Category: NIA dance practice

  • 48 of 52 days of Nia It’s not like I just took up Nia last week or last month or last year. I’ve been dancing pretty much twice a week since 2019. This year in April I trained to receive my Nia white belt. That experience, seven days of learning and dancing, gave me back…

  • Day 47 of 52 Nia dance I haven’t selected any of the “Moving to Heal” routines from Nia’s online library, so I chose one today: “2gether” with Jule Aguirre. This 45-minute routine begins with a little trick Nia instructors have. The first time I heard it, I thought it was dumb. “Smell the moment,” they…

  • Day 46 of 52 Nia dance Today we danced “Wild” at Dael Parson’s Nia class (my home base for Nia). I was reminded what a joy dancing with Dael is. We began on the floor giving ourselves a little foot rub, while she talked about feet generally. And such is my short attention span that…