Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now

Day 52 of 52 Nia dance

Well, this has been a thing. It feels good to have done what I committed to do — dance every day for seven weeks and three days, 52 days of dancing in recognition of the 52 moves of Nia. Besides the feelings of improved aerobic fitness and strength, I also have a boost of optimism from having done the thing I said I’d do, despite some challenges along the way.

I’m not sure what it means for me going forward. Will I continue to dance every day? My today body does not know.

Today I chose a sampler of routines, bits from Ignite and others. Tomorrow is a mystery.

I have been so grateful for friends and family and for the dance community, both locally and globally, who have followed this blog of my progress. As of today 597 readers have stopped by here. They’ve visited from 16 countries, and I especially want to send a virtual wave to a reader in Ireland, who has been a regular visitor. Thank you! It’s amazing to feel connection to dancers in Sweden, the UK, Cambodia, Israel, India, Bermuda and France, among many others. The dancers I get to be with in the studio helped me keep my enthusiasm up when it flagged.

Here’s some data about my 52 days:

• 23 — The number of distinct routines danced (including a rogue Led Zeppelin routine choreographed by me.
• 30 — Number of times I danced at home with online routines
• 22 — Number of times I danced in the studio
• 17 — Number of instructors whose routines I danced
• 43 — Number of days I danced a full 60-minute routine
• 9 — Number of days I danced 5- to-30 minute routines

Thanks for following this dance journey.

Can’t sign off without leaving this link to one of my all-time favorite songs to dance to. Its lyrics knock me out every time, especially these two lines:

“Tune in, log out, be here, go on,” and

“You never have to wonder where the groove went, the groove is you.”