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THE ISSUE: AT HAND
In honor of quitting biting my nails (and Nia’s 9th principle), September features the Issue at Hand Newsletter. I have always been handy. I can fix stuff, build things, un-tangle knots, paint, cook, flip someone off, you know, all the things that require handiness. Since entering the fitness world, my hands have become a really important piece of exercise equipment.
In honor of quitting biting my nails (and Nia’s 9th principle), September features the Issue at Hand Newsletter. I have always been handy. I can fix stuff, build things, un-tangle knots, paint, cook, flip someone off, you know, all the things that require handiness. Since entering the fitness world, my hands have become a really important piece of exercise equipment.
By holding weights to push and pull, my hands have enabled me to create the rest of my fit body. They’ve played a key part in my yoga training; supporting my Downward Facing Dog, handstand and plank poses and centering my energy at my heart. In Nia, my fingers, hands and arms help me demonstrate and lead my classes. Personally, my hands complement my sense of humor by assisting me in creating good physical comedy.
This month, I encourage you to become more aware of what your fingers, hands, and arms are doing. See if you can Dance Through Life with a little more pleasure by tuning in to your upper extremities. Read More→
Yoga class tonight was very challenging. Not only do I not yet know the all asanas and the right way to do them, I am very sore from Tuesday’s activities (75 minute of yoga, two Nia classes, 20 minutes elliptical machine, and 75 minutes weight lifting Chest and Triceps). Read More→
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FALL INTO AUTUMN.
We are finally entering my favorite season. Leaves
 are changing, scarves and sweaters are replacing tank tops and flip-flops, Honey Crisp apples are piled high at the grocery stores.The flowering trees in DC make lovely fall foliage as well. Gold, amber and rust is the palette of our canopy. To see the brilliant reds of the Swamp Maples, I will have to return home to upstate NY where the Fall Spectacular makes me actually want to go home. Returning is the theme I want to explore this month. Schedules have returned to normal. People have resumed their studies, work, routine. Fall always feels to me like coming full circle. I feel and see the most dramatic changes in everything. Literally, the leaves are returning to the earth. If you stand on a street corner in any tree-lined neighborhood the fall happens all around you. It feels really good to stand in the middle of fall and feel the returning. It’s gravity at its best, right? Somehow this gravity doesn’t feel heavy, it just feels like a returning home. Returning home with dynamic ease. Read More→ |
SUMMER ENDED WITH A BANG!
I’m back in school. Teaching that is. The bell rings, the halls fill with kids, the bell rings again and my room at Brookland Middle School is filled with teenage bodies of energy. As always, it is lively to say the least. In my new school, I am working with inner city kids, inner city resources; inner city culture. I can safely say, this is my biggest teaching challenge so far. I thought becoming a Personal Trainer and Nia Instructor was a big career change, but becoming an inner city middle school teacher has taken the cake. I really love it! There is more for me to learn at this school than any other. And…middle schoolers are middle schoolers – it’s true; WELCOME TO THE HORMONE YEARS. Sixth graders; still children, eighth graders; too cool for school, and the seventh graders; middle children not sure where they fit in. I feel at home with all the chaos. This atmosphere has always suited my temperament. This is a photograph of me and my seventh grade. They are not shy as you can see. Read More→
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