Congratulations Elizabeth, Beverly, Cynthia, Dana, Sarah, Janet, Barbara and Nancy! What an amazing, wonderful week, bathing in the Joys of Nia. We appreciate what each of you brought. Super to see Cynthia and Barbara preparing and ready to teach regular classes at Soma Ranch soon. AND Cynthia and Beverly have already registered for the blue belt in October!
From inception our number one vision for Soma Ranch was for it to be a stella Nia Education Training center. Each time we step into another training we find ways to improve, tweak and redefine the space, striving to continue to be the best Nia Training facility we can be. Here's a slide show to give you a feel for the studio, meals, grounds, donkeys, accommodations and more. Hope you can drop by and enjoy Soma Ranch live and in person some time soon. Love Helen & Joe.
Thank you Beverly for boldly visiting Soma Ranch and attending the Nia training with almost no experience or knowledge of what you were stepping into. It's been a joy to meet you and witness your transformational journey. We hope you come back often and soon ;-)
Thank you Sarah and Barbara for your sweet, relaxed exchange, sharing your experience at Soma Ranch. How great to hear guests share how miracles and magic happen for them at Soma Ranch.
Thank you for your heart filled, authentic review Liz, glad to hear how you enjoyed your stay and value the story telling. Here's to many more memories and stories to be made at Soma Ranch :-)
Thank you Cynthia. We had a joy sharing a stay at the Soma Ranch with you and deeply appreciate you sharing your experience, great to know, as you live so close, you'll be back soon.
Thank you Nancy for visiting Soma Ranch, we loved sharing the ranch with you and appreciate your lovely review. Y'all Come back and see us now "ya here"
Something very pleasing happens inside of me when (in preparation for a white belt) I pack the schedules.
YIPEE!! Somehow a magical moment in time is created. A confirmation of YES! another dream has come true! (both for me and each of the participants!)
Now of course I'm assuming everyone will show up tonight....
Either way we have public Nia classes every day at 10am and special events.
We have folks coming in from the East and the West! Please welcome:
Sierra and Logan are staying at Soma Ranch for July 2017. They made their tiny home in 2 weeks before the journey from Ohio to Montgomery, TX!
This morning we reached our goal of 10 folks in our 10am Nia class. This goal was set in January. Prayers are being answered and we are super excited to witness our local community blossom. With the upcoming White Belt and Blue Electric Storm retreat we have lots of extra 10am classes and special events. Super excited to see what our attendance will be by the end of the month. Setting the goal for 20!
Our next Nia White Belt training is July 12 - 18. With ladies coming from all over the country to deepen their Nia practice.
The foundation of Nia trainings is the White Belt Intensive, which focuses on physical sensation, body awareness, and self-knowledge.
Check out Public Classes during White Belt
Our classes are growing and the local community is blossoming! With this increased interest (and the upcoming Nia White belt and BES retreat) we've expanded our class schedule for July.
10am Nia continues (as usual) Every Monday and Thursday, and lots of extra days and special events (see below). All classes are $15 drop in or $40 for 4. Show up! no pre-registration required. A text to 832-567-4550 makes Helen smile with anticipation.
Evening Classes/Special Events:
Soma Ranch has a new addition, thanks to the amazing talents of Soma Ranch co-owner, Joe Terry. The well house is converted into a wonderful sauna sanctuary. Enjoy lovely views while detoxing in the far infra red waves. The lap pool is only a short skip and a jump away. Recommended recipe for relaxation & detox:
Congratulations to Nia White Belt graduates. An amazing group of women came together and magic happened. Enjoy this slide show which captures many memorable moments.
Michele Keyes (UK Nia Black Belt) lives near Heathrow airport. We've got quite a routine working... she picks me up when I arrive in London around 7:30am. We share lots of giggles, and catch up, in the car.
A swift delicious smoothie at their home, refreshed and ready for teaching a 9:00am Nia class! My mum and dad enjoy class then take me home!
I find teaching a class to be the best thing to do after a long flight. My Mind and Body sync into the new time zone with ease. I'll be back Monday August 7, hope to see you on the dance floor! Sign me UP!
I was deeply touched, first by a dance performance by Tate McRae, and again when choosing to transcribe the words shared by John Butler in an interview by Iain McNay. (it's the voice over in the dance performance). As we step into this Memorial Weekend I invite you to entertain stillness, engage presence of mind to truly BE in the experience and have an extraordinary time. Find things to do that engage you completely for sustained periods so your ability to be there, just be there, starts to return. If you're near Houston/Montgomery I can help this happen! Come dance!
I run, I swim laps, and appreciate the level of stillness created in my mind from the endless monotony of these activities.
I also LOVE how the multi skilled task, of teaching a Nia class, demands I must go to an intensely silent place in my mind. The experience feels like I'm at the center of a whirling storm of senses, thoughts and feelings. I'm in a silent still place with the constant flow of potentially distracting random, unique things occurring constantly (music, moves, ideas, people, expression, noises, memories, nervousness), a well of inspiration I can draw from at any time without feeling the necessity, or desire, to "attach" at any time. It's a fabulous "vacation of presence" for an hour and I'm rather addicted!
Transcript from "Stillness - dance performance"
"When you find yourself deeply absorbed in just doing something, whether it is making an airfix model or painting a picture, whatever it is, see if you can see the really moving part of the experience is when you are so absorbed with it, for a moment you loose all sense of yourself.
The other thing is because we feel so unsettled, if we did have the space, we need distraction to draw us out of how we actually feel... so the point is.... One thing is to create space by bringing less into our lives so we have more space to enter into things. And the other is to settle ourselves enough so we can actually enjoy being there in the experience… All the stress, agitation, tension we feel, shaking in the heart, the tension in our nerves from being constantly over stimulated, means we constantly need to be distracted from that thing.
When you are really attuned to what is going on, life is utterly exquisite, it’s extraordinary, everywhere you look…. Far more extraordinary than it looks, you understand, the real depth of it comes from how we feel when we enter it and that is what makes it exquisite... That capacity to feel what we are part of. That stillness comes when you are utterly immersed in what you are doing… your mind is not arriving to disturb the stillness in the heart so …. we say….
If you want to know stillness move until you are unmoved by it!
Even if you don’t do that, find things to do in life that engage you completely for sustained periods so our ability to be there, just be there, starts to return.
What moves you to stillness? What speaks to you from this performance, words, interview? I'm curious to know and appreciate what you choose to share.
The 2018 Soma Ranch Nia Brown belt training (June 21-27, 2018) registration is now open. Giving consideration to teachers, summer break folks and anyone else "limited" by the school year system, we've listened, shifted the month AND provided you with over a years notice to plan. Sign up now! and book your Fully inclusive accommodation with options beginning at only $424 for the entire week.
Louise Hay ~ Heart Thoughts
"We have so much love in this world, and we have so much love in our hearts, and sometimes we forget. Sometimes we think there isn't enough, or there is a small amount. So we hoard what we have or we are afraid to let it go. We are afraid to let it out. But those of us who are willing to learn, realize that the more love we allow to flow out from us, the more there is within us, and the more we receive. It is endless and timeless. Love is really the most powerful healing force that there is. Without love we could not survive at all. If little tiny babies are not given love and affection, they wither and die. Most of us think we can survive without love, but we cannot. Love for ourselves is the power that heals us. Practice as much as you can."
Something I LOVE about providing retreats at Soma Ranch and teaching Nia is there are so many great opportunities to practice self love AND feeling good. We have some super retreats coming up. Come practice wonderful self-love, self-care and feel fabulous!
Please welcome guests arriving for our Nia Blue Belt training at Soma Ranch, May 3 - 8, 2017.
The Blue Belt focuses on Relationships, Communication and Intimacy (defined as paying attention to the details).
Feel the joy of movement by joining us for public classes every day at 10am and deepen your experience by attending a special event.
