Category: NIA dance practice
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… 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…
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There’s something about the routine “Alchemy,” that satisfies. Dancing it this morning before a busy feast day gets underway, I was struck by its combination of powerful and yet deeply feminine moves. I’ve written so much about the feelings that come up for me while dancing. Today, especially toward the end during the steps to…
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On our morning walk, Craig and I passed this cotoneaster, its red berries the brightest thing around on an otherwise rainy low-cloud-ceiling day. It buoyed my spirits which had been busy with gloom-of-winter thoughts. I noticed this emotional divergence — gloom vs. pleasure — having just listened to a “Hidden Brain” podcast about emotional resilience…
Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now 