Inviting JOY into your life ~ February Routine Immersion 2/20

Join Anita for a Routine Immersion PlayShop

Satuday, February 20th, 8:30 am - Noon at Anita's Studio

JOY is the latest "hot off the press"  NIA Routine created by Ann Christiansen. 

 

The intent is to sustain and increase the sensation of JOY through the use of spirals and lines.  

Each Kata originates from the body center, 

activating a flow of energy along the bones and around the joints into SMILE lines (yes your body can smile)

The spirals are balanced with mobility and stability, 

using clock patterns to relax into power from behind and underneath (like riding a horse)

moving intrinsic layers of connective tissue.

The simplicity and timing with the music 

creates a joyful aliveness to connect you to dancing with full mobility (motion is lotion)  

We will break down the moves and piece them back together in the first 2 hours

 and commence with a full hour of JOY! (putting learning into action)

JOY has a simplicity, remaining in the kata rhythimacally longer to find and sustain JOY.

Routine Immersions are designed to connect and educate us to the NIA Technique,

improve our "workout" goals and to encourage pesonalizing and trusting that 

every move of the body provides JOY!

Click here to register

anitaastark@gmail.com

$35 at Anita's Studio

4625 SW 53rd Avenue, Portland, Oregon, 97221

Saturday, Feb 20th 

8:30 am - noon

no experience needed or judgement

purposeful connection with community

nurturing your muse

doing something you have always wanted to try within a safe, nurturing environment

Finding the JOY in "Working Out" and Calendar Announcements

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

I will be out of town from 2/1 - 2/5.

All MAC classes will be subbed 

EXCEPT Wed 2/3 at 7am.

Anita's Studio classes will be cancelled for the week 2/1-2/5.

We will have an additional NIA class this week

MWF 

1/25, 1/27 and 1/29 

9-10:15 am

I will be teaching at StudioNIA HQ

1/27 at 5:45pm

And read this .... please

NIA's 1st principle is the JOY of Movement. 

Within the NIA program we practice unifying thinking, sensing, feeling 

to become conscious movers, joyful dancers, sacred athletes. 

NIA, FloorPlay and FreeDance 

creatively engages all 6 sensations of movement 

~ flexibility, agility, mobility, speed, strength and stability ~

to ENHANCE the intensity of our workout.  

To "workout" we use thinking, sensing, feeling 

to help recognize JOYFUL behavior patterns in our movement.

In NIA we encourage personalizing to EXPERIMENT

and let go of FEAR and move into TRUST that every move of the body 

provides an opportunity to create fitness when we move with PURPOSE.  

When we do we are able to distinguish between the 6 sensations of movement 

and self monitor our physical body without judgement.

In 2016, 

BALANCE perfecting the NIA Technique, your posture and on and on with 

CREATING movement for pleasure, for joy, for the MUSE within you.

Thank you for the gifts you bring to the dance floor.

Your journey inspires my journey!

Anita

This Week at Anita's Studio

Hi Everyone, 

YES we will have class on Monday 1/18, MLK day.   So schedule as usual. Mon and Wed AND ....

How about class this Friday too!  All this rain makes me want to dance.  Gotta shine some light!  Could play with Friday FreeDANCE!

You in?  Let me know.

  

See you on the dance floor!

xo

Anita

ICE IS GONE NIA IS ON

Finally we get to dance at Anita's Studio 

1/6 Wed 9am 

NO 9am Class at Anita's Studio due to icey conditions

See you on Wednesday 1/6 at 9 am!

2016 CLASSES

2016

Dance for JOY

Dance for LOVE

Dance for COMMUNITY

Anita's Studio

let's begin again 1/4

Mon and Wed

9-10:15 am

See you on the dance floor!

xoxo

Anita

Where will Anita be spreading the Joy of Movement from 12/16 - 12/24?

Dancing Friends,

Bailando!  Thank you to those who attended the workshop and sizzled with dancing passion!  

And thank you dancers for showing up to Dance the Joy of Movement!

YOU are a gift to my life!

All NIA MAC club classes are AS scheduled thru Dec 24th.  From 12/26-1/3, I will be taking time off.  However, all classes will have a substitute!  Yippee!

If you want to dance MORE joy below is information about Anita's Studio and NIA HQ thru Dec 24th:

As a reminder, Wed, 12/16 we will NOT have 9 am class at Anita's Studio since I have a training from 9-2:30pm.  

HOWEVER, I was just asked to teach at 5:45PM at the NIA HQ tomorrow nite, (Wed, 12/16) So come and dance downtown with me!

We WILL have class, Fri, 12/18 at 9am at Anita's Studio!

And, next week looks like this:  

12/21 Mon, 9am Anita's Studio

12/23 Wed, 9am Anita's Studio

12/23 Wed, 5:45pm NIA HQ

And then I will be taking time off from teaching but still dancing through life til 1/3/2016. 

Hope to see my dancing friends on the DANCE floor and give you a juicy HUG before the year ends!

xo

Anita

Bailando Routine Immersion Dec 14th

Heat UP December 14th with the Bailando! NIA Routine View this email in your browser

Heat it Up with the NIA Routine Bailando! PlayShop December 14th, 11:30am - 2:30pm   SIZZLE with this lively routine spotlighting the hips, head and heart. Bringing passion into your dance with high octane latin vibes! Bailando! inspires you to let loose and blend movement with body alchemy, expressing sensuality and strength in your dance as well as challenging the brain with new patterns. This routine immersion playshop is designed to take you deeper into your NIA practice. Learn the moves, so you can energize the moves and take your body, mind and emotions to the full expression of the JOY of movement! Bailando! Come embody the JOY OF MOVEMENT! Dress to Sizzle! $35 at Anita's Studio 4625 SW 53rd Avenue Click here to register anitaastark@gmail.com Mi Amor, Anita

December Dance Schedule at Anita's Studio

Ho, ho, ho ~ here we go ~ holiday dancing ~ to keep you all connected to what is important ~ our health, our happiness, our heart.

December Dance Schedule at Anita's Studio 9-10:15 am (note 2 Fridays of dancing!) 

Dec 2 ~ Wed

Dec 7 ~ Mon

Dec 9 ~ Wed

Dec 11 ~ Fri

Dec 14 ~ Mon

Dec 18 ~ Fri * note no Wed 10/16 class

Dec 21 ~ Mon

Dec 23 ~ Wed ~ our last dance of 2015 ~ join for an after dance coffee and frittata ~ to celebrate community!

Classes resume on Jan 4, 2016

please RSVP to class committment and celebration

xoxo

Anita

SHINE

I love this image.

Perfect for our stormy weather!

Come and light up your inner self 

with my new routine

SHINE!

Dance with me on Wed, 11/18

9 am at Anita's Studio

or 

5:45 pm at StudioNIA.

End of October….

Extra classes this week 10/19-10/23

Hi all,

THIS WEEK 10/19-10/23

In addition to my weekly ongoing Anita's Studio Classes, 4625 SW 53rd Ave. on:

Mon and Wed:  9 am - 10:15 am

I will also be teaching at the NIA Headquarters, Dwtn, 918 SW Yamhill, 4th floor on:

10/21 Wed 5:45 pm

10/23 Fri 5:45pm

Dance with me at either location this week! AND please share if you have a friend in need of a dance high!

XO

Anita

September Dance Schedule at Anita's Studio and HQ StudioNIA

Hi Dancers,

In less than 24 hours we will be approaching September ~ a shift for many of us from summer to fall.  Oh I love this time savoring the last of the summer and yet generating new energy and desires for the last quarter of the year.

My new teaching schedule for September at Anita's Studio is listed below as well as an be additional class at StudioNIA, HQ alternating Wednesday evenings at 5:45pm. I will job/class share this class with Debbie Rosas​ and trainers when they hold their amazing intensives. So you will have a variety of master teachers to dance with and create community with ~ I am so excited to step in!

I haven't taught in the evenings in ages so I will be developing "new to me skills" again and shifting my energy.  I am excited to have an evening class at HQ StudioNIA, 918 SW Yamhill. Come and dance mornings or evenings, as I I want to dance with as many as I can and say YES to this lovely body of work that I have been practicing since 1988. I would love help spreading the word and building community.

Anita's September Schedule
AS is my studio @ 4625 SW 53rd Avenue, now on Mon and Wed at 9 am!
HQ is the HQ StudioNIA, 918 SW Yamhill, 3rd Floor, Wed 5:45 pm

9/2  Wed 9 am AS
9/2  Wed 5:45 pm HQ
9/9  Wed 9 am AS
9/14 Mon 9 am AS
9/16 Wed 9 am AS
9/16  Wed 5:45 pm HQ
9/21 Mon 9 am AS
9/23 Wed 9 am AS
9/28 Mon 9 am AS
9/30 Wed 9 am AS
9/30  Wed 5:45 pm HQ

And yes I am still teaching at the MAC 9 classes a week.   Crazy and I love this body of work and so does my mind, body and relationship to life!

xo
Anita

August 2015 schedule update!!!!!

I am shifting our remaining August dance and partial September schedule to just Wednesdays.  Several of you are going on vacation on Fridays and I think I will too!

So here are the classes for August and Sept.  

8/12 Wed 

8/19 Wed 

8/26 Wed  

9/2 Wed

9/9 Wed

9/14 Mon

9/16 Wed

9/21 Mon

9/23 Wed

9/28 Mon

9/30 Wed

Also note,  another shift.  Beginning Sept 14th we will have class on Mon and Wed.  I took a poll and this seems to work with everyones schedule.  

See you on the dance floor!

Class Dedication #livingnia #throughmovementwefindhealth

Good Morning,

Please join me  tomorrow at our 9 am NIA Class for a MAGICal healing Dance for Del and Kaki Brenneman.  Kaki dances with all of us on a regular basis in our classes at the MAC.  We will be dedicating the class to Del, whose life force has been shifting into a "new normal" with Adenocarcinoma, yep the big C, stage 4. The optimal  treatment for Del is a new trial immunotherapy treatment and SUPPORT.  

I have thought long and hard about what can we do for Kaki and Del as a tribe.  The answer ~ a NIA class dedication ~ a collective and powerful way join together to create a healing dedication as we purposely dance  "Through Movement We Find Health".

If you like, wear something colorful and healing ~ pinks and purples are lovely but really express yourself in your own unique way.  Show up for yourSELF and for Del and Kaki.  

I will see you on the dance floor.

Thank you and Experience the Joy of Movement,

Anita

Anita's Studio July Schedule

Hi JOYful dancing beings,

Ahh! the dance floor awaits you!

Here is the July dance schedule for Anita's Studio in SW Portland:

7/1 Wed
7/8 Wed
7/10 Fri
7/15 Wed
7/17 Fri
7/22 Wed
7/24 Fri
7/29 Wed
7/31 Fri

9 am- 10:15 am

Come and join the DANCE there is plenty of room on the dance floor.

I look forward to dancing with you in July.  I will send out the August schedule towards the end of the month.

See you on the dance floor!

xoxo
Anita

Summer Classes are happening

Hello Lovelies,

Dancing has been ongoing and strong since summer.  I recently completed our first MoveDeep Intensive at Anita's Studio on May 29-31st.  Eight beautiful women transformed their body mind and spirit through tuning in to their own body's wisdom.  We used the 52 Moves as our technical springboard and experiential exercises to Dive Deeper into our own Conscious Personal Trainer.

So the dancing at Anita's Classes continues on Wed and Fri at 9am.  Drop-ins are welcome to join in this 75 minute class.  On the first of every month we dance on Monday as well!

Classes at the MAC Club are expanding again too.  I will be adding a 9th class on Thurs at 7 am ~ MoveIT.  This 52 Moves interval class is also offered at 7 am on Tues and the members have been rocking at it!

Personally, my own body feels supple and free of pain ~ oh yes I do have achey joints at times when I just can't sit down during my 15 hour days.  To be expected.  Come and do this practice.  It will keep you healthy, happy and you will leave with a smile.

Always,
Anita

Spring is here ~ I have been so busy!

I can't believe I have been so busy.  I am teaching Sunday thru Friday ~ 12 classes a week and loving every class.  Beautiful tribes dancing the melodies of life!

I have added a MoveIT class at the MAC club on Tuesdays at 7 ~ and it is a hit!

I have created a few mail chimp email newsletter about the happenings ~ please click here to see more.


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Gotta run!

xoxo
Anita

Happy New Year

ReCalibrate

Begin with your breath to ReCalibrate.  Feel every cycle of the breath as a recalibration for your mind, body, emotions and spiritual self.  Align to your breath and dance to recalibrate.  Enjoy!

Class Schedule for the remaining 2014!

Hi Dancers!

December has been lively at the MAC and at Anita's Studio.  Thank you to those of you who attended the doTerra Essence Oil Event at my Studio.  It was educational, full of divine smells and a lovely ladies afternoon.  I just received my order and am having Frankenscence oil tea.  Yum!  If you are interested in having another event please let me know and I will set it up with Yamuna!

Thanks to YOU classes in December were well attended and full of energy.  The MAC Studio and Anita's Studio feels so vibrant when you "show up", boogie in your "bare feet" and "tune" your energy with the Joy of Movement.  I look forward to rounding out 2014 more energetic classes.  I love dancing with you!

For the remaining month of December here is where you can find me teaching:

At the MAC

Sun Dec 21     9am FloorPlay and 10 am NIA

Mon Dec 22   7 am NIA

Tues Dec 23   8am FloorPlay and 9 am NIA

Wed Dec 24   7 am NIA

Sun Dec 28     9am FloorPlay and 10 am NIA

Mon Dec 29   7 am NIA

Tues Dec 30   8am FloorPlay and 9 am NIA

Fri Jan 2  7am NIA NIA

Sun Jan 4    9am FloorPlay and 10 am NIA

normal schedule resumes for Jan 2015

At Anita's Studio, 

Mon Dec 22   9 -10:15 am

Mon Dec 29   9 -10:15 am

My normal schedule which will resume Jan 5th and I will teach Wed and Fri 9 -10:15.

You are always welcome to attend my classes at Anita's Studio.  If you are interested let me know and I will add you to that mailing list for the continuous class schedule.  I occasionally will add a Monday class in 2015!

A note about Floor Play ~ this class is continually evolving and in a creative process.  Speak up ~ I would like to hear from  you as to what you need or desire during that hour. 

Look forward to seeing you before 2015 begins!

With Love,

Anita