Education and Teleseminars
Posted on 08/13/2009 07:11 pm by niadanceCLASSES, WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS:
Please click on this link for a list of ongoing Nia practice classes, workshops and events:
TELESEMINAR
Click on the link below to listen to a teleconference call with Janet Ragan and Anja Gurnig. In this conference call we talk about Nia and the past Nia dance retreat “Dancing with the Autumn Fire” that we held in 2009.
BIT’S AND PIECES...
The Practice of “Stepping In”
Every Nia class begins with the practice of “Stepping In.”
The purpose of stepping in is to leave behind distractions. It’s a technique that Debbie and Carlos borrowed from martial arts. When the martial artist steps out onto the floor to fight, she leaves behind all distractions.
When I’m not present, I’m not really moving forward at all. I’m actually fleeing the moment, trying to jump over it and into the future. This creates the sensation of going fast — we see it all around us in our culture — but it’s only the illusion of moving forward.
This situation occurs to me relatively often. This is why I practice Nia.
Nia invites us to connect with sensation, and sensation is someting we can only experience in the present moment.
By stepping into the presence sensation again and again, I create a sanctuary for myself, an energetic state of being that is both a shelter to rest in and a vessel in which I am carried and moved forward each moment into the present.
Have you ever caught yourself in a situation like this?