Soooo much good music !

I just completed the playlist for the Nia Jam Blast happening at the Midtown location of New Mexico  Sports & Wellness, where many of us teach. It’s a kick-ass compilation of songs that evoke the summer.

In January we introduced all the Sports & Wellness Nia teachers and did the classic Nia routine Sanjana. This time participating students will get to see the creative side of Nia, since all of us will choreograph the steps to the songs we are teaching.  Fun! Of course, getting everyBody to choose their songs in a timely fashion was no mean feat, but, as always, the songs cover a nice variety of styles, and genres, old and new.  We will be raffling off some great freebies as well.

This afternoon, Drs. Pam Arenella and Arti Prasad and I met to review our UNM HRRC IRB application for our upcoming Nia study.  Pam was very thorough and the application will be complete, signed and ready to submit by next Thursday.  It will take 6 weeks to get approval, and two more for us to receive the official approval letter.  We can then begin recruiting participants.  Keep an eye on the blog in November if you or any friends and acquaintances might be interested in taking Nia classes 3 times a week as part of a scientific study.  I will be posting the study recruitment information including the qualification criteria as soon as the IRB application approval is finalized.

Back to the music.  One aspect of Nia I really love is all the wonderful world music we dance to in our routines. Music is a powerful energetic resonance tool we can use to stay healthy. Sound vibrations have been shown to increase calcium, build bones and even heal gum disease.  Cool, huh?

Here’s our playlist:

 

Headed In The Right Direction 3:29  India_Arie Ana
Johnny Appleseed 4:04  Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros Ana
Represent, Cuba 3:47  Orishas featuring Heather Headley Lisa
Love Shack 5:25  The B-52′s Lisa
Too Darn Hot 3:37  Victoria Hart Lisa
In The Summertime 3:58  Shaggy & Rayvon Beth
Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) 4:06  C+C Music Factory Beth
Pump It 3:33  Black Eyed Peas Beth
Work That Body 5:35  Rodney Hunter Margo
Star People ’97 5:38  George Michael Margo
The Sheer Weight of Memory 5:26  Bob Holroyd Michele
Geisha 3:18  MB Music Elizabeth
Beautiful World (Instrumental) 7:15  MRJ Elizabeth
13 songs 59 minutes