We had an AWSM time in our Fun Friday "Blue Monkey" this morning. The community brought some great song requests We're focusing on Variety this month and we certainly got it!. Then, as we stepped in I clicked "shuffle" and stepped into the unknown ;-)
Selecting a simple focus and intent certainly helps ground an experience like this, and today's selection worked:
Focus: Circle and Lines
Intent: Develop a felt sense of horizontal, vertical and rotational movement
We're nearing the end of a Nia Green Belt training, where we have been predominantly focusing on the music, movement and magic of the Nia Routine Bloom. I was on a quest to help the trainees by exploring if the choreography of Bloom could be the base of moves I chose in this improvisational experience. The good news is the "Gods", the shuffle, the songs requested all cooperated beyond expectation and song for song we were able to sustain some strong (tight) clicks with the original choreography of Bloom whilst playfully honoring the integrity with the new songs as we intimately danced to the music.
Like life, sometimes a Nia exploration beautifully unfolds with minimal effort, maximum ease, where things seem to align wonderfully as "if by accident". We experienced a cascading roll of several moments, from one gem to the next, that unfolded like (a phrase i love from Nia) the "right fit by accident".
Here's the play list.
The first song is a step in 45 second intelude. Allowing an effortless way to allow shuffle to select the first song of choreography.
that is, if you're a teacher curious to experiment with this alternative play list, step in on the first song and bring the choreography of Bloom song 1 to song 2 of this playlist.