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Help for Motion Sickness Through Nia Dance Fitness

This article about motion sickness, entitled “Do planes, trains and automobiles make you ill? There’s some help for that” by Lauren La Rose, was published in the Toronto Star on April 21, 2014. In it, I explain why I believe Nia (a dance fitness practice) has helped me lessen my motion sickness. La Rose says:…

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Dance Anywhere

  dance anywhere® is a public celebration of dance everywhere, around the world, simultaneously. I took part in it. In my basement. Barefoot. With a teensy tiny foot dance. While waiting for the washing machine to stop. It was a break from report writing, invoicing, income tax prepping, household chore-ing. Cause I *LOVE* to dance,…

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Pleasure. Here's what I get that from.

And it’s kind of magical, because I’ve come to see that pleasure is always there for the taking. It’s just up to us to figure out what shift in our attitude, tweak in our perspective, or modification of our bodies will allow pleasure to show itself to us.

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Heel pain? Dance barefoot!

Why would I ever want to take off my shoes? Before I started Nia, I guffawed at the idea of shoe-less fitness. In fact, after my first Nia class (with the fabulous Martha Randall), when she asked for feedback, I distinctly remember my (admittedly) stuck up reply. “It just seems strange to work out without…

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Just playing: That's all

                  Just having a little fun with the internets today.        Life it too serious not to play every once in awhile, amirite? (Try it out yourself at www.festisite.com)

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India: That's a wrap!

This is the story of me turning 40. In India. This was my 3rd trip to India, and once again, she taught me invaluable lessons and truths. I had lots of laughs, met new parts of myself, experienced tears of joy and enjoyed dancing with my Nia colleagues from all over the world. Thanks to…

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Simply Irresistible!

When I watch this video by the amazing Mopo, I feel FABULOUS! I hope you will too! If you haven’t had the pleasure of meeting Mopo, let me tell you a bit about him. He is an amazing soul who makes it his mission to photograph women so that they can appreciate their beauty. Because…

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