January Playshop: Dance Wild -- Reflexive Conditioning
On the first Sunday of 2018, January 7, JAG is going to throw a "Wild" party at Balance Studio in Fremont. We'll meet at 9:00am and go through all of the moves of the routine.
First we'll Learn them and then Move them. This will all be done without music so that we can take our time and really appreciate the structure of each move and kata. We will also be having a conversation about reflexive conditioning as we go through the routine.
And then, at 10:30 we'll do the Wild routine all the way through with music and enjoy the opportunity to Energize all of the movements. The focus of the routine is on Reflexive Conditioning.
Reflexive Conditioning is one of the four types of conditioning that Nia offers and one that is often overlooked. Nia encourages us to exercise with fluid ease, softness and gentleness, but it's also just as valuable and important to engage the nervous system with suddenness, surprise, sharpness and intensity. Life isn't always gentle and easy, and if we're only conditioned for that, we'll be taken by surprise when life throws something unexpected at us. The sudden, explosive movements that show up all throughout the Wild routine, condition our ability to act quicker than we can think so that we can immediately recover when we slip on the ice or misjudge the height of a step or to react when something falls on us or we have to catch something. If we have been conditioning our reflexes, we can gracefully maneuver through those situations as a part of life, but if our reflexes are slow and soft, they could spell injurious disaster.
This playshop will teach us how to engage and sharpen our reflexes and will be a great primer for the Wild routine for any student of Nia or any teacher as well. No prior experience is needed, but if you are learning the routine, this experience will certainly help cement it in your body.
Debbie Rosas will be in town the day before, teaching the very same work in an afternoon workshop at Blue Heron Ranch in Sammamish. That event goes from 2pm - 5pm and costs $99. The one on Sunday with JAG is 9am - 11:30am for $20 and can stand alone or would be a wonderful supplement to spending the previous afternoon with Debbie. It'll be a WILD weekend! Contact Randee Fox or click here to register for the Saturday playshop with Debbie Rosas, co-creator of Nia and choreographer of the Wild routine.
Use the PayPal button below to register for the Wild Party the 'day after' with JAG on Sunday, January 7. You can also pay at the door. JAG's students can use their class card and just pay $5 for the playshop.
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| photo by Sandra Caldwell NiaSeattle teacher Jam, Fall 2017 |
And then, at 10:30 we'll do the Wild routine all the way through with music and enjoy the opportunity to Energize all of the movements. The focus of the routine is on Reflexive Conditioning.
Reflexive Conditioning is one of the four types of conditioning that Nia offers and one that is often overlooked. Nia encourages us to exercise with fluid ease, softness and gentleness, but it's also just as valuable and important to engage the nervous system with suddenness, surprise, sharpness and intensity. Life isn't always gentle and easy, and if we're only conditioned for that, we'll be taken by surprise when life throws something unexpected at us. The sudden, explosive movements that show up all throughout the Wild routine, condition our ability to act quicker than we can think so that we can immediately recover when we slip on the ice or misjudge the height of a step or to react when something falls on us or we have to catch something. If we have been conditioning our reflexes, we can gracefully maneuver through those situations as a part of life, but if our reflexes are slow and soft, they could spell injurious disaster.
Debbie Rosas will be in town the day before, teaching the very same work in an afternoon workshop at Blue Heron Ranch in Sammamish. That event goes from 2pm - 5pm and costs $99. The one on Sunday with JAG is 9am - 11:30am for $20 and can stand alone or would be a wonderful supplement to spending the previous afternoon with Debbie. It'll be a WILD weekend! Contact Randee Fox or click here to register for the Saturday playshop with Debbie Rosas, co-creator of Nia and choreographer of the Wild routine.
Use the PayPal button below to register for the Wild Party the 'day after' with JAG on Sunday, January 7. You can also pay at the door. JAG's students can use their class card and just pay $5 for the playshop.
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