Information about Classes or Private Pilates Sessions Ken Gilbert keng@nianow.com Ken's Blog 805.452.7164 Information about Nia: www.nianow.com	Join Email List For Email Marketing you can trust
Locations:
Yoga Soup 28 Parker Way Santa Barbara, CA 93101 805.680.1669 (EmBODYment)	CenterPoint Pilates 1 W. Victoria Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 805.680.1669 (EmBODYment)

Ken Gilbert, M.A., a Black Belt in Nia, is one of the 16 International Nia Education Trainers teaching and presenting Trainings, Workshops and Master Classes in North America, throughout the Pacific and South Africa . Teaching Nia Classes for over 10 years, Pilates for 15 years and most currently teaching the Nia 5 Stages; he is founder and owner of EmBODYment, a Studio for Movement and Creative Integration in Santa Barbara . Ken is committed to developing personal empowerment through movement practices that stimulate body/mind integration, emotional agility and spiritual awakening.

Class Descriptions

Nia is a multi-dimensional movement practice of The Body’s Way/Your Body’s Way. This group movement class conditions the physical, mental, emotional and spirit realms. Nia movement is medicine for self-healing, well-being and fitness. Participants are encouraged to explore individual and community expressivity through body awareness. Katas (movement sequences of stances, steps and kicks) and FreeDance are blended in each Nia Class fusing movement from the martial arts, dance arts and healing arts. Nia delivers the promise of integrating mind/body/spirit through sensation. No previous movement/dance experience necessary; all levels are welcome. (Yoga Soup)

Nia 5 Stages is Nia’s latest creation inspired by Stanley Keleman’s Emotional Anatomy. With five simple moves the participant learns how to connect with the inner wisdom of the body to self-heal. Moving on the floor and in the space the body re-experiences the developmental stages of embryonic, creeping, crawling, standing and walking. Through awareness of Your Body’s Way participants experience gratitude for The Body’s Way of healing through sensation and pleasure. (not yet scheduled)

Integrating Pilates is a class based on the fundamentals inherent of the work of Joseph H. Pilates, Ron Fletcher and Nia.  Activating the shoulder and pelvic girdles with spine movement, strength and flexibility are blended into core stabilization and mobility. Whole body health, whole body commitment and Breath develop balance in standing and centering; body and mind are integrated into isolated, controlled and expressive movement through awareness and mindfulness. (Yoga Soup)

Integrating Spine Corrector is based on the “Spine Corrector” apparatus created and developed by Joseph H. Pilates.  This specialized work is intended to deepen the flexibility and strength of the spine in flexion, extension, rotation, and circumlocution. The body is stabilized in seated, prone, and supine positions on the “lip”, in the “crevasse”, and on the “arc”; mobility is enhanced with core strength development. The class is intended for students who have previous experience in Pilates and/or referred following private sessions. (CenterPoint Pilates)

Resisting Pilates is a weighted workout. This class makes use of light hand-held weights, resistance bands, the Stretch-Out Strap™, and the Pilates’ Magic Circle™ to stimulate intrinsic/extrinsic activation of connective tissue in relationship to bone and muscle. Motivated by the awareness of the body through external resistance and applying the fundamentals explored in “Integrating Pilates” (above) the body is stabilized and then mobilized into strength and flexibility enhancing core development for better posture while lying down, sitting, standing and walking. (CenterPoint Pilates)

5:15 PM Nia (Yoga Soup)

1:15 PM Resisting Pilates (CenterPoint Pilates)

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