Author: Adelle Brownlee Brewer Page 3 of 19

Hi precious friends,

 

When my children were little, one of their favorite made up games was Run, Run, Fall, Fall… hahahha… it didn’t require any toys except their energetic bodies to play… the rules? A leader says, “Run Run!” and everyone runs around like crazy until they say, “Fall Fall!”

I was laughing about this game my children played last night, one that is a perfect metaphor for the last three weeks of my life, with one caveat… the words ‘Fall Fall’  became ‘Breath Breathe’ for me. 

Three weeks ago, I was in California completing my ‘trainer’ status in Transformational Breath®. I flew home two Fridays ago, and took a cab straight to the studio to welcome 4 beautiful friends on their first day of Nia White Belt training with me and Joanie. After a full weekend, we had 4 days ‘off’ to integrate and return on Thursday to finish the week. My ‘off’ days were… well… NOT! hahaha!

So here I am… three weeks of ‘Run Run’… and I’m so grateful that I always remember to ‘Breathe Breathe.’

Let’s ‘Breathe Breathe’ this week with the magical routine Prana. I will be teaching with only ‘Breath’ cues, so join me for an amazing dance of your breath and beautiful music, uninterrupted by any words. 🙂

My classes this week: Tuesday 6:45am, Wednesday 9:15am, Friday 5:30 is CANCELLED due to Halloween (I have lots of little ones in my neighborhood!), Sunday at 4:00pm… AND

Join Angie and me Sunday morning from 10:00-12:00 for a JourneyDance™ Energy of the Heart! 

OH! It will be wonderful! Sign up online by clicking here. You can also use two punches on your class card. 

Dancing De-light-filled Friends, 

What do you have a Passion for? Music, books, singing, cooking, gardening, biking, ???… it is ALL a Dance of Life. 

No matter what you have a Passion for, every movement your body makes is a dance. Your body LOVES to move and is designed to move and self-heal. Even doing the dishes is a dance… recognize it and sense it in your body. 

We call it ‘Dancing Through Life’ in Nia, but it is a life skill that is available to everyBody. 

Bring your Passion(s) to class this week. Join me tomorrow morning, Tuesday at 6:45am, and Wednesday at 9:15am. Joanie and I will team-teach Friday 5:30pm, Saturday 9:30am, and Sunday 4:00pm, as we celebrate our wonderful new White Belts from our community! They graduate on Sunday, so be sure to dance in the celebration dance with us on Sunday at 4:00!

Its all a Dance ladies and gents… a dance of Passion!

Loving life and YOU, Adelle

Hola wonderful friends!

I’m in the Las Vegas airport, waiting on my flight home to San Antonio, after a wonder-filled week of teaching and vacationing.

I was in Duvall, Washington, at a gorgeous, small retreat center… Mosswood Hollow. I was co-training a Transformational Breath® Seminar with 4 other trainers, including the founder Judith Kravitz. We had 17 participants from all over the world, including China and Saudi Arabia. 

It was a magnificent experience for everyone, and I HIGHLY recommend it for you! Judith returns to San Antonio Nov 7-13 for another Seminar, and I will be co-training with her… I really hope you will join us. Ask me more via email. I would love to share with you.

THEN, I traveled back to Seattle and met three of my children for an exquisite mini -vacation in the San Juan Islands, WA. Some of you have followed my pics on Facebook… it was truly magical… from whales, otters, fantastic food, lavender farm, magnificent boats, and most importantly… wonderful company. 

Every day is a dance of life. Even as I sit here in the Las Vegas airport (the LAST place I want to be), I am watching the dance of families, vacationers, and business people. I love to people watch. 🙂

Join me tomorrow, Friday, at 5:30, for the only class I teach this week. We will Dance Through Life, exploring Nia Principle #5… my fav! Recognizing that every moment of life can be experienced as a dance changes the perspective of living in the now. 

From the foothills of Washington, to Seattle, the San Juan Islands, Las Vegas airport… to home sweet home…

It is ALL a Dance of Life. 🙂

I can’t wait to see you tomorrow at 5:30. 🙂

With deep love, Adelle 

Good evening wonderful friends!

‘Yummy, Yummy, Delicious’ continues this week after a WONDERFUL weekend routine immersion with teachers from all over Texas! From Austin, Katy, Edinburg, Port Isabel, and San Antonio… we gathered to learn the new Nia routine Feeling. A weekend of commUNITY, fellowship, friendship and loads of FUN. 🙂

As I embody this new routine, it gets yummier and more delicious. 🙂 The focus is the Core of the Body… head, chest, pelvis… and when we activate these three body weights, our beautiful spine releases blocked energy and we feel fantastic! 

Join us this week as we dance Feeling, diving even deeper into the new moves, embodying and learning together as sensation scientists. It is indeed yummy, yummy, delicious. 🙂

Another delicious experience is coming this Sunday, as Joanie and I teach a Detox Yoga Flow Special Class from 10:00-11:30 am. Read on! 

Healthy from the inside out!

The detox yoga flow class is an invigorating Vinyasa flow class that uses specific doTerra essential oils for an effective and gentle method to eliminate toxins within your body. The class will be 1 hour and 20 minutes. During the class we will have oil infused water for you, and afterwards we will have a light snack and tea, both infused with essential oils. You can also sample other essential oils, and find out more information on the oils.

Sunday, August 17
10:00-11:30 pm
$25

– Yoga class and oils
– Oil infused water during class
– Oil infused tea and light snack after class

Sign up by August 14,
and receive a small sample of one of the oils we use in class to take with you, along with the Vinyasa class asanas (poses), so you will be able to re-create the experience at home.

AND… our Drum and Dance Circle with David and Cameron Montalvo is this Friday at 6:45pm, after my Nia class! A FULL week of amazing FUN!

I will see you on the dance floor!

Loving the dance of life, Adelle

  

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• Use your eyes to explore your environment  (Head and Eye movement).  Notice how this brings you to the NOW and can bring the sensation of gratitude.
• Undulate your spine while setting at your desk (Undulation).  Notice how your breath expands.
• When you reach towards earth to pick something up, go down in a wider stance and then rise through the base of your spine, stacking your pelvis first, then chest, then your head (Spinal Roll).
• Take an afternoon pick me up break by shaking and shimming your chest.  Smile or even add a little sound when you do this!  (Shimmy).  How do you feel?
• When you are paused in traffic, bring mobility to your chest to release any tension (Chest Isolations).  Notice  how your breath expands and relaxes you.
• While standing making a meal, circle your pelvis in both directions and sense the release in your lower back (Pelvis Circles).  Add little bumps with your hips and notice how this makes your feel a bit sassy!!!  (Hip Bumps)

I C U!

 

Lately I’ve been unable to sleep very much, my creative right brain on high alert, dancing with ideas and bursting with excitement. 

I believe 3 weeks of teaching in silence has set it free. 🙂

As I was lying in bed early this morning, after waking up yet another time, I looked around the room in the ‘dark’ and was amazed how much my eyes could see.

At our 1st Degree Black Belt this year, Debbie Rosas talked about the importance of thinking of our eyes like any other part of the body. Exercise, as well as relaxation, are vitally important for the health and well-being of our ability to look and see.

 

When we first wake up in the morning, our eyes are the clearest and most alert. Taking time to look out, and focusing both far and near, without the help of glasses, will help to bring the eyes into homeostasis. Recognizing when we are straining our eyes, and therefore our eye muscles, and taking time to palm, relax, and breathe, will help our eyes to stay soft and function properly.

This week, we will focus on one of our 52 moves of Nia, called Head and Eye Movements. While it is the only ‘move’ that is attributed to the head, using the eyes to look and see is key to our over-all well-being and quality of life.

We will use different techniques from Qigong, Yoga, Meditation, as well as palming, swaying, etc to help maintain and improve the wonderful organ we call eyes.

Love your eyes, Love your body!

I’ll LOOK for you this week, and SEE you in class! and BTW, I will be speaking. 🙂

With deep love, Adelle

My classes this week: Tuesday 6:45am, Wednesday 9:15am, Friday 5:30pm

“Silence is not the absence of something. It is the presence of everything.” 

~John Grossman

ahhhh… I love mornings. Coffee, sitting outside with my big fan, watching the sun come up… and listening to the Sound of Silence.

We continue our exploration of Silence and the beauty of Sound with the incredible music of Bob Holroyd and the Nia routine AO. Rich and complex in depth, the artist has surprises around every corner, growing from the silence. The instruments come and go, waiting in the quiet to return again.

A metaphor for life. The waxing and waning that is necessary to sustain homeostasis in our body, mind, and spirit.

This has been an amazing three weeks for me as a teacher, growing deeper in my practice of Nia, listening to my body and responding to her needs, and opening every cell to the resonance and gifts of music. The feedback has been phenomenal! Thank you for your presence on the dance floor. I am so blessed.

See you this week! Tuesday 6:45am, Wednesday 9:15am, Friday 5:30pm. I will complete the week of “Prana” today (Sunday) at 4:00. Amazing opportunity to process so much through the dance with incredible music of Sacred Spirits.

I have a few more spots open for the Introduction to Transformational Breath® this Saturday from 11:00-1:30. I am offering it monthly… breath is medicine! Sign up online under ‘workshops and events’ on the schedule page. 🙂

I love YOU!

Adelle

Good morning!

We will continue our focus on The Power of Silence and Sound this week with Prana… shhhhhhhhh!

Continuing from last week… 

I am LOVING our cool, breezy mornings! I spent 4 hours this morning working in my garden, as it transforms into a sanctuary. I was listening to the rustle of the trees, the song of the birds, the whisper of my breath, and all the silence in between… ahhhh….

Speaking of Sanctuary… it is an old Nia routine that I love, focusing on the hands. It is also one of many routines that I have played with the Power of Silence and Sound. I cue the class only through breath, letting the sounds and vibrations of the music resonate through the dance.

My inspiration for this week came from my garden! We will focus on the Power of Silence and Sound. I will be teaching different routines each class, using only my breath to cue. I love this work!

One more thing… I am ending class with a song from my Transformational Breath® Kundalini playlist… songs that lift us up and get our breath going. Its been so much fun, I’ve decided to make that my M.O. for the near future, so I hope you will stay a few more minutes after class for the fun… Dancing Through Life! OH! And I also hope you will join me for one of my monthly Introduction toTransformational Breath® workshops… its an amazing practice! My next one is Saturday, July 19 from 11:00-1:30pm.

Love on this beautiful morning! Enter into the silence, for it is there you will find the sound.

“Music is the festive dress of silence”… Chamalu

With deep love, Adelle