2021 Anita's NIA Classes: Pearl #5 RELAX

Friday, January 8, 2010

Pearl #5 RELAX

When you are moving in your practice - RELAX. I don't mean collapse. I mean relax and release negative tension so your body can receive the full benefit of your practice. When you relax your body opens up and your joints are able to feel their range of motion. Your muscles become supple and your tendons and ligaments can release the range of motion in your joints and muscles a little more. Relax if your running so your whole body can connect and your mind will open - you might even see the details of the trees with more clarity. Relax if you are stretching to create long, fluid motions not static, held stretches. Relax if you are walking so you can feel the lengthening of the back your body coming through to the front of the body. Relax .... and enjoy your being! Have a wonderful weekend and I will blog again on Monday....

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Multnomah Athletic Center

Anita's Studio - SW Portland, Portland OR 97221

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Anita Stark steps in to every Nia class with purpose and presence to encourage members to transcend fitness. As a body and life movement artist her purpose is to create happy and healthy bodies, minds, emotions, and spirits. Simply, when a body is happy it is healthy, and when a body is stressed it is unhappy. For 28 years, she has created community in fitness classes where members can be authentic, safe and take risks with movement. With Fantastic music, members who practice Nia come away feeling emotionally uplifted, centered and fit.

In 1987, NIA revolutionized my career as a fitness professional. My goal in every NIA class is to interweave functional movement technique, intention, joy and community all for the benefit of the body, mind and soul. All classes are designed within the NIA program philosophy to enhance your potential to live a healthy and meaningful life by engaging in your senses and listening to your body. I understand chronic pain and dysfunctional movement in the body. At the age of eleven, I suffered temendous pain from an an S-curve Scoliosis. I was asked to wear a brace for 7 years, however, I declined. This began a pathway of moving to heal my body and avoding surgical fusion of my spine. I am grateful as a NIA licensed professional for 30 years, that I understand the importance of supporting sustainable movement in the body. Each NIA workout brings mindfulness to your dance movement experience leaving you energized, mentally clear, and emotionally balanced. See you on the dance floor.