I’m looking for clues about what I want to do next with all this life energy I got going on.
I’m deciding if I want to take a NIA class this summer. I looked up NIA articles online and found one that gave me a sudden tingle in my stomach and get tears in my eyes. That feeling is a clue.
It was an article about creating space in a NIA class:
…the students created the space every morning and afternoon by coming into a circle, and becoming still in body, mind, emotions, and spirit.
I’ve been thinking about how I want to bring movement to more of our everyday lives. Especially ritual. Maybe that is why I got a teary reaction? Maybe it’s the same teary reaction I get at the end of a yoga or NIA class when I finally pay attention to myself? Maybe I’m longing for that?
Or maybe it was this song I was listening to while I read it. (I dare you to listen to the whole thing.)
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May 21, 2008 at 6:34 pm
Elizabeth J. Barrett
I love NIA! After my second NIA class, I was so fired up that I researched it, finding out how to become a NIA instructor and getting all excited. Now I’ve calmed down about wanting to devote my life to NIA, but this kind of dance/body work/martial arts/spiritual focus engages all of me in a way no other movement class ever has. Amazing.
Thanks for your blog!