Category: Random

Me talkin to myself

  • Day 15 of 52 Nia dance challenge It’s hard to explain why taking off my shoes to dance is so liberating. Maybe it’s reconnecting with the kid in me. Maybe my feet just like not being enclosed. I wondered about research on the topic, and found most of it focused on runners and little of…

  • Day 14 of 52 Nia dance challenge So glad to get back in a studio and dance with others. Synchronistically, instructor Val Wetmore chose “Bloom,” which I am in the process of memorizing. Loved doing it. Not getting tired of the music or the moves at all. The energy of the dance community infuses me…

  • 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,…