Category: Exercise
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Nia dance instructor Dael Parsons gave me a gift, a method of being more fully myself. Her strategy — simply noticing what was happening with her students, then gently guiding — was what I needed. I walked into her dance class almost seven years ago. Newly retired, I had become the boss of all my…
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The first time vertigo hit, I didn’t believe it. Shook my head, got a hand on a wall, looked around. Holy hell, vertigo is a real thing. How can I, the most vertically stable person I know, have this? Then I learned about the little crystals that can form and wander around the inner ear.…
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This is such a sweet view of the southern Willamette Valley, and just a 20-minute drive and 10-minute walk to get there, there being a hiking trail that winds to the top of Mount Pisgah (actually more of a hill). Going to the top reveals the sweep of the Cascade Mountains, but I’m partial lately…