Category: NIA dance practice
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Day 31 of 52 Nia dance There’s this fun saying that we should dance like nobody’s watching. I like that idea as it suggests being in the body and feeling the music and not worrying about how I appear to others. But today, while dancing, I realized that I want to dance like I’m watching…
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Day 30 of 52 Nia dance I wish there were some way to measure change over time, but since I didn’t note any specifics before I started this challenge, I can’t give concrete information, just anecdotal, about what seems to be different physically and mentally for me. Here’s how I think I’m different after 30…
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Day 29 of 52 Nia dance The use of narrative with choreography sets Nia apart (in my experience) from other exercise practices. Today, for example, instructor Dael Parsons led us in Levity, which uses a marionette metaphor as a guide. What is it like to move as though strings are attached? It’s less flowy than…
Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now 