Nia. What's that, you ask...It's a body-mind-spirit fitness program, which encourages self-healing through expressive movement. It was born out of a desire to create cardio fitness classes that nourished and healed the body’s joints, instead of forcing and abusing them. It is a combination of movement forms, with a unique approach that ends up offering much more than just a workout... it will guide you towards extraordinary sensory awareness, a renewed sense of life and purpose and a relationship with your body that will grow stronger with every class...
Also have to include: playing drums - for many years my overriding passion; reading - mostly spirituality, but also psychology and lately anatomy & physiology (constantly attempting to understand it all), riding my scooter and discovering new places
Music
Hard to put down in one list all those that leave an impression; Nia encourages us to be better listeners, to seek out the compositional intention in EVERY song, and in class we move to a variety of music.
Movies
Wow, OK, I'm really pretty bad at getting myself to the movies...I do go - sometimes - feel a little hard-pressed to really answer this one...How about Unforgiven? Yyyyip...or The Matrix 1. I'll leave this at that for now...
Television
Off
Books
The NIA Technique, by Debbie & Carlos Rosas - a great resource!
The Power of Now has to be mentioned here, as - for me - it is a great companion, and offers an inspired perspective.
The Tibetan Book Of Living and Dying...need I say more?
Heroes
Carlos & Debbie Rosas - founders of Nia, bold & uncompromising, and so inspired!
Eckhart Tolle - a torch-bearer.
My dad - leads by example, and inspires me to keep on keepin' on!
About me: A few years ago I bought a black t-shirt, with white print that states simply ‘truthseeker’. I’ve worn it out perhaps 3 times. I tend to quietly pursue the answer (am I any closer, I wonder?)… intuitive, gentle, caring, aware and concerned with the wellbeing of others, fun & funny, don’t take much seriously, but am incredibly serious about that; have spent most of my life investigating and articulating my affinity with rhythm…as a drummer this has left me finding mornings a time of sleepy contemplation…as a Nia teacher, I’m discovering mornings in a whole new light!
Who I'd like to meet: Eckhart Tolle, Bill CLinton, Jeff Porcaro, Michael Hutchence...I'm sure there are others...I'll add...
ha ha, yes, the braille party. i thought of that recently and it made me smile. and DON'T WORRY there's plenty of time for braille parties for a couple of young, good looking people like us. :) love, k
I love and miss you. I've been crazy busy, but I'll reach out soon. Thanks for your email the other day. Dave Way says hello. (BTW, looks like your "Riptide" track is going to be on the record.)
hi andrew! happy birthday to you! i miss your smile and you. i think of you often... how i could never see you without you making me laugh. good times. i miss you and hope all is well.
hahahahahahahaha this is shizzling!!
two happi miltons on myspace!! yesh!!
why did you never let me know you has da myspace!! its hot!! know im gona embaris you and send you this comment and then everyone will know that your lil sis is the Claris Milton!! haha
Suid Afrika mis jou boet! alles is so vervielig sonder jou!! EK IS LIEF VIR JOU BOETIE!!!!!!! mwah mwah mwah <3<3<3
Wat up DJ Lips? Fuck, I miss the hell out of you! I miss our 1pm tequila shots. And our 1am - should of stopped a long time ago - we have to do that song - red bull & vodka.
Andrew! Sorry I didn't see you again on New Years - did you have a good one? Sweden is awesome, very cold, I'm heading to the Arctic Circle next weekend... Crazy times....
x
to one of my favorite people...
it was fabulous running into you today! ahh, good times. i guess the best way to have lunch with you is to go for a walk on sunset. talk to you soon.
Andrew, you are so HOT!
I love that whenever I am around you we always get the best ideas... braille party, for example. It's always so fun when our twisted, perverted minds get together and play! hope to see you soon.
