Who wants to go to Explora! Adult Night and boogie? Friday, April 19th at 6–9 p.m. it's the "Shared Futures Dance Party”. Cost is $14. This evening will involve interactive pieces with Shared Futures!, a collaboration bringing together local scientists and artists with an aim to communicate scientific perspective through artistic mediums.
Sway's annual clothing exchange occurs on Sunday, April 21st around 11:45 a.m. and follows my 10:30 a.m. class. Bring nothing, take something, leave everything, take nothing. This is always a fun event!
is a free in-person, death café-style experience where curious people come together for courageous conversation about death and dying. These gatherings provide an open and safe space to talk about this often difficult topic. They are group directed discussions with no agenda, objective or specific theme. It's important to note that these gatherings are casual and not grief support or counseling sessions.
Cost: FREE
Location: I’m hopeful the weather will be great for us to gather at the east end of Altura Park near Constitution and Carlisle! Please RSVP here.
Bring a favorite drink or snack, back-jacks, travel chair or blanket!
Please, stay home if you’re sick.
This annual retreat gives you an opportunity to take a time out in the gorgeous northern New Mexico landscape. Vista Verde Retreat hosts us with it’s beautiful natural setting with it’s inviting dance space. Grooving and moving and gathering with community frame our time together.
Join me and others for a post-class brunch at the Daily Grind!
is a free in-person, death café-style experience where curious people come together for courageous conversation about death and dying. These gatherings provide an open and safe space to talk about this often difficult topic. They are group directed discussions with no agenda, objective or specific theme. It's important to note that these gatherings are casual and not grief support or counseling sessions.
Cost: FREE
Location: Given when RSVP received . Please RSVP here as space is limited.
Bring your favorite sipping mug☕️, refreshments provided.
No pets. Donations accepted. Please, stay home if you’re sick.
is a free in-person, death café-style experience where curious people come together for courageous conversation about death and dying. These gatherings provide an open and safe space to talk about this often difficult topic. They are group directed discussions with no agenda, objective or specific theme. It's important to note that these gatherings are casual and not grief support or counseling sessions.
Cost: FREE
Location: Given when RSVP received . Please RSVP here as space is limited.
Bring your favorite sipping mug☕️, refreshments provided.
No pets. Donations accepted. Please, stay home if you’re sick.
Our annual tradition of jamming together and fundraising for worthy causes continues this year at Studio Sway. Join me, May, Kate, Anna and Susan for a regenerative and chill dance class that acts as this year’s fundraiser. Held during my regular 10:30 a.m. class. Please join us!
Cost: FREE
Car pooling encouraged.
Please read the visiting guidelines in advance.
Pets OK
Let’s visit…
Please read the rules linked below and download the map or directions before arriving.
Cost: FREE
1:45 p.m. meet for carpooling*
2:00 p.m. depart
3:00 p.m. arrival or meet
This will give us about 3 hrs. of daylight. *Let me know if you’d like a carpool connection.
Please read the rules for visiting la puerta natural burial ground here.
No pets. Donations accepted. Please, stay home if you’re sick.
This annual retreat gives you an opportunity to take a time out in the gorgeous northern New Mexico landscape. Vista Verde Retreat hosts us with it’s beautiful natural setting with it’s inviting dance space. Grooving and moving and gathering with community frame our time together.
Live Music!
It's time for a Nia Community Date. Join me Sunday, April 23rd at 7:30 PM for Vieux Farka Touré in concert at the Dirty Bourbon. Touré is an amazing guitarist and vocalist from Mali. Tickets cost $20 in advance, $25 day of show (plus a $2 service charge). They are also available by phone through Hold My Ticket at 505-886-1251. The Dirty Bourbon is rigidly 21 and over. They will not let you in without an ID. There is limited seating and a great dance floor.
Get your tickets now: https://www.ampconcerts.org/event/407639
We stay connected to natural time by remaining connected to sensation; and, that is precisely what this weekend retreat invites you to do; move at your own pace for the weekend choosing what feels right for your body.
Join me for this and a few other events prior to my medical sabbatical. My hysterectomy surgery is scheduled for September 22nd. I’ll be out for 6-10 weeks.
On Sunday, September 19th I'll hold an extended uterus going-away class from 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM.
It will be followed by a short but sweet "letting go" ceremony 12:30 – 1:30 PM.
Ceremony attendees are invited to bring for me words or notes for my healing, letting go, protection, transition, etc. Or you may bring an object for a temporary altar. I can handle a little gallows humor too.
*Sept. 17th: World Music for the Womb: For non-Nia non-ceremony pre-op fun I'll be attending ¡Globalquerque! on Friday evening, September, 17th. Join me!
**Sept. 20th Monday AM class is canceled due to pre-op requirements for Covid testing, the window for which is during class time.
***September 21st: Season’s Finale for my last Zoom class is scheduled for the last day of summer, Tuesday, September 21st at 4:30 PM.
It’s time for the our Saturday solstice celebration (December 19th at 4:30pm) to welcome the shift of the earth and return of the light. This ritual welcoming of the season changes started last year meaning it's already been a year since the first event. Bring a candle to burn during class.
We'll be holding our annual fundraiser holiday jam, in support of Studio Sway and Barrett House Foundation via Zoom. Anna, Beth and myself will be Z-Jamming our favorite Wintry Christma-nukkah songs with you on Sunday, December 13th at 10:30AM during my regular time slot. See details below about how to donate.
We stay connected to natural time by remaining connected to sensation; and, that is precisely what this mini-retreat invites you to do. We’ll explore the Nia Principle of Natural Time with added conversation, movement, meditation and exploration of our sense of mechanical vs. natural time.
This routine launch and teacher jam is a donation-based class that will benefit the studio’s very important Every Body Dances Fund. The EBDF supports students in times of need with scholarships to continue dancing through life. Please join May, Erin, Kate, Anna and newest White Belt Susan for this FUN new routine! Stick around afterwards to meet other likeminded people and connect and converse with your community of movers. Snacks welcomed! *Please note the time of this jam. It will happen earlier than most jams typically have in the past.
Selfistry provides a framework for understanding your present state of being and a toolkit for your journey to wholeness — so that you can step into expressing yourself authentically and living the kickass life you deserve.
We stay connected to natural time by remaining connected to sensation; and, that is precisely what this weekend retreat invites you to do; move at your own pace for the weekend choosing what feels right for your body.
Join Albuquerque Nia teachers for a launch of one of the newest Nia routines: Source, developed in by Santa Fe Trainer/Teacher Kelle Rae Oien in collaboration with choreography team member Kevin VerEcke. This class is being offered by donation to Studio Sway's "Everybody Dances Fund", a scholarship fund to help dancers to keep moving when finances may be a challenge. We'll gather to socialize following the Jam. Bring something to share!
We stay connected to natural time by remaining connected to sensation; and, that is precisely what this weekend retreat invites you to do; move at your own pace for the weekend choosing what feels right for your body.
Albuquerque Nia teachers Erin Damour and Tiana Baca Bosiljevac, a.k.a garden girls nia, are excited to present their first installment of outdoor pop-up Nia Technique classes. Please join us for for a lovely outdoor Nia experience on Saturday, May 26th from 9 AM to 10 AM at Los Poblanos Historic Inn and Organic Farm. Tickets required: https://lospoblanos.ticketleap.com/
BEGINS in APRIL!
Join me on Thursday at lunchtime from 12:15 pm – 1:00 pm for a quick lunch dance to get your through the end of the week! This class runs for 9 weeks beginning April 5th thru May 31st, 2018.
Regular class rates and cards apply.
Join me on Tuesday mornings from 8:00 am – 9:00 am for your early morning Nia class to get the day started! This class runs for 16 weeks beginning February 6th – March 13, 2018.
Regular class rates and cards apply.
A Nia-teacher jam to benefit Enlace Comunitario
Enlace Comunitario is a social justice organization led by Latina immigrants whose mission is to eliminate domestic violence in the Latino immigrant community and promote healthy families in Central New Mexico through: comprehensive domestic violence intervention services in Spanish, preventative community education, policy advocacy and leadership development. Offered by donation.
An Autumn Nia Get-Away! October 13-15, 2017
at Vista Verde Retreat Center with Black Belt, Erin Damour, LMT
This spectacular view is just a short drive from our retreat location.
In Nia the concept of natural time is meant to give us the opportunity to be in the present moment and to discover our own way of learning, moving and being in the world. Natural time is a powerful principle that teaches us to move at our own pace, to our own depths and in response to our individual impulses. We stay connected to natural time by remaining connected to sensation; and, that is precisely what this weekend retreat invites you to do; move at your own pace for the weekend choosing what feels right for your body.
The following are included in the cost ($149.00) of the retreat (lodging is separate):
Lodging should be arranged directly with Vista Verde. Call or email Elizabeth at: (575) 758-2758 or elizabeth@vistaverderetreat.com. Visit the website www.vistaverderetreat.com to view lodging and confirm these prices. Choose “Retreat Center” and drop down to the “Rates” link.
See brochure for more information.
Vista Verde Retreat sits on 37 acres of land on the west edge of the Taos Gorge surrounded by juniper and piñon trees. There is a beautiful sprung wood dance floor for our Nia classes and lots of space to be outdoors, with two hiking trails looping through the natural surroundings, a ceremonial sand circle, an outdoor fire pit and a labyrinth. With no television or cell service you can’t help but disconnect and plug into natural time (though, if absolutely necessary a landline and WiFi are available).
