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As our ability to listen to our body increases, we fine-tune sensations and call on them to access flexibility, agility, mobility, strength, and stability -- FAMSS for short.  In Nia, we often refer to FAMSS the Five Sensations.  Together, FAMSS provide functional fitness and conditioning, which lead to balance and harmony throughout our bodies.  What do these sensations feel like?  And how do we access them?

Flexibility is sensed as energy moving outward along the bones.  There's an elastic quality of muscles and joints, and a feeling of warmth.  If we lose flexibility, we tend to feel heavy, rigid, stiff, cramped, or tired.  We can access flexibility by invoking a sense of lengthening from the center of our bodies.  Yawning with our whole body is a natural way of stretching and inviting flexibility.  Without even moving, we can sense flexibility by connecting our mind with our body in the imagination of muscle along the bone.

Agility is sensed as a feeling of pushing and pulling, a shifting of dynamic tension, a sense of yin (feminine) and yang) masucline. It's sensed as the moment of starting a movement and the signal to stop a movement. The opposite of feeling agile is a sense of losing response, speed, and control.  We can access agility by playing with sudden starts and stops, and with changes in speed of movements.

Mobility is sensed as energy in constant motion, range of motion around the joints. By playing with mobility, we can feel that "mojo flow", the magic of our body being in tune. Lack of mobility may be sensed as a tightness, discomfort, or loss of power.  Like a gyroscope that fluidly changes direction while staying in motion, we can call on the sensation of mobility.

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Presented by Jill Pagano, Certified Black Belt Nia Instructor and Lesley Tinker, Certified Blue Belt Instructor.

Welcome to Nia! Join us for this 50-minute, introductory class and we'll make starting Nia easier than you may think! In our first 15-minutes, we'll answer the questions "What is Nia, Why is it good for me? and How do I do it?

Then, you'll get a chance to enjoy Nia with a 25-minute easy-to-learn sampler Nia class . All those new to Nia will receive a coupon for their next Nia class free ($14 value), including a special offer of 3 classes for $20 ($42 value).