The Beginning of BodyArts Consultancy & Its Future

January of 2008 we moved from the beautiful Santa Ynez Valley area in California to Henderson Nevada to join forces with a very special studio owner, Tamara Casey. She had been running a great studio but wanted added dimensions.

Our first job on the list was to give the studio a new name and identity in the community. We named it Harmony Dance Studios, hoping this would insinuate a place where learning the arts of dancing and movement would cultivate an appreciation for all that is pure and true in motion.

Nelson used his skills as a graphic artist and came up with a new logo and set the atmosphere for the studios, by adding flow of the font and the empowering Indigo color. Charlotte went to town with her attention to detail in management and to get a great team of dancers together to teach the dance students.

We have pushed the boundaries of the studio from purely a ballroom facility, to offering fitness, wellness, personal training, meditation classes and even self-defense a class for FREE to local residents. We most recently invited a group of Capoeiristas to join our facility, and bring some Brazilian culture and fun to our family. Contra Mestre Dila Ho of the group Capoeira Mandinga is from Bahia in Brazil but now resides for the most part here in Las Vegas, teaching this incredible art form.

We feel we have created a place where the energy is set correctly for learning, sharing, cultivating and nurturing the artistic spirit in all its formats.

Obviously, our BAC website is up and running, and we think it looks great. Once again we have used the talents of Mr. Quent McCoy to manifest our vision into the reality it has become. This guy is a true artist when it comes to putting your ideas on paper, or screen. If you would like to contact him, please do so with our highest recommendations at quentmccoy.com

As time goes on, we will be offering more and more services from this website, so stay tuned for the up coming newsletters, videos, and hopefully podcast downloads available for purchase here. We are working on being available to all who wish to experience our training in wellness, and dance coaching even from afar on an iPod!!!

The certification programs are still a work in progress, but we strongly believe that educating and certifying instructors in the fitness field, is the only way to create and maintain a good standard, that will hopefully be embraced by the “industry”. Things need to change, and they need to happen now. With the guidelines of Mike Demora and NCEP, we are fine tuning the manual to cover all the most important aspects of teaching in the physical industry, safely and effectively.

Energy Work

What few people may know is that Nelson studied under the great teacher/healer/author Michael J.Tamura. The skills he learned from Michael are used in very special sessions, and quite frequently achieve some “miraculous” results for his clients. If you are interested in this kind of work, please visit our friend and mentor Michael at: www.michaeltamura.com, and order his great book “You are the Answer”, for some enlightening reading. You can of course always schedule a session with Nelson to experience it first hand!

Meditative Studies

Based on the basic foundation of Nelson’straining with Michael Tamura, comes this great structured way to meditate. One of the hardest things to do is achieve that “inner quiet” when meditating. We live in faster times that don’t allow the mind to relax enough to get clarity.

Nelson guides you through steps that will allow your mind to receive instructions while maintaining a perfect state of being, to relax and return to your own inner self. Needless to say this is a catalyst for great changes in your mind, body and life in general!