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	<title>Sacred Body: Biology and Soul &#187; The Foundation of Nia</title>
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		<title>Dancing What You Sense and the Poetry of Kabir</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachael</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Poem of the Week]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The focus of today&#8217;s class was Nia Principle #13: Dancing What You Sense.
When we experience the essential lesson of Nia &#8212; that life is lived through sensation &#8212; we become connected, connected to the body, connected to our lives, connected to the world, and connected to the moment and to the great presence that lives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nia Focus of the Year for 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dancing Through Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Etymology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nia Class Focus]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[





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.  &#8221;Happy&#8221; and &#8220;happen&#8221; are from  Middle English hap, meaning &#8220;happen,&#8221; as well as &#8220;good luck.&#8221;  So &#8220;happiness&#8221; means &#8220;happen-ness&#8221; and &#8220;lucky.&#8221;  It&#8217;s the fortunate state of being present [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moving Forward in Sanctuary</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachael</dc:creator>
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Today we chose the focus from the basket of 2009 focus cards for almost the last time this year.
The focus of our Nia practice today was &#8220;moving forward.&#8221;
As we move forward toward 2010, we find ourselves in the seven day period between what we call Christmas and what we call the New Year.  This is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding Your Own Level in Nia</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 15:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1)  White Belt #2]]></category>
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How do I adapt movements in Nia class to fit my body?  What if I have an injury or a condition that I&#8217;m healing?
White Belt Principle #7, The Three Planes and Three Intensity Levels, offers us an important way to personalize our movement choices.  The intensity levels give us a map of how we can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dancing Through Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachael</dc:creator>
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Going about the practice 
 of dancing through life, 
 living meditation and life 
 as art, the body invites us 
 into its deep reservoir of
 sensation, perception and 
 proprioception in all its 
 75 trillion cells.  
The body itself is awareness.
Dancing through life invites 
 us to experience all of life to 
 be as pleasurable as when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feet and Hands:  2008 Olympics</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Nia we call the feet, &#8220;the hands that touch the Earth,&#8221; and the hands, &#8220;the feet that touch the space.&#8221;  Front paws, back paws, four paws radiating from the body center.
Check out these beautiful photos of feet and hands from the Olympics in Beijing:
Feet 
Hands 
Hands are feet, feet are hands 
Look how the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Five Sensations</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 00:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Nia the Five Sensations help us develop the art of sensing. &#160;Sensing how your body feels at any given moment &#8212; during a Nia class, another movement practice, or in life &#8212; is a great way to become your own best teacher. &#160;I teach myself with my senses. &#160;My senses tell me how to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 13 Nia Principles</title>
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		<comments>http://niasomoves.com/Rachaelsblog/the-13-nia-principles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 05:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1)  White Belt #2]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. &#160;The Joy of Movement
2. &#160;Natural Time and the Movement Forms
3. &#160;Music and the 8BC System
4. &#160;FreeDance
5. &#160;Awareness
6. &#160;The Base
7. &#160;Three Planes and Three Intensity Levels
8. &#160;The Core of the Body
9. &#160;Creative Arm and Hand Expressions
10. &#160;X-Ray Anatomy
11. &#160;Business and Marketing
12. &#160;Continuing Education
13. &#160;Teaching What You Sense
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		<title>The Nia Belt System</title>
		<link>http://niasomoves.com/Rachaelsblog/the-nia-belt-system/</link>
		<comments>http://niasomoves.com/Rachaelsblog/the-nia-belt-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:42:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Debbie Rosas and Carlos Rosas gave birth to Nia in 1983, they had journeyed through dance arts (jazz, modern and Duncan), martial arts (Tai Chi, Tai Kwon Do, Aikido) and healing arts (Alexander, Feldenkrais, yoga) guided by their bodies&#8217; natural desire for the joy of movement. &#160;As they began training other Nia teachers, they [...]]]></description>
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