Adelle Brownlee Brewer

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Divine Order and Gratitude!

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On August 29, 2013

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Wonderful friends, 

As I prepare for departure on Saturday, I have been reflecting deeply on the immense gratitude I feel for our amazing community in San Antonio… you are truly a blessing to me. You have supported me with kind words, suggestions, corrections (esp with my Spanish!), pictures, and most importantly, with your presence.

I will teach ¡Bailando! at Nia HQ to the Black Belts who are doing their BBelt training right now, as well as the Portland community, on Wednesday, Sept 4 at 5:45pm PT. Think of me, sending laughter and relaxing thoughts! It will be an interesting learning experience to teach a brand new routine that no one knows except me, to over 60 in the room… well… interesting is the key word!

¡Bailando! is the first routine to be filmed of the 5 we are doing,  and we will be filming in Portland on Saturday, Sept 7 from 8:00-12:00 PT. This will put us dancing together that morning… from San Antonio to Portland! When you dance that morning, send me vibes to ‘remember my cues, relax, smile, and have fun’… for those are my intentions.  Everything happening in divine order. I will feel you dancing, supporting me from ‘underneath and behind’ and that will give me deep comfort.

Thank you all... for you… and for your support of the studio, Nia, and our desire as a community to make a difference in the world. We are!
Join me this Friday at 5:30, as I dance ¡Bailando!, teaching with a beginner’s mind, and preparing for my Saturday flight to Nia HQ.

With love beyond abundance, Adelle

ps. I have some thoughts about Divine Order below, words and affirmations of encouragement that have helped me through this year-long process… words inspired from the DailyWord. Love!

“When I take on a new creative enterprise, I do so with the finished product clearly in mind. I start with a vision, make a plan, and gather the tools. I waste no energy worrying how the process will unfold. I proceed with intention and confidence. When I focus on what I am doing, the steps follow in divine order to create the results I envision.
Life is a co-creative process. At one with Spirit, I affirm a life filled with loving relationships, abundant blessings, health, and wholeness.
Monitoring my thoughts and words, I gently let any discouragement pass me by. I stay focused on my intentions, and the results unfold in divine order.”

5 Ways to Wake Up in Life

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On August 28, 2013

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I read this article in my email box this morning, and wanted to share. Yes!

“When one realises one is asleep, at that moment one is already half-awake.” ― P.D. Ouspensky 
Asleep at the wheel is an expression that can too easily become an accurate description of how we move through our days and show up in our relationships. Our senses become dulled and we don’t smell or taste what we consume, we hurry through the simple practices of hygiene never feeling our hands running across our own bodies in washing. It’s no wonder that so many sex lives turn into a rut of repetitive actions enclosed with ever narrowing boundaries of acceptable.  Breaking out of our own internal prisons is a bold act of revolution and whether it applies most to your work, your relationships or your sex life the following list of tips practiced consistently will shake your internal chains free and wake you up to a life that will surprise you.
1.     Take risks. Living on the edge of our own comfort zones is prerequisite to both truly appreciating what you have and opening up to new possibilities. Not knowing what might happen next is edgy, and in many ways, more exciting than watching a scary movie because the consequences are yours. The rising popularity of reality TV shows reflects an unquenched desire in most of us to dare to be great. You can start small — maybe try a new kind of food or going to a new place to grocery shop. Placing yourself in the midst of not knowing what will happen next wakes you up to what you do know.
2.     Move your body. The statistics on the number of people who are relatively stationary even in sex is appalling. How we learn about whom we are in the most primary way from the time we are born is through our ability to move. Little babies spend their entire waking life reaching beyond their capacity to experience the world. Tap into that little baby still living somewhere inside you and be willing to risk the physical discomfort of arduous exercise, longer walks and new sexual positions. Truly the pain associated with using your body fully is way more interesting than the slow atrophy of sitting on a couch.
3.     Use your senses. Be deliberate about learning more about your capacity to see, hear, feel, smell and taste. Adopt an attitude of savoring, which will add at least a couple of moments to every sensory experience. Look at colors around you and imagine what it would be like to paint them. Start listening for the subtle noises around you; it will entrain you to hear the quieter voice in your own mind. Take the time to taste the individual ingredients when you cook. Slow down the eating process and linger over a single bite. Smell the air where you are. Try to remember the last time you smelled a summer evening just like this one. Really feel how it feels to have a hand trace slowly up your back. Stay longer in a hug and feel the weight of someone leaning into you.
4.     Build Better Habits. We are what we do every day. Choose to be challenged by your daily activities, which could be argued goes against human nature, but also elevates our human nature to our best selves. Developing daily practices that heal us become the framework for everything else that happens to us. Add a few minutes of meditation- any kind of meditation- to your days and be amazed how turning your attention inward focuses all the noise around you. Exercise routines that become habitual are harder to break and the sense of accomplishment associated with strengthening the body travels into everything else that happens.
5.     Make Love More. Any kind of love. Explore and expand the pleasure centers in your own body. Give things away. Pay full attention to whoever is interacting with you. Allow people to be who they are and take that permission for yourself. Feel the visceral truth of gratitude even for the smallest life experiences. Get over yourself and ask for more love. Look for the love coming at you every day. It will wake you up.


Read more: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/5-ways-to-wake-up.html#ixzz2dGIUSKV6

The most important message we can hear, receive, and live…

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On August 22, 2013

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I have been having conversations with others and writing for months about being love… that we are love. I believe its the most important message that we can hear… and receive… and live.

I was talking with a dear friend the other day about the word ‘selfish.’ I said, “Not loving yourself, and not sharing your gifts, yourSELF, with the world, is selfish. Shine your light… you are love… share it! Selfishness comes from a lack of self-love.”
I feel so passionate about this message… a message that the world needs to hear… that we are and it is all love.

As so often happens in my life… I am finishing the book “Dying to Be Me” by Anita Moorjani, a true story about Anita”s near death experience that is truly phenomenal. She was lying shriveled in a hospital, in a coma, completed riddled with cancer, when she ‘died’ yet held onto life with tubes attached. During that 24 hours, she received an amazing message of purpose, potential and possibility from spirit. Miraculously, she returned, and within weeks was completely clear of all cancer. Her story is remarkable!

When I read her words starting on page 139, I felt my entire being light up with “YES!” Her words reflect what I have been conversing and writing about. 
I have transcribed her words from the book below. Amazing affirmative words. 
Read on, and reflect on the message. It is the most important message we can all hear… and receive… and live. 

“In the NDE state, I realized that the entire universe is composed of unconditional love, and I’m an expression of this. Every atom, molecule, quark, and tetra quark, is made of love. I can be nothing else, because this is my essence and the nature of the entire universe. Even things that seem negative are all part of the infinite, unconditional spectrum of love, In fact, Universal life-force energy is love, and I’m composed of Universal energy! Realizing this made me understand that I didn’t have to try to become someone else in order to be worthy. I already am all that I could attempt to be. 
Similarly, when we know that we are love, we don’t need to work at being loving toward others. Instead, we just have to be true to ourselves, and we become instruments of loving energy, which touches everyone we come into contact with.

Being love also means being aware of the importance of nurturing my own soul, taking care of my own needs, and not putting myself last all the time. This allows me to be true to myself at all times and to treat myself with total respect and kindness. It also lets me view what may be interpreted as imperfections and mistakes with no judgement, seeing only opportunities to experience and to learn with unconditional love.
People ask me whether there’s such a thing as too much self-love. Where’s the line, they ask, where it starts to become selfish or egotistical? There is no such possibility. There is no line.

Selfishness comes from lack of self-love. Our planet is suffering from this, as we humans are, along with too much insecurity, judgement, and conditioning. In order to truly care for someone unconditionally, I have to feel that way toward myself. I can’t give away what I don’t have. To say that I hold another in higher regard than myself isn’t real and means I’m only performing.

When I’m being love, I don’t get drained, and I don’t need people to behave a certain way in order to feel cared for or to share my magnificence with them. They’re automatically getting my love as a result of me being my true self. 
When we are each aware of our own magnificence, we don’t feel the need to control others, and we won’t allow ourselves to be controlled. 
Realizing that I am love was the most important lesson I learned, allowing me to release all fear, and that the key that saved my life.” ~ from Dying to Be Me, by Anita Moorjani





Riding the Current~~~

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On August 17, 2013

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Dancing Tribe…

Do you ever have days where it feels like you are going against the tide all day? Or even weeks? Do you take time out to have a ‘pity party?’ To rest, rejuvenate and renew?

I definitely have days like that, yet they are few and far between now. Many years of practice have taught me to shift the tide early in the game of defense, letting things roll off my back, bounce over me, circle around me.
In Nia, we call this Aikido Energy… going with the flow and letting negative or defensive energy flow past without resistance. Its amazing how this practice has helped me deal with daily ups and downs. I’m aware of the Universal current that is always present, flowing and taking me where I need to go. When I resist, and attempt to control what is going on, the situation inevitably goes awry, taking a wrong turn as I sail along, and I end up capsized.

Ride the tide with me this week on the dance floor. Work with the energy, instead of against it… notice how things shift around you, dancing with ease.

We will dance Bailando in Nia, counting down to Portland and the filming!

See you on the dance floor!
All love, Adelle

My classes this week:
Nia: 
Sunday (tomorrow) 4:00pm
Tuesday 6:45am
Wednesday 9:15am
Friday 5:30pm 
Journey Dance:
Sunday (tomorrow) 10:00am





Time is an Illusion

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On August 1, 2013

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I often say, “There is always more time.” More time to give, to receive, to love… time is an illusion.
I enjoy taking time with my meal, whether alone or with friends, savoring the moment. Its amazing how much I accomplish when I slow down, savor, and enJOY. Even when I put the dishes away, make my bed, get ready to teach… there is always enough time if I don’t rush, sense my body in motion, and find the spaces between my thoughts. The silence within the sounds.
It is why I spend precious moments arranging fresh flowers on my table, books on my shelf, and cleaning the counter before I leave for an early morning workout.
My advice for our rush rush world? Slow down. EnJOY. Time is indeed an illusion, and so much can be accomplished if we take a moment to breathe, connect to our body, and LIVE.
Loving this moment, Adelle

ps. Madisyn Taylor wrote of this today, and I’ve copied her words below. 

“Life can often feel like it’s zipping by in fast forward. We feel obliged to accelerate our own speed along with it, until our productivity turns into frenzied accomplishment. We find ourselves cramming as much activity as possible into the shortest periods of time. We disregard our natural rhythms because it seems we have to just to keep up. In truth, rushing never gets you anywhere but on to the next activity or goal.

Slowing down allows you to not only savor your experiences, but also it allows you to fully focus your attention and energy on the task at hand. Moving at a slower place lets you get things done more efficiently, while rushing diminishes the quality of your work and your relationships. Slowing down also lets you be more mindful, deliberate, and fully present. When we slow down, we are giving ourselves the opportunity to reacquaint ourselves to our natural rhythms. We let go of the “fast forward” stress, and allow our bodies to remain centered and grounded. Slowing down is inherent to fully savoring anything in life. Rushing to take a bath can feel like an uncomfortable dunk in hot water, while taking a slow hot bath can be luxuriant and relaxing. A student cramming for a test will often feel tired and unsure, whereas someone who really absorbs the information will be more confident and relaxed. Cooking, eating, reading, and writing can become pleasurable when done slowly. Slowing down lets you become more absorbed in whatever it is you are doing. The food you eat tastes better, and the stories you read become more alive.

Slowing down allows you to disconnect from the frenzied pace buzzing around you so you can begin moving at your own pace. The moments we choose to live in fast forward motion then become a conscious choice rather than an involuntary action. Learning to slow down in our fast-moving world can take practice, but if you slow down long enough to try it, you may surprise yourself with how natural and organic living at this pace can be.”


Celebrate!!!

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On July 27, 2013

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Dancing De-Lights, 

Nia turns 30 years old this week! I found this amazing lifestyle practice 17 plus years ago… and I’ve been moving with Nia passion since that day!
We will celebrate with a wonderful oldie, but goodie, from our founder, Debbie Rosas… a routine called Fumi. Music by Loop Guru, it is flowing, it is rhythmic, it inspires the bones and joints to dance!

A special note of gratitude for all the teachers and students who have given me feedback on my upcoming routine Bailando. With 5 weeks until taping in Portland, I LOVE all the feedback. You are all an amazing community, and I am taking your energy and your spirit with me to HQ. All the advice on language (Bailando means ‘dancing’ not ‘to dance!’, thank you Sarita and Linda), the help with Spanish pronunciation and phrasing, and the creative ideas about how to be politically correct. 🙂 The “majestic matador” move is now the “fantastic flamenco”… thank you Sarah and Melissa! Keep the suggestions coming!

We will celebrate the amazing ability of our 13 joints to bring us health through movement this week. In Nia, we call the joints the ‘movers of energy,’ and when we stimulate the 13 joints of the body, we move energy that has become stagnant, stuck, dense, and we also create space for potential, possibilities, and transformation. Our body LOVES to shape-shift, and with over 200 bones and 700 muscles, there are endless variations. By moving the 13 joints, our physical body is energized, our mind is refreshed, our emotions express, and our spirit flies!

Celebrate the 13 joints! Celebrate your body! Celebrate Nia! Celebrate co-founder Debbie with Fumi! Celebrate life itself!
A GREAT week ahead… Love you all, Adelle
My classes this week:
Tuesday 6:45am
Wednesday 9:15am
Friday 5:30pm
Saturday 9:30am (subbing for Joanie)
Sunday 4:00pm
AND… 
Sunday, 10:00am… a dance dedicated to the celebration of life!

Adelle Brownlee Brewer
Owner, The Synergy Studio
Nia Black Belt Somatic Educator and Trainer

Nia 5 Stages of Healing FacilitatorNia Training Faculty
Certified Journey Dance Facilitator
Transformational Breath Facilitator
Professional Fiber Artist
www.thesynergystudio.com
www.nianow.com/adelle
www.journeydance.com


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Learn more and go deeper into the connection with you body and your life by taking a Nia White Belt Intensive. 
Read more about upcoming opportunities to take the White Belt: http://www.nianow.com/adelle



Falling in love with Love… in the dance

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On July 22, 2013

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Sharing the words today of my friend, and dancing light, Adam Barley. Adam is an amazing 5Rhythms teacher and mentor. He reflects on the beautiful Gabrielle Roth, creator of 5Rhythms, and the presence of Spirit and Love in the dance. Thank you for your words, Adam… Adelle

“Gabrielle said ‘God is the dance’ and she was spot on. But Spirit is also bright in the space between us. That is what we can lean into, and find ourselves falling deeper and deeper in love – with what might seem to be each other, but really it’s with Spirit. We’re all falling in love with Love, which is both the dance, and the space between us.”

Spiral Your Spine Through Space!

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On July 15, 2013

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The Spiral… the oldest symbol known to be used in spiritual practices, reflects the universal pattern of growth and evolution, the universal symbol for the spiritual journey. Reflected in the natural world, the Spiral is found in human physiology, plants, mineral, animals, energy patterns, and weather. Spiral forms are seen in nature from the great galaxies of outer space, to dust devils or whirlwinds, tornadoes, whirlpools, coiled snakes, conical seashells, new fern shoots, to the tips of the fingers, our fingerprints. Modern science has discovered the double helix structure of our DNA, the very architecture of every cell in the body!

The Spiral is a sacred symbol that reminds us of our evolving journey in life, and the one constant… change. The acceptance of change is one of the greatest freedoms a human can experience, living in the present moment. 

From a child, when doodling, I’ve always drawn spirals, over and over connecting them on my paper. My first silkscreen design for my fabric creations was a series of spirals. Nine years ago, when I was designing the logo for The Synergy Studio, a spiral with stars evolved. I love Spirals!


This last weekend at the studio, we explored and discovered the new Nia routine Awake with other Nia teachers from around Texas. The focus of this routine is Spirals, Spine, and Space. It was a wonderful weekend of community and sharing, and I am deeply grateful for this lifestyle practice we call Nia. For me, Nia is the key to the door of change, evolution, growth, transformation, the Spirals of life itself.



Join me this week as we dance our DNA, focusing on Spirals, Spine, and Space. By dancing the very architecture of the body, the architecture of life itself, we open the door to the freedom of change, evolution, space itself. AWAKEn your journey!



With deep love in the Spiral, Adelle

My classes this week: 
Nia: Tuesday 6:45am, Wednesday 9:15am, Friday 5:30pm, Sunday 4:00pm
Journey Dance: Sunday 10:00am

Why do I set my table when I’m eating alone?

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On July 9, 2013

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Good early morning friends!

Madisyn Taylor has once again inspire-d me to ponder, take note, and reflect on my life practices.
Why do I have a wonderful jazz station on in the background of every room in my house? Why do I keep fresh flowers on my table, in my kitchen, in my bathroom? Why do I put away my things when I return home, leaving the table clean and zen-like? Why do I always eat by the glowing light of flickering candles?
Why do I set my table when I’m eating alone?

My mantra… Life is a Cause for Celebration! Every moment is precious and to be appreciated. Live it up, sing it up, dance it up!


My coffee celebration in the morning! I have napkins that remind me what day it is!

Fresh flowers and glowing salt lamp to celebrate the morning!


July 9, 2013
Cause for Celebration
Honoring Everyday Lifeby Madisyn Taylor

Use the good china everyday as today is all that matters.

We all know someone who keeps plastic covers on his or her couch in order to protect it. The irony is that many of these people may live their lives without ever having actually made contact with their own furniture! This is a poignant and somewhat humorous example of the human tendency to try to save things for special occasions, as if everyday life weren’t special enough to warrant the use of nice things. Many of us have had the experience of never wearing a particular piece of clothing in order to keep it nice, only to have it go out of style in the meanwhile.

It’s interesting to think of what it would mean to us if we let ourselves wear our nicest clothes and eat off the good china on a daily basis. We might be sending ourselves the message that every day we are alive is a special day and a cause for celebration, and that we are worth it. There is something uplifting about treating ourselves to the finest of what we have. It is as if we rise to the occasion when we wear our best clothes and set the table beautifully, as if for a very special guest. We are more mindful of where we place things, what we are eating, and who is with us. Using the good china, eating in the dining room, and taking the plastic off the sofa might be an invitation to be more conscious of the beauty and grace inherent in our everyday lives.

If there are things you’ve stashed away for a special occasion—a bottle of special wine, a gorgeous pair of shoes, an antique lace tablecloth—consider taking them out of their hiding places and putting them to use tonight, just because you are alive now to enjoy them, and that’s a great cause for a celebration.

The 5 Pathways! Bailando!

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On July 8, 2013

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Dancing Friends, 

I am thrilled to be able to announce that I am choreographing one of the four Nia routines for 2013-14… and I’m excited to share it with you and get your valuable feedback!
As many of you know, I have spent years traveling up to Nia HQ in Portland, to be a principle dancer and support my fellow trainers in the filming of the four new routines that HQ releases every year. Last year, Debbie asked me if I would be a principle choreographer for this year, and I gratefully accepted. I’ve spent many many hours picking music, creating the 8BC system document for teachers, and freedancing until the ‘clicks’ began to happen… choreography was born!
We will be filming my new routine “Bailando” in September, for release later this year. I would love to share it with you, my friends and fellow dancers of life. With Latin-based tunes, and lots of fun latin-inspired moves, it is a work in progress. 🙂
Please join me Tuesday at 6:45am and Wednesday at 9:15am, as I preview “Bailando”.
After all… Bailando is ‘dance’ in Spanish… and what do we LOVE to do?!!!!
The focus of my routine is Systemic, Full-Body Movement through opening the five pathways… Heels, Hara, Heart, Hands, Head.

Then get ready for a weekend full of newness as we introduce a new Nia routine called Awake. Filmed back in September 2012, Awake has beautiful music from the town of Auroville, India. Fellow trainers who reside there were the choreographer’s, and Awake’s focus is Spine, Spiral and Space.  This is a yummy routine and you can dance with us all weekend, and take an Awake Playshop on Sunday at 2:30 where you learn the katas of the routine.  The Playshop includes the music and the 4:00 class!  Sign up here! 

If you are a Nia teacher, there is still space to learn the routine with other Nia teachers on Saturday.  Email me for more information.

Awake Immersion Classes…Team teaching with Joanie!

Friday at 5:30 pm
Saturday at 9:30 am
and Sunday at 4:00 pm 

I LOVE this work called Nia… it is the language of the body… sensation at its best!
Loving you, Adelle

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