Base Move
Duck Walk
Say it: “quack”
Stand with your feet slightly apart, no wider than hip width. With your heels planted firmly on the ground, lift the toes and ball of one foot up and down, alternately lifting and lowering.
Focus first on lowering your foot and slapping the ground, as if splashing water in a puddle. Next, focus on lifting your foot, as if pulling sticky gum off the ground.
Play with both of these energy dynamics. Read More→
Archive for dance classes
Costume or Comfort; You Decide
I am not putting together a play list for the halloween jam. I’ve asked the other teachers to bring their own music and use the theme. Much of the time teachers come and teach a regular song selection. That is fine with me.
Based on my last Jam repertoire, I’ve decided that I will lead a few songs from the routine that we created at Kripalu last month on a Nia choreography weekend with Casey Bernstein. I’ll be playing around with the idea of funny walks, scarey faces and a lot of hand gestures.
Really, any routine could be transformed into a Halloween routine if you make the focus Halloween. Here’s how: Read More→
June 14, 2009
11:30 am
Join me, Suzannah Weiss, Nia Blue Belt Instructor, for a dynamic, energizing, fun, body-mind-emotion-spirit movement class.
Nia teaches you how to listen to the voice of your body and allow the body to be your guide in discovering Dynamic Ease.
Practiced barefoot to great music, Nia is self-guided, adaptable and safe for any fitness level, from stiff beginners to highly fit athletes. Delivering cardiovascular, whole-body conditioning, Nia is based on creating a loving relationship with the body and following The Body’s Way – the innate intelligence of the body.
The most fun you’ll have in a group exercise class!
Nia Technique® Demo Class
Presented by
SuzWorks Wellness
and
City Fitness
Nia Technique routines are always choreographed with a focus in mind. Sexi is about the spine. The Intent is to stimulate Mobility and Stability in the spinal cord. The Nia Technique moves that do this most effectively include:
chest isolations,
shimmy,
undulation and spinal roll,
hip bump,
pelvic circles,
head and eye movement.
And use those moves we do. There are three categories in that list of moves. They are divided into moves of the head, chest, or pelvis. These are the three body weights that are connected by the spine. Read More→
Driving back from New Jersey, where I spent Passover, I noticed that my neck felt tight. Two nights on a strange mattress, several hours of standing and socializing, and a long sit at a table, and you are bound to feel a bit of stress in your body.
My friend and I drove back to DC in the early morning so I could be in the studio for my class at noon. Driving for three and a half hours was rough on a stiff neck. But then it was Nia class to the rescue!
As soon as I started to move, the tension in my neck was relieved.
I always tell people that there are days when the only time my body feels pain free is during and after Nia class. When I go back to my regular life – sitting at the computer, driving in traffic, cooking, training, doing errands, it’s all wear and tear on the body.
In Nia class I am able to dance the form of the routines and create freedom in my body. Dancing within a structure allows my creativity to flourish. Moving freely lubricates my joints and pumps my muscles with blood, warms my body and gets me to a place where my body can self-heal. That’s why I feel good dancing. I feel good when I lift weights too, but in Nia there is the music, energy and the flow of the moves. It is restorative and transformative.
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