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Category: NIA dance practice

  • Wild thing

    Day 13 of Nia dance challenge Thank god for my inner hippy. It’s been a day. I’m burned out, I’m cranky. It’s dark. Summer’s pretending it won’t leave me. It’s late Sunday. There’s no Nia classes. I’ve been semi-well-behaved all day. I mean, I cleaned the mildew out of the shower for heck’s sake. (Also,…

  • Focus and intent

    For heck’s sake. What a mess. My play table. I mean, I could call it a work table but everything on it is about play: making art from dried flowers, midway through an embroidery project, editing a manuscript, sending cards to distant friends. It’s like leaving the kitchen a mess after baking bread and then…

  • Down with it!

    Day 12 of 52 Nia dance challenge Cue the music! I’m working to memorize the hour-long Bloom routine, written by Nia choreographers Christina Mae Wolf, Kellie Chambers, and Rossella Vanti. Today I spent 50 minutes just repeating the first four songs of this routine, using the Nia on Demand video to guide me. My energy…