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10 Ways Nia Benefits Bodies (mine and yours, that is)
When we embrace an active healthy lifestyle we can attain increased fitness, health, and well-being not only in our bodies, but also in our minds, emotions, and spirits. Nia is a unique fusion fitness practice that provides benefits in all these areas; it is easily learned, easily built upon, and a joy to practice throughout…
Read MoreAsking me about my weight….
is NOT okay. One more time, with feeling: Asking me about my weight is NOT okay. Over the past 3 days, I’ve had at least as many questions about my weight. I tried to pass the questions off like they don’t bother me. I noticed myself avoiding the requisite response that usually follows a yes/no…
Read MoreSunday Scribblings # 92 – Healing
Sunday Scribblings is asking me to talk about Healing. I can’t help it. This is a gift of another opportunity for me to speak about Nia I recently submitted an article to ParticipACTION. It’s this Canadian initiative to motivate Canadians to get active and be healthy. When I was a kid, ParticipACTION made it’s way…
Read MoreDance Our Way Home
I was introduced to Erica Ross and Dance Our Way Home in 2005 through Sheena’s Place, a support centre in Toronto for people with eating disorders. In the throes of anorexia and an exercise obsession, I connected back to my body and it’s beauty in this wonderful expressive dance practice. Fortunately, Erica is now offering…
Read MoreSunday Scribblings #56 – Chance Encounter
Is there really such a thing as a chance encounter? When I think seriously about it, I’m not sure that chance encounters truly exist. There are a ga-jillion concepts related to the idea of chance encounters: unexpected events, luck, accidents, coincidence, etc. But really, I don’t think that anything that happens is truly “out of…
Read MoreSunday Scribblings #42 – Out of This World
Out of this world experiences are those that bring me into my essence.Those brief and celebratory moments where everything is ok, where I am at peace, and where the sensation is one of pure pleasure.I feel quite privileged to have had such precious moments of ease wrapped up with the excitement of living.I think in…
Read MoreSunday Scribblings #30 – Dance (Nia)
There could be no better post topic for Sunday Scribblings today than this – dance has given me new life. Specifically, Nia has given me life. Nia, meaning “with purpose” in Swahili, has awakened my body’s way. Nia, a spirited blend of dance, martial arts, and healing arts, is not a “work out”. No, it’s…
Read MoreSunday Scribblings #13 – Phenomenon
I am a phenomenon.How do I know this?I looked to dictionary-dot-com,And was reassured. I exist. There was a time when I didn’t. Observable circumstances led me to comeinto my physical being.That’s a fact.That’s a phenomenon.My arrival was something quite extraordinary – rather impressive.Being lodged face forward in my mom’s cervix, rescued by a quick thinking…
Read MoreSunday Scribblings #3 – Second Chance
I got a chance to “wake up” A lot of people never do Or if they do, it’s too late Here’s a story about my second chance (I wrote it last summer, and have come miles away from where I was….). Sit back and get comfy. It’s a long, serious and enlightening read. What you…
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