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		<title>The No-Show Class</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 05:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirstie4nia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are times in the Nia teacher&#8217;s early career (the first 5 years &#8211; like any new business) where she is faced with the empty class. The prep work is taken care of: the routine is learned and solid (usually!), the advertising has been thorough &#8211; posters, cards, Facebook and Twitter announcements, word of mouth,&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://theniatechnique.wordpress.com/2011/07/20/the-no-show-class/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theniatechnique.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9229275&amp;post=184&amp;subd=theniatechnique&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Earth Day Tribute</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 17:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This tune will make an appearance in my class tomorrow. Let its powerful harmonies lift up your body, mind, emotions and spirit to better protect and care for yourself, and our Earth. What we do to ourselves is reflected in the world around us. &#8220;I&#8217;m starting with the [wo]man in the mirror!&#8221; It is Good&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://theniatechnique.wordpress.com/2011/04/22/earth-day-tribute/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theniatechnique.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9229275&amp;post=148&amp;subd=theniatechnique&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Take Care. Be Aware.</title>
		<link>http://theniatechnique.wordpress.com/2011/04/11/take-care-be-aware/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirstie4nia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we take steps to get back into shape, and increase our over all fitness, we must constantly take stock of our situation and adjust to accommodate ourselves. In order to build greater muscle mass to boost the metabolism and increase fat loss, one of the most reliable methods available to us is weight training.&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://theniatechnique.wordpress.com/2011/04/11/take-care-be-aware/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theniatechnique.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9229275&amp;post=131&amp;subd=theniatechnique&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian Nia Teachers Unite!</title>
		<link>http://theniatechnique.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/canadian-nia-teachers-unite/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 03:57:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirstie4nia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first Nia Green Belt Intensive in Canada: March 20-26, 2011! &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; In honour of our inaugural Canadian Green Belt Training (with trainers Martha Randall and Roberta Mohler) Nia teachers from coast to coast will be uniting by teaching the Sanjana routine this week (March 20-26). Picture it:&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://theniatechnique.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/canadian-nia-teachers-unite/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theniatechnique.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9229275&amp;post=121&amp;subd=theniatechnique&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Emotional Release; emotional relief.</title>
		<link>http://theniatechnique.wordpress.com/2011/01/08/emotional-release-emotional-relief/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2011 02:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirstie4nia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know when you have moved on from an emotionally traumatizing event or relationship and you begin to sense yourSelf opening up again and feeling lighter? And then, out of the blue the shit gets stirred up again, afresh, like it had never healed to begin with? You feel like you were kidding yourself all&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://theniatechnique.wordpress.com/2011/01/08/emotional-release-emotional-relief/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theniatechnique.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9229275&amp;post=49&amp;subd=theniatechnique&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dancing in the Snow</title>
		<link>http://theniatechnique.wordpress.com/2010/12/04/dancing-in-the-snow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2010 00:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The holidays and merry-making associated with this time of year is making me feel more joyous and loving than usual. I hope you too, are experiencing heightened enjoyment! Allow yourselves to find those sensations, both in class and in everyday life, that make you exhale with a satisfied, &#8220;Aahh!&#8221; When we are surrounded by the&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://theniatechnique.wordpress.com/2010/12/04/dancing-in-the-snow/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theniatechnique.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9229275&amp;post=41&amp;subd=theniatechnique&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Canada&#8217;s National Health Show</title>
		<link>http://theniatechnique.wordpress.com/2010/10/23/canadas-national-health-show/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2010 01:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirstie4nia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the weekend of October 23rd and 24th, Nia will be featured at Canada&#8217;s National Health Show in Toronto! I have been asked to present the half hour demonstration! I feel very honoured. The day is fast approaching and I have been working on assembling my swirling thoughts on myriad topics that could be the&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://theniatechnique.wordpress.com/2010/10/23/canadas-national-health-show/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theniatechnique.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9229275&amp;post=29&amp;subd=theniatechnique&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Journey of a Nia Routine continued&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://theniatechnique.wordpress.com/2010/09/30/the-journey-of-a-nia-routine-continued/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 19:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Upon more reflection and playing, I found another song to swap into Sanjana Pop (that&#8217;s my name for the routine with new music). Instead of Air Batucada which is an original Sanajana track, I found that Ke$ha&#8217;s, Your Love it My Drug, works amazingly well! Your Love is My Drug, Ke$ha This track is fun&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://theniatechnique.wordpress.com/2010/09/30/the-journey-of-a-nia-routine-continued/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theniatechnique.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9229275&amp;post=37&amp;subd=theniatechnique&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Journey of a Nia Routine</title>
		<link>http://theniatechnique.wordpress.com/2010/09/28/the-journey-of-a-nia-routine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 02:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirstie4nia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Nia class will take you on a journey. This is a look into the stories that can be told with music and dance, that can take you to places of joy, love, despair and/or healing. Music, movement, magic!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theniatechnique.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9229275&amp;post=26&amp;subd=theniatechnique&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Calm Simplicity</title>
		<link>http://theniatechnique.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/calm-simplicity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When learning new bodies of work it is useful to bear in mind that simple is better. Over the 25 year evolution of Nia, Debbie and Carlos Rosas have fine-tuned their choreographing techniques to design and present the best, most effective, healthy and luscious dances. I recently experienced a playshop with Martha Randall (Black Belt,&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://theniatechnique.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/calm-simplicity/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theniatechnique.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9229275&amp;post=24&amp;subd=theniatechnique&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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