Category: NIA dance practice

  • Day 39 of 52 Nia dance It’s a busy travel day, so I danced the shorter 35-minute online Bloom routine with Kellie Chambers. I’m like the bee on my rosemary in this picture. Blooming nicely here in October in mild Oregon, the rosemary bushes still attract dozens of bees, and they arrive just a little…

  • Day 38 of 52 Nia dance The religion of my family has a profound scripture: “Men are that they might have joy.” I grew up hearing that, and perhaps it’s among the most meaningful legacies for me of that faith, right up there with loving kindness as a guiding principle. So when I think about…

  • Day 37 of 52 Nia dance Today I pulled six songs, three each, from the middle of “Bloom” and “Alchemy.” A couple of them — “Shake Down Hold Up” from “Bloom” and “Byzantine” from “Alchemy” — brought such joy, I danced them twice. When trainer Debbie-Lee van Ginkel said, “It’s your journey, it’s your magic,”…