Comments on: Setting Your Focus and Intent

By: Chakra Vowel Sounds — AH! « Terre Pruitt's Blog

Chakra Vowel Sounds — AH! « Terre Pruitt's Blog — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 22:13:11 +0000

[...] have used these sounds in my Nia classes when we are using a chakra as a focus. I am going to take this list and use the vowels sounds just as I did the healing sounds. The [...]

By: Nia Jam in Palo Alto « Terre Pruitt's Blog

Nia Jam in Palo Alto « Terre Pruitt's Blog — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:55:59 +0000

[...] theme for this Nia Jam was Summertime. The focus was moving with lightness with the intent of bringing in lightness and a sense of “summertime”, effortlessness and joy. It [...]

By: Wednesday I have Nia « Terre Pruitt's Blog

Wednesday I have Nia « Terre Pruitt's Blog — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 07:59:15 +0000

[...] at 6:00 am doing my Ten Minute Workout, drinking my coffee, reviewing my Nia Routine, deciding on a Nia focus, and popping out the door in time to be at the studio 15 minutes early for my Nia class. In fact, [...]

By: Yin Yang « Terre Pruitt's Blog

Yin Yang « Terre Pruitt's Blog — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 06:58:11 +0000

[...] have written before about how we set a focus and intent for every Nia class. With each Nia routine there is a set focus and intent, one that was used at [...]

By: Three of Nia’s Nine Movement Forms « Terre Pruitt's Blog

Three of Nia’s Nine Movement Forms « Terre Pruitt's Blog — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 07:00:08 +0000

[...] Nia allows us—even encourages us—to do routines with different focuses. I know I have posted about focuses before. This past week I led my classes in the Nia routine called Sanjana. I believe this is a [...]

By: Not Seeing to Focus « Terre Pruitt's Blog

Not Seeing to Focus « Terre Pruitt's Blog — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 07:35:20 +0000

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By: terrepruitt

terrepruitt — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:14:51 +0000

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By: terrepruitt

terrepruitt — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:13:52 +0000

Yes, ONE of the things that separates Nia from other workouts. I am thinking you mentioned another in your sentence, you said “body-centered” where other practices that might be more familiar to people are “mind-centered” or “mind/body”, we say Nia is “body/mind”.

That is one reason why some of my favorite foci are physical ones, as you mentioned you did a focus on stability of the base (feet and legs) and your intent was even somewhat physical with arm and hand movements. The “non-physcial” part would be the “creating expressive” which just opens door to just about anything.

Our class focus was The Joy of Movement (JOM) with the intent of connecting to creative movement.

And JUST like you said, your class could take that focus of stability in the base with the intent of being expressive and creative with the arms and hands out into their evening. As with my students, they could take the Joy of Movement out into their day and move through their day’s movements with creativity.

Thank you so much for sharing, Jill. It is always a pleasure!

By: John Pruitt

John Pruitt — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:16:31 +0000

I focus on a good day. To get my focus anchored I start my day by smooching my wife. So far, it takes a lot of effort to have my day go south. Commitment and intent. Focus and goal setting. Analysis, analytics and assesment. May seem like a lot of work, but I do have some great days. Even if not, I get a smooch in the mornin’

By: Jill Campana

Jill Campana — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:13:14 +0000

Hi Terre,

One of things, I think, that separates Nia from any other body-centered approach, is the setting of the focus at the beginning of class and carrying that focus through to the end of class — and beyond.

My focus for last night’s class was “stability of The Base (feet and legs) while creating expressive arm and hands movements. One might think this to be something specific to a Nia class…but think about it…how many times are we called upon in our daily activities to find stability while creating? How often do we find that our upper body and lower body interact and coordinate — WALKING for example!!!! HA!

Love the post Terre. Very informative and clear.