Nikki Winston - Every Move You Make: Bodymind Exercises to Transform Your Life

Words of Praise for
Every Move You Make

Nikki Winston has developed a lasting method for improving relationships by
simply changing the way we move. Ive worked with Nikki for years doing the
movements and changing my life. When things arent going right in my life,
I know that doing certain movements will help put my life back in balance.
Sally Jessy Raphal, TV talk-show host

Nikki Winston is a wondrous star! Through her, I learned to
face my fears and found my life open to wider horizons. Her movements
to music and her affirmations start my day and fill me with the joyful
feeling of balance and harmony. Youll love her inspiration and wisdom!
Ardie Rodale, publisher, Prevention magazine

Every Move You Makeis a direct route to a more productive and
satisfying life. Psychologists take note: This book could hurt your business!
Caryn Stark, psychologist and television personality

When the Golden Door asked me to produce a video of Nikki Winston
and her amazing movements, I didnt know I would also be
producing a happier me, by doing the movements along with her.
This book will help thousands of others to change their lives for the better.
Marie Kelly, producer/director, Kelly Productions International

Every Move You Makeis a much-needed book in such stressful times.
Nikki shows us how to move body, mind, and soul together
to create a grace-filled and peaceful life. Beautiful!
Susan Jeffers, Ph.D., author of
Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway and Embracing Uncertainty

Every Move You Make

Also by Nikki Winston

The Golden Doors Response to Stress (video), A&G Productions, 1989

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Hay House UK: www.hayhouse.co.uk; or Hay House South Africa: orders@psdprom.co.za

To Michaelmy love, laugh, and dance partner

Copyright 2003 by Nikki Winston

Published and distributed in the United States by: Hay House, Inc., P.O. Box 5100, Carlsbad, CA 92018-5100 Phone: (760) 431-7695 or (800) 654-5126 Fax: (760) 431-6948 or (800) 650-5115 www.hayhouse.com Published and distributed in Australia by: Hay House Australia Ltd., 18/36 Ralph St., Alexandria NSW 2015 Phone: 612-9669-4299 Fax: 612-9669-4144 www.hayhouse.com.au Publishedand Distributed in the United Kingdom by: Hay House UK, Ltd. Unit 202, Canalot Studios 222 Kensal Rd., London W10 5BN Phone: 44-20-8962-1230 Fax: 44-20-8962-1239 www.hayhouse.co.uk Published and Distributed in the Republic of South Africa by: Hay House SA (Pty), Ltd., P.O. Box 990, Witkoppen 2068 Phone/Fax: 2711-7012233 orders@psdprom.co.za Distributed in Canada by: Raincoast 9050 Shaughnessy St., Vancouver, B.C. V6P 6E5 Phone: (604) 323-7100 Fax: (604) 323-2600

Editorial supervision: Jill Kramer
Design: Summer McStravick
Photography: Gregory Bertolini

All rights reserved. No part of this booklet may be reproduced by any mechanical, photographic, or electronic process, or in the form of a phonographic recording; nor may it be stored in a retrieval system, transmitted, or otherwise be copied for public or private useother than for fair use as brief quotations embodied in articles and reviews without prior written permission of the publisher.

The author of this booklet does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for physical or medical problems without the advice of a qualified medical professional, who should always be consulted before beginning any new diet, exercise, or other health program. The intent of the author is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional and physical well-being. In the event you use any of the information in this book for yourself, which is your constitutional right, the author and the publisher assume no responsibility for your actions.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Winston, Nikki
Every move you make : body, mind exercises to transform your life / Nikki Winston.
p. cm.
ISBN 1-4019-0119-0 (trade paper)
1. Exercise. 2. Mind and body. I. Title.
GV481.W59 2003
613.71dc21

2002155127

ISBN 1-4019-0119-0
06 05 04 03 5 4 3 2
1st printing, October 2003
2nd printing, November 2003

Printed in the United States of America

Contents

Editors Note: To avoid the awkward he/she construction,
the feminine pronoun has been used predominantly throughout this book.

Change the Way You Move...
and Change Your Life

We shall not cease from exploration

And the end of all our exploring

Will be to arrive where we started

And know the place for the first time.

from Little Gidding by T. S. Eliot

Is your life the way you want it to be? Are you the person you want to be, the person youre certain you can be, the person you know you really are inside? Since youre reading a book about how to transform yourself and your life, Im going to guess that the answer is no.

Something is off-center for you. Maybe its your job, your relationship, or your lack of a relationship. Perhaps your days are filled with the shoulds and should nots of obligation, leaving no time for the want tos of pleasure and desire. Maybe you sense that youre not succeeding in your life or your career as you had hoped to, as you know you couldif only things were different. You feel frustrated, pressured, encumbered, and adrift.

Dont look now, but it showsin every move you make.

I mean that quite literally. The way you stand, sit, walk, and hold yourself all reflect your inner life. Its the bodymind connectionthe link between the way you feel and your physical state. Because of that link, your thoughts and emotions program themselves into the way you move your body. Youve seen it in othersthe drooping shoulders of someone whos dejected, the briskly upright walk of someone whos happy or successful, the careless seated posture of someone with low self-esteem. And you see it in yourself: When youre under stress, the tension goes right to the back of your neck or into your shoulders; when youre worried, your jaw locks; and anger tightens your abdominal muscles until you feel that you can hardly breathe. In fact, the way you move sends all sorts of messages about your feelings and gives all kinds of clues about your sense of selfand you can read your life in every move you make.