Teaching with a Focus

The successful use of a focus and intent is the mark of a great Nia Teacher. Through focus and intent, we share information and guide ourselves and our students to new discoveries in class.  Expand your understanding of teaching with focus and intent in this 3 or 4  hour Nia Teacher workshop with Holly.  Bring along your favorite focus to share with the group and be prepared to teach a segment.

Examples of Focus and Intent:
Ankles   To move energy through my legs
To develop a spring-loaded relationship with the floor

Hands and fingers   To practice reaching out and reaching in
For emotional expression   
To integrate the whole arm to the core
To add variety and detail

Isolating parts   To integrate the parts into the whole
To develop body control       
To develop mobility in the skeleton

Vertical alignment   To bring awareness to the 3 body weights
To connect to the front and back of the body   
To feel tall

The Psoas   To open the hip   
To free the spine
To find more mobility

Breath   To improve posture   
To sense full and empty
To energize
To connect the flow of movement