Category: Random
Me talkin to myself
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A lively camping weekend will mean no dancing, so I grabbed a 20-minute routine this morning — “Ignite” — that focused on the upper body and was just right. I’m still thinking about Harvard psychologist Ellen Langer’s book “Mindful Body.” Some of her experiments focused on whether mindful people just being mindful can positively influence…
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I’m a week out from finishing my personal commitment to dance Nia daily for 52 days and to write about it. On the last day, I wrote that I had no idea what I would do going forward. What did I do this past week? I danced six days. Not out of lingering obligation, but…
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For the past few months, my mother, who is coming up on her 99th birthday, has been reading the Qu’ran, the holy book of Islam. Anyone who knows my mother recognizes her deep faith as a Christian, but also knows how interested she is in the world. She decided this summer that reading this book…
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