tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85545307654804845482024-03-21T18:20:12.176-07:00Everybody, Love Your BodyDance Into Health. Nia with Jennifer. Movement infused with Joy, Pleasure, Heart and Soul.Jennifer Earlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14730177587250403988noreply@blogger.comBlogger283125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554530765480484548.post-65323975288537104692016-05-22T19:33:00.001-07:002016-05-22T19:34:11.756-07:00A Tarot Journey with The Empress card: Healing the Mother Within<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Saturday, June 4, 2016</b><br />
<b>Time: 11:00am – 5:00pm</b><br />
<b>Location:</b> A private home in North Seattle, Broadview neighborhood. Address will be provided upon registration.<br />
<b>Cost: </b>$110 by Monday, May 30, $125 after May 30, 2016<br />
To register email: <a href="mailto:jennifer@jenniferluceroearle.com" style="border: 0px; color: #0fbe7c; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">jennifer@jenniferluceroearle.com</a><br />Tarot decks will be provided for use during the workshop. There will be a one-hour break for lunch.</div>
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In the tarot, the Empress card represents the archetype of the mother. The mother is the source of feminine strength, unconditional love, nurturance, nourishment, and creativity.</div>
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When we explore this archetype, we access the ability to heal and become the vital source of our own self-care and nourishment of mind, body, heart and spirit.</div>
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Together, we will use tarot as a guide to heal old stories,
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claim our selves as the ultimate
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Come honor and celebrate the divine mother within you.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What to expect:</strong></div>
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ArcanaDance experiences are powerful and healing. They allow participants to deepen their understanding of their emotional and physical responses to life experiences. While each person’s experience may vary, participants regularly report a greater depth of clarity and readiness to make changes, large and small, in their lives. ArcanaDance provides you with the cognitive and somatic understanding needed to take action and create the life you desire.</div>
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Jennifer Earlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14730177587250403988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554530765480484548.post-79077390787130294662015-04-05T22:00:00.000-07:002015-04-05T22:00:27.610-07:00Embodied Tarot Workshop - April 11, 2015<strong style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">A Tarot Journey with the Judgement Card: A Somatic Exploration of Rebirth & Renewal</strong><br style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><img align="left" class="CToWUd" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEhr0UmKVtWUblpAAi8U0C8v82ghWtJwrVUfsO0TZRmtY8KxR7hHYip9sbKShPn-UzyrV7KQs_pEHZPopMGYeoMRMQmci6Y7p083rLFDObkLRzIDEywNQC579nQ9JNl5dT8r2XwbUkI-M-D3sbZga6gJpgPgTqKB8PFmX1zbneleT41GZAWm7uWZnlT3Qu-QSaTjuh41_4dL_MAy28FANe4_hICAUmblKg=s0-d-e1-ft" style="border: 0px; display: inline; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; min-height: 180px; outline: none; width: 139px;" width="139" /></strong><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Time: 2:00pm - 6:00pm</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Location: My home in North Seattle (address provided at registration) </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Cost: $75 </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Payment: Cash, Check or PayPal</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">In the tarot, the Judgement card represents a passageway to expanded awareness, liberation from constriction and heeding the call to new beginnings. Join me for this safe and sacred experience of claiming renewal and rebirth through journeying with the Judgement tarot card. We will use a special tarot spread designed to facilitate the release of the old and seize the call for what wants to be birthed in our lives. Using the cards as inspiration, we will collaboratively choreograph a dance to usher in the new. No tarot or dance experience required. Tarot decks will be provided for use during the workshop but feel free to bring your own. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><b>To register</b> email: jennifer@embodiedtarot.com<br /></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">For more information: </span><a href="http://everybodyloveyourbody.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=964b6f59198f4862bbee4a662&id=5696ecb789&e=e15410a6c7" style="background-color: white; color: #336699; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" target="_blank">www.<wbr></wbr>embodiedtarot.com/workshops</a>Jennifer Earlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14730177587250403988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554530765480484548.post-80781084185735465452015-03-04T15:07:00.002-08:002017-03-08T14:17:05.164-08:00The FAMSS of the five generations of women in my family, from youngest to oldest:Last month, I spent a whirlwind and bitterly bone-chilling cold six days visiting with my family in New York. I made a promise to myself about five years ago that I’d never return to New York in the winter. The last time we visited during the winter, we experienced two back-to-back crippling blizzards and ridiculously cold temperatures. Fast forward to last month…at one point there was a 70 degree (!!!) difference between New York and Seattle. It was important to me to visit with my family because 1. I miss them and 2. As everyone I love ages, I’ve become keenly aware that they will not always be here.<br />
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There are five generations alive at one time in my family. I realize how rare this is. Our youngest family member is my great-niece (17 months old) and the oldest is my abuela (grandmother) at 96.5 years of age. Watching these five generations (myself included), I began to connect our story with the FAMSS of Nia. The FAMSS are the five sensations of functional fitness that we experience in a Nia class: Flexibility, Agility, Mobility, Strength and Stability. I love bringing Nia to life and doing it, creatively-conceptually related to my family, was insightful and delightful.<br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;">The FAMSS of the five generations of women in my family, from youngest to oldest:</span></b></h2>
<b><span style="color: purple;">Flexibility - My great-niece</span></b><br />
Flexibility is sensed in our bodies as energy moving outward. It looks like expansion and inwardly, it creates a sense of spaciousness. My great-niece is an embodiment of this energy. She’s always flexing her perceptive and physical muscles,with an insatiable curiosity to explore and experience the fullness of herself and the world around her. It was remarkable to see her flexible body effortlessly fall down to the floor and spring right back up and to watch every limb extend outward as she ran with her feet and reached with her hands. She was a reminder to me to be spacious, expansive and to really own my fullness. Thank you, sweet Ava.<br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;">Agility – My niece </span></b><br />
Agility is sensed as shifting energy in our bodies. A constant negotiation, it’s the start and stop and pull and push of movement and energy. My niece is mastering motherhood beautifully. I observed her sustain attention in multiple areas and then respond or react immediately to whatever her daughter was doing that may need her attention. Her reflexes and instincts sharp, I watched as she anticipated and negotiated action, stillness, pace, speed and direction. She was a reminder to me that change is constant and to find the joy and ease in responding to what is needed; to start, to stop, to push, to pull, to move or be still. Thank you, dearest Gaby. <br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;">Mobility – Me…in the middle ;)</span></b><br />
Mobility is sensed as energy in constant motion. I can hear you laughing. Yes, that absolutely describes me! Whether it was the fact that I flew 3000 miles across the country to be with my family or was shuttled from the Bronx to the Hudson Valley and back, or running after my great-niece so she wouldn’t knock a glass off a table, or chasing after my five and eight year old nephews, or shifting from English to Spanish in conversation with abuela, I was/am in constant motion. I’d slip through anyone’s fingers if they tried to grasp me. I am a reminder to myself to explore all of the space both within and beyond myself. To leave no space unexplored and to sustain full active engagement so that no one part is left out. Thank you, self.<br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;">Strength – My mother</span></b><br />
Strength is sensed as energy moving inward and boy, does that ever describe my mother. She is the grand protectress of our clan. Her love, patience, and tolerance are truly ginormous. The strength she exudes comes from her core/solar plexus power. She is be barely 5 feet tall but her towering energetic strength is tangible. When faced with difficulty and hardship, she gathers all of her energy to her center, puts her chin up and does whatever is needed. She reminds me that strength is not just a physical experience but is also about returning to a quiet and knowing center deep inside of myself. That still space in my center is where my power lives and sustains me even in the face of difficulty and fatigue. Thank you, my fierce and loving mommy.<br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;">Stability – My abuela</span></b><br />
Stability is sensed as energy moving out in all directions from the center. It looks, however, like stillness. That’s because stability is strength combined with quiet resting. My abuela, at 96 years of age, does not move a lot but her stability is felt in our family. She’s solid and unchanging in who she is, even as dementia takes it hold. She is our root, connecting us to the core of our family. She’s the anchor that grounds and motivates us all. We all orbit around her as she sits in the center. We are the dynamic part of her stability. She allows us to be flexible, agile, mobile and strong. She reminds me to stand firm in myself and have a soft confident readiness to act when the time is right. She reminds me that stillness releases tension and allows me to sense and rest deeply into my bones. She reminds me that stability has a soft swaying movement to it so that I don’t become rigid but rather yield to the winds when they blow. Thank you, mi abuelita.<br />
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And so it is that while I didn’t get to take a Nia class while I was away, Nia danced through me. Since I got back, I’ve been paying closer attention to these five sensations. I am noticing which sensations I need to spend more time with and which ones I spend too much time with. I think you might guess which one I’ve been spending more time with…stability. The last two weeks, we’ve been exploring the base of the body. First, with the ankles with the routine “U” and the past week the feet with the routine “Fumi.”<br />
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Which of the FAMSS would you like to journey with next?<br />
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Jennifer Earlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14730177587250403988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554530765480484548.post-78240559515129306862015-01-21T22:55:00.001-08:002016-09-21T13:57:07.457-07:00New Years Day Nia and Embodied Tarot Dance Class - 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Deck: <a href="http://www.gaiantarot.com/" target="_blank">Gaian Tarot</a> by Joanna Powell Colbert</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><i>On January 1, 2015, eleven of us gathered together at The Dance Space in Greenwood for a special two-hour class that blended a group/collective tarot reading, an individual reading unique to each of us and a Nia playlist that captured the movement, feeling and story of each card. There were eleven cards, eleven dancers and eleven songs that stirred our hearts and souls and stimulated our minds and bodies. At the request of several participants, I am sharing the reading and playlist here. </i></b></span></div>
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1. <b>What grounds us in the present moment?</b> Card: 8 of Water</div>
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A sense of determination, resilience and resolve to keep our head above the water and rise above difficulty. Swimming against the current, determined to make landfall. Focused on keeping our head above the water. Clear head, we can see where we are going but feel the resistance with our bodies from the neck down. Reaching for the future with our hands. 8’s are always about being challenged and finding the inner strength to endure difficulty. In this reading, we have two 8’s back to back. This one is in water so it relates to our emotional well-being. This is about inner resolve and feeling empowered to persevere to find our way to solid ground. Stay true to yourself and stay the course. </div>
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2. <b>What energy are we leaving behind in 2014?</b> Card: 8 of Fire</div>
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This is our second 8 numbered card and it’s in the element of fire. The challenge here is about creative and spiritual exhaustion. When our faith has been tested or we are burnt out and running out of creative ideas to solve challenges in front of us. This card appears because we’ve had a year of things that feel like curve balls or meteors falling from the sky hitting us suddenly and demanding all of our attention. This past year we may have found ourselves continually putting out fires, setting us back or putting obstacles in the way of our achieving goals we may have had. But like the woman in the 8 of water, our spirit rose above. We became explosive and responsive. We found the energy, strength, stamina and spiritual strength even when we were exhausted. This card is about spiritual courage. That’s what 2014 was all about and we are leaving it behind. </div>
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3. <b>What energy are we stepping into in 2015?</b> Card: Guardian of Water</div>
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We are stepping into a more emotional year where the focus will be on Mothering ourselves and others. The Guardian is an emotional protector. She holds space for our greatest vulnerability and provides mercy, kindness, forgiveness and compassion when we need it most. She moves at a much slower pace than the 8 of Fire. She represents finding and staying in a Flow. She is also the ultimate symbol of gratitude and grace. The energy we are stepping into is one of forgiveness and healing of emotional wounds. She asks us to pour our hearts out to her so that we can heal and ultimately trust our feelings going forward. </div>
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4. <b>What lesson or wisdom can we weave into 2015 from 2014?</b> Card: 6 of Air</div>
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In 2014, we may have learned how to ask for support. This card is about the power of community, of the tribe. Each person in this image is different – in age, ethnicity, gender, height, shape, etc. But they’ve come together, in solidarity, for a common purpose. They are praying, in their own unique way, and doing so while facing the same direction. The wisdom we can weave into the New Year from 2014 is that we are more powerful when we work together. As we find our tribe and gather with others of like mind we gain both perspective and insight into the big soulful issues of our lives. And then together, we set an intent, gather in a ceremonial space and work together towards growth and change. But 6’s aren’t just about community and purpose; they are also about gratitude. In this image, they look as if they are in prayer or in movements of reverence, saying “Thank you.” </div>
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5. <b>What alchemy or opportunity for change does this weaving create for the year ahead? </b></div>
Card: 15 - Bindweed (Devil)<br />
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We can bring a spirit of gratitude and use our access to our support network (community-tribe) to support us when we feel burdened, tangled in weeds, when we are battling addiction or the “darker” emotions, or simply when life gets out of balance and we can’t cope. It’s clear that this year indicates a paradigm shift from “I can do it myself” to “We can only do this if we do it together.” Bindweed adds layers of burden, it makes us feel suffocated, buried, or trapped. The black crows are waiting for the man to lift his head and ask for help. The crows are ready to provide support. Our strength to overcome burden comes from collective support, gratitude for what we have and faith in something greater than our small trapped selves. </div>
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6. <b>What collective lesson do we learn in 2015?</b> Card: Ace of Fire</div>
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The energy of all aces is similar to that of a New Moon – it’s about birth or rebirth, beginnings, or the potential for something big. The collective lesson of 2015 is to be inspired, to follow our passion and to see the world with new eyes like this snake cracking its way out of an egg. This is the beginning of learning to think, act and be in more creative ways. If we follow it, we have the opportunity, as represented by the snake, to transform our lives and transmute the old perhaps more reserved or limited ways of being. 2015 is calling on us to be bold in spirit, to awaken our senses, shed old habits and embrace our new skin. </div>
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7. <b>What collective gift do we receive in 2015?</b> Card: 21 - Gaia – The World</div>
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The gift we have the potential to receive in 2015 is experiencing wholeness. Gaia is the earth mother. She is the symbol of bounty. She represents a world of possibilities. She holds them all in her hands. She can hold possibilities because she feels whole. She has shed the lack mindset and has embraced an abundance-oriented mindset. She also represents great Joy and it’s a joy that is similar to how we practice Nia. It’s a choice. She knows how to dance her fullness within any limitations. She knows how to tweak and use her resources. With a grateful heart, she continuously chooses Joy day after day.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><i>Then, each of us that attended the class selected three cards for ourselves. Everyone was provided with their own tarot deck to use and an index card with guiding questions to glean meaning, feeling and movement inspiration from the card. </i></b></span></div>
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8. <b>What is my greatest opportunity in 2015?</b> Card: Guardian of Earth</div>
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My greatest opportunity is to patiently and lovingly tend to the harvest of my sacred livelihood, knowing what to prune and what to nurture to life and greater heights. I can ask myself, where do I need to grow? What is a weed that needs to be removed? What needs pruning because it’s getting heavy? Where do I need to plant more seeds or add supports? To imitate the card, I will use my hands to cut away, to massage, to weave, to dig, to touch and to wait. I will use my feet in stances to sustain stability and steadiness.</div>
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9. <b>What is my personal growth potential in 2015?</b> Card: Child of Earth</div>
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My personal growth potential in 2015 involves being in a state of wonder and fascination as if I am experiencing everything for the first time in my life. I am being asked to return to beginners mind, to learn from scratch but do so in a lighthearted way. And since there is a child with an apple, there is clearly a focus on health and well-being. This child isn’t running around. He is grounded, fully engaged and almost in a meditative state. With this card, I use the energy of Duncan Dance, fascinated by everything and experiencing wonder with my entire body – moving mindfully while I take it all in.</div>
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10. <b>What can I call on for support to help me reach my personal growth potential in 2015? </b></div>
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The Child of Fire is similar to the Ace of Fire in that both are about beginnings and creative fire. What I can call on for support is a spirit of bravery and bold action – to be willing to play with fire just a little, to push the envelope, to be fascinated by passion and to follow it where it leads. With this card, I use the energy of Tae Kwon Do and Jazz to tune into my creative playful spirit and fiery strength. </div>
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Here we are again, ablaze with energy but this time we are not alone. We are faced with another. We’ve called on support. We’ve asked to be held accountable. The two is also about duality and choice. We are asked to find a peaceful compromise between two parts of us that are at odds. We are asked to choose one path over another. Or one way of being over another. We ground our energy by making a conscious choice as to how to use our energy. We can choose to make choices that bring peace and harmony to our relationships with others. We can choice to make choices that bring peace and harmony to our relationship with our selves. Either way, we are going ahead with a fire in our belly and ablaze with passion and longing. </div>
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<br />Jennifer Earlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14730177587250403988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554530765480484548.post-57631461284026041132013-05-18T19:59:00.001-07:002013-05-18T19:59:19.286-07:00Ode to Medicine WomanThe following poem was written by Nia student Ashley Henry. A couple of weeks ago, Ashely requested the Nia routine Medicine Woman for her birthday. On Wednesday, I taught the routine and after class, inspired by the meditative soulful movements, Ashley wrote this beautiful poem. Thank you Ashley for sharing your beauty, talent and grace with us.<br />
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"It's not who you were at the beginning but who you become at the end, when after facing all your challenges with grace, you find that at the core there is always the supporting comfort of unconditional love to lift you right before you fall into who you were yesterday, but instead of crawling through life, love gives you the wings of a butterfly to soar into tomorrow with a beauty you could not see in the darkness of your own cocoon. -Medicine Woman."Jennifer Earlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14730177587250403988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554530765480484548.post-12394301336735423802013-03-18T19:53:00.002-07:002015-06-24T13:53:55.243-07:00Thank You Body<span style="font-size: large;"><b>A Moment of Body Gratitude </b></span><br />
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Written by Debbie Rosas<br />
Original post: <a href="http://debbierosas.com/post/45688036804/thank-you-body" target="_blank">http://debbierosas.com/post/45688036804/thank-you-body </a><br />
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<em>“Thank you body for dancing
with me, for allowing me to experience the rhythmic journey you know as
rhythm, melody and harmony. The dance of healing you dance with me in
every beat of my heart. I love you body.</em></div>
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<em>Thank you body for the gift and magic of a
brain, and for the specialized parts that help me stay on the beat,
move my arm when I want to move my arm, when I say “arm move up and
down”. </em><em>I love you body.</em></div>
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<em>Thank you body for always dancing, even
when I am unconscious to the rhythm of my life. You, the one who causes
me to tap my foot, sway my hips, wobble my head, move me without me even
knowing I am dancing. </em><em>I love you body.</em></div>
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<em>Thank you body for your wisdom that keeps
me connected from the inside to the outside, to the dance of your 75
trillion cells. I love you body.</em></div>
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<em>Thank you for the magical subcortical areas in my brain designed to bypass higher auditory areas </em><em>that make it possible for me to hear you with more than my ears</em><em>! I love you body.</em></div>
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<em>Thank you body, for the interpersonal
experience of moving through space, and for the opportunity to express
myself, giving credence and respect to the art and power of
self-expression. I love you body.</em></div>
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<em>Thank you body for making me a sensation
scientist, curious and aching to explore myself and my body as a vast
universe with information to create positive health and well being for
me and the world. I love you body.</em></div>
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<em>Thank you body for keeping me in awe as an artist, using my body and live and movement to create art. I love you body.</em></div>
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<em>Thank you body for a region in you, in
the brain called the posterior parietal cortex, a magical smart part I
know lives toward the back of my brain designed to translate visual
information and turn it into instructive motor commands, signals sent
forward to the motion-planning areas in the pre-motor cortex and
supplementary motor cortex of my brain. I love you body.</em></div>
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<em>Thank you body for creating the neural
impulses that stimulate me and allow me to dance. To the magical signals
of information that travel to my spinal cord and then to my muscles so
they contract and pull on my bones, moving them so I can shimmy, kick,
sink and rise, fold and unfold into movement pleasure. I love you body.</em></div>
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<em>Thank you body for the sensory organs</em><em> that
rest in my muscles and provide me with feedback, information sent from
my brain telling me the exact orientation of my body in space, and </em><em>that make it possible for me to know where I am even with my eyes closed</em><em>. Be here now, and know where you are, this is their Mantra I listen to. I love you body.</em></div>
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<em>Thank you body for the magic of nerves,
string-like threads that receive and transmit information, elegantly
passing through my spinal cord into the cerebral cortex of my brain,
making me Sensory IQ wise and body aware without thinking but by
sensing, from listening to The Voices of the Body-my body. I love you
body.</em></div>
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<em>Thank you body of woman, for the
eight-thousand nerve endings dedicated to pleasure,and for the pulse of
life and creative juice you give me, and for the gift of “knowing” what
is right when I listen to you, commune with you and honor your voice.
Thank you for the opportunity to live in a woman’s body, and as Regena,
Mama Gena says, for reminding me that, “When a woman’s turned on, the
whole world is blessed”. I love you body.</em></div>
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<em>Thank you body for the constant loving
feedback you give me, for helping me to refine and tweak my movement s,o
what I do, I do with greater ease, dynamic ease. Thank you for guiding
me to choose pleasure via the subcortical circuits in my brain’s
cerebellum. I love how I can imagine resting and dancing with you there,
at the back of my brain, in the basal ganglia areas in my brains core,
standing one with you because I know who you are, where you are and what
you do for me. I love you body.</em></div>
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<em>Thank you for reminding me of the
importance of FreeDancing, of moving and navigating my body through
space without thinking, activating my precuneus: The Your Way and Body’s
Way kinesthetic body-centered map, the parietal lobe region close to
where the kinesthetic representation of my legs reside. Knowing you are
there I move more confidently, and with greater ease and relaxation. I
love you body.</em></div>
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<em>Thank you body for sight, what makes it
possible from areas in the premotor cortex of my brain to switch on,
making it possible for me to mentally rehearse before, see, before I do,
what I do. I love you body.</em></div>
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<em>Thank you body for the dance, for the
opportunity to interpret, stylize, imitate, and represent what I see
others doing in My Body’s Way. I love you body.</em></div>
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<em>Thank you body for the universal language
of movement, body language, spoken in a shape, a shimmy, a pump, a push
and pull, a reach, and shake, I love you body.</em></div>
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<em>Thank you body for the silent and
powerful impulse you use to move me, my cells, you, triggered by sound,
music, and by my emotions.</em></div>
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<em>Thank you body for the opportunity to be
in a loving community of atoms, molecules, cells, tissues, organs, organ
systems, and organisms-me in my body and with other bodies, part of a
nested system and part of the Universe. </em></div>
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<em>Thank you body for the map of The Body’s Way, a woman’s way, and for dancing with me. I love you body.</em></div>
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<em>Thank you body for teaching me, we are
connected, one, whole, moving and functioning best when filled with joy
and love, respect and curiosity. For reminding me that if I continue to
thirst for discovering what it means to live in my body as an empowered
woman, alive with with light and passion, kept alive by taking the path
of pleasure, and by following my heart and the guidance of those eight
thousand nerve endings-all is well in the world." </em></div>
Jennifer Earlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14730177587250403988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554530765480484548.post-5204481954840612302013-01-27T16:28:00.001-08:002013-01-27T16:30:06.421-08:00The Way of PracticeWhatever it is you are being guided to/working towards/desiring/in the process of manifesting - Don't give up. Practice presence. Be with your breath and body on the journey. <br />
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I was inspired by this poem today:<br />
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<b>The Fruits of Practice </b></h2>
from <i>"Going In and In: Poems from the Heart of Yoga" </i><br />
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Despite fervent pleas for ease <br />
and safety, there are many days<br />
when reality doesn’t quite line<br />
up with what I’d choose.<br />
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Breakdown. Letting go.<br />
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Surrendering even the illusion<br />
of control. Breathing into the<br />
unknown – sometimes that is<br />
what life holds.<br />
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Practice hasn’t brought an end<br />
to pain. I still increase my<br />
suffering like a fish caught on<br />
a line. My struggles only draw<br />
the hook in deeper. But being<br />
in reality is its own reward.<br />
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It’s the perfect paradox; the<br />
courage to stand and breathe<br />
when everything in me wants<br />
to flee is as great a gift as the<br />
freedom to seek retreat.<br />
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No, practice hasn’t brought<br />
an end to pain but it has honed<br />
my willingness to experience<br />
the moment and sometimes see<br />
perfection unfolding in ways<br />
I wasn’t big enough to plan,<br />
much less predict.<br />
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Practice isn’t about achieving<br />
a goal. It’s not a means to pole-<br />
vault over suffering.<br />
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Practice is my way of looking life in<br />
the face and saying yes to all<br />
its disparate gifts.<br />
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Practice keeps me awake when I would<br />
sleep, and reminds me it’s<br />
the journey, unfolding in this<br />
very moment, it’s the journey<br />
that reveals the truth, and<br />
not the destination.
Jennifer Earlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14730177587250403988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554530765480484548.post-81932933472899325102013-01-07T20:23:00.002-08:002013-01-07T20:24:50.166-08:00Class Cards for Nia, Nia-Yoga and Stretch and Fly Yoga Dance<h3 class="post-title entry-title">
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<b></b>Co-created by Jennifer and Liziah, Stretch and Fly Yoga Dance is a fusion of viniyoga and dance.<br />
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Strengthening, relaxing, fluid, fun and
therapeutic, Stretch and Fly Yoga Dance is slower than Nia with simpler footwork
and dance moves. All of the moves are adaptable for different fitness levels.<br />
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Come to strengthen your body in a gentle way, to
stretch, fly, extend, lengthen, deepen, connect with your breath and find deep relaxation.<br />
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first 40-50 min of class is done standing/dancing/moving with our bare
feet connected to the ground. The last 20-25 min are on the mat.<br />
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Feel free to bring your own mat but the studio has mats, blocks, straps,
cushions and blankets. Bring water and wear comfortable clothes to move
and play in.<br />
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Our theme for the month of January is the "Dance of the Warrior: Cultivating Inner and Outer Strength."<br />
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We teach every second and fourth Friday from 6:15pm - 7:30pm at <a href="http://bahiabalance.com/" target="_blank">Balance Studio</a> in Fremont: 418 N 35th St, Seattle, WA 98103. Our next classes are January 11 and January 25, 2013.<br />
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You can now use your class cards with Jennifer or Liziah for Stretch and Fly Yoga Dance! Drop-in rate remains at $15.<br />
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How cool is it that you can now use your class card for Nia, Nia-Yoga and Stretch and Fly Yoga Dance? Yay! Jennifer Earlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14730177587250403988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554530765480484548.post-6033018661937120962012-12-23T13:03:00.000-08:002012-12-23T13:16:40.611-08:00#26Acts of KindessYesterday, as I walked back to my car in the Safeway grocery store parking lot, I noticed an envelope on my windshield. Worried it was a ticket I quick looked around for a parking attendant and so no one. I also didn't see "tickets" on any of the other cars so I set down my grocery bag and picked up the envelope. What I received touched my heart beyond any words I can share:<br />
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The stranger who left this card for me was inspired by a movement called #<a href="http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/18/15999109-if-you-do-good-youll-feel-good-ann-curry-explains-origins-of-26acts-of-kindness?lite" target="_blank">26Acts of Kindness</a>. The call of this movement is to commit to doing one act of kindess to honor all those killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy. The card I received was in honor of <a href="http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/12/18/jesse-lewis-was-leading-other-children-to-safety-when-he-lost-his-life/" target="_blank">Jesse Lewis</a>, age 6. Holding the card close to my heart I felt compelled to learn more about Jesse so I googled him. This precious little angel died trying to lead his fellow classmates to safety. He was playful, active, funny, loving, well-loved, passionate and brave.<br />
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Last night, I stayed up late writing up 26 cards to share with strangers. With each one I held an image of Jesse in my mind's eye. I breathed love into each card, channeling it from my heart through my arm, hands and fingers onto the pen that touched the card. This morning I invited Jesse's spirit to dance with us and our class focus was on our hands and performing random acts of kindness for ourselves and others.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Jesse Lewis, age 6. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">His mother said of him: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.5px; text-align: left;">"He was a force who lit up a room when he entered. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.5px; text-align: left;">Compassionate and caring, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.5px; text-align: left;">wise and soulful beyond his years."</span></span></td></tr>
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We are all in this together. We have the capacity to create a better, more loving, safe and beautiful world for ourselves and for future generations. We can all begin with just one simple random act of kindness each day. Like the card I received from the stranger said so beautifully: "Let's make love ring louder than violence and hate." Pay it forward. Pass it on.<br />
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If you'd like to use a template to print your own #26Acts sheets, feel free to use this one (below) created by my dear friend and Nia colleague, <a href="http://randeefox.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Randee Fox</a>, who was also deeply affected and inspired by this random act of kindness.<br />
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Happy Holidays everyone. From my heart and soul to yours.<br />
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With love,<br />
JenniferJennifer Earlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14730177587250403988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554530765480484548.post-50004013861235992452012-12-13T15:37:00.001-08:002012-12-13T15:37:27.508-08:00What is Stretch and Fly Yoga Dance<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Liziah and I have had several people ask us to explain the differences between our two class offerings: Nia-Yoga and Stretch and Fly Yoga Dance. We hope this offers some insight!<br />
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<b>What do Nia-Yoga and Stretch and Fly Yoga Dance have in common: </b><br />
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<li>Both are co-taught with love and delight by Jennifer and Liziah. We both want you to “love your body and love your life.”</li>
<li>Both embody the joy of movement and are rooted in the philosophy that “through movement we find health.”</li>
<li>Both invite you to tap into somatic awareness and move in your own way honoring your unique body and spirit.</li>
<li>Both encourage creative movement and expression with a safe and loving structure.</li>
<li>Both incorporate the use of the breath in guiding our movement.</li>
<li>Both are done barefoot to soul-stirring music.</li>
<li>There is an arc to both classes – a warm-up, get moving, cool down and movement on the floor.</li>
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<b>What are the differences between Nia-Yoga and Stretch and Fly Yoga Dance:</b><br />
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<li>Nia-Yoga is 35-40 min of Classic Nia, 7-9 min of Stretch and Fly Yoga Dance and 20-23 min of Viniyoga.</li>
<li>No Nia music or choreography is used in Stretch and Fly Yoga Dance.</li>
<li>There is no martial arts component to Stretch and Fly Yoga Dance.</li>
<li>Movements are more meditative.</li>
<li>Stretch and Fly Yoga Dance is slower than Nia with simpler footwork and dance moves. The dance moves used in each song are easy and designed around a yoga asana.</li>
<li>Stretch and Fly Yoga Dance is strengthening, relaxing, fun and therapeutic. We design each routine around a theme such as “The Dance of the Warrior or The Dance of Celebrating the Heart.”</li>
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<b>What kind of yoga does Liziah teach?</b><br />
The style of yoga Liziah teaches is Viniyoga: a gentle, strengthening, meditative style of yoga. It is a supportive style of yoga that invites each individual to find their bodies way of doing a posture. It focuses on connecting movement and breath, finding a rhythm that supports harmony and integration of body and mind. This is a highly adaptable form of yoga and is suitable to people of all skill levels and those who have physical limitations and injuries.<br />
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<b>What kind of dance is included?</b><br />
Stretch and Fly Yoga Dance was co-created by Jennifer and Liziah and includes simple dance moves that anyone can ease into. Steps are as simple as stepping to the side, doing simple turns, creating waves with the arms, hip circles and much more. We design all choreography around a yoga asana (pose) so that you can experience what it’s like to flow in and out of an asana and then hold it in static form to experience strength, stability and relaxation.<br />
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Jennifer’s dance inspiration comes from Nia (includes Jazz, Modern and Duncan Dance), Latin Dance, African Dance, Caribbean dance, Afro-Caribbean dance and 5Rhythms. Liziah’s dance inspiration comes from a variety of dance techniques including hip hop and other contemporary dance and performing arts.<br />
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<b>Who should come to Stretch and Fly Yoga Dance:</b><br />
Everyone and anyone! Come to strengthen your body in a gentle way, to stretch, extend, connect with your breath and find deep relaxation. The first 40-50 min of class is done standing/dancing/moving with our bare feet connected to the ground. The last 20-25 min are on the mat.
Feel free to bring your own mat but the studio has mats, blocks, straps, cushions and blankets. Bring water and wear comfortable clothes to move and play in.<br />
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We teach every second and fourth Friday from 6:15pm - 7:30pm at <a href="http://bahiabalance.com/" target="_blank">Balance Studio</a> in Fremont: 418 N 35th St, Seattle, WA 98103. Our next classes are December 14 and December 28, 2012. Jennifer Earlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14730177587250403988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554530765480484548.post-38407763906924796342012-12-03T22:17:00.000-08:002012-12-03T22:19:38.322-08:00December 2012 Newsletter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">As the year closes out I found myself returning to the <a href="http://everybodyloveyourbody.blogspot.com/2012/01/january-2012-nia-with-jennifer.html" style="color: #336699;" target="_blank">blog post</a> I wrote in January 2012 about the seeds I wanted to plant in the year ahead. I am happy to share that many of the seeds I planted sprouted including: reaching greater integrity in my Nia practice as both a teacher and student which includes both a deeper relationship with the Nia principles and mastery (a process!) of the 52 plus moves and nine movement forms, bringing the healing arts aspect of Nia to the forefront, collaboration with colleagues (most notably Liziah Woodruff for Nia-Yoga and Stretch and Fly Yoga Dance), exploring the alchemy of my voice and creating more space in my life to explore my creative side!<br /><br />I am excited to announce that exploring my creative side birthed two long-awaited creations. The first, <a href="http://everybodyloveyourbody.blogspot.com/2012/12/stretch-and-fly-2nd-and-4th-fridays-in.html" style="color: #336699;" target="_blank">Stretch and Fly Yoga Dance</a>, is a unique healing arts movement practice that combines the soft fluidity of dance with accessible asanas in the Viniyoga tradition.<a href="http://liziahtherapies.com/" style="color: #336699;" target="_blank">Liziah Woodruff</a> and I have had the vision for Stretch and Fly Yoga Dance for years. Our desire is to provide you with a meditative practice to soulful music that invites your body, mind, heart and spirit to stretch, fly, unwind and relax. This co-creation and collaboration is dear to both of our hearts and we are thrilled that we will be sharing this passion and vision with you on 2nd and 4th Fridays from 6:15pm - 7:30pm at <a href="http://bahiabalance.com/" style="color: #336699;" target="_blank">Balance Studio</a> in Fremont!<br /><br />The second creation is one that I have been nurturing for over a decade, <a href="http://www.embodiedtarot.com/" style="color: #336699;" target="_blank">The Embodied Tarot </a>is truly my lovechild. I have been working with the tarot as a path for self-understanding, growth, transformation and guidance for nearly three decades. Yes, I started quite early. I was exposed to tarot in my family as a small child and received my first deck when I was ten years old. The Embodied Tarot is my creation - a unique approach to the tarot that blends counseling and embodiment practices such as movement, affirmations, meditations, guided imagery, art, writing and more. The Embodied Tarot process is a path to awakening our inherent wisdom. We already know the answers to the questions we ask and if we listen intently, we can be ease-fully guided by our thinking mind, emotions, spirit and physical sensations. I'd love to serve as your midwife to awakening!<br /><br />In 2013 <a href="http://www.everybodyloveyourbody.com/" style="color: #336699;" target="_blank">Everybody, Love Your Body</a> will become the umbrella (or mothership) for all of my somatic offerings: Nia, Nia-Yoga, Nia 5 Stages, Stretch and Fly Yoga Dance and The Embodied Tarot. I hope you will explore each of these with me over the year ahead. My vision for the year is to lovingly tend to these creations (honing my craft) and offer my best self to each of you as a teacher, guide, facilitator and educator. <br /><br />I'd love to hear from you what your one or more of your goals are for the year ahead. <br /><br />With warmth and heartfelt wishes for a holiday season of dancing feet, love in your heart, a smile on your face, gratitude and the presence of your loved ones,<br />Jennifer</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">p.s. A huge thanks to those of you that came to dance with<a href="http://blissfulfitness.com/" style="color: #336699;" target="_blank">Gretchen</a> and I on Thanksgiving morning. With your support we raised over $400 for Noel House! See the beautiful video Gretchen put together of the class: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=hTwHAmSv6Xk" style="color: #336699;" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=hTwHAmSv6Xk</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">- Sat Dec 8, 4pm-5:30pm Dance Space Teachers <a href="http://everybodyloveyourbody.blogspot.com/2012/12/dance-space-nia-benefit-jam-for-occupy.html" style="color: #336699;" target="_blank">Nia Benefit Jam</a> for Occupy Sandy, $20</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">- Fri Dec 14, 6:15pm-7:30pm<a href="http://everybodyloveyourbody.blogspot.com/2012/12/stretch-and-fly-2nd-and-4th-fridays-in.html" style="color: #336699;" target="_blank">Stretch and Fly Yoga Dance</a>at Balance Studio, $15 </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">- Tues Dec 25, 9:15am - 10:30am Christmas Morning Nia-Yoga at The Dance Space with Jennifer and Liziah, $13</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">- Fri Dec 28, 6:15pm-7:30pm <a href="http://everybodyloveyourbody.blogspot.com/2012/12/stretch-and-fly-2nd-and-4th-fridays-in.html" style="color: #336699;" target="_blank">Stretch and Fly Yoga Dance</a> at Balance Studio, $15 </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">- Four Saturdays starting Jan 5, 2013 <a href="http://www.embodiedtarot.com/workshops/" style="color: #336699;" target="_blank">Manifesting a Personal Vision in 2013</a> with The Embodied Tarot</span><br /><br /><span style="color: darkgreen;"><strong>Class Schedule:</strong></span><br /><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #009900; font-family: arial; font-size: small; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Next: Friday, December 14 and Friday, December 28, 2012 </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #123005; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Time: 6:15pm - 7:30pm </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #123005; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Where: Balance Studio in Fremont - 418 N 35th Street, Seattle, WA 98103 </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #123005; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Cost: $15 </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #123005; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #123005; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Description: </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #123005; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Open to everyone, this 75-minute class blends gentle and accessible yoga poses with simple dance moves. The first half of class is done standing and the last half on a yoga mat. Join us and allow your body, heart, mind and spirit to stretch and fly! No previous yoga or dance experience necessary. Bring a yoga mat if you have one and water. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #123005; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" />Jennifer Earlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14730177587250403988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554530765480484548.post-4259454950876416472012-12-02T13:18:00.000-08:002012-12-02T13:18:04.879-08:00Dance Space Nia Benefit Jam for Occupy Sandy<span style="background-color: white; color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b>Sharing the Gifts of Community: Dance for Sandy - A Nia Benefit Jam </b></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #123005; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #123005; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Come join Dance Space Nia instructors Jennifer, Gretchen, Jena, Ann, and Susan for this special 90-minute benefit class.</b></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #123005; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #123005; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">When: Saturday, December 8, 2012 </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #123005; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #123005; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Time: 4:00pm - 5:30pm </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #123005; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #123005; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Where: The Dance Space, 124 N 103rd St., Seattle, WA 98133 </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #123005; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #123005; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Cost: $20 suggested donation </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #123005; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #123005; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Proceeds will be sent to: <a href="http://interoccupy.net/occupysandy/" target="_blank">Occupy Sandy</a> - A coordinated relief effort to distribute resources and volunteers to help neighborhoods and people affected by Hurricane Sandy. </span>Jennifer Earlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14730177587250403988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554530765480484548.post-12804159260927010472012-11-20T22:12:00.001-08:002012-11-20T22:12:54.604-08:00Dance Your Gratitude and Stretch and Fly!<br />
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<b>Three opportunities to dance this holiday weekend you don't want to miss :)! </b></div>
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<b>NIA THANKSGIVING DAY BENEFIT CLASS FOR NOEL HOUSE WITH JENNIFER AND GRETCHEN</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">When: Thanksgiving morning - Thursday, November 22, 2012</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Time: 9:30-10:30 a.m.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Location: </span><a href="http://niaatthecivettadancespace.blogspot.com/" style="color: #274e13; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The Dance Space</a><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> - 124 N 103rd Street, Seattle, WA 98133</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Join me and Gretchen Musgrove for our third annual special Nia class on Thanksgiving Day to benefit </span><a href="http://www.ccsww.org/site/PageServer?pagename=homeless_noelhouse" style="color: #274e13; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Noel House</a><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">, a shelter for homeless women in Seattle. Start your Thanksgiving day off with an hour of dance in the spirit of gratitude, service and sisterhood. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Questions: Contact Jennifer at </span><a href="mailto:jennifer@everybodyloveyourbody.com" style="color: #274e13; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">jennifer@everybodyloveyourbody.com</a><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> or Gretchen at </span><a href="mailto:gretchen.blissfulfitness@gmail.com" style="color: #274e13; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">gretchen.blissfulfitness@gmail.com</a><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">When: Friday, November 23, 2012 </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Time: 7:30pm - 8:50pm </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Open to everyone, this 80-minute class blends gentle and accessible yoga poses with simple dance moves. The first half of class is done standing and the last half on a yoga mat. Join us and allow your body, heart, mind and spirit to stretch and fly! No previous yoga or dance experience necessary. Bring a yoga mat if you have one and water. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Time: 10:30am - 11:30am</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Location: Balance Studio in Fremont, 418 N. 35th St, Seattle, WA 98103</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Cost: $13 drop-in or class card</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Celebrate the Power of the Feminine with the old Nia routine, Medicine Woman. I had the great pleasure of learning this routine at a workshop a couple weeks ago from Nia Black Belt instructor Pauline Osborne. I have been teaching a few songs over the past week and a half and am excited to teach the routine in its entirety on Sunday! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Medicine Woman uses traditional South American instruments and rhythms to celebrate the power of the Feminine, the Beautiful, and the Medicine Woman. This music represents a bridge between the old ways and the new - a gateway to recognize and affirm the sacred, the compassionate, the healing, the joyous side of nature. Through this balance we can achieve a greater harmony with the expansive, nurturing aspects of ourselves. A lively authentic performance to rejuvenate our spirits.
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Nia Thanksgiving Day Benefit Class for Noel House with Jennifer and Gretchen</h2>
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When: Thanksgiving morning - Thursday, November 22, 2012<br />
Time: 9:30-10:30 a.m.<br />
Location: <a href="http://niaatthecivettadancespace.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Dance Space</a> - 124 N 103rd Street, Seattle, WA 98133<br />
Cost: $15<br />
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Join me and Gretchen Musgrove for our third annual special Nia class on Thanksgiving Day to benefit <a href="http://www.ccsww.org/site/PageServer?pagename=homeless_noelhouse" target="_blank">Noel House</a>, a shelter for homeless women in Seattle. Start your Thanksgiving day off with an hour of dance in the spirit of gratitude, service and sisterhood. <br />
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Questions: Contact Jennifer at <a href="mailto:jennifer@everybodyloveyourbody.com">jennifer@everybodyloveyourbody.com</a> or Gretchen at <a href="mailto:gretchen.blissfulfitness@gmail.com">gretchen.blissfulfitness@gmail.com</a>.Jennifer Earlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14730177587250403988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554530765480484548.post-51217028926691648122012-10-26T22:57:00.000-07:002012-10-26T23:05:08.412-07:00Dance of the Eagle This evening Liziah and I co-lead our second Stretch and Fly Yoga Dance class. Our class focus tonight was the "Dance of the Eagle: Spreading Our Wings." We shared the following poem before class and during savasana.<br />
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by Joy Harjo</div>
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To pray you open your whole self </div>
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To sky, to earth, to sun, to moon</div>
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To one whole voice that is you.</div>
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And know there is more</div>
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That you can't see, can't hear</div>
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Can't know except in moments</div>
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Steadily growing, and in languages</div>
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That aren't always sound but other</div>
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Circles of motion.</div>
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Like eagle that Sunday morning</div>
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Over Salt River. Circled in blue sky</div>
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In wind, swept our hearts clean</div>
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With sacred wings.</div>
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We see you, see ourselves and know</div>
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That we must take the utmost care</div>
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And kindness in all things.</div>
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Breathe in, knowing we are made of</div>
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All this, and breathe, knowing</div>
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We are truly blessed because we</div>
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Were born, and die soon, within a</div>
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True circle of motion,</div>
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Like eagle rounding out the morning</div>
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Inside us.</div>
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We pray that it will be done</div>
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In beauty.</div>
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In beauty.</div>
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"Eagle Poem" by Joy Harjo, from In Mad Love and War.</div>
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<br />Jennifer Earlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14730177587250403988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554530765480484548.post-43639457950012362582012-10-23T22:23:00.001-07:002012-10-23T22:23:44.958-07:00Stretch and Fly Yoga Dance - The Dance of the Eagle<br />
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<br style="background-color: white; color: #123005; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">When: Friday, October 26, 2012 </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #123005; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Time: 7:30pm - 8:50pm </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #123005; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Where: The Dance Space in Greenwood - 124 N 103rd Street, Seattle, WA 98133 </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #123005; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Cost: $15 </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #123005; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Class focus: Dance of the Eagle - Spreading Our Wings</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #123005; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Description: </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Open to everyone, this 80-minute class blends gentle and accessible yoga poses with simple dance moves. The first half of class is done standing and the last half on a yoga mat. Join us and allow your body, heart, mind and spirit to stretch and fly! No previous yoga or dance experience necessary. Bring a yoga mat if you have one and water. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #123005; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Stretch and Fly Yoga Dance will be held fourth Fridays through 2012 at The Dance Space in Greenwood from 7:30pm - 8:50pm and are $15 drop-in. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #123005; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">2012 dates: October 26, November 23 and December 28. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Stay tuned for 2013 schedule. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #123005; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #123005; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span>Jennifer Earlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14730177587250403988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554530765480484548.post-68378529105681733432012-10-07T22:51:00.002-07:002012-10-07T22:52:02.484-07:00Heaven 37<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This morning I had the great pleasure of celebrating my birthday sharing what I love with people I love. I began my day, as I do each Sunday, teaching a Nia class at Balance Studio in Fremont. As I opened the class I shared with everyone that several years ago I began naming my birthdays - ex. "Opening doors in 34, Thrive 35, Bliss 36 and Heaven 37" for this year ahead.<br />
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Each year, as with a Nia class, I set a focus for myself. Last year, for Bliss 36, my focus was "finding my voice." I made great strides in finding my voice this past year, especially as a teacher. I learned to express myself from a deeper place of honesty, bravery and authenticity. I learned to harness the power of sound in my classes and that magic has spilled over into all areas of my life. I am not afraid to speak up, to make wild and crazy sounds in class and to stop using my voice when the power of silence is more appropriate.<br />
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This year, my theme is still taking shape but it is "manifesting my dreams through sharing my gifts."<br />
So for class this morning, our focus was on the collective sharing of our gifts. I found this quote in the book "Journey Through the Gaian Tarot" by Joanna Powell Colbert:.."When the flame of creativity is shared, all benefit and no one single fire is diminished. Passions shared and combined can create a bonfire big enough to light up the entire sky." I added, also from the same book: "I spark creativity in others while tending my own creative flame."<br />
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Before we danced everyone wrote, on a small index card, one gift they wanted to share with the world. Then we each placed our gifts on an altar that contained a candle and a fire and ice rainbow quartz. Here are the gifts shared:<br />
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"I share my creative spirit and joy of movement." </div>
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"I radiate healing, creativity and passion throughout the world."</div>
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"The gift of flight."</div>
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"Open heart and space to express fully."</div>
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"Dwelling in joy with nature."</div>
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"Energy!"</div>
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"The gift of understanding, peace and encouragement."</div>
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"Playfulness."</div>
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"Fun."</div>
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"Celebration of everyone's unique being-ness."</div>
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Then we danced my birthday playlist:<br />
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Pirates - Deep Dive Corp. - from the Nia routine Beyond <br />
Sun Is Shining - ReUnited - from the Nia routine Vibe <br />
Sweeter Love - Blue Six - from the Nia routine Sexi <br />
Sufani- Gaudi - from the Nia routine Canta<br />
Drumming Up a Storm - Bob Holroyd - from the Nia routine AO <br />
Dougoulanta - Adham Shaikh - from the Nia routine Beyond <br />
Shine - Joshua - from the Nia routine R1<br />
Shivaratri - Benjy Wertheimer & John de Kadt<br />
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My body, mind, heart and spirit are full. I am grateful for this life and humbly and vulnerably vow to honor and share my gifts this year and to be a champion for others as they share their gifts as well.<br />
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I could not have had a greater start to my 37th year.<br />
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Thank you for sharing your Joy with me and continuing to allow me to share what I love with you.<br />
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JenniferJennifer Earlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14730177587250403988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554530765480484548.post-1637131660904700362012-10-01T08:12:00.002-07:002012-10-01T08:12:58.070-07:00Receiving Healing from the Body - A Practice<br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: inherit;">When: Sundays - October 14, October 21, October 28, November 4 and November 11, 2012 </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Cost: </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">$50 for the 5-week series or $13 drop-in</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: inherit;">To Register: email me to reserve your spot at </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #073763; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">jennifer@everybodyloveyourbody.com</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #073763; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: inherit;">Contact me with any questions about this series: jennifer@everybodyloveyourbody.com </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px;"><b id="internal-source-marker_0.2658103508874774" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Nia 5 Stages is an integrative </span><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">practice based on the five stages of </span></b><b id="internal-source-marker_0.2658103508874774" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">human development: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">embryonic, creeping, crawling, standing and walking.</span></b></span><br /><span style="color: #073763; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px;"><b style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></b></span><span style="color: #073763; font-size: 13px;"><b style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When the body moves through the Nia 5 Stages, the body, mind, emotions, and spirit naturally realign, unify and integrate, leaving a greater sense of wholeness, health and well-being.<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></span></b><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Developed as a practice, these stages lead to changes that improve one's physical comfort, ability to move efficiently, and improvement in whole body functioning and posture.</span></span></span><br /><b style="font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></b><b style="font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: inherit;">This 5-week series will introduce you to the Nia 5 Stages and emphasizes how this practice allows us to receive healing from the body. </span></span></b><br /><b style="font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: inherit;">
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<b style="color: #123005; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: large;">Stretch and Fly Yoga Dance with Jennifer and Liziah </span></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">When: Friday, September 28, 2012 </span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #123005; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Time: 7:30pm - 8:50pm </span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #123005; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Where: The Dance Space in Greenwood - 124 N 103rd Street, Seattle, WA 98133 </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #123005; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Class focus: Dance of the Warrior/ess - Building Inner Strength </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Open to everyone, this 80-minute class blends gentle and accessible yoga poses with simple dance moves. The first half of class is done standing and the last half on a yoga mat. Join us and allow your body, heart, mind and spirit to stretch and fly! No previous yoga or dance experience necessary. Bring a yoga mat if you have one and water. </span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #123005; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Stretch and Fly Yoga Dance will be held fourth Fridays through 2012 at The Dance Space in Greenwood from 7:30pm - 8:50pm and are $15 drop-in. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">When: Saturday, September 29, 2012 </span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #123005; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Time: 2pm - 6pm. The Nia demo (with me) will be held from 3pm - 3:50pm. </span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #123005; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Where: Balance Studio in Fremont, 418 N. 35th St., Seattle, WA 98103 </span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #123005; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Cost: FREE </span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #123005; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">More info: http://bahiabalance.com </span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Join us to celebrate the opening of Balance Studio where I teach Nia on Sunday mornings! Bantos Capoeira Seattle and Mestre Pitta will start off the day with classes and a Roda. From 2-6pm there will be a variety of FREE classes to choose from, including Nia, taught by the fantastic Balance Studio instructors! At 6pm a magical evening of performances, music and dancing will begin. There will also be raffle prizes including the chance to win a 5-class card with me! This is a family friendly event so please bring your kids and let your friends know. Come celebrate with us! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">When: Sunday, September 30, 2012 </span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #123005; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span><span style="color: #660000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Time: 1:00pm - 2:30pm </span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #123005; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span><span style="color: #660000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Where: Century Ballroom, 915 E Pine St, Seattle, WA 98122 </span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #123005; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span><span style="color: #660000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Cost: $20 </span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #123005; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span><span style="color: #660000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">More Info: Gretchen Musgrove 206.718.0893 </span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">or gretchen@niaseattle.com </span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #123005; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span><span style="color: #660000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Description:</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Join us for our annual NiaSeattle Fall Jam! A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Lone Star Paralysis Foundation to help people recover from spinal cord injuries like the one suffered last year by Daniel Curtis, son of Nia Trainer Holly Nastasi. You can read about his recovery journey here. Nia Jams are tons of fun – think of a Nia class to the 10th power. And, this one is for a great cause! NiaSeattle hosts two annual Nia Jams – in the fall and spring. They draw an enthusiastic crowd that makes for synergy and joy on the dance floor. If you’re interested in trying Nia, attend this event. You will have a chance to sample a variety of teachers and meet the friendly, creative and talented NiaSeattle community!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">When: Sunday, October 7, 2012 </span><br style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 17.981481552124023px;" /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Time: 10:30am - 11:30am </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Where: Balance Studio in Fremont, 418 N. 35th St., Seattle, WA 98103 </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: inherit;">When: Sundays - October 14, October 21, October 28, November 4 and November 11, 2012 </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Time: 5:00pm - 6:00pm </span><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 18px;"></span><span style="line-height: 18px;">Where: The Dance Space in Greenwood - 124 N 103rd Street, Seattle, WA 98133 </span><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: inherit;">To Register: email me to reserve your spot at </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #073763; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">jennifer@everybodyloveyourbody.com</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #073763; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px;"><b id="internal-source-marker_0.2658103508874774" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Nia 5 Stages is an integrative </span><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">practice based on the five stages of </span></b><b id="internal-source-marker_0.2658103508874774" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">human development: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">embryonic, creeping, crawling, standing and walking.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px;"><b style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></b></span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When the body moves through the Nia 5 Stages, the body, mind, emotions, and spirit naturally realign, unify and integrate, leaving a greater sense of wholeness, health and well-being.<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></span></b><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Developed as a practice, these stages lead to changes that improve one's physical comfort, ability to move efficiently, and improvement in whole body functioning and posture.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #351c75; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">February 10-15, 2013 </span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">6 Days 5 nights </span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><a href="http://www.kalani.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #274e13; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Kalani Oceanside Retreat Center in Hawaii</span></a><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">with Delilah Flynn, Jennifer Lucero-Earle & Erik Brown</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span></span><b style="background-color: white; color: #351c75; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 17.981481552124023px;">Reserve your spot with a deposit by Monday October 15, 2012!</b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #351c75; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;">Join us for our second annual Nia-Belly retreat. 6 days in paradise exploring Nia, Belly Dance, dancing in nature and other movement activities to awaken our senses and creative spirits. This retreat was divine last year and we anticipate this next retreat being even more so! </span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 15px;">Check out the scrapbook from our February retreat: </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15px;"><a href="http://www.delilahs-belly-dance-retreat.com/HI_12_scrapbook/Hi-12-scrapbook.html" style="color: #274e13; text-decoration: none;">http://www.delilahs-belly-dance-retreat.com/HI_12_scrapbook/Hi-12-scrapbook.html</a> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15px;"><br /></span></span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Base Price of $1399.00 includes the following amenities:</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b></b></span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b></b>• Shared lodge accommodation (private upgrades available)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">• All meals</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">• Complementary glass of wine on our first and last night’s dinner</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">• Daily classes with Special Guest Jennifer, Delilah & Erik</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">• Performances</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">• Facility use, 25 meter pool, Hot Tub, Sauna, lovely grounds all located across the street from the Ocean.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">• Promotional gifts, printed notes </span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">For more information: http://www.delilahs-belly-dance-retreat.com/</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #123005; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #123005; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #351c75; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you plan on joining in Hawaii the registration deadline (deposit only - minimum $400) is <b>Monday October 15, 2012</b>. If you register by this date you will receive a FREE Belly Dance instructional DVD from Delilah! Register here: </span><a href="http://www.delilahs-belly-dance-retreat.com/Nia-Belly/registration2013Nia-Belly.html" style="color: #274e13; text-decoration: none;">http://www.delilahs-belly-dance-retreat.com/Nia-Belly/registration2013Nia-Belly.html</a> <span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There are so many events coming up during the months of September - October! I hope you will join me for one, several or all of these events. I am especially excited to announce two new classes: Stretch and Fly Yoga Dance co-taught by me and yoga instructor Liziah Woodruff and my new Nia 5 Stages 5-week series focused on Receiving Healing from the Body. Many of you know how passionate I am about the Nia 5 Stages. I am thrilled to offer this series and there are two others coming in November - February. Stay tuned for more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If you plan on joining us for our Nia-Belly Dance Retreat in Hawaii (say yes!) in February 2013 - the registration deadline (deposit only - minimum $400) is Monday October 15, 2012. If you register by this date you will receive a FREE Belly Dance instructional DVD from Delilah! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Finally, before you scroll down for more, circle Sunday, October 7, 2012 on your calendar, It's my 37th birthday and I would love to dance with you. Join me at my 10:30am class at Balance Studio that day. Something sweet will be served after class.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Looking forward to dancing with each of you soon,</span><br />
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End your workweek with this invigorating and relaxing class co-taught by me, Jennifer Lucero-Earle, and certified yoga instructor, Liziah Woodruff. This class includes 45 minutes of Nia and 30 minutes of Viniyoga: a highly adaptable, meditative, relaxing and healing form of yoga.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">When: Friday, September 28, 2012 </span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #123005; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Time: 7:30pm - 8:50pm </span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #123005; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Where: The Dance Space in Greenwood - 124 N 103rd Street, Seattle, WA 98133 </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #123005; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Class focus: Dance of the Warrior/ess - Building Inner Strength </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Open to everyone, this 80-minute class blends gentle and accessible yoga poses with simple dance moves. The first half of class is done standing and the last half on a yoga mat. Join us and allow your body, heart, mind and spirit to stretch and fly! No previous yoga or dance experience necessary. Bring a yoga mat if you have one and water. </span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #123005; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Stretch and Fly Yoga Dance will be held fourth Fridays through 2012 at The Dance Space in Greenwood from 7:30pm - 8:50pm and are $15 drop-in. </span><br />
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<b style="color: #123005; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: medium;">Come celebrate our 6th Anniversary of Nia at The Dance Space (TDS) in Greenwood! </span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Friday, September 21, 2012 </span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm </span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #123005; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Where: The Dance Space in Greenwood - 124 N 103rd Street, Seattle, WA 98133 </span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Cost: </span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Free! </span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">More Info: susan@wawellness.com </span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">We are having an Open House celebration complete with a luscious 15-minute taste of the Nia Five Stages of Self-Healing (6 pm) and a Nia Class (6:15 - 7:15 pm) taught by all four Nia teachers at TDS. Come and see the beautiful studio, meet other Seattle area Nia students & teachers, and celebrate with us! Refreshments, laughter, and joy will be served. You will be welcomed at The Dance Space by certified Nia instructors: Jena Hennessey, Gretchen Musgrove, Jennifer Lucero-Earle, & Susan Tate. No prior Nia experience necessary and . . . it's FREE! Drop in anytime from 6 - 8 to enjoy what calls to you! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">When: Saturday, September 29, 2012 </span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #123005; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Time: 2pm - 6pm. The Nia demo (with me) will be held from 3pm - 3:45pm. </span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #123005; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Where: Balance Studio in Fremont, 418 N. 35th St., Seattle, WA 98103 </span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #123005; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Cost: FREE </span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #123005; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">More info: http://bahiabalance.com </span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Join us to celebrate the opening of Balance Studio where I teach Nia on Sunday mornings! Bantos Capoeira Seattle and Mestre Pitta will start off the day with classes and a Roda. From 2-6pm there will be a variety of FREE classes to choose from, including Nia, taught by the fantastic Balance Studio instructors! At 6pm a magical evening of performances, music and dancing will begin. There will also be raffle prizes including the chance to win a 5-class card with me! This is a family friendly event so please bring your kids and let your friends know. Come celebrate with us! </span></div>
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<b style="color: #123005; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: medium;">Nia Fall Jam - A Benefit for the Lone Star Paralysis Foundation </span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">When: Sunday, September 30, 2012 </span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #123005; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><span style="color: #660000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Time: 1:00pm - 2:30pm </span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #123005; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><span style="color: #660000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Where: Century Ballroom, 915 E Pine St, Seattle, WA 98122 </span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #123005; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><span style="color: #660000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Cost: $20 </span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #123005; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><span style="color: #660000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">More Info: Gretchen Musgrove 206.718.0893 </span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">or gretchen@niaseattle.com </span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #123005; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><span style="color: #660000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Description:</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Join us for our annual NiaSeattle Fall Jam! A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Lone Star Paralysis Foundation to help people recover from spinal cord injuries like the one suffered last year by Daniel Curtis, son of Nia Trainer Holly Nastasi. You can read about his recovery journey here. Nia Jams are tons of fun – think of a Nia class to the 10th power. And, this one is for a great cause! NiaSeattle hosts two annual Nia Jams – in the fall and spring. They draw an enthusiastic crowd that makes for synergy and joy on the dance floor. If you’re interested in trying Nia, attend this event. You will have a chance to sample a variety of teachers and meet the friendly, creative and talented NiaSeattle community!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: inherit;">When: Sundays - October 14, October 21, October 28, November 4 and November 11, 2012 </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Time: 5:00pm - 6:00pm </span><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 18px;"></span><span style="line-height: 18px;">Where: The Dance Space in Greenwood - 124 N 103rd Street, Seattle, WA 98133 </span><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Cost: </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">$50 for the 5-week series or $13 drop-in</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: inherit;">Contact me with any questions about this series: jennifer@everybodyloveyourbody.com </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: inherit;"><b id="internal-source-marker_0.2658103508874774" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Nia 5 Stages is an integrative </span><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">practice based on the five stages of </span></b><b id="internal-source-marker_0.2658103508874774" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">human development: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">embryonic, creeping, crawling, standing and walking.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: inherit;"><b style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></b></span>
<span style="color: #073763;"><b style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When the body moves through the Nia 5 Stages, the body, mind, emotions, and spirit naturally realign, unify and integrate, leaving a greater sense of wholeness, health and well-being.<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></span></b><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Developed as a practice, these stages lead to changes that improve one's physical comfort, ability to move efficiently, and improvement in whole body functioning and posture.</span></span></span><br />
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<b style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: inherit;">This 5-week series will introduce you to the Nia 5 Stages and emphasizes how this practice allows us to receive healing from the body. </span></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">February 10-15, 2013 </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">6 Days 5 nights </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><a href="http://www.kalani.com/" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Kalani Oceanside Retreat Center in Hawaii</span></a><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">with Delilah Flynn, Jennifer Lucero-Earle & Erik Brown</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0976563) 1px 1px 5px; border-width: 1px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0976563) 1px 1px 5px; line-height: 18px;"><img border="0" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilk6r3tkxvLl6wJuzZZsNMwdKvdgD8vJkH0fPtC6utZV-hw0zmopO-H6FUIumJN9qUsxECCVUFMo1RJmOwIInPapb9ll32Qa6Lost8MQP5YaZS7DMc1YrYn0Y4zigezUU2JaxJO4W4psTP/s400/hawaii2013.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0976563) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0976563) 1px 1px 5px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; padding: 5px; position: relative; text-align: center;" width="400" /></span></span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;">Join us for our second annual Nia-Belly retreat. 6 days in paradise exploring Nia, Belly Dance, dancing in nature and other movement activities to awaken our senses and creative spirits. This retreat was divine last year and we anticipate this next retreat being even more so! </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 15px;">Check out the scrapbook from our February retreat: </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15px;"><a href="http://www.delilahs-belly-dance-retreat.com/HI_12_scrapbook/Hi-12-scrapbook.html" style="text-decoration: none;">http://www.delilahs-belly-dance-retreat.com/HI_12_scrapbook/Hi-12-scrapbook.html</a> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15px;"><br /></span></span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Base Price of $1399.00 includes the following amenities:</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b></b></span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b></b>• Shared lodge accommodation (private upgrades available)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">• All meals</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">• Complementary glass of wine on our first and last night’s dinner</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">• Daily classes with Special Guest Jennifer, Delilah & Erik</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">• Performances</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">• Facility use, 25 meter pool, Hot Tub, Sauna, lovely grounds all located across the street from the Ocean.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">• Promotional gifts, printed notes </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">For more information: http://www.delilahs-belly-dance-retreat.com/</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you plan on joining in Hawaii the registration deadline (deposit only - minimum $400) is <b>Monday October 15, 2012</b>. If you register by this date you will receive a FREE Belly Dance instructional DVD from Delilah! Register here: </span><a href="http://www.delilahs-belly-dance-retreat.com/Nia-Belly/registration2013Nia-Belly.html">http://www.delilahs-belly-dance-retreat.com/Nia-Belly/registration2013Nia-Belly.html</a> <span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><br />
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Jennifer Earlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14730177587250403988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554530765480484548.post-81200813081667473972012-08-23T16:10:00.000-07:002012-08-28T16:20:11.637-07:00Dancing With And Through Grief The following is a <a href="http://oneniagirl.blogspot.com/2012/08/passion-post-from-jennifer-lucero-earle.html" target="_blank">Passion Post</a> I wrote for One Nia Girl. It was published on Thursday, August 23, 2012.<br />
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Today is the 10 year anniversary of my father's death. He died unexpectedly at the age of 55. A year after his passing, I discovered Nia. More than any practice, Nia has helped me to heal and move through intense grief over the past ten years. As I look back now and think about the different approaches I sought - which included grief counseling, yoga, painting, massage, and sisterhood, none have held a candle to the healing power of Nia.<br />
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What exactly has Nia done for me and through me the past ten years?<br />
- In grief counseling it seems I could never find the words to express the depth of loss and sorrow I felt. When I practice Nia, it feels like I have an endless vocabulary and ways to express the range of emotions that come, including hope and joy. With Nia, I learned quickly that my body has the capacity to express what words can’t and it stretches me to feel in new ways constantly.<br />
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- As a practice, Nia helps me to move stuck energy in my body so that I don’t feel crippled by the waves of grief that come and go with various intensity.<br />
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- Grief made me feel fragmented and Nia reminded me of my wholeness by addressing the needs and desires of my body, mind, heart, and spirit.<br />
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- Through the White Belt, Blue Belt, and Nia 5 Stages intensives and the continuing education/sensation scientist modules, I am continuously cultivating greater awareness of sensation and appreciation for my body’s signals. It has taught me how to move to self-heal when symptoms of grief arise. When I feel a lump in my throat I make sounds...and loudly! When I feel my chest tighten I can explore any of the Nia movements related to the chest or upper extremities. When I feel groundless I focus on my feet and the base of my body.<br />
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- Learning that pain is signal that something is wrong and needs attention was like getting hit in the head with a boulder. I have never forgotten this lesson and I listen intently to my body and if there is pain, I address it immediately. I honor her voice.<br />
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- I’ve learned to take my time and to trust the process of healing by honoring natural time. I can’t be rushed but I am always willing to venture out and explore my edge. I find it both liberating and exhilarating that Nia encourages me to discover to move my own unique way, to find my internal and external rhythm and to embrace that this expression is ever changing. This is such an important lesson for moving through grief (for me).<br />
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- By continually tracking sensation and tweaking for pleasure, I have learned to be fully present both on and off the dance floor. Nia has taught me to give undivided attention to the health of my body, mind, heart and spirit. That has meant honoring the grieving process and noticing the signs of healing as they unfold. No pushing through or forcing. I have learned to love the path of least resistance.<br />
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- FreeDance, although it terrified me at first, has taught me how to let go, play and explore. Related to grief, it’s been an invitation to act out a variety of emotions through movement, including the dance of grief.<br />
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- More than anything Nia has taught me that Joy can reside beside grief with a loving hand and that I can choose to experience the sensations of joy and pleasure in my own body even when grief is at the surface. This awareness and this choice have brought a depth of joy into all areas of my life. A friend once told me that I was unapologetically joyful, and even though I blushed when she said it I knew she was right and I have Nia to thank for it.<br />
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As I celebrate my father today, August 23rd, I know I have my Nia practice to support whatever comes up for me on that day or the surrounding days. A decade has passed and grief still comes in waves. I will dance lovingly and joyfully with whatever comes, honoring its presence and then willingly release it when it leaves. My allies are here to light the way: the movement forms, the 13 principles, the Nia 5 Stages, the five sensations, the philosophy rooted in pleasure, and the simple act of choosing Joy. I unapologetically choose Joy. I can see my father smiling already. Jennifer Earlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14730177587250403988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554530765480484548.post-47198885303324955712012-08-09T21:54:00.003-07:002012-08-09T21:54:45.060-07:00Ease, Self-Care and a New Class<br />
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<span style="color: #073763;">I got back from my vacation visiting with my family and close friends in New York on Monday. After not teaching for 8 days and being in vacation-mode, the focus for nearly all of my classes this week has been on ease. I desired to ease into the week and take the path of least resistance finding the juicy goodness in being kind to my body by inviting every movement to initiate from this place of "easy." As the week closes out I find myself desiring to focus on the sensations of joy, stability and balance. We'll play with that foci this weekend! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">I promise to share more about my NY visit - including teaching my first Nia class to my family and friends - in my next newsletter.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Two big things are happening this weekend and I hope you will join me for one or both!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Friday, July 13, 2012</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Where: The Dance Space in Greenwood, 124 N 103rd Street Seattle, WA 98133</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Cost: $13 drop-in or use my class card.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">End your workweek with this invigorating and relaxing class co-taught by me and certified yoga instructor, Liziah Woodruff. This class includes 45 minutes of Nia and 30 minutes of Viniyoga: a highly adaptable, meditative, relaxing and healing form of yoga. We’ve also recently introduced yoga-dance choreography to transition from Nia to Yoga. It’s been wonderful! </span><br /><span style="color: #073763;"></span><br /><span style="color: #073763;">This class will leave you with a healthy body, quiet mind, open heart and vibrant spirit. The perfect way to end your workweek and welcome your weekend!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">The annual Greenwood Street Fair is happening this Friday from 6pm-10pm so Greenwood Ave will be closed. Please be sure to take another route to The Dance Space!</span></div>
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Starting on <b>Sunday, August 12, 2012</b> I will be teaching my Sunday morning Nia class at 10:30am (same time!) at Balance Studio (formerly Planet Earth Yoga). The studio is quite special. It’s about a block away from the Fremont Rocket and almost directly across the street from the Theo Chocolate Factory (be still my heart). It looks like a house. You enter the “house” and walk up the steps, walk down the short hallway and enter the studio through French doors. The studio is 1200 sq feet of sweetness. We will have tons of space to spread out and go wild! There is also plenty of natural light including a skylight and the floors are super soft and clean. The sound system is sweet and the environment has a Zen-like quality to it. It was, for me, love at first sight. Sunday mornings will be divine here.</div>
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<br /><b>Sunday morning Nia - starting this Sunday, August 12, 2012</b></div>
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Time: 10:30am – 11:30am</div>
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Where: Balance Studio (formerly Planet Earth Yoga), 418 N. 35th St, Seattle, WA 98103</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><i>Note:</i> Street parking is free and there is plenty of it but give yourself time to find a spot since the Farmer’s Market is down the street. The studio is located on N 35</span><sup style="background-color: white;">th</sup><span style="background-color: white;"> St between Phinney Ave N and Evanston Ave N and is nearly across the street from the Theo Chocolate Factory. Look for the yellow house with the turquoise trim and orange steps. Step inside, walk up the stairs, down the hall and look for me in the waiting area. The yoga class ends at 10:15am so we will have to quietly wait outside the room until the yogi’s emerge and then we dance! </span></div>
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Here is the schedule while I am in NY:</div>
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Saturday, July 28, 1pm at Community Fitness Roosevelt – <a href="http://www.nianow.com/gretchen-musgrove" style="color: #274e13; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Gretchen Musgrove</a> </div>
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Sunday, July 29, 10:30am at Delilah’s Belly Dance Studio – <a href="http://anourishinghome.com/" style="color: #274e13; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Vinajoy Barham</a></div>
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Tuesday, July 31 – <b>No Nia-Yoga class!</b></div>
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Wednesday, August 1, 5:30pm at Community Fitness 65<sup>th</sup> – <a href="http://www.nianow.com/gretchen-musgrove" style="color: #274e13; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Gretchen Musgrove</a></div>
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Thursday, August 2 – <b>No Nia class!</b></div>
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Saturday, August 4, 1pm at Community Fitness Roosevelt – <a href="http://www.nianow.com/gretchen-musgrove" style="color: #274e13; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Gretchen Musgrove</a></div>
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Sunday, August 4 - <b>No Nia Class!</b><br /></div>
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I am back to my regular teaching schedule starting on Tuesday, August 6, 2012 with Nia-Yoga from 9:15am - 10:30am at The Dance Space in Greenwood!</div>
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<b><i>A Reminder about my Sunday class change:</i></b></div>
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Delilah’s Belly Dance Studio will be closing as of August 1, 2012 and so the last Sunday Nia class at the studio will be on Sunday, July 29, 2012. I am truly sad to see this beautiful space close. Delilah has created and nurtured a studio filled with love, creativity and incredible feminine energy. The studio may reopen so stay tuned for more. In the meantime, I have signed a new lease at another studio in lower Fremont that I am thrilled about.</div>
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Starting on Sunday, August 12, 2012 I will be teaching my Sunday morning Nia class at 10:30am (same time!) at Balance Studio (formerly Planet Earth Yoga). The studio is quite special. It’s about a block away from the Fremont Rocket and almost directly across the street from the Theo Chocolate Factory (be still my heart). It looks like a house. You enter the “house” and walk up the steps, walk down the short hallway and enter the studio through French doors. The studio is 1200 sq feet of sweetness. We will have tons of space to spread out and go wild! There is also plenty of natural light including a skylight and the floors are super soft and clean. The sound system is sweet and the environment has a Zen-like quality to it. It was, for me, love at first sight. Sunday mornings will be divine here.</div>
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<br /><b>Sunday morning Nia - Starting on Sunday, August 12, 2012</b></div>
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Time: 10:30am – 11:30am</div>
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Where: Balance Studio (formerly Planet Earth Yoga), 418 N. 35th St, Seattle, WA 98103</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><i>Note:</i> Street parking is free and there is plenty of it but give yourself time to find a spot since the Farmer’s Market is down the street. The studio is located on N 35</span><sup style="background-color: white;">th</sup><span style="background-color: white;"> St between Phinney Ave N and Evanston Ave N and is nearly across the street from the Theo Chocolate Factory. Look for the yellow house with the turquoise trim and orange steps. Step inside, walk up the stairs, down the hall and look for me in the waiting area. The yoga class ends at 10:15am so we will have to quietly wait outside the room until the yogi’s emerge and then we dance! </span></div>
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I am looking forward to telling you about my adventures in New York, including teaching Nia to my family and friends for the first time :)!</div>Jennifer Earlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14730177587250403988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554530765480484548.post-87008667381560146872012-07-10T20:54:00.002-07:002012-07-10T21:26:29.896-07:00July 2012 Newsletter<br />
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It finally feels like summer has arrived. I’ve been savoring
every moment of the sunshine and taking the time to stop and admire how the sun
makes everything in this beautiful city look even more radiant. My husband and
I went for a walk the other night around sunset and were in awe with what we
witnessed as one of the most beautiful sunsets we’ve ever seen. We turned to it
each other, pinched one another in the arm and exclaimed, <i>“We live here!” How
cool is that?!</i> All the while my family members were roasting on the east coast.
We’re headed to visit them at the end of this month and are hoping it cools off
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<b><i>Celebrating my Nia Teaching Anniversary</i></b><br />
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Classes are going well and I am enjoying seeing new faces
and returning students that have been away for a while. On August 1<sup>st</sup>
I celebrate entering my third year of teaching. Time has flown by and while I
think I’ve finally found my groove as a teacher I hope I always retain my
beginner’s mind and body. I am revisiting old routines and discovering them
anew and sharing them with great excitement because I can finally count and
remember the steps without holding my breath and concentrating too hard! Did
you know that I used to hold my breath because I was afraid I’d forget the
choreography and cues? Did you know that I forgot my own name the first time I
ever taught a class? I giggle when I think about it. </div>
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<b><i>Sharing Nia with my Family and Friends</i></b><br />
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On July 28, 2012 I get to share Nia with my family and
friends in NY. I am so excited to share what I love with them and I need to
remind myself to keep the class to an hour because I put together an initial
playlist with like twenty songs. I don’t want to scare them away! The person I
want to be there the most is my mother and my fingers and toes are crossed that
she feels well enough to come. I will give you a full report when I return. </div>
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<b><i>Events, Special Classes and Sunday Change</i></b><br />
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Now onto news! Below is what’s coming up in special classes,
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This week - <span style="background-color: white;">I am subbing for Susan Tate on Thursday, July 12 at 6pm and
Saturday, July 14 at 9:30am at <a href="http://niaatthecivettadancespace.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Dance Space in Greenwood</a>. Feel free to drop-in
for $15 on Thursday for $7 on Saturday. Yes, I said $7 on Saturday!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><b>Second Friday Nia-Yoga </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Friday, July 13, 2012</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Time: 7:30pm – 8:45pm</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Where: The Dance Space in Greenwood, 124 N 103rd Street
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<span style="color: #073763;">Cost: $13 drop-in or use my class card.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">End your workweek with this invigorating and relaxing class
co-taught by me and certified yoga instructor, Liziah
Woodruff. This class includes 45 minutes of Nia and 30 minutes of Viniyoga: a
highly adaptable, meditative, relaxing and healing form of yoga. We’ve also
recently introduced yoga-dance choreography to transition from Nia to Yoga.
It’s been wonderful! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;">This class will leave you with a healthy body, quiet mind, open heart and vibrant
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<span style="color: #660000;"><b>Rock Nia Benefit for Colorado</b> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;">Friday, July 20, 2012</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;">Time: 7-8 pm </span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;">Where: Mt. Baker Community Club, 2811 Mount Rainier Dr
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<span style="color: #660000;">$20 suggested donation</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/363484157056718/" target="_blank">RSVP on Facebook</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;">Join me, <a href="http://www.mahaflow.com/" target="_blank">Mollia Jensen</a>, <a href="http://www.jillpagano.com/" target="_blank">Jill Pagano</a> and <a href="http://blissfulfitness.com/" target="_blank">Gretchen Musgrove</a>
for a special Rock Music Nia Benefit for victims of the Colorado wild fires.
All proceeds will benefit the Pikes Peak YMCA in Colorado Springs, where Nia
teacher and trainer, Loretta Milo lives. <span style="text-decoration: none;">Read
<a href="http://www.nianow.com/story/2012/06/send-your-support-to-the-nia-community-in-colorado" target="_blank">Loretta's story</a></span> about making it through this harrowing time
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I will be in NYC visiting with my family and friends and
also celebrating my 11<sup>th</sup> wedding anniversary (whoa!) from July
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Saturday, July 28, 1pm at Community Fitness Roosevelt
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Sunday, July 29, 10:30am at Delilah’s Belly Dance
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Tuesday, July 31 – <b>No Nia-Yoga class!</b></div>
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Wednesday, August 1, 5:30pm at Community Fitness 65<sup>th</sup> – <a href="http://www.nianow.com/gretchen-musgrove" target="_blank">Gretchen Musgrove</a></div>
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Thursday, August 2 – <b>No Nia class!</b></div>
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Saturday, August 4, 1pm at Community Fitness Roosevelt
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Delilah’s Belly Dance Studio will be closing as of August 1,
2012 and so the last Sunday Nia class at the studio will be on Sunday, July 29,
2012. I am truly sad to see this beautiful space close. Delilah has created and
nurtured a studio filled with love, creativity and incredible feminine energy.
The studio may reopen so stay tuned for more. In the meantime, I have signed a
new lease at another studio in lower Fremont that I am thrilled about. </div>
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Starting on Sunday, August 12, 2012 I will be teaching my
Sunday morning Nia class at 10:30am (same time!) at Balance Studio (formerly
Planet Earth Yoga). The studio is quite special. It’s about a block away from
the Fremont Rocket and almost directly across the street from the Theo
Chocolate Factory (be still my heart). It looks like a house. You enter the
“house” and walk up the steps, walk down the short hallway and enter the studio
through French doors. The studio is 1200 sq feet of sweetness. We will have
tons of space to spread out and go wild! There is also plenty of natural light
including a skylight and the floors are super soft and clean. The sound system is sweet and the
environment has a Zen-like quality to it. It was, for me, love at first sight.
Sunday mornings will be divine here. </div>
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Here are the details again:</div>
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<b>Sunday morning Nia - Starting on Sunday, August 12, 2012</b></div>
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Time: 10:30am – 11:30am</div>
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Where: Balance Studio (formerly Planet Earth Yoga), 418 N.
35th St, Seattle, WA 98103</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><i>Note:</i> Street parking is free and there is plenty of it but give yourself time to find
a spot since the Farmer’s Market is down the street. The studio is located on N
35</span><sup style="background-color: white;">th</sup><span style="background-color: white;"> St between Phinney Ave N and Evanston Ave N and is nearly
across the street from the Theo Chocolate Factory. Look for the yellow house
with the turquoise trim and orange steps. Step inside, walk up the stairs, down
the hall and look for me in the waiting area. The yoga class ends at 10:15am so
we will have to quietly wait outside the room until the yogi’s emerge and then
we dance! </span></div>
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<o:p><b><i>Other happenings:</i></b></o:p></div>
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<o:p>Nia Faculty Trainers Rachael Resch, MS PT/LMT, therapist and Randee Fox, artist and equestrian educator are co-facilitating the Nia White Belt Intensive at Blue Heron Ranch Studio in Sammamish, WA from </o:p><span style="background-color: white;">July 14-20th. There is still time to register! You don't have to register for the training to experience the blast classes that week: </span><span style="background-color: white;">http://niaseattle.com/drupal-5.6/?q=node/621 </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Check out this sweet little Nia teaser Community Fitness put together: </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/44820750" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe> </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/44820750">C-Fit Midweek Movie: Nia</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/communityfitness">Community fitness</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Let's keep dancing into and through the summer. I look forward to seeing you whenever you can tear yourself away from the sunshine!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Dancing with you always,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Jennifer </span></div>Jennifer Earlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14730177587250403988noreply@blogger.com0