freedom | Aya Dance Meditation

Omni-directional movement.

Friend, I’m so excited to dance this focus with you. But first, a little story… It was the summer before my senior year at UNI, and I was working in the weight room. My job was to clean the equipment, and scan student IDs. At the time, I loved lifting weights and talking about lifting weights, so I was right at home. One day, a young man came in, walked over to a rack, set a bar on his shoulders, and proceeded to do something totally crazy: he started doing lunges in all so

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Staying flexible.

Welcome to Part 7 of our series on Cultivating Organic Fitness ! Well, friend, this past week was interesting. In 2 different classes, we had some sounds beyond our control that required a bit of… flexibility . :) 1) On Monday, a smoke detector located on a very high ceiling above us chirped very loudly approximately every 60 seconds… 2) On Wednesday night, at the start of Zoom class, my microphone was accompanied by a loud buzz that I couldn’t find the source of… Both sound

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Letting ourselves get a little weirder.

Friend, I am sooooooo ridiculously excited for this week’s focus. This week is all about getting a little weirder as we dance. I’ll explain. :) You see, Aya is all about freeing our body (and self), and yet…. sometimes I find myself making my dance look…. well…. normal. I can feel that inhibition. I want to roll around on the floor more, but I don’t want to be quite so different than everyone else. I want to let my body move freely, but I don’t want it to look too weird and

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