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…
Category: mind/body/spirit
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…
13 Tips for Transformational Wellness
“All transformation begins with an intense burning desire to be transformed.” ~Wayne Dyer Do you have this intense burning desire to transform a part of you life that isn’t serving you? Are you looking for a little less stress in your life? Are you desiring to feel more love? Do you want to feel really, really well?…
Spiritual Wellness, Prayer, & Meditation
Spiritual wellness is a uniquely personal journey for each of us. As we awaken each day, we get to choose how we will view world events, our country, our local community, and the life experiences we are experiencing in this moment. We get to choose peaceful thoughts or worrying thoughts, loving thoughts or fearful ones. I don’t…
The Space In Between
A few days ago, the management of the beautiful dance space where I have been teaching Nia for nine years gave us a week’s notice to cancel further classes and return our keys. My last class there will be Saturday morning, December 20. When I read the email notification, I immediately went into a very…
Affirmations for Your Wellness Path
We have over 60,000 thoughts a day and most of them were also bonking around in our heads yesterday. These thoughts most often reflect our subconscious beliefs. So, the power in a positive affirming statement is that it can slowly but surely become a welcome part of those repetitive thoughts and eventually become a belief….
Eggshells, Loving-Kindness, and Observettes
It recently dawned on me that any time I have felt like I was walking on eggshells, I was actually the one that had put them there. Has that been true for you too? Looking back, I now realize I had put those imaginary eggshells there because I had a fear of speaking my truth….