Shining Our Light with Grace and Guts

Earlier today I participated in a special class celebrating 5 years of Nia at the Civetta Dance Space in Greenwood. The seeds were planted by Susan Tate, who I and so many others consider our Nia mama, and she has cultivated a most precious space for other teachers and dancers/students.

Susan set the class focus today of "shining your light with a spice of grace and guts." That focus alone blew me away but the songs selected brought this focus to a new level of somatic exploration. All I can say is WOW! Susan teaches a masterful class - always filled with sound, laughter, wonder, and truly joy-full movement.

The three other Dance Space Nia instructors (myself, Jena Hennessey and Gretchen Musgrove) each contributed to this focus and routine with one song each. I feel so incredibly blessed to be part of this community. The class today left me in a state of immense happiness and grateful to these three incredible women who I consider my colleagues, teacher-mentors, and soul sisters.

Here is a photo taken of the four of us after class. What a gorgeous group of women!

Gretchen, Jennifer, Susan and Jena