Words to live by

Nelson Mandela used this amazing quote from Marianne Williamson's book Return to Love during his inaugural speech in 1994 and it has become my mantra for 2010.

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

FREE NIA CLASS-NEW TUESDAY TIME!

Kicking off our new Tuesday night NIA with a FREE class for everyone! Bring a friend, grab your water and dance!

TUESDAY JAN 19TH

5:15pm-6:15pm

RAILROAD BUILDING(near Margaritas)

RM#240 DRAGONFLY TAIJIQUAN

222 ST. JOHN ST. PORTLAND

Park in back and take the elevator to the 2nd floor.

Martin Luther King Jr Day-NIA tonight

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy – Martin Luther King JR

In celebration of a great man, we will celebrate our freedom to move, dance and explore our bodies, minds and spirits. Open your heart, open your door, get a move on and let's dance together.

NIA Tonight

January 18th

Monday 6-7pm

Railroad Building #240

222 St. John St Portland

New Tuesday Night Class Poll

TUESDAY NIGHT NIA!!!!
RAILROAD BUILDING-ROOM #240

The request for more NIA has been answered. So who's in? Please click on this link and fill out this one page survey to help me figure out what would be the best time to teach. You do not need to participate if Tuesdays aren't a possibility for you. This will be one more class where you can use your 3 month Class Cards or drop in anytime for $12.

Click Here to Participate!
http://www.doodle.com/8kyp5a9qdvtvyuwf

Mommy and Me Class Poll

MOMMY & ME NIA CLASS POLL
To all my lovely Nia Mommies out there, I have not forgotten you. Please help me figure out the next steps for our class. Click on the link below to pick the best times for you and your baby. I will need 5 committed moms to rent a studio space and will start teaching class at my home studio at 36 Columbus Rd in Cape Elizabeth for now. We will keep it at Tuesday 10:30am until I receive information from the poll. Please email or call me if you are planning to come on Tuesday the 12th, so I can plan ahead. maggie@dancenia.com 207-899-5939

Click Here to Participate
http://www.doodle.com/w2zhkf5nggtbctxn

January 2010 Nia Schedule with Maggie Bokor

Bring a friend FREE
Saturday Jan 2nd 9:00am Railroad Building
Monday Jan 4th6:00pm Railroad Building

Free First Class at SPCC for everyone! DEC 6th

January 2010 Schedule
Mondays
Dragonfly Taijiquan Studio-Railroad Building
Class 6:00-7:00pm*
Drop in $12/ Class cards apply

Tuesdays
Home Studio
Class 7:30-8:30am*
Drop in $12/ Class cards apply

Check in for more details after the new year for Newborns & Infants Mommy and Me Nia Classes

Wednesdays
South Portland Community Center
First Class FREE for everyone Jan 6th
Class 6:00-7:00pm*
Drop in $10-6 week session Jan 13th-Feb 17th $48 ($5 charge non-residents)

Thursdays
Home Studio
Class 7:30-8:30am*
Drop in $12/ Class cards apply

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

Saturdays
Dragonfly Taijiquan Studio-Railroad Building
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)
Class cards can be used at Dragonfly Railiroad and Home Studio 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

Dragonfly Taijiquan-Railroad Building*
Room 240 222 St. John St Portland
Park in back near Margaritas and take the elevator to 2nd floor

Home Studio
36 Columbus Rd Cape Elizabeth 04107
www.dancenia.com

FREE NIA CLASS FOR EVERYONE!

FREE NIA CLASS

WED JAN 6TH

6PM-7PM

SPCC

Join us for the first SPCC Winter Session Nia Class for FREE! Sign up for the 6 week session Jan 13th-Feb 17th when you come try it out. ($48 for So Po residents and $53 for non-residents) The South Portland Community Center is located at 21 Nelson Rd off Evans. The studio is on the 2nd floor above the pool. Happy dancing everyone!

Bring a Friend FREE Nia Class Tonight!

Bring a friend for FREE tonight at our first Monday Night Class at Dragonfly Taijiquan Room 240 in the Railroad Building 222 St. John's St in Portland near Margaritas. Make sure to bring some water and a mat if you like. Drop in for $12 or use your class card and your friend or family member comes for FREE!

NIA Tonight

Monday January 4th

6-7pm

Railroad Building Rm 240

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!