Category: NIA dance practice

  • Day 19 of 52 Nia dance challenge A light Nia day, 20 minutes online reviewing the 52 moves to the Bloom soundtrack. I really connected this morning with just running through basic Nia steps. Dance instructor Kellie Chambers in this video reminds to “soften the joints.” I have heard this many times in dance class…

  • Day 18 of 52 Nia dance challenge Today teacher Dael Parsons invited us to feel each step in the routine Rise as though it were brand new. She also said something about pleasure, can’t quite remember the exact phrase, but this helped me be aware that my shoulders were tight and sore, perhaps from too…

  • Day 17 of 52 Nia dance challenge Dance frees up buried inner feelings to come out. It allows the energy of the music and the other dancers to come in. Both things happened to me today while dancing “Connecting” with Kellie Chambers. She inspired us to think about the ways we connect as a community…