L’Arte della Pausa
L’ultima routine di Nia si intitola Shine e ha come focus la pausa. Potrebbe sembra una contraddizione. Ma come ? Noi pratichiamo Nia per muoverci. Ci insegnano che il movimento è salute e adesso ci invitano a fare pausa? Certo! Il nostro corpo ...
Feel the Dolomites
I think most of us have put a protective film on our cell phone for the purpose of protecting it from drops or whatever. I did too but sometimes the film is not just on the cell phone. Often we adults have more or less thick protective film around ...
Human Ecology
By definition, ecology is the "science that has for its object the study of the functions of relationships between humans, plant and animal organisms ( e. plant, e. animal ) and the environment in which they live." (Oxford Dictionary) We, as human ...
It doesn’t end there.
While the pupils are basking in the sun and resting from the exertions of a long and heavy winter activity, we teachers at Nia are sweating while preparing new lessons to be taught when activities resume in full swing. I am exaggerating and also ge ...
Is it time to come home to your body?
HAS THE TIME COME? If you like Nia it may be time to become a White Belt, a person who consciously chooses wellness and joy in everyday life and not just for the duration of one hour of class per week. I would like to explain a little more ...
Sound and Silence
I love music. Thanks to Nia, I learnt to listen with my whole body. Fortunately, the body is less judgmental than the mind and receives sound vibrations without prejudice. My mind often rushes to judgement: I like it, I don't like it. The body has ...
A good wake-up: tapping or coffee?
Every morning we wake up in a different way. Sometimes we may still feel sleepy, with some minor or major ailment, more tired than before, immersed in what we dreamed, maybe we wake up suddenly, in a good or bad mood, sad, happy, anxious to face dai ...
Non cogito, ergo sum
Renee Descartes and his well known sentence “Cogito,Ergo Sum “- I Think, therefore I am - express his dualistic vision of the human being: body and mind are separated from each other and the only guarantee I have of my own existence is my mind ...