Category: NIA dance practice
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The first time I heard a Nia dance trainer say, “Smell the moment,” my internal rant persona engaged: You can’t smell a moment. You can smell a flower or a turd. A moment? Ridiculous. But patience (not my top virtue nor even a middle virtue, more a fleeting one) sometimes brings me around. Now I…
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There’s no way to express some things, except through movement. I had one of those evenings. So I got on Spotify and created my own list of songs to dance to. It took about 10 minutes to put together — just random tunes popping into my head. “The Groove is You” Deep Dive Corp. “Kashmir”…
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Having just spent a week with two genius Nia dance trainers — Helen Terry and Kellie Chambers — I’ve been thinking about what makes people good teachers and good mentors. A quick check online reveals there are many thousands of words written on this topic. I liked this list from Arizona State University: https://heysunny.asu.edu/blog/want-mentor-here-are-5-keys-choosing-and-approaching-right-one Here’s…
Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now 