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Change is the only constant in life. It is the elixir that feeds creative expression, growth and keeps us young in body, mind, emotions and spirit.

As the filming of the new Nia routine Breath approaches, I have welcomed more change into the creation. Fabulous feedback from my colleagues, my community and my fellow choreographers, have helped me tweak the focus, the intent and the clarity of the moves.

I hope you will join me on the dance floor this week, as I get ready to travel to Portland, Oregon, headquarters of Nia. I will be dancing Breath on Tuesday 6:45am, Wednesday 9:15am, and Friday 5:30pm. Every time I dance it with my community, it grows, morphs and changes.

I would be honored to dance with you. Hear from you. Breathe with you.

With love, Adelle

*Nia FreeDance on Thursday at 9:15am will be a class of ‘letting go, and letting it flow’ as we tap into the creative chaos that feeds change!

Good Monday afternoon my friends,

When you get into a place of over-whelm, running from one project, place or person to another, what do you do?

Through many years of multiple children, family gatherings, starting different businesses that ultimately led me to The Synergy Studio, traveling and experiencing the many things that I love to do… the tools in my back pocket have grounded me.

Dancing, singing, meditation, breath, nature… and letting go. When I set a positive intention in motion, ‘I am spacious, I am grounded, I am expansive, etc.,’ and I truly let go and let it flow, life is so present and peaceful.

In the midst of what always feels like a crazy time of year, harkening back to raising 4 children and the start of school, once again I find myself more conscious of letting go. Facing the filming of the new Nia routine Breath in three weeks, which can feel heavy and a weighty responsibility, as well as the many events that are on the horizon with trainings and travel, letting go is my BIG mantra… Now I Am Letting Go.

It works for me, and life flows with grace and ease. 🙂

Join me this week, as I play with some oldies but goodies… those go-to routines that feed my soul and are present in every cell… Agolo, TraceVision, Fantasia, Aya, Bliss, Miracle, ??? I’m not sure what I will teach, but they are my ‘letting go’ routines that don’t require any prep work, just my spirit arriving to dance.

I will let go… and let it flow. I hope you will join me!

Come dance,

Adelle

PS. I also take extra-long Epson salt baths, get a massage, fill my house with fresh flowers, visit with friends, and enjoy a healthy meal with a glass of wine. 🙂

My classes this week:

Nia: Tuesday 6:45am, Wednesday 9:15am, Friday 5:30pm

Nia FreeDance: Thursday 9:15am

Yoga for Lunch: Thursday 12:00pm

Breath, a new Nia routine, is growing and evolving! This week and next, I will be exploring some final tweaks. I would love for YOU to be part of the creation!

Breath is the focus of the routine, with the intent to notice how the 9 Movement Forms of Nia and FreeDance activate the breath with different qualities. “Slow, mindful Breath…Breath of precision…

Spherical/Harmonious Breath…Breath of fun, showmanship, expression… Breath of shapes… Free-spirited, honest, natural Breath… Conscious awareness of the sensation of Breath… Breath that aligns the bones and joints… Breath of movement from the top, open and spacious… Breath of discovery, moving, exploring, creating”

The music lends itself to Breathing, sounding, and singing, including a variety of rhythms, melodies, harmonies… as well as genres. The movements are simple, adaptable, and also very cardiovascular when bringing awareness to the Breath, breathing qualities and patterns. There is a weaving of the nine Movement Forms and FreeDance throughout the routine, with the Breath as the connective tissue.

My vision for Breath is to widen the audience that Nia reaches. Breathworkers, Yogis, those who believe they have two left feet, those who believe they have no voice… Breath is for everyBody.

Breath is YOU… your prana… your life force energy.

Are you ready to breathe? See YOU on the dance floor!

Inhale, and smell the moment… Exhale, and let go. Let it flow.

With deep love and a full cleansing Breath…

Adelle

bal*ance: a condition in which different elements are equal or in correct proportions.

I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling a great need for balance in the world. It seems lop-sided. More yang then yin. We need to soften, trust, and let creative flow happen. We need love. We need to recognize the Miracles that happen everyday, every moment, with every breath.

In achieving optimal health, we refer to bringing the body into homeostasis, equal balance of energy inside and out. We sense this in subtle ways when we roll on the floor in embryonic, use both left and right sides of the body to begin a sequence, reach high and dive low, play with flexibility and strength, mobility and agility… to name a few. Our body thrives when we equalize the alkalinity and acidity within, in response to changes in external conditions (such as the hot weather we’ve been experiencing!) This equalization is bringing the body into homeostasis… Balance.

This week we will focus on Balance. One of principles of the body… The Body Demands Balance… is demonstrated in its amazing design. Think of all the pairs in your body’s structure!

There is a beautiful hand mudra that helps bring balance to the body.  Matangi mudra is sometimes referred to as the miracle mudra in India. It strengthens the respiratory rhythm and the energy balance around the solar plexus. Practice it as needed for 5 minutes to

relieve restless legs and a wandering mind. It also strengthens the digestive organs- stomach, liver, spleen, gall bladder, pancreas, and kidneys.

Try it on, whether in a Nia class, or one of the many Yoga classes that the studio offers. I am teaching a lot of classes this week, both Nia and Yoga.

Treat yourself to a ‘daily dance’, and practice the Art of Balance with me!

I found the email focus below from over a year ago, right after we lost our house in Wimberley. It has been rebuilt, blessed with lots of hard work, love, and yes… Wimberley herself is a Miracle of beauty. 

Deep, deep love, Adelle

My classes this week:

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

Nia FreeDance: Thursday 9:15am

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

Read on…

Dear wonderful Friends,

Thank you to so many who have expressed their concern about my family and our place in Wimberley. I am filled with gratitude that my family evacuated before the house was overcome with the power of Mother Nature and the mighty Blanco River. Our hearts go out to the many families who are facing life without a home, and in some cases, without those they love. The loss in beautiful Wimberley, Texas, is immense.

It is reported that the landscape of the Blanco River changed in one hour, as the river swelled 40 feet with the power of 2 1/2 times Niagara Falls. Homes carried away, 500 year old trees uprooted. THAT is one powerful force of nature.

I am humbled by the outpouring of so many people, complete strangers in many cases, who have stepped in to help others. Wimberley is in action, cleaning up, even with the increased likelihood of more rain.

Life is truly a miracle. We can talk about it in an existential way, yet when change happens in nano-seconds, the appreciation grows thousand-fold.

Join me on the dance floor this week. Let’s dance the beautiful routine Miracle, saying Thank You for each moment, for our body, for life.

I love you all, Adelle

Dear dancing friends,

Joanie and I just returned from an amazing, fun, and expansive weekend in Colorado, teaching Nia FreeDance in three cities, with three communities. After flying into Denver on Friday, we taught an evening class at iBody, a Saturday morning class in Boulder at Joy in Motion and a Sunday afternoon class in Colorado Springs at the Briargate YMCA.

My creative juices are on fire, and the opportunities to spread the love of movement are stronger than ever.

Have you heard of the Fibonacci sequence? The Fibonacci sequence is the mathematical equation that is constantly expanding… infinite. Starting with 0,  then 1, and each subsequent number is the sum of the previous two.

0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, . . .

The Fibonacci sequence is named after the late 11th century Italian mathematician Leonardo of Pisa, known as Fibonacci. He introduced the sequence to the West, but guess what? It was present from time eternal.

The Fibonacci sequence appears everywhere in our natural world. Nia Principle #2, Natural Time, at its most poignant. It is coded in the world’s DNA, including yours.

What does that mean to you and me? It means that life has infinite possibilities and potential, if we just get out of the way, and let our body, emotions, mind and spirit have the space to expand. There are multiple ways to reach our goals, our dreams, and our visions. Are you on board?

Let’s start with the 0… the one point… the physical center of the body… and say ‘I Am’… ‘So Hum’… next, put it into motion by saying, ‘Now I Am’. What do you want more of in your life? What do you wish for your family? Your friends? The world? Take a Breath… it starts there. Now I Am Breathing… Now I Am Grateful… Now I Am Abundant… Now I Am Love… Now I Am Authentically Me.

Join me this week as we continue to expand and grow my new routine Breath, that I will be filming for Nia HQ in September. Three songs have been replaced. I’ve received amazing feedback from the community here, as well as trainers and friends in other communities.

Let’s grow this lifestyle practice together, expanding our Fibonacci spiral wider and wider. It is coded in our DNA. We were born to dance. It is our birthright, and the birthright of everyBody.  Bring friends… let’s dance… let’s Breathe!

Check out the beautiful Fibonacci sequences in our natural world throughout this blog. Look and see them all around you!

Deep love, Adelle

My classes this week:

Nia: Tuesday 6:45am, Wednesday 9:15am, Friday 5:30pm

Nia FreeDance: Thursday 9:15am

Our Nia FreeDance class in Boulder!

Friends!

Are you ready to let go, and let it flow? 

The world is moving with a lot of chaos energy right now, and chaos is the catalyst for creativity. Making a difference… Being the change… Shapeshifting the world energy… It begins within each one of us.

When we make choices from the place of love, the energy shifts.

Want to join in the movement of love?

Let’s start on the dance floor, moving with our body, our emotion, our mind and our spirit… moving with the energy of love and sending it out to the world.

Shape-shift. Let’s go!                                                                                                                See YOU today, Thursday, July 21 for Nia FreeDance at The Synergy Studio. 9:15 am.

Denver! Joanie and I will see you Friday evening at iBody,  6:00 pm.

Boulder! We will see you Saturday morning at Joy in Motion, 10:30 am.

Colorado Springs! We will see you Sunday afternoon at Briargate YMCA, 2:00 pm.

Join the love movement!                                                                                                       Now I Am… Love.

See you on the dance floor of life… Adelle

Happy Monday my friends!

In the last 5 days, I have been filled up with new knowledge on my journey to become a Yoga 200-hour certified teacher. Joanie, Ananda and I traveled to Scottsdale, AZ to experience an amazing advanced Level 4 training with YogaFit, a remarkable organization. Our trainer was over-the-top knowledgeable, open and receptive as we studied the ancient wisdom of Yoga philosophy and lifestyle. Diving into the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, the Bhagavad Gita, and learning the Language of Yoga was humbling and awe inspiring. We sang, danced, and shared. My understanding and love of Yoga has grown exponentially! Like Nia, the practice of Yoga provides a lifetime of learning about oneself.

Yoga is one of the movement forms of Nia. Noticing the alignment of our bones, noticing the sensations of flexibility, stability and strength in our bodies, connecting to breath and sound, and ultimately connecting to our essence.

We will focus on this ancient movement form this week in Nia classes. I will also be teaching the  8:45 am Slow Flow Yoga class on Sunday morning. AND… beginning in August, Joanie and I will be teaching the Thursday Yoga for Lunch class at noon, alternating weeks. 🙂

My hope is that you add more Yoga into your lifestyle. This ancient practice that incorporates the whole being has been around for 1000’s of years. There is so much to be learned in this lifetime!

If you have played with the idea of going deeper into understanding yoga, we have a fantastic school that starts in September. Read more about it here. We have a Free Vinyasa Yoga class and information session, coming this Saturday at 11:00. You can ask questions and learn more about our amazing school. Sign up for the free class here. 

See you at the studio!

With love, Adelle

My classes this week:

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

Nia FreeDance: Thursday, 9:15 am

Yoga Slow Flow: Sunday, 8:45 am… all at The Synergy Studio!

PS… we had FUN too! Imagine that! 🙂 

Adelle, Ananda and Joanie enJOYing some pool time after graduation! 🙂

Nia Friends,

This last weekend was magical, as 15 people from San Antonio, Austin, Houston, Pennsylvania, and Canada shared the Nia FreeDance Training experience with Joanie and me. It was an amazing and very fun two days.  Every training and class I teach fills me with new knowledge, awareness and gratitude for this transformational practice.

We use Form in Nia as a foundation for Freedom and we use Freedom as a container for Form.  Form guides us into spaces of Freedom and Freedom guides us into new spaces of Form.  Opposing dynamics bring thousands of possibilities from a creative point of view.

Form:  52 Moves, 13 Principles, 7 Cycles, 5 Sensations… etc
Freedom: FreeDance, Natural Time, 13 Joint Warm-up, Movement variety… etc.

Nia provides us with many metaphors that can help us reflect and grow in our lives!  I look forward to dancing with you this week!
With love of movement,
Adelle

Classes at The Synergy Studio:

Classic Nia: Tuesday 6:45 am, Wednesday 9:15 am, Fun Friday 5:30 pm

Thursday Nia FreeDance, 9:15 am