Release + Spinal Roll
52 days of Self-Care to improve the quality of your life + 52 Nia Moves for Health. Fitness. Power. Beauty.
Afro Celt Sound System feat. Sinead O’Connor – Release (video)
Photo linked to CD
Self-Care: RELEASE
Daily choice/action: Have a good cry ~ Grief is a doorway to your deepest self.
Inspired by: Cheryl Richardson Self-Care Cards
Share: Excerpted from Wikipedia, here is a powerful, poignant story: Just as [Afro-Celt’s] second album was getting off the ground, one of the group’s core musicians, 27-year-old keyboardist Jo Bruce (son of Cream bass player Jack Bruce), died suddenly of an asthma attack. The band was devastated, and the album was put on hold. Then Irish pop star Sinéad O’Connor came to the rescue, collaborating with the band and helping them cope with their loss. “[O’Connor] blew into the studio on a windy November night and blew away again leaving us something incredibly emotional and powerful,” McNally told Katz. “We had this track we didn’t know what to do with. Sinéad scribbled a few lyrics and bang! She left us completely choked up.” So taken was the band with O’Connor’s song, “Release,” that they used the name for the title of their album. Volume 2: Release hit the music stores in 1999, and by the spring of 2000 it had sold more than half a million copies worldwide. What is your RELEASE story?
Nia Move: Spinal Roll
Daily practice: Standing with feet about shoulder distance apart, inhale deeply and look up. Sense the front of your body lengthening and opening. Use your hands for support and slide them down your legs, sinking to a point where your body says, “That’s enough.” As if you were a rag doll falling asleep, exhale releasing your core and head. Look toward the earth. Hanging over push your feet into the ground to roll back up. Practicing Spinal Roll keeps your spine strong and flexible. It’s terrific for self-healing your back.
excerpted from: The Nia Technique by Debbie Rosas & Carlos Aya-Rosas
Share: I’m curious to hear about what releases during or after practicing Spinal Roll.
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