This week, while Helen was in Eugene, our fabulous team of rock star teachers, led some awesome classes with our monthly focus "BASE - The Foundation”
Maria Whitley lead the Saturday Nia 5 Stages and 10am Nia Class with the focus sight.
She teaches these classes hybrid from Louisville, Kentucky, via zoom.
A joy to dance online with Maria’s regular participant Kristi, a recent graduate from the Nia white belt with Helen here at Soma Ranch in July.
Kristie demonstrated the moves of the 5 stages while Maria explained, what a dynamic duo!
Natasha Villeneuve took a safe risk teaching our fabulous fun Friday class. As the member of our team who talented at delivering choreography and details, Natasha’s stretch was to be more loose in a creative process the experience proved to be wonderfully fun and successful. Click here for more details.
Natasha recently graduated from the Nia MoveIT program. A course that focuses on how to deliver all the 52 moves (1 per minute in a 60 minute class experience) with the option to bring in interval training to enhance reflexive movement and anaerobic conditioning, according to the need and interest of the class.
Paul Duff showed how to be real, sensitive and deliver an excellent class on Tuesday.
Having heard the news of a gay man who was killed for dancing at a gas station, Paul, danced from his kitchen with tears, joy, laughs and huge heart.
Providing a “sandwich” Nia 30 min class experience Paul flip flopped between songs from the Nia Routine Bloom and the Nia Routine 2gether.
He called the experience “Bloom 2 gether”
Elaine Dunphy taught a lovely 30 minute healing movement Wednesday class opening in her usual style with a beautiful poem, and the step in of “through movement we find health”
Elaine then led a Fun Friday Class with a fabulous Ageless Grace 30 min experience.
Ageless Grace (designed by fellow Nia Teacher, Denise Medved) is a movement experience for the Brain, a wonderful compliment to the Nia and other movement experiences we provide.
“Never to late to start, never to early to begin”
Helen was able to sustain teaching the Monday and Thursday 10am classes remotely from Oregon.
With Joe and Gigi at the helm at the Soma Ranch studio, thanks to zoom, Helen was able to teaching all the participants in the room whilst simultaneously teaching the zoom room with folks all around the globe.
On the morning after the training graduation Helen and Kellie were able to co-lead a class celebrating Kellie becoming a trainer.
Irene our resident Feldenkrais teacher extraordinaire is off hiking with Lamas this month. We love how our team can weave in and out to support each other AND we look forward to Irene’s return in September.
Here’s the schedule for the rest of this month:
