Tag: dance

  • Nature Connection As Essential Self-Care; making way for what you want

    Nature Connection As Essential Self-Care; making way for what you want

    The author shares their journey of self-care through dance and nature connection. By prioritizing daily self-care, they experienced positive shifts, improved well-being, and new opportunities. Nature connection allowed for greater awareness, emotional processing, relaxation, and perspective. Prioritizing self-care is emphasized as a key to releasing negativity and inviting more of what truly matters in life.

  • swing!

    I just walked past the 21 Balan?ºoires at the Quartier des Spectacles in Montreal. ?áI have to say, it is something that made me smile and enjoy the brief moment of nice weather this afternoon. ?áIt seems to have this effect on many people who try them out. ?áIt is the random music, it is…

  • extending comfort zones

    I just got back home after almost two hours of Hip-Hop Dance class. I’ve never really listened to Hip-Hop music, I’ve not paid much attention (outside of some sideline, “Oh, wow look at what that person just did, so bendy!”) to Hip-Hop Dance or Music videos, and I’ve not taken a Hip-Hop Dance class, ever,…

  • kick it up a bit in the winter and feel better

    A few years ago, I decided to kick up my workouts during the winter so that I would feel great during that dark season. ?áAnd guess what? It worked! My moods were great with the addition of a magic ingredient called exercise.?á For about an hour each day, I worked out in classes that I…

  • A Brief Report: am running again after an injury

    Several months ago I spent a couple of hours in the gym injuring myself. How did I injure myself? In between running on the track and doing some weights, I used a?ástubborn elliptical machine for?áhalf an hour, and then I used a stairmaster afterwards. The?áinflexible machinery, made for a certain?ábody with a particular stride and…

  • Gymminnit

    by Natasha Henderson, Montreal The gym.?áIt is a?áplace to work out, a place to stretch the?áboundaries?áof how?áyou feel and what your body can do. A place to work out problems, to work in peace, to work in silence or with loud, boisterous laughter.?áDepending on your gym (assuming you?ágo to?áa gym, I understand that a lot…