Bodyfulness — Seattle Nia with Dina

There’s no place I’d rather be than in a dark basement with 18 lovely ladies, dancing our butts off.

 Kelly Harland strikes a pose…………and Deb Schnippke towels off.

Oh fellas…..

Torro!

Cash MONEY!

Oh most holy of days…Sunday with my communing community.

Bandits or towel time, you decide.

Our version of Ganesha

Is Karrie contemplating Rachael’s nice butt?

This morning I joined thousands across the globe to celebrate the Nia Technique’s 25th birthday with a sunrise meditation.  My heart is truly grateful for all the joy and inspiration Debbie and Carlos have brought into the world and into my life!  Thanks, Nia! 

Sho’ was a biggie class this morning!  Packed full of juice, snap, crack, and sparkle! 

Check this out: we’re a blur of lovin’ freedance!

   
Sophia “Towelface” Wheelwright
   

Hot Towel for HOT TOOTSIES

OK, OK, hit my first bump in the road with my question-before-you-consume campaign.  So, I was sitting in one of my favorite Indian resturants for dinner– Cedar’s (the new location on Roosevelt), and it was again time to order. 

Hot chai, is it loving to my body?  “NOPE.”  Then I thought, “A diet coke would be fewer calories.”  So, I ordered that, took one sip and was like, ”oh, hell no!”  Apparently my mind sometimes likes to get in the way of my body’s way.  So, I stuck with H2O.  Water worked, but I had to pay for the pop anyway.  Oh, well, you live and learn !  

I asked my elbow in class today and she says she is very happy from all the attention she’s been getting lately as the focus of our Nia routine.  Its been almost a week of elbow love…and I really get it…attention is the most basic form of flattery.

Here are some pics from today’s class:

I sat down with a good friend at Cafe Presse, my new favorite breakfast spot .  The hottie waiter came over to take our order.  “Coffee?” I asked my body, “is it loving?”  Silence.  A part of me charges in, “YES!”  I closed my eyes again. “Is there anything that could be more loving?” I asked and then I waited.  “Hold the cream and sugar,” I heard. 

Black coffee?  I’ve have never once finished a cup of black coffee.  Until now.  Who knew I liked my coffee black?!  Weird!! 

Just think of all the saved calories over a week, a month, a year!  That was so easy!  So far, I’m really liking this question thing.  More to come…   

Remember Sarina?  She’s a community member- loves to dance, brown curly hair, bouncy   Well, she had a beautiful baby girl at 11:29 Saturday night (pictured here with Zoe, big sister)…congratulations!!  I guess she decided NOT to go with Nia Natkin, my name suggestion…huh, wonder why? 

So, I walk into class today all psyched because I got a shout-out in DailyCandy-Seattle’s 2008 Health and Wellness Guide.  I’m ready to gloat to my girl LB (Laura Becker, our Nia M W F Check-in Goddess) only to find out that the salon where she’s an aesthetician (Helle, in Georgetown) was also featured in the same editorial!  How simutaneously stylish  

From DailyCandy-Seattle July 21, 2008: 

Impure Thought
Come clean at a place that doesn’t judge: Georgetown’s Helle Spa (5701c Airport Way South; 206-767-0803). The Your Body Is a Temple detox treatment is a lymphatic dry brush, custom sea salt scrub, bentonite clay wrap, and an aromatic oils finish — to a punk rock serenade.

Exercise Your Demons
A blend of yoga, martial arts, and dance, Dina Innominato’s Nia classes at Dance Underground (340 15th Avenue East) fill up as quickly as you can slip off your shoes. Get in touch with your limbs and find inner grace moving to the beat of your own drum.

Can a get a whup whup!! Go us! Go us! It’s your birthday!  OK, Im a little too excited