I’ve fin­ished my school year, and I’m on my way to Orlando for a fam­ily vaca­tion at Disney World. It’s def­i­nitely time to dance! I’m cel­e­brat­ing end­ings, begin­nings, and the beau­ti­ful pos­si­bil­i­ties that are within all of us. Read more

Happy Saturday, my lovelies! Today I have some­thing really spe­cial for you. Susan MCulley is one of the most radi­ant, authen­tic, joy­ful women I’ve ever met. I met her about a year ago. I attended one of her Body Pump class at our local gym – ACAC for those of you in Charlottesville – and I was over­come by her pos­i­tive vibe. I thought, “Whatever she’s got, I want it!” So I decided to take a Nia class with her, even though I had con­vinced myself that Nia wasn’t for me. Well, I fell in love with Nia. Read more

Happy Saturday, my lovely, lovely read­ers. You know what? I feel good? You know why? Cause I got YOU!  Thanks so much for read­ing, com­ment­ing, and just being awe­some in so many ways. This one’s for YOU! Read more

It is not easy for me to post these danc­ing videos. Yes, I love to dance, and I’m also a total ham. But  it’s still rather anx­i­ety pro­duc­ing to post a video of this nature for every­one to see. It’s also tough watch­ing myself dance. I know how I feel when I dance, but I don’t really know how I look when I dance. It’s like hear­ing your voice recorded. There’s usu­ally a dis­con­nect between our per­cep­tions and the real­ity. Read more

Being Joy is almost two months old!  Woo hoo!  Out of over 50 posts, my most pop­u­lar post was when I announced the win­ner of the CD give­away and did a lit­tle dance. Since then, a few of you have asked to see more of my moves. Well, you know I have to give my loyal read­ers what they want! I will post another dancin’ clip for you this Saturday, and YOU get to pick the song!  I’ve selected four joy­ful songs for you to choose from. Have fun par­tic­i­pat­ing in the poll and come back on Saturday to groove with me!

Watch the video below to find out who won the “Make You Dance” Mixed CD! And watch me shake my groove thang to cel­e­brate! Read more

In the spring of  ’93, I was a busy girl work­ing on seri­ous busi­ness: teach­ing a dance rou­tine (that I had spent many hours chore­o­graph­ing) to my two best friends, Amy and Heather. Talent show audi­tions at our mid­dle school were rapidly approach­ing, and I had a clear vision accom­pa­nied by a strate­gic plan. (The vision looked sus­pi­ciously sim­i­lar to a recent Fly Girls’ num­ber on In Living Color, but that’s prob­a­bly more infor­ma­tion than you need.) Read more

“Every time I dance, I sense myself imprint­ing new mes­sages of love and plea­sure into my cells, inform­ing my bones, mus­cles and organs how to move dif­fer­ently and remind­ing them that they can express new, health­ier ways of exist­ing that feed my sacred pur­pose.” –Debbie Rosas Stewart, co-founder of Nia

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