Sat January 2nd Class is ON!

First Class of 2010!

See you all at the Railroad Building Rm 240 at 222 St. John St in Portland. Right next to Margaritas. Park in back and take the elevator to the 2nd floor. Don't forget your mat and water! See you at 9am! It's bring a friend FREE day!!!!!

Last Nia Class in 2009

LAST NIA CLASS IN 2009!

12:00-1:00pm
Bay Club Fitness
$15 Drop in

Join me at the Bay Club today at noon for the final Nia class in 2009! Prepare to leave all your worries behind and dance into the new year with style! $15 drop in for non-members. Bay Club is located on the 2nd floor of One City Center in Portland. Come get your boogie on before the snow!

Last World Arts Class TONIGHT-Candlelight Nia!

LAST CLASS AT WORLD ARTS

CANDLELIGHT NIA-Silent Class AO

(Classes move to Railroad Building...see below)

TONIGHT Monday Dec 28th 6pm

$25 Nia Bucks Give Away

You must be present to be entered in the drawing.

Use the bucks towards drop ins or a class card.

Stay after class to do a little holiday celebrating together!

Our beloved studio-World Arts-will be closing its doors on Dec 31rst, 2009. We will miss that beautiful studio with the bamboo floors and all the great vibes. My Monday night at Saturday morning classes will move to the Railroad Building Room 240 at 222 St. John St in Portland. It's right down the street from World Arts near Margaritas. We will have our Bring a Friend FREE classes at our new location on Sat Jan 2nd and Monday Jan 4th. So make a note of the big change! All this info is on my calendar at www.dancenia.com

Quote for the Holidays!

"The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past...we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. "
~ Charles Swindoll

Hope that you find the dance in everyday and always feel the light from inside.
namaste
Maggie

Nia Bucks Giveaway! Last Classes at World Arts

LAST CLASSES AT WORLD ARTS

(Classes move to Railroad Building...see below)

Saturday Dec 26th 9am

Monday Dec 28th 6pm

$25 Nia Bucks Give Away at both classes. You must be present to be entered in the drawing. Use the bucks towards drop ins or a class card. Stay after class to find out the winner and do a little holiday celebrating together!

Our beloved studio-World Arts-will be closing its doors on Dec 31rst, 2009. We will miss that beautiful studio with the bamboo floors and all the great vibes. My Monday night at Saturday morning classes will move to the Railroad Building Room 240 at 222 St. John St in Portland. It's right down the street from World Arts near Margaritas. We will have our Bring a Friend FREE classes at our new location on Sat Jan 2nd and Monday Jan 4th. So make a note of the big change! All this info is on my calendar at www.dancenia.com

Winter Solstice 2009

Festival Of Yule
Welcoming the returning of the Sun

In Ancient Northern Europe the Winter Solstice was called Mother Earth's Night. As the shortest day of the year, it effectively represents the turning point of the season. The Romans called it the Birthday of the Unconquered Sun.

In Northern Europe the winter festival was called Yule. During this time the Druids began the tradition of burning the Yule Log to conquer the darkness and to evoke the return of the Sun for the new year, the Suns divine male energy was needed to return and quicken the Earths sacred female energy for the Rebirth of spring. Along with the Evergreen, the Holly and the Ivy and the Mistletoe are important plants of this season, symbolizing fertility & everlasting life.

Updated Yule Blessings

Blessings to you from the Earth Mother.

She is the Moon.

She watches over all of us by the light that she casts over the blessed earth.

Walk her night lit path and happiness you will find at every turn.

Blessings to you from the Sky Father.

He is the Sun.
He holds us up and brings us strength.
Carry his sword to cleave the evil from your path and you will be unharmed.

Blessings to you from the Great Spirit.

It binds us all together.

Man to woman; beast to beast. We are all of us connected.

May you have a wonderful Holiday.

The time has come for the sun to be reborn

He lies in his Mother's womb waiting.

Awaiting his reappearance on this plane.

Let us all rejoice in his rebirth and ours.

Merry Solstice, Happy Yule

Last Nia Classes for 2009

Hi everyone! Hope we get a chance to dance together before the new year!

Monday Dec 21rst

6pm World Arts

drop in $12 or class cards

Wednesday Dec 23rd

6pm South Portland Comm Center

Drop in $10 unless signed up for session

Thursday Dec 24th

Noon-1pm Bay Club

$20 drop for non-members

$25 Nia Bucks Giveaway Days!!!

Last classes at World Arts!!!

Saturday Dec 26th

9-10am World Arts

$12 drop in or class cards

Monday Dec 28th

6-7pm World Arts

Drop in $12 or class card

Prepare to stay and celebrate after Sat Dec 26th and Mon Dec 28th....let's leave 2009 with a bang!

Nia Gift Cerficates- Great Gift Idea!

Great Gift Idea for the Nia enthuasist! Give your Nia loved one a Nia Bucks Gift Certificate this year. Any amount that suits your wallet. The Nia bucks can be used for class cards or drop ins! Send me an email with your request. You will receive a sweet little envelope with the GC, business card and postcard about Nia. Maggie Bokor 207-899-5939 or email me at maggie@dancenia.com.

Reiki Gift Certificates are also a great idea for Christmas. $50 for a one hour treatment in my home Reiki room. Benefits of Reiki - fosters self healing, relaxes and reduces stress, balances engeries in the body, relieves pain and discomfort and is adaptable to all recipients.

Amazing words about December Energies...worth a read when you have a few....

"December Energies And Their Impulses"
What a compelling energetic month we are in the midst of with the energies of dynamic transformative radiant Love pouring in and through us that began on the portal day of the 11-11 and continue during the portal days of the 12-12 and 12-21.Combined, these three portals form the Triad Star Gates of Love where both negative and positive energies are neutralized and become One Pure Energy of Love. Key words are Love and Neutralized.Never before has this pure and loving Trinity of Energy, one after the other, been dispensed in and through us, impulsing us rapidly time and again to stoke the fires of our own intuition, reminding us that it is time to become One Pure Energy within ourselves. Some may wonder why, if this energy is Pure Love, do I feel turbulent or even aggressive energy? The short answer is that this highly stepped up energy finds the places in each of us and in the mass consciousness (which we are linked to), where love is not. It purposefully stirs the pot, if you will, to bring up the particles of shadow energy, not yet healed, and not yet neutralized. This Trinity of Energy is going for our cure, not necessarily our comfort, in the moment. Every step we actively take to becoming closer to who we really are, and act in accordance to that, we are going to find ourselves feeling beyond comfortable. (Keys below will help).Master Lao Tzu said, "Mastering others requires force; mastering the self needs strength." Indeed! Apart from being informed of this energetically compelling month, there truly is an urgent call to us from the benevolent Cosmic realms of consciousness asking us to play, cooperate and pro-actively engage in the powerful energies that afford us the opportunity to get closer to becoming One Pure Energy - the very essence of who we truly are.Love, expansion, renewal, insight, and absolute ability to move further into our ascension are being offered this month through the impulses that I share below. On these two magnificent portal days each of you will be actively impulsed (and fully supported) in three predominant ways. I have listed the impulses below from first to third. Each impulse can and will be felt within you in whatever order is necessary to engage you into a pro-active state with them.For some, the impulses have already begun, and actions born solely out of authenticity and love are being taken. These December impulses will assist to strengthen and focus your present and future actions evermore.For many there will be an exquisite burst of Love that accompanies these impulses and a deep knowing that a cycle of personal disharmony has ended and a harmonious new one begun. You will continue to make discoveries about yourself you have never made before. On both the 12-12 and the 12-21, it will serve you greatly to put yourself in a receptive, undistracted state of being for as long as possible. (If you can't go long, go for short, but make it a concentrated short). You don't have to go into meditation, just enter into an openhearted stillness so you are able to feel into the energies and impulses and turn them to your favor.

THE IMPULSES
The first impulse will be to make the leap from dual nature to authentic nature, once and for all and all of the time. There is no getting around the fact that wherever duality is, harmony is not, power is lost and chaos ensues. This is not the state of an ascended being.You are being supported to investigate, and then let every component of your dual nature be transmuted, regardless of the logic of your mind or the opinion of others. This first impulse requires your undivided, kind and gentle attention.You know the difference between your two natures. Unlike your dual nature, your authentic nature isn't at war with itself. It's the nature that has completed its fascination with conflict, separation, imbalance, drama and story.It's the one that has no relationship to "I can't" and a strong knowing of I can, for I AM. Your authentic nature, once accepted and worn powerfully, humbly, honestly, and continuously by you, will both energize and support you in your ascension, in your joy, your relationships and your life's work and service. It is the wearing of a dual nature that has been the cause of humanities exhaustion, discord and lack.You are being impulsed to act only in accordance with your authentic nature from this day forward and as such, you are promised all of the Universal support and magic to start anew or continue on your decisive intentional harmonious journey forward. Grab your power, harness the energies in the moment and step into the real you. Then watch what happens to your reality! Suggestion: Monitor yourself. Make 7 stops during the day and ask yourself this question. Am I being real? Yes or no are your only choices. Be honest and course correct anytime. There is no penalty for honesty.

The second impulse will prompt you to allow your heart to burst wide open. This will be your life's greatest blessing. Being openhearted, transparent, vulnerable and unrestricted will change the course of your life, and make a difference in the heart of humanity.Please know that your life experiences were never intended to be heart attacks or provide material for you to build walls out of. Only your mind would tell you that an experience of the heart was an excuse to shut it down. Love travels far and wide through every open heart. It is the only healing agent in existence. The more joy and love you flow from your heart, and into your heart, the greater the chances for a mass healing in human consciousness. In addition it is the only chance for our beloved Mother Earth to heal from not only a blatant disregard for her, but from the negative emotions that we have all put into her, while walking on her back. Love is the only way for all of nature to thrive, and the animal and mineral kingdoms to be safe. During these portal days you will feel frequency pulses of the One Pure Energy around your heart chakra as the magnificence of this energy bores through ancient walls. Release your pain, the emotions and the stories and allow your heart to return to its original state. It cannot function behind walls or lock down and it cannot be selective about what it will or will not open up to. Let it be free, you are safe.Many ask, "How may I best serve the Light?" The answer: open your heart.Allow your heart to become the instrument of your affection and diligently learn the ways to think through it, rather than around it. Suggestion: Each morning consciously engage with your heart. These words will help you. "Beloved heart of mine, the portal to all that is. I enter into you humbly and unguarded this day. I deposit my stories and excuses outside of your gateway. They no longer serve me. Please guide me through every step of my day. Beloved heart of mine, I set you free. I love you. I trust you. I will follow you. Together we are free.

The third impulse will be to let your imagination run wild. If you pay attention you will feel these energetic impulses stirring things up that have been buried deep, deep inside of you, things you may have barely dared to let come up and into the Light of day, for fear they would be looked upon as foolish, unlikely or impossible to accomplish. Everything in alignment with your authentic nature is possible. Everything.You are being impulsed to let your imagination run wild to motivate you towards your passions and away from passivity. Passivity comes from a dual nature, exhausted by its fight to survive. You are neither too old nor too young to build the life of your dreams starting now. Let your imagination run wild. See the end as your desired state and run with it. Bring your dreams to life first through your imagination, and then by your actions. Imagine God as your partner, and go for it.A life lived without passion is an incomplete life. The upper regions of the 4th dimension and the entire 5th and 6th dimensions have no interest in hosting any who have separated from their passions. If you've separated from your passions, you have separated from your soul. Let the energy impulses assist you in realignment to this most significant part of yourself.Suggestion: Every day go into stillness with eyes wide open for 20 to 30 minutes. If you can go outside and gaze at the sky while doing this, please do. If you can go into nature and do it, please do. If neither are available for you stare deeply into a crystal or the flame of a candle.Ask your imagination to come up and play. Don't judge anything that comes up as absurd. Write down everything that your imagination delivers to you. Your imagination will lead you away from third dimensional restrictions and stagnant states of mind. Follow it. Albert Einstein said, "Imagination is more important than knowledge." William Blake was quoted as saying, "Imagination is human existence itself."As we close this cycle of time, and enter a new one, foreign in great part to what we are conditioned to, it is vital to employ the ways in which to direct your life purposefully. It is my prayer that the articles I write each month serve you in doing so, along with the many broadcasts on The World Puja Network. You are the steward of your most precious life. Be the best steward you can possibly be.

December 2009 Nia Schedule with Maggie Bokor

Bring a friend FREE
Saturday Dec 5th 9:00am World Arts
Monday Dec 7th 6:00pm World Arts

December 2009 Schedule

Mondays

World Arts
Class 6:00-7:00pm*
Drop in $12/ Class cards apply

Tuesdays

Healthy Body Fit Mind
Gentle Nia 7:30-8:30am*
Drop in $12/ Class cards apply

Terpsicore Dance -Last Class Dec 15th

Newborns & Infants Mommy and Me Nia 10:30-11:30am
Drop in $15 anytime

Wednesdays

South Portland Community Center -Last Class Dec 16th
Class 6:00-7:00pm
Drop in $10 anytime

Thursdays

Healthy Body Fit Mind-Last Class Tuesday Dec 29th
Gentle Nia 7:30-8:30am* (No Class on Christmas Eve or New Year's Day)
Drop in $12/ Class cards apply

Bay Club Fitness
Class 12:00-1:00pm
$15 drop in

Saturdays

Worlds Arts
Class 9:00-10:00am*
Drop in $12/ class cards apply

3 Month Class Cards*
$50 for 5 Classes ($10 per Class) $90 for 10 classes ($9 per class) $160 for 20 classes ($8 per class)
Class cards can be used at World Arts and Healthy Body Fit Mind Classes only.
Class cards will expire after 90 days after purchase.

Location Information:
Bay Club Fitness
One City Center Portland
(all Bay Club members welcome-drop in $15 for club visitors)

South Portland Community Center
21 Nelson Rd South Portland 04106
(sign up for session at desk. Drop in $10 anytime)
http://www.southportland.org

Terpsicore Dance

798 Main St South Portland 04106 Southside Plaza

www.terspicoredance.com

World Arts Coop*
65 W. Commercial St Portland 04101
(Under Casco Bay Bridge in Match star building-red with black awning)
www.worldartscoop.com

Dash for Diva Nia Performance

Bay Club Fitness owner Tracy Moore has asked me to create a 3 minute Nia dance to kick off the two part fashion show at the Dash for Diva event this Thurs Oct 29th at 6:10pm and again at 7:45pm. The Portland Press Herald is the sponsor for this evening, so we will be starting a dance off dancing with newspapers. We will be in black with lots of pearls and I am sure a few sparkles. This should be a really amazing evening. Tons of vendors, tons of fun and all about women! So join the fun. $7 in advance and $10 at the door. The event is being held at the Holiday Inn by the Bay from 4:30-9:30pm. Check out http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/dashofdiva/ for more info!

13 The Number of Transformation

Taught 4 Steps and Stances workshops back to back in my home studio yesterday. First began at 1pm and I finished around 7:30pm. What a day! I set the price at $13 per student and kept the classes down to 2-4 students for semi-private sessions. Each class was a little over an hour and I kept them running until the next group showed up. Cool and over cast start of the day ended with a bizarre snow squall as the last group left in the dark. What a day. AND I had 13 students. Guess is was just meant to be.

13 is the number of Transformation. I hope is was transformational for everyone who came...I know it was for me!

Come Celebrate Halloween in style with the Nia Maine Teacher Jam Benefit Dance Party at World Arts. Many of our fantastic teachers will be coming to jam from South Portland to Camden! We have two special guest teachers joining the fun. Robyn Maltz f...rom Boston and Susie Schoonmaker from San Francisco will be dancing with us! $5 for an amazing night. All procedes go to World Arts! Wear a costume or dress up your body's way! Bring drink and goodies to share. Trick or Treat!

Robyn and Susie are kicking off their Embody Your Beauty Nia Weekend on
Nov 5-8 at Stage Neck Inn in York Maine a little early to support of our growing Nia Maine community. They will also be guest teaching the 9am Sat Nia Class at World Arts on Oct 31rst ($12 drop in). Find out more about Robyn and Susie at www.embodyyourbeauty.com Please contact Maggie Bokor at 207.899.5939 or visit www.dancenia.com for more info on the Halloween Nia Jam.

ALL BOOKED UP!

IT WILL BE A FULL HOUSE

I WILL BE OFFERING THIS WEEKEND WORKSHOP FORMAT AGAIN VERY SOON!

Nia Steps and Stances Review Class
Sunday Oct 18th
Special Semi-Private Class Price!

New to Nia?
Feel like you have two left feet?
Time for a Movement Review?

Demystify the steps and stances of Nia and uncover your inner dancer! Sunday October 18th, I will be offering a series of 1 hour semi-private Nia Clinics at my home studio in Cape Elizabeth.

The clinics will review the basic steps and stances of Nia. This is your time to ask questions about specific movements or anything esle that may be hindering your play. We will work with your body's way to move and build the confidence needed to embrace your beauty as you dance through life. Learn to trust in your muscle memory, relax your nervous system and discover your connection to universal joy!

Sunday October 18th
1:00-2:00pm
2:30-3:30pm
4:00-5:00pm
5:30-6:30pm

Special Semi-Private Clinic Price $13 per hour
13 is the number of transformation!
(Standard Private Clinic Price $25 per hour)

Please contact Maggie at 207-899-5939or maggie@dancenia.com for an appointment. Will keep each clinic to maximum of 3 students. First come, first serve. Must sign up by Saturday October 17th. Namaste, Maggie

My Home Nia Studio
36 Columbus Road
Cape Elizabeth 04107
map on calendar page at http://www.dancenia.com/

Free First Gentle Nia Class

Come try out your first Gentle Nia Class on me. Even if you have been a Nia student for years, here is your opportunity to see what Gentle Nia is all about.

Tuesdays and Thursdays

7:30-8:30am

Healthy Body Fit Mind

85 E. Street 2nd Floor

South Portland, ME 04106

October 2009 Dance Nia Schedule-Maggie Bokor

Bring a friend FREE
Saturday Oct 3rd 9:00am World Arts
Monday Oct 5th 6:00pm World Arts

October 2009 Schedule

Mondays

World Arts
Class 6:00-7:00pm*
Drop in $12/ Class cards apply

Tuesdays

Healthy Body Fit Mind
Gentle Nia 7:30-8:30am*
Drop in $12/ Class cards apply

Terpsicore Dance
Toddlers Mommy and Me Nia 9:30-10:15am
Drop in $15 anytime

Terpsicore Dance
Newborns & Infants Mommy and Me Nia 10:30-11:30am
Drop in $15 anytime

Wednesdays

South Portland Community Center
Class 6:00-7:00pm
Drop in $10 anytime

Thursdays

Healthy Body Fit Mind
Gentle Nia 7:30-8:30am*
Drop in $12/ Class cards apply

Bay Club Fitness
Class 12:00-1:00pm
$15 drop in

Saturdays

Worlds Arts
Class 9:00-10:00am*
Drop in $12/ class cards apply

3 Month Class Cards*
$50 for 5 Classes ($10 per Class) $90 for 10 classes ($9 per class) $160 for 20 classes ($8 per class)
Class cards can be used at World Arts and Healthy Body Fit Mind Classes only.
Class cards will expire after 90 days after purchase.

Location Information:
Bay Club Fitness
One City Center Portland
(all Bay Club members welcome-drop in $15 for club visitors)

South Portland Community Center
21 Nelson Rd South Portland 04106
(sign up for session at desk. Drop in $10 anytime)
http://www.southportland.org

Terpsicore Dance

798 Main St South Portland 04106 Southside Plaza

www.terspicoredance.com

World Arts Coop*
65 W. Commercial St Portland 04101
(Under Casco Bay Bridge in Match star building-red with black awning)
www.worldartscoop.com

New Nia Flyer ready for the Expo!

Nia Live at the Alive and Well Health & Fitness Expo This Saturday 2:30-3pm

Kelly LaBrecque called me last week to ask if I would like to do a Nia demonstration at the Alive and Well Expo this weekend and the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland as WCSH6 Channel 6 Fit at Five Feature! Come join us on stage from 2:30-3:00pm for 1/2 hour of Nia bliss! We will be taking the stage at 2:30 and asking members of the audience to come up and try Nia. Kelly will be dancing with us and I am looking forward to getting the word out about Nia. So put on your Nia wear and head on over to the Alive and Well Expo this Saturday, Sept 26th! Check out all the details at http://www.wcsh6.com/life/community/events/aliveandwell/

Healing Nia Weekend with Gail Condrick was a great success

Are you an athlete, healer, artist, teacher? We discovered the Sacred Archetypes of Nia and experienced the 5 stages of Healing in two powerful workshops with Gail Condrick. Looking forward to co-creating again!

HEALING NIA WEEKEND WITH GAIL CONDRICK

PORTLAND MAINE SEPT 12-13th

Guest Teacher

Sat Sept 12th

9:00-10:00am class

World Arts

65 W. Commercial St Portland 04101

$12 drop in/ Class cards accepted

Free Introduction to the Sacred Archetypes & Potluck Nia Community Dinner with Gail Condrick
Black Belt Nia Instructor and Sacred Contracts Archetypal Consultant
Saturday Sept 12th
6:00-8:00PM
Maggie Bokor's Home
36 Columbus Rd Cape Elizabeth 04107

Join us for a night of discovery and tasty treats with your Nia Maine community. Learn about Carolyn Myss' Sacred Archetypes while sipping wine and sharing time with friends. Gail will lead us into discovering our own archetypes which will be explored on a deeper level in her Sunday afternoon workshop. It's a potluck, so send me a line and let me know what you would like to contribute.

Healing in Motion Workshop with Gail Condrick
Sunday Sept 13th
10:00am-1:00pm
World Arts
65 W.Commercial St Portland 04101

In the workshop you will:
*Discover the Sacred Contract of Archetypal Healers
*Experience the Nia 5 Stages of Self-healing movement practice
*Learn techniques to deepen your body awareness
*Dance with healing archetypes to enrich your Nia experience

Your Sacred Contract with Nia
A Workshop for Body and Soul With Gail Condrick
Sunday Sept 13th 2:30pm-5:30pm
World Arts
65 W. Commercial St Portland 04101

In this workshop you will:
*Be introduced to the power of the eighth chakra, your Sacred Contract
*Meet the archetypes common to Nia
*Identify and understand your archetypal Nia style
*Deepen your skills by dancing with your archetypes
*Tap into the deeper calling of archetypes in your life and business.

Highly recommended that participants attend the morning workshop.

Pre-registration for One Workshop Price: $40
One Workshop Drop in Price: $48
Pre-registration Whole Day Price: $75
Whole Day Drop in Day Price: $96

Register for all events with Maggie Bokor
maggie@dancenia.com
207-899-5939
All workshop info at www.dancenia.com under calendar

What are Sacred Contracts?

There is a calling, a longing, to find the connections that bring us home to our soul, to find the spirit and the meaning in our lives. Caroline Myss calls this our Sacred Contracts; agreements made before we were born that shape every aspect of our lives and relationships. Imagine how you may live, whom you would forgive, and what you might do if you had an insight into your personal soul plan? Sacred Contracts explores the world of archetypes and allows us to identify the old friends who have been with us all of our lives. Once you've met your archetypes in a consultation or seminar you will be forever changed. Your archetypes are old friends waiting to be acknowledged by your conscious mind, and waiting to show you your life purpose and to assist you in life choices that match your soul destiny. www.myss.com

A Little about Gail Condrick
Gail Condrick comes to us all the way from Florida. She is a communications executive, creative problem solver, teacher, and motivational speaker on wellness issues. She brings over 25 years of experience to her classes and workshops. Gail is a certified Black Belt Nia instructor, who has trained with Debbie and Carlos Rosas, the creators of the Nia Technique.

Incorporating her interest in mind/body awareness and communication, Gail became a Reiki Jin Kei Do Master, or Reiki Healing with Wisdom and Compassion, after several years of training. She offers private sessions and classes in Reiki. Gail is a graduate of CMED, the Caroline Myss Educational Development Institute, and a Sacred Contracts Archetypal Consultant. She has studied with Caroline Myss since 2004 and continues her own explorations while offering classes and workshops around the world.
Gail combines her dedication to healing and communications in workshops, classes, and seminars in private sessions and group seminars. She is a frequent motivational speaker at conferences and events. http://www.niavisions.com/