Adelle Brownlee Brewer

Good beautiful morning!
I woke up at 5:15, put on my soft comfy robe, tasted two wonderful cups of coffee, sat outside and watched the sun rise as I listened to the birds singing, splashed my body with water, slipped on my smooth work-out clothes, took my dogs on a walk as the leashes pulled against my skin and sticker-burrs scratched my legs walking through tall grass, felt the cold steel of weights as I worked out, held my new slick binder while waiting in line at Office Max to check out, enjoyed the flavors of a breakfast taco as I traveled home… and then tasted another cup of coffee as I sat in my backyard enjoying the many colors of my garden and the cool breeze on my skin… all before 10:00am!
Touch comes in many forms… feeling, tasting, watching, listening, absorbing… the power of touch is a gift.
We had a wonderful, inspirational week of dancing the routine Miracle, and focusing on ‘touch,’ one of Nia’s 52 moves. Every class came out different… lots of emotions, expression, love and grace. Thank you for sharing your dance with me, and the power of your touch… wow… our closing circle in every class was a true gift for me… of receiving.
One of the reasons I am still so passionate about Nia 14 years after my first class, is that she is ever-changing, evolving, transforming and creating opportunities for me to learn and grow as a person, while also making a difference in others’ lives. Nia has 52 moves. 7 cycles, 5 sensations, 52 principles, numerous routines, and an endless number of foci that keep me in sensation… living in my body. Add on the mental challenges, emotional strengthening, and expression of spirit… no wonder “Nians” look so young and happy!
As Joanie and I prepare for our White Belt in Ventura, CA, we are reviewing some of the routines that we will be teaching the community there. Join me tomorrow (Tuesday) at 6:45 for Earthsong, Wednesday 9:15 for Vibe, and Friday at 5:30 for R1.
I will continue my focus on “the power of touch” for all of these routines. You can experience how one focus can change and mold a routine and how we teach them… fun for me too!
Touch… my body is hyper-sensitive to touching the world, and touching within… after bringing in that focus last week. I look forward to going deeper with you.
Sending a healing touch filled with warm love your way… Adelle

Adelle Brownlee Brewer
Owner, The Synergy Studio, San Antonio, Texas
Nia Black Belt Teacher; White Belt Trainer
Nia Training Faculty
Journey Dance Guide; Professional Fiber Artist
www.thesynergystudio.com
www.nianow.com/adelle
www.journeydance.com

Considering taking the Nia White belt intensive? Whether you want to teach Nia or take Nia for personal growth, it is an amazing experience! Check out my trainings at: www.nianow.com/adelle and click on “My Trainings”. An intensive and retreat on the West Coast of Mexico is coming soon for everyBody… the beautiful Mar de Jade!

Good morning friends,
I’m enjoying coffee while sitting on the bed in the guest room of my son and soon-to-be daughter in law’s house in Norman, Oklahoma. I’m sensing my fingers touching the keys of my laptop, the red robe that was my father’s touching my skin, the soft socks surrounding my feet for warmth, the weight of my body touching the comforter underneath.
Touch… such a simple sensation, yet so powerful. Touching… one of our 52 Moves in Nia.
The largest organ in our body is our skin, and through bringing awareness to the sensation of touch, we access thousands of sensory receptors in our body. We bring a heightened consciousness to living!
I am flying back to San Antonio in a few hours, and I am holding the intention to notice the people, objects and space I touch as I travel… I love adventure, and it is so easy to create an adventure in every moment.
Join me this week for Nia and Journey Dance as we bring increased awareness to touch… to living in our body!
I grew up here in Oklahoma, and I continue to be humbled by the power of Mother Nature, and her ability to shape and mold through wind, rain, and fire… elements that touch the earth reminding us of the one constant in life: change. On Friday, tornadoes changed the landscape of Norman through touch… I am in awe.
Read more below on touch and healing our bodies.
All love, Adelle

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

Touch– Healing Our Bodies…
Incorporating human touch in to our everyday lives is vital to the healing of our emotional and physical selves.

Sometimes we might concentrate so much on our spiritual lives that we overlook the wonders of being present in our physical form. When we are more aware of the fact that our bodies are also important in terms of our personal growth, we may find it easier to nurture them. One of the most powerful ways to do this is through human touch, for a loving, comforting touch allows us to access the part of ourselves that yearns for a sense of oneness with the world around us. Even simple forms of touch connect us not just to our bodies but also to the energetic presence of other people.

There are so many ways to incorporate touch in our daily lives, one of the easiest being a heartfelt embrace. Just making a point to hug someone on a daily basis and really feel our energy pass between each other can strengthen the bonds that keep us together. Hugs help us heal any hurt or upset we may have recently experienced by letting us release into the moment of the embrace and realize that no matter what happens to us, we have someone in our lives who supports and cares for us.

Another nourishing form of touch is massage. While we may think of massage as a luxury, it is actually an ancient form of healing that enables us to open up our energetic pathways in order to receive unlimited energy from the universe. It doesn’t matter whether a simple massage comes from a loved one or a massage therapist, but by giving ourselves the gift of massage every once in a while, we are doing something healthy and beneficial for our bodies. Massage helps our bodies activate their own restorative powers, creating a wonderful way to engage fully in our own healing.

Letting ourselves take advantage of the healing nature of touch creates space where we can truly live in and experience the world through our bodies, allowing us to completely immerse ourselves in the loving sense of joy and wonder that is our life.

Adelle Brownlee Brewer
Owner, The Synergy Studio, San Antonio, Texas
Nia Black Belt Teacher; White Belt Trainer
Nia Training Faculty
Journey Dance Guide; Professional Fiber Artist
www.thesynergystudio.com
www.nianow.com/adelle
www.journeydance.com

Wonderful friends,
As I sit at the studio writing you and preparing for my 4:00 class, I am in awe of the beauty and magnificence around me.
Its a beautiful sunny day, after many wonderful days of rain… I just finished an incredible Journey dance class with three awesome drummers leading us on a voyage through earth, water, fire and air… a roomful of dancing spirits, laughter, tears, singing, love and grace.
I am in awe of life itself, and our amazing community of people that are supporting one another in the journey.
We will focus this week on our eye and head movements, one of our 52 moves that activates the top of the spine and our intuition… opening to the wonder that surrounds us, looking with eyes of a beginner’s mind.
I will be introducing two more songs of Beyond as we prepare for our Beyond ‘debut’ Immersion weekend. I hope you will join Joanie and me Friday, March 23, and Saturday, March 24 as we team teach the new routine, and then on Sunday, March 25 for the Beyond Immersion Playshop at 3:00pm. We are offering a playshop to ‘learn the moves’ of this amazing routine, as we break them down into katas, then ‘move the moves’ and ‘energize the moves’ in the 4:00 class. Sign up in advance to receive the Beyond CD so you can listen in your car, house, work… fantastic music. The playshop, class, and CD are all included for $30. This routine is BEYOND any ever produced and we are sooo excited to bring it to you, our wonderful dancing friends!
Join me at 4:00 today as we use our eyes and open to the wonder… “Opening ourselves to the experience of wonder enables us to fully comprehend the magnificence of Mother Nature and the brilliance of humankind. Underlying awe is the inspiration that drives us to become creators of majesty. As you embrace feelings of awe today, life will become more exciting than ever before!”
In awe… Adelle
My classes this week: Sunday (today) at 4:00pm, Tuesday 6:45am, Wednesday 9:15am, Friday 5:30pm
Sign up here for the Beyond Routine Immersion Playshop on March 25th! Click on ‘workshops’ and scroll down 🙂

Adelle Brownlee Brewer
Owner, The Synergy Studio
Black Belt Certified Nia Trainer
Journey Dance Facilitator; Professional Fiber Artist
San Antonio, Texas
www.thesynergystudio.com
www.nianow.com/adelle
www.journeydance.com

Considering taking the Nia White belt intensive? Whether you want to teach Nia or take Nia for personal growth, it is an amazing experience! Check out my trainings at: www.nianow.com/adelle and click on “My Trainings”. An intensive and retreat on the West Coast of Mexico is coming soon for everyBody… the beautiful Mar de Jade!

Dancing Friends,
Its been a great week of daily dancing and the week rolls on.
As I introduce Birth in my classes this week, we will focus on the 3 Planes of Movement, Principle #7, activating our joints and muscles as they move all the way to the earth and all the way reaching to heaven.
Birth is a great routine for conditioning the body… athlete, agile, flexible, strong… its all there! Joanie and I had a great immersion weekend, team teaching Friday, Saturday and Sunday, going deep in the practice of learning the routine with fellow Nia teachers on Saturday, and a fun Playshop for everyBody today at 3:00 to Learn the Moves… and then rocking into a full 4:00 class… whew!
I will be subbing Jan’s classes this week, dancing my own, then heading to Portland to train and dance with more beautiful spirits. 🙂
Early Bird Nians… we will start Tuesday morning right at 6:45am, so I can head to Fox 29 out on the northside right after class… they are featuring the studio again on the morning show, so turn on your tele’s at 8:15 and watch the craziness. 🙂
Thank you for your love…
Blessings in abunDance, Adelle

Adelle Brownlee Brewer
Owner, The Synergy Studio
Black Belt Certified Nia Trainer
Journey Dance Facilitator; Professional Fiber Artist
San Antonio, Texas
www.thesynergystudio.com
www.nianow.com/adelle
www.journeydance.com

Happy 2012 to all my dancing friends!
As we step into 2012 together, I am wishing everyone peace, love and continued blessings in this coming year. I can feel the magic! I am filled with gratitude as I reflect on 2011… for my family and friends and all your support. In 2012 I will be collaborating with my Nia sister, Joanie, doing five Nia White Belt Intensives, and I hope you will consider taking the Nia White Belt! It is a wonderful exploration into the foundation of Nia and YOU, whether you would like to teach or take it for personal growth. Check out our trainings at: www.nianow.com/adelle and click on “My Trainings”. If you have any question, please email either one of us. One of the trainings is at the beautiful resort Mar de Jade in Mexico. Click on the link to see its beauty. We are inviting all of our Nia community to join us, whether you are taking the training or just coming to Nia classes while on vacation. We hope to book the entire resort… so join us! It is GORGEOUS!

At The Synergy Studio, our 2012 Nia focus for our community is the Year of Becoming a Sacred Athlete…a year of Purpose, Potential and Possibility. A Sacred Athlete is a teacher and healer to all people. Becoming a Sacred Athlete is a choice and is a journey of discovering your purpose, exploring your limitless potential and opening up to the endless possibilities available to you when you choose pleasure and love as your path for transformation and self mastery. We are all teachers. We teach others with our actions, our thoughts and words. We teach others through our choices. Choosing to keep your body healthy through movement and dance shows others how you have chosen to love your body. As we step in together to a New Year, let’s all open up to our potential… it is limitless! Let us all open up to the possibilities life has for us… they are endless. Your body’s potential is limitless… 200/700 (bones and muscles) unique ways to move and heal. The possibilities of your body are endless…9 movement forms to connect with ; 3 planes of movement and intensity levels to explore… Move/Explore/Create your FreeDance…LIMITLESS and ENDLESS.

Becoming a Sacred Athlete is a choice. Join me this week in class as we step into a wonderful year of movement and healing.

Be sure to check out all the events coming up at the studio… click on ‘workshops’ to see all the fun. There are so many opportunities to learn! Nia 52 Moves Playshop with Joanie and Adelle, Journey Dance w/creator Toni Bergins, iRest Meditation series, Intro to Yoga series, Yoga Workshop for Stress Relief, and more!

Happy New Year!!! Its going to be a great one!
Adelle

My classes this week:
Tuesday 6:45am
Wednesday 9:15am
Friday 5:30pm
Sunday 4:00pm
all at The Synergy Studio!The Synergy Studio!

Adelle Brownlee Brewer
Owner, The Synergy Studio
Black Belt Certified Nia Trainer
Journey Dance Facilitator; Professional Fiber Artist
San Antonio, Texas
www.thesynergystudio.com
www.nianow.com/adelle
www.journeydance.com

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Blessings to all my friends!
The longest night of the year is upon us… and just as long dark nights begin their transformation into the light, we too begin a time of renewal as we celebrate this beautiful season of giving, receiving, living and loving.
I have all 6 of my kiddos home for a few days this coming week, and my heart is full. We are not a typical large family, all attempting to talk over one other. The television is rarely turned on. We are more quiet, spending time in contemplative conversations, listening to music, savoring a meal around the fire… enJoying the silence between the sounds.
I hope you will join me on the dance floor this week as we celebrate the sound of silence. I will be teaching the beautiful routine ChakraDancer, featuring the talented gifts of the band Brainscapes. Cueing only with my breath, I will teach with a ‘silent voice,’ so you can experience the magic of the music and the healing power of movement. Each song is dedicated to a Chakra. We will move to heal, transform, and dance into the light.

Prepare to be stepping into the silence, waiting for the sounds, enJoying the music, and sensing the magic.
Happy Holidays and armloads of Love!
Adelle
My classes this week: Tuesday 6:45am, Wednesday 9:15am, Friday 5:30pm.
The Synergy Studio will be closed on Christmas Day.

Adelle Brownlee Brewer
Owner, The Synergy Studio
Black Belt Certified Nia Trainer
Journey Dance Facilitator; Professional Fiber Artist
San Antonio, Texas
www.thesynergystudio.com
www.nianow.com/adelle
www.journeydance.com

Dancing Friends,
We’ve had a great time over the past few weeks dancing our connective tissue/fascia, and our connection to each other. Let’s dance into our wings this week, sensing all the space we’ve created through systemically moving our fascia!
We have wings that start with our shoulder blades and extend all the way through the feathers of our fingers. We also have the wings of our pelvis that wrap our body and extend out energetically when we shake our tail feathers! I just read a great piece on shaking your tail feathers, and I’m passing it on below. 🙂
In my ‘connection quest’ for the studio, I drove to Dallas on Friday to dance, chant and sing with the kirtan performer Dave Stringer, and many friends who are connected in their love of movement and healing. After teaching on Sunday, I drove to Austin to sing with Dave Stringer again, and join the community there. After talking with Dave, we discovered mutual friends, and he is keen to come to The Synergy Studio on his next tour of Texas! I’ve been singing all day. 🙂
Sing, Chant, Dance, Connect, Love, Live, and Spread Your Wings! Life is short and precious… I’m so blessed to share it with you!
Enjoy the message below. It puts into words what I love, believe and practice daily. 🙂
Let’s fly! Adelle

Like No One Is Watching….Shake Your Tail Feathers!

Most of us express our distinctiveness in many ways throughout our lives. Although, as we proudly share our offbeat traits and preferences with the world, we take great pains to downplay those eccentricities we ourselves deem odd. Instead of living lives colored by these quirky impulses, we seek out socially acceptable outlets for our peculiarities. We may not realize that we are editing ourselves in this way because our individual societal awareness is unintentionally attuned to the attitudes of the people we encounter each day. Over time, we have learned to suppress some of the most fun aspects of individuality. To rediscover and embrace these buried traits, we need only ask ourselves what we would do if we knew for certain that no one would judge our choices.

Visualizing this day without judgment can help you better understand the idiosyncrasies that are an important part of who you are but seldom manifest themselves in your existence. Perhaps you secretly dream of replacing grown-up, conservative clothing in favor of a changing array of costumes. You may envision yourself painting your car electric-green, hugging the trees in a crowded local park, singing joyous songs as you skip through your community, or taking up an exciting hobby like fire spinning. Try not to be surprised, however, if your imagination takes you in unexpectedly simple directions. In your musings, you may see yourself doing things such as breaking out in dance or dying your hair a fun color. Regardless of the nature of your suppressed peculiarities, ask yourself what is really stopping you from making them a part of your life, and then resolve to incorporate at least one into your everyday existence.

Life as we know it is so short. Making the most of years we are granted is a matter of being ourselves even though we know that we will inevitably encounter people who disapprove of our choices. When you shake your tail feathers like no one is watching, you will discover that there are many others who appreciate you because you are willing to let go of any inhibition. By doing this you help others know it is okay. No one else in the world is precisely like you and, each time you revel in this simple fact, you rededicate yourself to the celebration of individuality.

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

Adelle Brownlee Brewer
Owner, The Synergy Studio
Black Belt Certified Nia Trainer
Journey Dance Facilitator; Professional Fiber Artist
San Antonio, Texas
www.thesynergystudio.com
www.nianow.com/adelle
www.journeydance.com

Beautiful Friends,
11:11:11… On this special day in history… a full moon, gorgeous weather, changing seasons… I will pause at 11:11am and think of you, giving thanks for your friendship, love and support.
At 11:11pm, I will be chanting, singing, dancing, meditating, and sharing with 111 others in Dallas for the Ecstatic Moon Dance Celebration with Kirtan singer Dave Stringer… a celebration of life that will be shared all over the world… and I will be holding you in my thoughts and prayers.
Take time out today to feel your connection to others, surrounded by grace and blessings… and dance. It is your birthright… to move, to express, to create and to share the experience with others.
Many opportunities to be in community this weekend where ever you are… If you are in San Antonio: tonight at 5:30 with Joanie for “Sacred Earth Drums” Fun Friday, Tomorrow Nia at 9:30, Sunday (3 opportunities!) 10:00 Journey Dance with Angie, Ecstatic Dance at 1:00, and Nia at 4:00 with me.
If you are elsewhere, google “Nia” “Journey Dance” “5Rhythms” “Ecstatic Dance” “Soul Motion”… and join others in the dance. Step out of box, push your edge… you will find kindred spirits in the dance of life.
Its a great time to be alive!
Loving you, Adelle

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Adelle Brownlee Brewer
Owner, The Synergy Studio
Black Belt Certified Nia Trainer
Journey Dance Facilitator; Professional Fiber Artist
San Antonio, Texas
www.thesynergystudio.com
www.nianow.com/adelle
www.journeydance.com

Adelle Brownlee Brewer
Owner, The Synergy Studio
Black Belt Certified Nia Trainer
Journey Dance Facilitator; Professional Fiber Artist
San Antonio, Texas
www.thesynergystudio.com
www.nianow.com/adelle
www.journeydance.com