Inner IDEA® Conference 2008

If you know Lawrence, you know he's a lover, not a fighter. So the traditional "boot camp" format is not a part of his usual repertoire. Join us for a mindful approach to boot camp with an aggressive fusion of effective and intense applications from yoga, tai chi, Feldenkrais(R), GYROKINESIS(R) and Nia(R) inspirations.

Movement can help you discover the power of stillness. Music, space, the floor, emotions, moving freely without thought, and light come together in a unique body-mind-spirit experience. Simple and adaptable for all levels, participants will experience a deep sense of conscious, mindful appreciation, inner calm and inner connection.

Chakras are the energy centers of the body and they can become congested or depleted due to physical, emotional or energetic duress. Utilizing Pilates movements, sound, breath and visualization, you can recharge, realign and strengthen your chakras while coming away with new teaching skills and ideas. Come for an experience of uniting your multilayered energy bodies.

SHAKTI is the Sanskrit word for the energy released throughout the body when one practices particular hatha yogic asanas.This is a non-purist body-mind approach that fuses fitness-choreographed applications of yoga, Feldenkrais(R), GYROTONIC(R) exercise, Nia(R), Pilates and tai chi, all with inspiring (yet non-traditional) body-mind music.This workshop will teach you the power of nonverbal cuing skills (taught in silence) and choreographed body-mind flow so you can feel energized from a fusion blend of body-mind disciplines.

Experience the power of the five developmental stages and moves that use preverbal wisdom and sensation as a guide to help organically realign the body. Each unique stage is a foundation for reclaiming the body's mobility, flexibility, agility, strength and stability, making it possible to heal one's self and move with greater precision, power and comfort.

We know the core as the transversus abdominis, diaphragm, pelvic floor and multifidus. Understand how this group of muscles function as a team through fascial continuations. Experience why it is absolutely necessary to deepen the relationship between them as a unit in order to advance your Pilates practice. This workshop will teach you to find these major players individually and coordinate them synergistically.

Feel your body come alive as you reclaim the beauty of natural organic movement as Scott guides you through Taoist principles, philosophy and free-flowing movement in this gorgeous blend of qigong and tai chi.

Join Lawrence in this Inner IDEA debut session to explore the secrets of research-based body-mind fitness from a new perspective. You will focus on the six elements of training that should be present in every workout. In addition, gain insight that will help you to maximize benefits and minimize time, all without using any equipment other than your own body. This empowering session will teach you how to fuse the brain-body-breath connection in 20-minute experiences.

Discover the art of blending voice and breath to make sounds, naturally integrating the whole body to cleanse the emotional body and organically strengthen the physical body. Sounding engergetically and intriniscally creates support from the inside out to create a sound resonator that positively affects all systems and levels of consciousness in the body, mind, emotions and spirit.

Challenging your body, testing your boundaries and becoming the coach of your own body and self are all part of the process of awakening your sacred athlete-the one inside you who is responsible for helping you reach high levels of mechanical and organic skill. For the advanced student, practice is over and the game has begun!

Moshe Feldenkrais created nearly 1,000 awareness through movement (ATM) lessons, addressing every human function and area of the body. The learning process facilitated by this subtle form of retraining the nervous system is full of pleasure and unexpected delight. Discover how you can gently, yet powerfully transform your movement and that of your clients while investigating attention, self-image, intention and self-responsibility.

Relax and energize your body by practicing the Eight Pieces of Brocade, regarded as the most popular classical form of qigong. Qigong, loosely translated as "energy practice" or "energy cultivation," is an ancient Chinese form of healing meditative movement. These eight simple movements are designed to relax the body, mind and emotions, promoting calmness, stability and the free flow of qi (energy). Those who are new to qigong will find this form to be an easily accessible entry point for this practice.

Sensing precisely how you feel during a workout is the best way to become your own best teacher and guide. Learning to feel your fitness as it happens gives you tools to realign, balance and repattern the whole body and helps you achieve optimal functioning and results.

FloorPlay is an expressive and grounded floor workout that creatively conditions the body, mind, emotions and spirit using gravity, space, the voice, and freestyle and structured exercise moves. FloorPlay is rooted in play, providing freedom to explore and learn about yourself and the body while regaining and developing whole-body conditioning.

In many body-mind practices, we learn from quadruped, reptilian and amphibian ancestors how to brilliantly access the body's core. Paying attention to how we walk on stones teaches the same mechanical and energetic spirals. In this class, we will play with the loop from the foot to the core and back again.

Come dressed to move. This is the ultimate Nia experience. Share in the delight as you join Nia in celebrating 25 years of inspiring movement. Open to all levels and backgrounds.