The yoga we practice is not for ourselves alone, but for the Divine.
Sri Aurobindo
Dancers are the messenger of the gods.
Martha Graham
The purpose of our lives is to be happy.
Dalai Lama
It is the truth that frees, not your effort to be free.
J Krishnamurti
When you go to the garden, do you look at thorns or flowers?
Spend more time with roses and jasmine.
Rumi
Allow yourself to trust joy & embrace it. You will find your dance with everything.
Emerson
I would believe only in a god who knows how to dance.
Friedrich Nietsche
The world needs healing now, and all of us, students and teachers alike, can spread the Joy of Nia and the message of movement, community, love and compassion to help heal peoples's hearts and souls and quite possible , the world.
Debbie Rosas, Co-Founder of Nia
Pilates is a complete workout for the body and mind using elements from back training, body conditioning and relaxation techniques and awareness.
We use basically seven main principles in our method (Pilates bodymotion) which are:
-breathing
-centering
-alignment and balance
-shoulder articulation
-length and width of movement
-relaxation and releasing
-the joints of the body
Following a flow of different exercices with several variations and repetitions, the class gives the student the time to sense and correct his posture and train safely.
We focus on changes between sitting, laying (on back, side or belly), standing and quadrupede postition to maximize the use of all muscles, intrinsic and extrinsic.
The concept of power house, symbol of our energy center, helps us to train our illio psoas muscle, responsible for a natural and good postural alignment.
The benefits for the spine and posture are enormous and the general wellbeing felt after one hour of practise reflects the positive response of our body.
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