Category: NIA dance practice

  • Get up offa that thing and dance till you feel better. Get up offa that thing and try to release the pressure! singer songwriter James Brown Words to live by.

  • Halfway through my 20-minute Nia workout this morning, (Soul with Britta Von Tagen), I realized I was smiling. It occurred to me that on a cellular level my body has no awareness of the news cycle — election news, war news, local tragedies, environmental mayhem. My muscles and joints know nothing of these. What the…

  • Driving home this morning after dancing at Kellie Chambers’ Pleasant Hill studio, I drove by this guy. His presence seemed like a thoughtful gesture in a deeply progressive town absorbing national election headlines. His name is Brent, and he described himself as an animal activist who has spent some time standing on corners holding signs.…