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 ANNOUNCING...
The Synergy Studio now has NiaWear for purchase in the lobby. NiaWear, from Portland, Oregon, is made with fabulous material that moves with you, and doesn't wear out! Perfect for any movement class, as well as a night on the town. Check out the variety of available pants and tops in our retail area. In addition, music from Nia... Dream Walker, Sanjana, Clarity, Opal, Earthsong, Amethyst, Canta, Zensation, Sexi, Ochun and Passion... are available for $17/CD. (includes tax) We are also carrying the newly released "Nia Unplugged" DVD, as well as the Global Unity DVD. Pick one up for home practice as well as travel! NIA 5 STAGES OFFERED THURSDAY MORNINGS!
SATURDAY MORNING YOGA CLASSES
TAI CHI
YOGA FOR LUNCH AND YOGA AT SUNRISE
iRest Meditation 6-Week Series with Mary Ellen Rose
I-REST Meditation is based on a 4000-year-old transformative process called "Yoga Nidra", loosely translated as "yogic sleep". This supine meditation is a deep relaxation for body and mind that helps you to work through self-limiting beliefs and patterns to produce a pure awareness of your own being.
This is offered as a 6 week series on Sunday afternoon 5:00-6:00 pm Cost: $90/6 week series **You may register for the workshop online by clicking on "schedule" then "workshops" in the right upper corner of the schedule page, or call the studio, 824.4225 and leave a message No Free Final Friday class in June Join Nia Trainer, Ann Christiansen in a class for everyBody! Read more below 2009... A YEAR OF NIA EVENTS! NIA PLAYSHOP with Ann Christiansen, from Germany! Play with the Five Sensations, Flexibility, Agility, Mobility, Strength, and Stability!
Play with levels and planes!
Sunday, June 28th
Cost: $55., includes class. Pre-registration required Pre-registration required... You may register online by going to the 'schedule' page, and clicking on 'workshops' in upper right corner. Scroll down to "Nia Playshop for everyBody" You can also call the studio and leave a message. We will get back to you... 210.872.0751 Special Nia Classes with Black Belt Nia Trainer Ann Christiansen, from Germany! ... for everyBody! Join Ann for these one and a half hour Master Blast Classes! Don’t miss this opportunity to dance with one of Nia’s masters!
Friday, June 26th 9:00-10:30 am Note: All classes are one and a half hours ***You may reserve a spot in Ann's class by clicking on "schedule" then "workshops" in the right upper corner of the schedule page. For information: 210.824.4225, please leave a message, and we'll get back to you. :) Autumn Teynel Designs from Pagosa Springs, Colorado
Sassy, Fun, Flowing, one-of-a-kind designs from the talented Autumn Teneyl, of Pagosa Springs Colorado, will be available on Friday, June 26th and Saturday, June 27th, during Ann Christiansen's visit to The Synergy Studio. Great clothes for dancing, dining, and dressing up, Autumn's designs are colorful, jazzy, and made Autumn Teneyl 2of wonderful fabrics that flow with your body.
Check out her great website, and come by during the weekend! Friday, June 26th and Saturday June 27th Saturday, July 18th Shamanic Journey Sound Healing Group Jodi Roberts: Tibetan Bowls, Chinese Gongs and Guided Imagery Experience shamanic journey (guided imagery with a Native American perspective), Chinese gongs, and Tibetan bowls as the doorway into an experience of deepening your health. The music enables the brain to enter the theta state where all information and all possibility exist. Your body receives a sound massage for deep healing and relaxation. The journey takes you through all aspects of health-physical, mental (belief systems), emotional and spiritual. Combined with your personal intentions the music and journey balance and enhance your health and vibrancy.
Jodi Roberts is a sound healing catalyst for transformation, ceremonial concert musician, and recording artist using the sound of Tibetan bowls, temple bells, and Chinese gongs to weave meditative, ceremonial experiences of peace, love, joy and Oneness. She has 20 years of experience and training in mindfulness and meditation techniques for stress reduction and creation of clear choices and actions. She is the first sound healing specialist for the Ft. Hood Army Warrior Combat Stress RESET Program in Killeen TX. Date: Saturday, July 18th **You may register for the workshop online by clicking on "schedule" then "workshops" in the right upper corner of the schedule page, or call the studio, 824.4225 and leave a message. Coming October 16th-18th, 2009 This weekend is a voyage for women beyond space and time where art, language and movement will awaken and empower the beauty of your feminine spirit. Come reconnect physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually and soulfully, to the full experience of living life as a woman, in a woman's body. Dates: October 16th, 17th, 18th 2009 Friday Night Performance October 16th, 7-9:30 p.m. "This work is my prayer in physical form for global healing; a healing rooted in awakening women’s ability to recognize and acknowledge their power and beauty as New and Awakened Feminine Spirits" A Call to Action for Women from Debbie Rosas "Never has it felt this important for women to feel and see the perfection and beauty of who we are. We are all artists, we are all leaders, we are all healers, we are all lovers, and we are all women birthing ourselves over and over again. As an artist, I continue to seek experiences that will take me higher and bring me closer to living my life as art. Awakening The New Feminine Spirit is that kind of experience." Liz Ganz **You may register for the workshop online at www.NiaNow.com Nia 52 Moves Playshop! Join Adelle Brewer, Jan Jarboe Russell and Joanie Brooks in a 3 hour Nia PlayShop where we will explore the 52 moves of Nia. All the Nia moves are designed to deliver fitness and help you develop a movement vocabulary you can use in life to self-heal. Practicing the 52 moves of Nia will train your mind and body, and prepare you to move with greater ease and confidence. In the 1st 2 hours we will practice the Science, Craft and Art of each move. The last hour is a fun-filled Nia class incorporating the 52 moves.
Date: TBA CALLING ALL MEN: AN INTRODUCTION TO NIA! This special class is designed to introduce men into the basics of Nia, a body-mind fitness program that focuses on three arts: Martial Arts, Dance Arts, and Healing Arts. Our focus??? Fun! Date: TBA FINDING YOUR VOICE: A NIA SOUNDING PLAYSHOP Adelle Brewer, Joanie Brooks, and Jan Jarboe Russell Movement is born in stillness. Words are born in silence. Join us for an exploration of the voices of the body as a means to express and experience your own authentic, embodied voice. In every Nia class, we use sound as a means of engaging the core, of letting the bones speak, of intensifying the five sensations -- strength, stability, agility, flexibility and mobility - and of transformation. This workshop is designed to help students find their individual voice and to blend with the voices of the community. Date: TBA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Nia 5 Stages are an integrative movement practice based on the five stages of human development: Embryonic, Creeping, Crawling, Standing and Walking. Practiced with awareness, these stages have the power to facilitate optimal alignment, improved function and comfort in the body. Whether practiced at length or for as little as five minutes a day, this system provides a tool for reclaiming and sustaining mobility, flexibility, strength, agility and stability.
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