Oh my! Today has been one of those days that could’ve started as one of the worst days, I barely slept due to the crazy storms here in Texas, woke up only to find out I didn’t have Internet and had my 8 AM class to teach,
The spaghetti of wires for my audiovisual system was not cooperating. 5 minutes before class I had to rapidly change the inputs for my WebCam and my USB cables for my digital mixer, while chatting with people who were already arriving for the class…
Feeling pressure, out of love, I choose to lean in to the creative tension, With the intent to manifest the ultimate Nia experience, to be able to step out of class exclaiming this is a great day to live in my body, to be in community and I’d be happy if this was my last dance, and my last day…practicing my principles of Nia, doing my best, knowing what to do when I didn’t know what to do, asking for help from others…
I set a clear focus + intent, and enjoyed how I creatively sustained the “dynamic ease”focus throughout the experience, especially when my sound was coming and going due to the temporary set up, streaming from my phone, and cellular data for the entire class., with no idea how the “production” was “landing” for my participants, Who, upon request, all had their videos turned off, to help the streaming. (leaves me feeling blind, a tad lonely, a little weird and happy to utilize my imagination to perceive participants taking class)
The music I had planned to play, wouldn’t work as my music player was unable to connect to the Internet. My Plan B was to use the Donna Summer music I’ve been playing last night during my walk and to adapt this disco music to the moves of Sanjana, the Nia routine I had taught to this group of people the day before.
I improvised on the fly, I giggled and sang along, and delighted when the creative tension brought new body centered clicks, and new-to-me moves. I appreciated my ability to sustain RAW (Relaxed, Alert, Waiting) and the depth of somatic (in my body) experience, despite a LOT going on.... thank you “over thinking mind” for being able to relax and get out of the way…
The last song, which needed to be the cool down, FloorPlay, stepping out cycles, ended up being a 10 minute long extended disco version of “i will live forever ~ dream-a-lot’s theme”
I am happy and thankful that (when spirit invited me) I chose to follow the mandate to do something I’ve never done before…to explore and play with how much of the Sanjana routine choreography I could flow with, in relationship with the three last cycles, dancing intimately with the “unknown” last class song, to manifest the ultimate end to our Nia class experience.
= It’s a great Day to live in a body, it’s a good Day to die, I love my body & I love my life today, I deeply appreciate Nia and my practice
The bonus is receiving these wonderful photos of screenshots Carolina shared of me teaching in the zoom room... Carolina Moon Macky