Category: NIA dance practice
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I’m starting my mornings with Nia’s 5 Stages. I love how Nia trainer Laurie Bass has described this practice on her web site. For my non-dancing friends, this isn’t dance. It’s a stretching/moving routine that only takes five minutes. For me this simple morning ritual brings a wonderful body-centered awareness. I have a lovely recording…
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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.
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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…
Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now 