Day 50 of 52 Nia dance
Whenever our Nia instructor Dael Parsons brings Linaia — the 2-foot tall model skeleton — to class, I know I’ll learn something. Often it’s about our joints, maybe range of motion, or about gaps I didn’t know existed, say in the lower pelvis. (Really, where those two big scoopy meet.) But today, she was there as inspiration. Dael asked us to imagine our heads attached to a star. It’s so interesting how that mental image brings my body upright, how my bones all feel aligned, and also, how there’s a greater sense of space. It’s the same way I feel when I take in a good breath, my diaphragm drops and I feel like my rib cage opens up a bit.
This imagining served me nicely as we danced “U.” Highlight of this great routine for me was dancing to the song “U R the Answer” by Michael Bernard Beckwith. The song leads with the line “Something wonderful is always on the verge of happening,” and it’s backed by a pulsing dance-club beat. So energizing, inspiring and fun.
Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now 