As I enter my 18th year of teaching Nia, I do so without having a studio to teach weekly classes. To catch you up if you haven’t had the pleasure of receiving my newsletters (which you can easily subscribe to if you look to the right) . . . The studio I taught in for…
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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…
Letting Go
It had once been my nature to cling ferociously to the belief that I was powerful enough to change the thinking of family members, friends, and even entire university committees. I am mighty powerful—but not in that way. I know that my true power comes from honestly and compassionately speaking my truth with integrity, kindness,…
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….
Magnify Gratitude
Magnify Gratitude Excerpt from Chapter 31: Wellness Wisdom by Susan Tate Expressing gratitude ignites the light within us and is a sure path to joy. —Charlotte Kasl Adopting a conscious attitude of gratitude can bring increased joy into our lives. Remember, what we focus on expands! Oft-quoted Meister Eckhart, the medieval Christian mystic,…
A Letter to My Grandchildren
My son’s son is turning 18 this month and he lives 3,000 miles away in Pennsylvania. My daughter’s daughter will be celebrating her first birthday next month—farther away in Fiji. So this grandmother is feeling rather emotional and overflowing with love at the moment. This letter is for all my grandchildren, my future great grandchildren,…
My Prayer for You
The spiritual component of wellness is highly individual, as each of us can choose to know God (or whatever you call the Divine) and create our spiritual practice through the lens of our own religious, spiritual, and cultural beliefs. May this prayer bring you peace and gentleness today. My Prayer for You May…
Practice Peace
ARE YOU READY FOR MORE PEACE TO ENTER YOUR HEART AND LIFE? It seems like a good time to share an excerpt from the “Practice Peace” chapter in my Wellness Wisdom book to offer you a generous helping of nourishing peace. Peace begins at home, home within the center of each of us. Our peaceful…