At the upcoming Art of Healing series, Nia faculty member and teacher trainer Stephaney Abilon will be offering a 2 hour workshop that effects both the brain and the body. Stephaney explains that Nia (pronounced Nee-Uh) is based on 13 principles, the soul of which is the ‘Joy of Movement’; the thing that makes the body feel ALIVE!
In the Dancing Through Life as Art workshop, our primary focus will be 3 Parts:
1) Learning that when the body is doing everyday movements, such as walking, and opening doors, etc. we can learn to move our bodies in ways that feel easier, lighter and more free.
2) Discovering the mental benefits that occur when the body is in non-movement to create a living meditation.
3) Begin to perceive everything around us, even ordinary objects as art.
These three components utilize awareness as a key component, without awareness the body simply can’t know anything. This ‘life as art’ perspective creates a body that physically feels better, a brain that has more mental clarity and sense of calm, and provides for everyday inspiration. I like to describe this as living in a body, mind, and spirit that are filled with peach juice as opposed to battery acid! This lifestyle approach can be self-healing on many levels.
Nia is more than just an exercise containing 13 principles, 52 moves, music and movement forms, it is a lifestyle practice that can change both your body and your life. This workshop will combine philosophy and movement; movement that is simple and available for everyone regardless of fitness level. Nia appeals to professional athletes and dancers as well as arthritics and people with back pain. Nia is available to all.
In this workshop, I will provide participants with tools that allow the body to feel better and more alive, and providing an inspiring way to view the world. Dancing is not separate from life, it exists in our everyday movements. Similarly, art not only exists inside a frame, it exists in everything that surrounds us and can be perceived as such. This will be an opportunity for participants to become inspired as well as embracing their body’s potential to move in such a way that every movement contains beauty, strength, and self-healing.
—Stephaney Robinson-Abilon, Faculty Member of Nia Training and Faculty Member of the Sophia Institute
Art of Healing: Dancing Through Life as Art
Tuesday, October 7, 5:30-7:30pm
$35 Museum Members, $45 Non-Members
Location: Hazel Parker Community Center, 70 E. Bay St.
All classes require advanced registration. To register, please visit the website for a registration form or contact Rebecca Sailor at [email protected] or 843.722.2706 x41.
Published October 2, 2014