Are you really good at worrying? Do you believe that it makes you a better person (partner, mother, father, daughter, son, friend) if you worry about someone? Do you think your level of worry has a direct correlation to keeping a loved one safe? Do you think having a high level of worry proves your…
Author: Susan Tate
My Thanksgiving Prayer for You
My Thanksgiving prayer for you. May you. . . See the infinite possibilities that exist with each sunrise. Delight in nourishing your mind, heart, body, and spirit. Allow yourself to love greatly and be greatly loved. Choose love over fear. Allow your soul the freedom to express who you really are. Know that good self-care…
Wellness is Communicable
What’s mine to do? That’s the question I have asked myself as I observe the fear that is flowing in between the news of viruses and so much uncertainty. As a wellness person for almost five decades, what I know for sure is that what we focus on expands. So, I believe that…
7 Ways to Ecstatically Enjoy Conscious Sexuality
We can heal and strengthen ourselves during our conscious sexual activity, but we must know what we are doing and why. -Iyanla Vanzant Mindful, meaningful sexual activity can result in exquisite pleasure. Sexuality is an intimate aspect of our spirituality and conscious sexuality can be a wondrous journey. The Dagara tribe in West Africa does…
10 Ways to Choose Radical Love Over Fear
We have the choice to shower ourselves and our world with love or fear. I’m choosing love. How about you? We are living in extraordinary times. Clearly, it is important to know about things that can keep us safe. But what is being splashed in front of us at a rapid rate is repeatedly fearful information aimed at keeping…
Igniting the Power of the Pelvis
On my way to one of the Igniting the Power of the Pelvis workshops I presented earlier this year, traffic was stopped with three fire trucks blocking the sweet 2-lane country road that was leading me to the studio. Fortunately, I didn’t see any smoke or fire. When I had to take a slight detour…
Potential (& Joyful) Side Effects of Nia
Written especially for you by Susan Tate These side effects have been reported to me by many, many of my Nia students throughout the almost two decades I have been teaching Nia. And, I am happy to report, I have experienced everything on this list because of my practice of The Nia Technique*. Potential (& Joyful)…
7 Ways to Magnify Gratitude
This year, as we celebrate Thanksgiving in the United States, it is clear we are living in a time with an intensity of national news and world events that can easily draw us off center, into the past, or cause us to wonder how to make sense out of the future. This quote by Melody Beattie brings…
Discover the Joys of Movement
This feels like a good time to share an excerpt from my Wellness Wisdom: 31 Ways to Nourish Your Mind, Body, & Spirit book (2nd ed. 2011). If you would appreciate inspiration and encouragement about choosing a joyful way to move, then you’ll enjoy this! Chapter 15 Discover the Joys of Movement Years ago I…
Where are you supposed to be?
Last June I was walking along the Edmonds Beach in Washington as I frequently did during the 16 years I lived close to the Puget Sound. As I walked, I was reflecting about the fact that four Nia studios had closed behind me in the past six months and I was clearly feeling like…