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Nia Focus of the Year for 2010

January 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment

Happy New Year! . . . Whatever that means. It might mean another holy every day opportunity to be here now and celebrate together the preciousness of what is happening.  ”Happy” and “happen” are from  Middle English hap, meaning “happen,” as well as “good luck.”  So “happiness” means “happen-ness” and “lucky.”  It’s the fortunate state of [...]

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Tags: Dancing Through Life · Etymology · Nia Class Focus · Ongoing Nia Classes · The Foundation of Nia

Suppleness

December 3rd, 2009 · 2 Comments

Suppleness was the focus of class today. “Supple” is from the Latin sub + plicare, meaning “to fold under.”  It’s related to ”pliable,”  as in the ballet movement, plié, which in French literally  means “folded”or “bending” to describe how the knees bend. The word “suppleness” even sounds supple.  The sound of lippy “p”s rolling into the [...]

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Tags: Etymology · Nia Class Focus · Ongoing Nia Classes