Body, Nia, Gift Quote

There's a woman I've met through work, an account manager for a new vendor, who I've connected with in a more than work-only perspective. We just had a valuable business conversation that ended with a more personal exchange.

I shared with her about Nia, and among the things she said to me about her own journey was this:

What new thing can I create with my body during this time?

She is training for a triathlon, and preparing for foot surgery next year, and is thinking about different ways to train and relate to her body during that recovery time. She's in a very different place than I am. But the idea of "creating something" with her body, in loving collaboration, struck me as being a powerful concept for me right now.


And speaking of Nia: I got back to class for the first time in a couple of weeks last night, and I felt it. My endurance was down and my lower back protested at a couple of points. But I also achived a personal milestone that reflects other movement and openings in my life: when we came to the point that we relax our knees, drop a few inches and swing our hips freely, I was actually able to swing my hips freely, rather than just move them side to side in a stiff and inhibited manner.


Sometime in the next few days I really need to write a major post about some major shifts in my life.

I won't be able to do it tonight, however. Tonight I'm taking Wolfling to Wednesday night salsa, even though it's a school night. ;-)

Salsa with Wolfling

It's a work/school night.

It's raining.

It's cold.


Wolfling and I are leaving in a little while to go salsa dancing.