Category: NIA dance practice
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A lively camping weekend will mean no dancing, so I grabbed a 20-minute routine this morning — “Ignite” — that focused on the upper body and was just right. I’m still thinking about Harvard psychologist Ellen Langer’s book “Mindful Body.” Some of her experiments focused on whether mindful people just being mindful can positively influence…
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I’m a week out from finishing my personal commitment to dance Nia daily for 52 days and to write about it. On the last day, I wrote that I had no idea what I would do going forward. What did I do this past week? I danced six days. Not out of lingering obligation, but…
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Day 52 of 52 Nia dance Well, this has been a thing. It feels good to have done what I committed to do — dance every day for seven weeks and three days, 52 days of dancing in recognition of the 52 moves of Nia. Besides the feelings of improved aerobic fitness and strength, I…
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