Category: NIA dance practice
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I’m in day five of a weeklong dance training, and haven’t been able to embrace one of the practices. It’s a minute of laughter, part of system of movement that gets all the joints lubed and ready to go, known as the seven one-minute stages. I’ve done this Nia-created routine many many times and left…
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Salvia elegans — aka pineapple sage — spends all spring and summer growing and getting robust. Everything else in the garden is blooming like crazy but this sage waits until late September (in my garden, anyway) to start blooming. It’s looking pretty amazing just now. The hummingbirds take sips daily. I’m also in the autumn…
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A while ago, I had a lovely lunch with a friend. I brought her a very small vase with a couple of dahlia blooms from my garden. Last week at our Nia dance class, she returned the vase with these pretty pink blooms, geraniums, I think. I put the vase in the cup holder in…
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