Category: NIA dance practice
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Can’t remember the last time I danced the routine “Ride.” I have such good memories of dancing this Nia routine during the first Covid summer, when we were all isolating and anxious. Our wonderful dance teacher Dael Parsons found a park with a mostly unused basket ball area, so we danced there twice a week,…
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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…
