I’m a week out from finishing my personal commitment to dance Nia daily for 52 days and to write about it. On the last day, I wrote that I had no idea what I would do going forward.
What did I do this past week? I danced six days. Not out of lingering obligation, but just because dancing feels good.
In one of those fun serendipitous things, I stumbled upon the work of Harvard psychologist Ellen Langer, who has spent a lifetime understanding the body and the mind as a unit, not just as connected systems. I’ve appreciated her new memoir “The Mindful Body,” as it shares some of her ground-breaking research and her personal experience.
She suggests that noticing what’s happening in the body in any given moment is a key to living healthfully. It so fits with my Nia experience of being in my “today body,” which may not be energetically the same as yesterday’s. She’s frank about her concept of mindfulness. It’s not about meditating, it’s about awareness, being present and especially noticing changes. She is a popular speaker and there are many articles and podcasts available, such as this one:
https://news.uchicago.edu/why-secret-health-lies-mind-body-connection
Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now 
2 responses to “Mind and body”
It’s interesting to me how Nia has become a real filter or maybe background narrative to the way I see things. And writing about it is good processing for me. Thanks for continuing to read…
I’m so happy to see you have written more about your Nia experience after completing your 52 day quest Susan. The journey continues…