Nia Andrea

29/09/2022

In Nia, I sense myself through my own movement. In Tango, I sense myself and retain my sense of self within relationship. Join our workshop with the master in Tango and Theater, Liudmyla Vasilieva and dive deep into relational movement.
https://www.nia-andrea.de/events/2022/10/29/die-umarmung-erweiterung-der-krpersprache

12/09/2022

12/09/2022

28/10/2020

So relevant right now! Choose your path, shoppe how you feel!

23/10/2020

Amazing good fun 😄

17/09/2020

Jo’Artis Ratti found comfort in dance as he searched for a way to express his frustrations during protests against the killing of George Floyd in Los Angeles.

10/09/2020

So clear and so helpful!

HOW TO STRENGTHEN YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM
This is one of the most simple, fundamental, effective – and challenging – practices I know. But once you learn it, it can change how you react to life and its craziness.

Here's how to do it!

Sit comfortably in an armchair. No need for a meditation pose or anything like that. Just sit in a posture that feels ok and where you can sit for quite a while.

(As an alternative, you can also do it together with a partner, as in the picture, but I'd suggest you start on your own.)

Then just sit. And follow what's happening in your body and especially in your nervous system. In the beginning, you might notice some restlessness, fidgeting with hands or feet, thoughts about this and that.

And that's just fine!

You're just sitting and allowing things to happen and gradually settle. You might notice that a thought triggers a reaction in your body. Or that an emotion in your body triggers a thought.

Just fine.

Allow it to happen and let the process of settling down continue.

After a while, you might notice it's easier to sit. You're not so busy anymore. The initial restlessness is gone. It feels quite ok, actually.

At one point, you might notice a shift in your body. You maybe want to label it "relaxation". Or "feeling good". Or "peace of body". Or something similar.

What's actually happening is that you’ve shifted from your active (often over-active) sympathetic nervous system to your parasympathetic nervous system (rest and digest).

This usually feels really good. Like finding rest. And stillness. Because this is our natural state of being.

Every time you're doing this practice, you’re making it easier for you to shift from your busy you to the other part of your nervous system – your restful you.

Equally important: You’re strengthening this crucial part of your nervous system.

In other words: You're building and strengthening the cornerstones of your being – the peaceful strength that can carry you through life.

Now, do something from this state of being! Whatever. Work. Friends. Your movement practice. And see how it feels.

Enjoy
/Peter

29/08/2020

I'm really experiencing this these days! 😊

A simple change of perspective that can change everything

13/08/2020

So good.

There are many choices available to us women in this life – but when it comes to your body, there are only two:
Accept it
Or don’t.
You see, if you choose to accept your body, you will soon start to love it, admire it, look after it. These things all follow in the wake of your acceptance.

When you realise that this vessel for your soul, for your spirit, is an instrument of such high design and fine tuning that it boggles the mind to even think about, you will enter into a phase which I like to call ‘peace, at last’.
You will care nothing of spare fat, grey hairs, loose skin.
You will realise, eventually, that the body’s purpose is not to look good, to attract friends, partners, successes – that it is, in fact, your spirit which does all of those things.
If you would only allow it to shine through and work its magic.
Your body, my friends, has but one job, to see you safely through this adventure of life, to allow your spirit to reach its potential.
That is it.
If you are on the path of not accepting your body – you are in for a very long battle – against an enemy you have no power to defeat. Nature, time, biology, fate…
You don’t have the weapons to fight those powers.
Wave the white flag.
Give in.
Accept.
It is then that your life will truly begin.



Award winning image, “Feather & The Goddess Pool’ by the wonderful Natalie Grono

Words: Donna Ashworth
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05/07/2020

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05/07/2020

09/06/2020

Our voices ring loudly through our body's language.

When our hearts break, WE Dance. Featuring Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Text written and performed by Hope Boykin Music: "The Sky Is No Limit" by At th...

18/04/2020

Your partner is a stranger, and the sidewalk is a stage. Our dance critic asks: Will social distancing bring us back to our bodies?

16/04/2020

Multi-genre creation, shimmering yet muted, somehow so fitting now.

This video-poem is a collaboration between poet Terri Hoskings, alongside the beeswax artwork of Melangell, crafted by Brecon artist, Christine Williams. Wha...

03/04/2020

For your enjoyment

A playlist featuring Hidden Orchestra, René Aubry, Lost Frequencies, and others

28/03/2020

This is "dos gardenias para ti" by Ana Lee Evans on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.