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Mojo Flow

By Lesley Tinker
Created Oct 6 2007 - 8:15am

Whole-body energy flow - what I call mojo flow - is what the Nia Technique is designed to activate. That magically alive physical sensation of infinite time, space, and flow within our own bodies! Based on the Joy of Movement and Natural Time, Nia mixes the tools of music, dance, martial arts, and healing arts to put us in contact with that mojo flow that is already inside of each one of us! The Joy of Movement, Nia principle #1, is that universal Joy (with a capital J) that is experienced when we are connected with ourselves and all that is around us in a boundary-free way that still honors the uniqueness of every one of us, every Body. Natural Time, part of Nia principle #2, invites us to move at our own body's pace and space within the Nia movement forms. Give it a Try: Starting with your feet, sense their connection to the earth, start rolling the feet, and gradually bringing movement up through the ankles, knees, hips, spine (tip to tail), shoulders, elbows, and wrists (including hands and fingers). Now circulate the energy. You may want to start by imagining the energy, and then, by dropping the imagination, sense the circulating energy. Keep moving! Muscles naturally relax and engage in flow. Voila -- mojo flow!

Comments welcome! With Joy, Lesley



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