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2022
Here are the first two classes of the year 2022!
The above photo was after our first
Gentle Yoga class of 2022.
Then right after we had a
Core & Light Weights class (see us posing below).
Gentle Yoga class of 2022.
Then right after we had a
Core & Light Weights class (see us posing below).
Here is to another year of Zoom classes.
This is the last class of 2021 - it was a Stretch class.
Color in Daily Log . . . color in the date you "do".
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Download the JPEG by right clicking and save it. Then print from there. Your device may have a different way to do it. If you are challenged with printing it, let me know!
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We did another Pop-In. So fun.
New people to Pop-Ins joined us!
New people to Pop-Ins joined us!
Our latest Pop-In was a success. People I haven't seen in MONTHS POPPED IN! Dancers that have been dancing on Zoom with me POPPED IN! How fun is that? Let me tell you, ---- IT IS SOOOOO FUN!
October 30, 2020
Another Nia teacher gave me the idea to have Pop-Ins . . . . this is where we just pop in and move for a short amount of time. Her idea was for a Nia song. So far my students and I have done two. This was from October 22, 2020's Pop-In. Here is the group!
A quick screenshot after Yoga class on
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
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We have been meeting after class for coffee, the last Thursday of the month - for years - now we just do it virtually.
June 25, 2020
I need to remember I can screen shot the meeting because this is a bad shot, I almost cut half of us out!
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June 17, 2020 - Virtual Yoga for the City of San Jose.
After our yoga classes via Zoom, we stay a bit to
check in on each other. Even though they are virtual,
we all agree our classes help.
April 21, 2020
check in on each other. Even though they are virtual,
we all agree our classes help.
April 21, 2020
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Park Stretch Class silliness. We have fun!
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May 23, 2019,
our first Park Stretch Thursday! |
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At our Coffee-After-Class visit in April 2019,
we actually remembered to get a picture! |
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Casey Bernstein, Nia Teacher Trainer from Albany, New York,
guest taught at the NW YMCA
on Sunday, February 10, 2019.
guest taught at the NW YMCA
on Sunday, February 10, 2019.
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Laura and I at coffee, February 01, 2018
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I actually remembered to take a picture BEFORE the Nia class.
And we actually had time. So here we are not yet hot and sweaty.
Although almost half the class was not there.
Halloween, Tuesday, October 31, 2017
And we actually had time. So here we are not yet hot and sweaty.
Although almost half the class was not there.
Halloween, Tuesday, October 31, 2017
We went to lunch one day after Nia because one of our group was moving. She was instrumental in getting additional class (stretch and a 2nd day of Nia) at the community centers.
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Ahhh, so grateful that this Nia Blue Belt wants a picture every time she visits, otherwise my students and I would never do it. And, you might have guessed that we always think about it AFTER we workout, so some have already left and all of us are hot and sweaty - so not so many join us in the picture! But here we are! Fun stuff!
Thursday, April 20, 2017
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My website helps Nia dancer from all over find a Nia Class in San Jose when they are in the area visiting. I love it. We often have people on vacation come dance with us. If we are lucky enough, they have reasons to come back to the area, they come back to dance with us. We had a visitor from Chicago. She is actually a Nia Blue Belt herself. She asked for a picture after class. Most of the people had already left. Here are the few that were around to hear her request for a picture.
Jason Alan Griffin came back to the South Bay Area and this time he brought Amazing. You can read about it on my blog, the post is: The Routine Really is AMAZING (click here). Here are some pictures and a video that two of the participants took and were kind enough to let me post. I hope it gives you an idea of that fun that was had. It was so fun, it was AMAZING!
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A Nia Teacher was visiting from southern California and she wanted a picture. So glad she did!
This is the Camden Community Center Nia Group!
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I hosted a class with Jason Sunday, August 16, 2015. 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm It was great. If you want to read a bit about it I posted on my blog, you can click here to read He Got Me With Something New |
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Click here for details on the Nia Class that was held in March!
Click here for details on the Nia Playshop that was held in March!
This Nia class was classic Nia format set to familiar 80’s Alternative New Wave music.
The Frankie Say Nia Class was so fun! |
Friday, March 27, 2015
there was a Nia Class from 6:30 to 7:30 pm Jason Alan Griffin's Frankie Say Nia For more pictures and bit more about the class visit my two blog posts about it. click on the following links: What Did Frankie Say? and Dancing, Learning, Posting, Editing
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We had a GREAT time dancing to Jason's Frankie Say Nia Routine!
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On Saturday, March 28, 2015
there was a Nia Free Dance Playshop
scroll down to see a video!
there was a Nia Free Dance Playshop
scroll down to see a video!
Terre Pruitt invited Jason Alan Griffin, a Nia First Degree Black Belt, to share his knowledge Nia Free Dance Playshop! This Free Dance playshop included tools and information on how Nia participants can create their own, vital, and self-motivated FreeDance experience. There is often a Free Dance portion in Nia routines and this playshop helped with ideas on what to do during those times.
The class started with a a minute of Free Dance, then a brief chat about Free Dance, including what it is, what people believe it is, and why it is valuable. Then the playshop was basically Jason giving us a tool then we would dance it! And then talk about it.
Jason has helped many people become comfortable with Free Dance through the tools he shares in this playshop.
This playshop concluded with a super fun Nia Class of all guided Free Dance songs to allowed us to play with the tools revealed in the playshop. It was the shortest hour!
The class started with a a minute of Free Dance, then a brief chat about Free Dance, including what it is, what people believe it is, and why it is valuable. Then the playshop was basically Jason giving us a tool then we would dance it! And then talk about it.
Jason has helped many people become comfortable with Free Dance through the tools he shares in this playshop.
This playshop concluded with a super fun Nia Class of all guided Free Dance songs to allowed us to play with the tools revealed in the playshop. It was the shortest hour!
Here is a short little video of one song we danced to.
Here is a slideshow of a couple of pictures from the day!
On April 30, 2014 Jason Alan Griffin was visiting in the East Bay.
He guest taught a Nia Class. It was so fun.
Jason came back and this time I invited him to the SOUTH BAY!
He guest taught a Nia Class. It was so fun.
Jason came back and this time I invited him to the SOUTH BAY!
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For more details about his visit and the class he taught visit my blog post: First Degree Nia Black Belt Guest Teacher
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Danielle Woermann is a Nia Teacher who lives in the East Bay. She had been on an adventure to China. She produced a lot of Nia Events around the East Bay so she was missed. But she is back now. She was responsible for bringing the Blue Belt Intensive to the area. The one that I participated in. Here are a couple of shots of her "New Adventure Celebratory Send-off!" (2014)
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Here is our December 2013 visit after Nia. |
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I am very blessed to have wonderful students. But one thing about having students that you love is when they leave it is sad. Here is a photo taken because one of my wonderful (adorable, actually) students is leaving us.
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On Sunday, February 24, 2013, there was a Nia Event. Nia Black Belt and Trainer Helen Terry, came from her home in Texas to teach a Nia class and a playshop. We learned a bit about how to adapt a Nia Routine to music different music.
Below is a picture of the participants of the Nia class . . . . after the class!To read more about the event with Helen Terry click here . . . .Thank you.
Halloween 2012
The dress up must be something one can dance in and, for me, cannot involve makeup because I would sweat it off. The idea was just to have a little indication it was Halloween.
The dress up must be something one can dance in and, for me, cannot involve makeup because I would sweat it off. The idea was just to have a little indication it was Halloween.
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These are group shots taken after class. One of us is participating in a
picture-a-day for a year project. This day's theme was "Flow".
This is us posing in "Flow".
Sept. 17, 2012
picture-a-day for a year project. This day's theme was "Flow".
This is us posing in "Flow".
Sept. 17, 2012
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Coffee/Tea after Nia. Visiting and getting to know each other! This was one day this past summer. (June 25, 2012)
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