JOIN US FOR OUR LAST 2 NIA CLASSES OF 2009
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25 (9:00 A.M.)
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30 (9:00 A.M.)
Friday, November 20, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Blue Monkey Roadtrip - Join Us!!!
Join us for a roadtrip to dance with our GatewayNia sisters. Mrs. Tracy Stamper, Nia Black Belt, will be our tour guide.
WHAT
Blue Monkey
Tracey Stamper explains Blue Monkey: "...what makes a Nia class BLUE MONKEY-flavored is that it's set to music on a mystery CD that the instructor has never heard before. Choreography comes out of the moment... as do giggles, mystery, spontaneity, creativity, surprise, and a sweaty good time!"
This month's playlist was submitted by none other than Nia International Trainer, Winnalee Zeeb.
WHO
Anyone who loves to dance - you, friends, neighbors, mothers, daughters, husbands, brothers, etc.
WHEN
Friday November 6th
6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
We'll leave Springfield at 4:15p.m.
WHERE
The Center of Clayton
50 Gay Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63105
COST
$10 at the door
RSVP
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
What the Body Wants
The body wants to dance
It wants to get up off the floor, and dance,
It wants to get up out of the chair and dance
To get from behind the desk, and dance.
The body wants to move,
The body wants to move and touch
And move together with other bodies,
And taste other bodies.
It wants to be up to it's neck in body
The body's tired of waiting
And resting beneath the mind
The body falls asleep thinking.
It can't stand the wait between action and action
It wants to move out into the world
It wants warmth, sunshine,
Breezes, and wet sand between it's toes.
It wants to jump in water and float, it wants to fly
It wants to feel, with every cell,
The pull of gravity,
And the centrifugal force of turning.
It wants it's energy and it wants it's peace and tranquility.
The body wants to know that it is not alone.
The body wants to vibrate to it's own voice.
And to feel harmony with other voices and dissonance.
It wants to dance slow and dance fast
To flow, to thrust, to bend and to be still.
It wants to make beautiful lines and to be seen.
The body wants everything
It does not want to be bounded
The body wants
To dance!!!
Jim Gustinan
It wants to get up off the floor, and dance,
It wants to get up out of the chair and dance
To get from behind the desk, and dance.
The body wants to move,
The body wants to move and touch
And move together with other bodies,
And taste other bodies.
It wants to be up to it's neck in body
The body's tired of waiting
And resting beneath the mind
The body falls asleep thinking.
It can't stand the wait between action and action
It wants to move out into the world
It wants warmth, sunshine,
Breezes, and wet sand between it's toes.
It wants to jump in water and float, it wants to fly
It wants to feel, with every cell,
The pull of gravity,
And the centrifugal force of turning.
It wants it's energy and it wants it's peace and tranquility.
The body wants to know that it is not alone.
The body wants to vibrate to it's own voice.
And to feel harmony with other voices and dissonance.
It wants to dance slow and dance fast
To flow, to thrust, to bend and to be still.
It wants to make beautiful lines and to be seen.
The body wants everything
It does not want to be bounded
The body wants
To dance!!!
Jim Gustinan
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
52 Moves - Learn the Nia Basics
Nia is based on 52 basic moves: 8 foot moves, 9 steps, 6 stances, 4 kicks, and 18 movements using the upper extremities.
The 52 Moves
The Base
*Feet*
1. Heel Lead
2. Whole Foot
3. Ball of the Foot
4. Releve
5. Rock Around the Clock
6. Squish Walk
7. Duck Walk
8. Toes In, Out, Parallel
*Stances*
9. Closed Stance
10. Open Stance
11. "A" Stance
12. Riding (Sumo) Stance
13. Bow Stance
14. Cat Stance
*Steps*
15. Sink and Pivot Table Wipe
16. Stepping Back onto the Ball of Your Foot
17. Cross Front
18. Cross Behind
19. Traveling in Directions
20. Lateral Traveling
21. Cha-Cha-Cha
22. Slow Clock
23. Fast Clock
*Kicks*
24. Front Kick
25. Side Kick
26. Back Kick
27. Knee Sweep
The Core
*Pelvis*
28. Pelvic Circles
29. Hip Bumps
*Chest*
30. Chest Isolations
31. Shimmy
32. Undulation
33. Spinal Roll
*Head*
34. Head and Eye Movements
The 52 Moves
The Base
*Feet*
1. Heel Lead
2. Whole Foot
3. Ball of the Foot
4. Releve
5. Rock Around the Clock
6. Squish Walk
7. Duck Walk
8. Toes In, Out, Parallel
*Stances*
9. Closed Stance
10. Open Stance
11. "A" Stance
12. Riding (Sumo) Stance
13. Bow Stance
14. Cat Stance
*Steps*
15. Sink and Pivot Table Wipe
16. Stepping Back onto the Ball of Your Foot
17. Cross Front
18. Cross Behind
19. Traveling in Directions
20. Lateral Traveling
21. Cha-Cha-Cha
22. Slow Clock
23. Fast Clock
*Kicks*
24. Front Kick
25. Side Kick
26. Back Kick
27. Knee Sweep
The Core
*Pelvis*
28. Pelvic Circles
29. Hip Bumps
*Chest*
30. Chest Isolations
31. Shimmy
32. Undulation
33. Spinal Roll
*Head*
34. Head and Eye Movements
The Upper Extremities
*Arms*
35. Blocks
36. Punches
37. Elbow Strikes
*Hands*
38. Touching
39. Fist
40. Pumps
41. Strikes
42. Chop Cut
43. Webbed Spaces
44. Palm Directions
*Fingers*
45. Finger Extensions
46. Finger Flicks
47. Creepy Crawlers
48. Spear Fingers
49. Catching Flies
50. Claw Hand
51. Power Finger Crossover
52. Balance Finger
Join us at a class this month (September, 2009) as we focus on the 52 moves. You'll learn the moves, get to move the moves, and have an opportunity to energize each move.
Still not sure Nia is for you? Remember at TurnOut your first class is FREE! Isn't it worth an hour of your time to find out how to heal mind, body, emotion, and spirit? Of course it is!
I hope you dance...
Monday, August 31, 2009
Saturday, August 22, 2009
FREE Nia Dance Party!!!
September 12, 20097:00p.m.
TurnOut Movement Arts Studio
Lose your Mind & Come to your Senses!
Join us for FREE Nia, Yoga, FreeDance, Chair Massage, and lots of fun prizes!
Nia by:
Well Refined, LLC
Michele Sutton, MA, CHES
Certfied Nia Instructor
Yoga by:
True Balance
Tracy Story, CYT, RYT
with live music by:
Lindsey Teefey
Chair Massage by:
Cindy Cannamela
Body by:
YOU
I hope you dance...
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Nia is Coming to Central Illinois
THE 
Nia is a path to condition, heal and express your self through movement and sensation. A dynamic blend of dance arts, martial arts and healing arts, Nia revolutionized the face of fitness in 1983, and has since changed millions of lives and bodies across the globe. Balancing technical precision with free-form expression, Nia brings the body, mind, emotions and spirit to optimum health through music, movement and self-expression, guided by the sensation of Pleasure.
Nia is designed for any body. It is ageless and limitless, transformational and effective for every person everywhere, from athletes, dancers and fitness instructors, to children, special needs groups and the elderly. With the philosophy, Through Movement We Find Health, Nia addresses the whole person through music and movement integrated from nine traditional movement forms.
The Nine Movement Forms of Nia
Martial Arts: T’ai Chi, Tae Kwon Do, Aikido
Dance Arts: Jazz Dance, Modern Dance, Duncan Dance
Healing Arts: Yoga, Alexander Technique, The Teachings of Moshe Feldenkrais®
Through Nia practice, you learn to foster awareness of your life through physical sensation, allowing the Voice of The Body to direct your actions and choices, leading to a general state of what Nia calls Dynamic Ease. Practiced barefoot to music, each person is invited to move at his or her own level of intensity, adapting the 52 Moves to their body potential at any given moment. While delivering cardiovascular, whole-body conditioning, Nia creates a loving relationship with one's own body by tuning into The Body’s Way: the innate intelligence of the body.
Nia: It's Great, it's great, it's great!!!
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