Category: NIA dance practice
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Nobody likes to be told “no.” It’s a full stop. It’s forbidden territory. It blocks momentum. Ever since I was a toddler, I have rebelled against it. On the other hand, sometimes getting to “yes,” means wandering through a universe of “no.” I let my weight creep up over November and December. Since it took…
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I had the pleasure of dancing last summer with Nia instructor Britta von Tagen. She co-taught a white belt training in Pleasant Hill with Kellie Chambers and dropped in to the Just Move Studio for some community dance sessions. Her energy, precision and a kind of fierceness were exciting and maybe a tad scary for…
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My 10 days of road-trip visit to my mom, lacked sufficient dancing. There were five days of no-dancing at all, which, checking my got-done calendar, revealed that the last time I went that long without some Nia was back in July. Addicted? Possibly. Getting back to routine now, I’m using the 30-minute sessions Nia on…
Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now 