Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now

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Category: Exercise

  • Rear view mirror

    New Year’s resolutions infuse me with excitement. But a week or so before my Jan. 1 ritual, I take a pause to ponder where I’ve been and what I’ve done over the previous year. This is easy for me because I maintain a “got done” calendar. It may be counter-intuitive — most people prefer to-do…

  • Something wonderful

    … is always on the verge of happening! That’s what we danced to today at Kellie Chambers’ Nia studio. Nia, a dance fusion that is my (almost) daily practice, marries movement with music that spans a broad range. It can be gentle, meditative. It can be energetic, athletic. As I dance, it can send me…

  • And daily

    We walk in the morning before breakfast. Almost every day. Dreary, rainy, sunny, beckoning — whatever. We have our routes. But sometimes we venture along a street or an alley off our usual pattern. Last week on a dreary morning, we ventured down an alley that rarely calls to us. (An aside about the alleys…