to have them visit our fantastic community, and beautiful city.

Many of you ask me how we can grow our community at The Synergy Studio… THIS is it! ☺

I have enclosed a flyer from Kelle, and more information about Nia 5 Stages from Laurie, including a video and FAQ’s. These weekends are for teachers as well as students! YOU will learn sooo much from these extraordinary Nia Trainers!

Nia 52 Moves: Kelle Rae Oien, Nia Trainer from Santa Fe, NM! October 28, 29

Nia 5 Stages: Laurie Bass, Nia Trainer from Portland, Oregon! Nov 18, 19

With deep love, Adelle

Keep reading! 🙂

Here is a GREAT article and video to link to: What are the Nia 5 STAGES? http://lauriebass.com/blog-dynamic/55-what-are-the-nia-5-stages

5 STAGES FAQ’s Answers to common questions….

Q. Is the 5 STAGES for me? A. This training is for everybody with a desire to move with a fluid, graceful ease for life. Whether you are a Nia teacher, belt grad or mover of any modality, it is the perfect accompaniment for any movement, fitness or sport practice. It will enhance any profession – movement or otherwise. For lovers of movement and the body, the study of the body’s way of anatomy in motion. It is for able-bodies who can move from the ground up. You will be trained to teach adaptations.

Q. Beyond the Nia teacher, practitioner or movement lover, who is the 5 STAGES training ideal for? A. Professionals in the health, wellness, therapy, rehab and somatic fields have taken the training to engage in a personal practice and add professional skills.

Q. Will we be moving for the entire day? A. No. The Training is beautifully paced, alternating between movement sessions and discussion times designed to give our bodies a chance to rest and recharge. Honor your body by self-guiding and adapting. Students have successfully completed 5 STAGES while while healing medical conditions that necessitated limited movement. Your unique pace is perfect.

Q. Is there Pre-training? A. Optional to prepare before or review after: a self-paced study that includes reading material, 2 dvds and cd sessions with Debbie Rosas – creator – on the architecture, energy flow, body’s way anatomy and voice. I will have extra sets if you sign up close to the date. It is rich in content to put you at ease.

Q. Is there a test? A. No. However, there are self-assessments that you may complete at home to hone the language of the practice as well as your knowledge. Q. How do I know if I’m ready to do 5 STAGES? A. If you’ve gotten this far, that’s a sure sign that you ARE ready . Truly. You are. As is. No matter your exposure or experience.

Q. Can I become a 5 STAGES teacher? A. Upon completion of all sessions, you become a 5 STAGES graduate. In the Nia system, graduates who are current Livelihood Members are automatically licensed to teach. A dedicated 5 STAGES license is available to non-livelihood members ($170) and gives you access to a comprehensive post-training program.

Q. What is the GREATEST personal benefit? A. #1, you will have developed a life practice to increase the power, pleasure and grace of living in your body. #2 The 52 post-training Lesson Plans as a somatic self-study is phenomenal. #3 Like all Nia trainings, all practices translate into lifestyle tools.

Q. What is the GREATEST professional benefit? A. #1 – physical sustainability. #2 – mastery of your voice. #3 To enhance your Nia teaching (greater access to physical pearls) or any profession, as well as the way you communicate in your life.

Q. Got a Q that isn’t covered? A. Shoot me an e-mail (laurie.bass@nianow.com) and I will answer. How to register 1. Register at NiaNow with 50% of the tuition by clicking: (INFO + REGISTER ) 2. You will be invoiced for the other 50% (instruction fee) by Laurie

Links to sign up!

Nia 52 Moves/Move IT with Kelle

Nia 5 Stages with Laurie

What does it mean to be a man of Nia?

This last weekend was one of the most inspirational that I have ever experienced. I attended the ‘Men of Nia’ event in Santa Fe, where men from all over the United States gathered to teach Nia, and connect with one another in community. It was a beautiful balance of Yang and Yin, as the classes and workshops were equally attended by both men and women.

One evening, there was a panel discussion with 12 men who teach Nia. It was an incredible, honest, open and vulnerable exchange. I kept saying to myself, “THIS needs to be filmed.” I was not the only one who had that thought. It was an amazingly touching evening.

Nia was founded by both Carlos Rosas and Debbie Rosas. From the beginning, there was a balance of of both the masculine and feminine, with both of them contributing to the magic of the transformational lifestyle practice we call Nia.

Join me this week, as we dance some classics by Carlos, in honor of the first Man of Nia.

We need to open the door for more men to experience the healing power of Nia. The time is now.

BE the change.

With love, Adelle

“The whole Universe is based on rhythms. Everything happens in circles, in spirals.” John Hartford

The Synergy Studio logo

I love spirals and the symbology of this amazing shape that is all around us. It is why I chose the spiral when I was designing The Synergy Studio logo.

Spirals are a common shape found in nature, as well as in sacred architecture. In the natural world, we find spirals in the DNA double helix, sunflowers, the path of draining water, weather patterns (including hurricanes), vine tendrils, galaxies, shells, whirlpools, ferns and algae.

Look at a cross section of red cabbage and you will see spirals.

Look at your fingertip, where you would make a fingerprint, and you will see a spiral.

Spirals are everywhere in our body.  We have over 700 muscles in our body that spiral around our bones giving us infinite ways to move and heal our body.

Our bones spiral as well.  We have 2 unique bones in our body called the ulna and the radius, our forearm bones, that are the only 2 bones in our body that spiral and roll over each other.

Spirals create. Spirals move energy. Spirals heal.

Let’s spiral this week… in, out and onward.

See you on the dance floor of life,

Adelle

“Even the shape of your hair at the crown of your head…a spiral. Spirals seem to permeate many diverse natural formations: inorganic and organic, lifeless and alive, non-conscious and conscious.” Sam Wolfe

~~~The Fibonacci numbers are Nature’s numbering system. They appear everywhere in Nature, from the leaf arrangement in plants, to the pattern of the florets of a flower, the bracts of a pinecone, or the scales of a pineapple~~~

PLAYtime on Saturday: Nia FreeDance class!

Are you ready to play?

There are numerous articles about the power and importance of play in our lives. I encourage you to google ‘power of play’ and read on… it definitely encouraged me to re-think how I incorporate daily play, and how important it is to my health and wellness.

Many would say the opposite of play is work. Hmmm…. I feel that work really isn’t the opposite of play. Play is anything that you do for fun, and if you choose wisely and follow your skills, work and play can quickly become synonyms, not antonyms.

For me, learning is fun. Advancing my skills is fun. Even doing things that might be called mistakes are learning experiences for me. So that leads me to the question…

What is the opposite of play for you?

For me, it would be boredom. I have never experienced that feeling, being truly bored. I love to take situations, shift my view of them and create something to learn, something that feels like playing. I remember asking my children the same… are you really bored or is there something you can play with at this moment?

Are you ready to play?

Whooop!!!!! I am!

We have a FUN week ahead at The Synergy Studio!

Jason Allen Griffin, aka JAG, is returning for two classes, and a FUN Ying/Yang PLAYshop!

Jason is a Nia 1° Degree Black Belt, living in Seattle and traveling the US. For many years, he has traveled teaching in different Nia communities, spreading his magical, clear and FUN classes that are a gift to experience.

On Wednesday, Jason will be teaching his routine AMAZING during the 9:15 class. He created this routine with 13 communities across the US, including Texas

*Use your class card for this special class!*

Also on Wednesday, he will be teaching a FUN Ying/Yang PLAYshop from 5:30-7:30. You will not want to miss this exploration, as Jason guides you to a deeper understanding of these energies that we all have, and how we can balance them with awareness and movement. The PLAYshop is $25. It helps me to sign up in advance by clicking here!

AND… Thursday morning at 9:15, Jason will be team teaching the Nia FreeDance class with Todd! It will be a fabulous dive into the balance of Ying/Yang  as we PLAY with these Nia FreeDance teachers! *Use your Synergy card for this class too!*

Come one, come all… COME to all! We are so excited to experience Jason’s gifts again. Thank you for coming back to San Antonio JAG!

DRUM ROLL… more PLAY!

Our quarterly Drum and Dance Celebration is THIS SUNDAY, at 1:00pm. Talk  about PLAYING!!!! It is an absolute BLAST! Sign up here to reserve your place and save some $! 

Click here to sign up for the Ying/Yang Playshop!

Click here to read more about AMAZING!!!

Click here to sign up to DANCE and DRUM with us!

Click here to read more about Jason!

Click here to explore!

Let’s get on with the work?! Kick up your heals and PLAY away my friends!

Adelle

A link to begin PLAYing with all the encouraging information available… https://www.psychologytoday.com/collections/201410/the-power-play

As news poured in this week, we planned…

Today, 8 Nia teachers and a BIG class of students gathered to Dance and Donate. It was a fantastic dance and we raised over $1000 for the San Antonio and Houston Food Banks. THANK YOU! My heart is smiling ☺

How are you doing this moment? What are you doing to be present and open to possibilities? The first thing I do is take a deep breath, exhale, and sense my FEET touching the Earth. Sensing the ground underneath me truly grounds ME, and that brings my body and breath into the present moment. From that place, I can be relaxed, alert, and waiting.

Think about this…

“Your foot is a masterful network of approximately 33 joints, 26 bones and morethan 100 muscles, tendons and ligaments. You have more than 7,000 nerve endings in each foot, constantly sending messages throughout your body. Today, you will take about 6,000 steps. By age 70, your feet will have logged over 70,000 miles.” ~an excerpt from article by Debbie Rosas, co-creator of Nia.

Are you ready to ground? Bring your feet to class this week, all 33 joints, 26 bones, and 100 muscles x 2!

My feet can’t wait to dance with yours! 

See you soon, Adelle

My classes this week:

Nia: Tuesday 7:30am, Wednesday 9:15am,  Friday 9:15am, Sunday 4:00

Nia FreeDance: Thursday 9:15am

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

ps. Read more of Debbie’s article here