Category: Exercise

  • Day 17 of 52 Nia dance challenge Dance frees up buried inner feelings to come out. It allows the energy of the music and the other dancers to come in. Both things happened to me today while dancing “Connecting” with Kellie Chambers. She inspired us to think about the ways we connect as a community…

  • Day 16 of 52 Nia dance challenge This practice calls for vocalizing, often when throwing a punch or a kick; it’s a guttural “Hah!” or “Hey!” an enthusiastic “Yes!” or “No!” I couldn’t do this — call out in a group — at first. It just seemed embarrassing. I chalk it up to school and…

  • Day 15 of 52 Nia dance challenge It’s hard to explain why taking off my shoes to dance is so liberating. Maybe it’s reconnecting with the kid in me. Maybe my feet just like not being enclosed. I wondered about research on the topic, and found most of it focused on runners and little of…