Adelle Brownlee Brewer

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!

Stability- Energy Resting… Yes!

By Adelle Brownlee Brewer

On March 4, 2012

In Mar de Jade, Nia, Retreat, Vacation

Hola Amigos! El domingo bonito!
As I’m watching the beautiful sunrise, drinking coffee, and quietly awaiting a morning of ecstatic dance in Austin, I am sensing energy at rest in my body.
What is stability and how do I nurture it?
Stability is a vibration that I can physically recognize as relaxation and balance… a feeling of letting go that naturally and dynamically engages muscles, bones and joints, creating a perfect action between contraction and release. Dynamic Stability… the perfect balance of all the sensations… sensed as powerful peace.
I’ve been exploring sensations in my back, and will continue to focus on the back this week, as we bring awareness to the dynamic stability that it provides us.
Many emotions are held in the back, and sensed as pain, tension, anxiety, joy, stress, sorrow, happiness, tightness. How would you move differently if you softened into the stability of your back, noticing ways you hold back, hold in, hold out, instead of letting go?
We will explore the wonderful sensation of stability this week, an energy that is always present no matter what we are doing. Noticing stability in our back, of our back, through our back.
I’ll be sprinkling more pearls and nuggets of the new routine Beyond in my Nia classes, as we prepare for its full debut on Sunday, March 25. I hope you will join Joanie and me at 3:00 on March 25th, as we learn the moves, move the moves and then energize the moves of Beyond in our 4:00 class. If you sign up early, you can receive the great music and be freedancing its rhythms!
Our Journey Dance on Sunday at 10:00 will be in honor of Xelena’s birthday, as she brings her drumming group to gift us with live drumming in class! We will go on a journey of connection… connection within, without and beyond as we focus on our 7th Chakra… the all-knowing, the unknown, the divine. Live drumming… Woot!
It will be a great week! See you on the dance floor!
Love, Adelle

My Nia classes this week: Tuesday 6:45am, Wednesday 9:15am, Friday 5:30pm, Sunday 4:00pm
Journey Dance: Sunday at 10:00am for Journey Dance with Live Drumming!
As Joanie and I prepare for upcoming White Belts, we are very excited to offer a retreat at Mar de Jade in Mexico! Come to enJoy, take Nia classes, and if you are inspired, join us for the White Belt!
Watch this video as we rock into the next adventure!

Dancing in with Birth!

By Adelle Brownlee Brewer

On February 13, 2012

In Uncategorized

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

Purpose, Potential, Possibilities! Becoming a Sacred Athlete 2012!

By Adelle Brownlee Brewer

On January 2, 2012

In Uncategorized

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!

Go to my link & get 40% off of Nia clothing, music & much more!! Look for the 40% off purple button: http://www.nianow.com/Adelle

Silence, Sound, Music… Magic!

By Adelle Brownlee Brewer

On December 21, 2011

In Uncategorized

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.

Spread Your Wings and Shake Your Tail Feathers!

By Adelle Brownlee Brewer

On November 15, 2011

In Uncategorized

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!

11:11:11…the Dance!

By Adelle Brownlee Brewer

On November 11, 2011

In Uncategorized

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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Form to Freedom with Fascia!

By Adelle Brownlee Brewer

On November 7, 2011

In Uncategorized

Dancing Friends!
Our weekly focus continues on the fluid path…
I am fascinated by our Fascia, our connective tissue in the body. As my exploration of the fascia deepens, I am discovering more pathways to health and well-being. Visualizing my body as a network of flowing connection and sensation has brought greater appreciation for this gift, and heightened awareness of the importance of the daily dance of movement. The daily dance keeps my body in a continued state of transformation. The Freedom that grows from the Form.

Fascia is pervasive. It is everywhere in our body. Fascia lines our organs. It lines and infuses with our muscles. It helps attach our muscles to our bones. It lines our bones too. It forms pathways for our delicate nerves, arteries, and veins to run through – tunnels to transport the fluids that sustain us. Fascia is a 3 dimensional web connecting every structure in our entire body – from head to toe – without interruption. It is a continuous unit, flowing from one form to the next, changing shape and tone depending on the structure it infuses with.

Fascia is designed to protect us, to keep our internal structures properly positioned, to allow the different parts of our body to slide and glide around each other as we move, and allow our body to maintain it’s shape. If we took away everything except our fascia, we would still maintain our shape!

Free and easy movement, freedom from chronic pain, and the simple joy of being in tune with the world rely on a fluid and balanced fascial matrix.
And speaking of being in tune with the world, fluid and ready for change…

I have experienced three earthquakes in the last week. I was on the floor in child’s pose while attending a class at Spectrum… and the floor began to move. I thought I was dizzy… and then found out later it was an earthquake. I’ve been in Oklahoma with some of my kiddos and my mother the last several days. Friday night, I was awakened as the bed rocked and rolled… a 4.7 quake… and last night, Austin and I sat in the car as it rocked from side to side… a 5.2 quake! My bed last night was like a water bed all night long with the aftershocks.

The continual transformation of Earth is a great metaphor for the continual transformation of my body and connective tissue.

We keep our fascia healthy, strong, and fluid through movement. When our fascia is sedentary, it becomes sticky, fuzzy, knitted together, like scar tissue, and our shape takes on a different form. A form with less freedom… and it wants to break loose just like Mother Earth under pressure.

Nia is full, systemic, body movement, helping our fascia mold, shape, re-shape, change and be in a state of constant transformation.

“Through Movement We Find Health”… Let’s move our fascia this week… Moving our Form into Freedom!
See you on the dance floor!
Loving the transformation, Adelle

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

Esalen!

By Adelle Brownlee Brewer

On November 1, 2011

In Uncategorized

Fascia… our connective tissue!

By Adelle Brownlee Brewer

On November 1, 2011

In Uncategorized

Good early morning!

I just got back late evening from a magical 5 days at Esalen in California. I was at a workshop called Passionate Presence with Toni Bergins, creator of Journey Dance. We were a group of seven men and eight women… dancing, discussing, processing, playing theatre games, drawing, meditating, more dancing, rolling on the floor, laughing, crying, more dancing… and dropping into deep friendships that happened in those few short days. An over-riding focus was our fascia, or connective tissue, and the connection we all have in the world of dance, movement, and living in joy. Many ‘connections’ happened while I was there… from people coming up to me who took yoga at the studio years ago but moved away, to Nia friends who emailed me after dancing with Toni a few days earlier in Berkley… “I met Toni, and she asked if I knew Adelle…” I had numerous conversations with friends of friends, as we discovered with amazement that we knew each other.

Our body is a metaphor for life itself… The fascia that connects all the bones, muscles and organs… a beautiful, continuous sheath of tissue that loves to move, dance, express, emote, and feel connection. Just as our connection to others keeps us healthy in our body, mind, emotions and spirit, when we reach out, draw in, dance, jiggle, rock and roll on the earth, we move our connective tissue keeping it healthy and pliable.

Come dance your fascia this week with me… sense your connective tissue and your connection to others in the dance of life.

We will Journey Dance at 10:00am on Sunday… Then bring your friends back to a FREE Nia class at 4:00 with Joanie and me and stay afterwards to hear about the upcoming White Belts in December and 2012.

I am so blessed to be connected to you, and I encourage you to push your edge, go beyond, dance with others when you travel… and sense your connection to humanity.

Click here to meet Toni, creator of Journey Dance. I hope you will join us in January for a magical 5 days of connection! http://youtu.be/1iFwydZy5ns

With love, Adelle

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

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