Studio Sway
This is Studio Sway, our dance space in Albuquerque, NM as seen through the wrought iron door at the back entrance.
Today I arrived at 9:00 AM to sub for Judy Green, who teaches a wonderful barefoot class called Mindful Movement, a combination of Pilates and Yoga developed in Santa Fe. When I put my keys to the door, I discovered I had the wrong set! I could not get in! Much to my chagrin, my cell phone was also not cooperating. I could not get it to type phone numbers, even though the keypad was unlocked.
Fortunately, I found a good friend and sometime Sway renter’s phone number in my address book. She had a spare key, and quickly came and let me in. Only one student showed up for class. Her name was Gail, and she was ready to dance!
We did AO, Alpha Omega, another great routine choreographed by Carlos Rosas. For students new to Nia, this is a perfect routine in it’s simplicity. It’s focus is Mobility and Stability, two of the 5 sensations in Nia. Each of these two sensations feed each other, and just like the chicken and the egg, we cannot always distinguish where one begins and one ends. Gail was delighted with AO and its gorgeous music, Bob Holroyd’s concept album, “A Different Space.” This was Holroyd’s third full-length album and can be classified as Asian-fusion – an incredible collage of African, Indian sounds, both synthetic and live, with great vocals and instrumentals.
The day was action packed with meetings and IRB work (more on this tomorrow), and I finished by putting together a 1st draft of our playlist for the Midtown Sports & Wellness Nia Jam Blast happening on August 29th during my 11:00 AM class. The musical flow is shaping up nicely. I am still short about 10 minutes of music – about 2 or 3 songs worth. I should have the list solidified tomorrow. The playlist is a summertime theme, with songs that range from pop to jazz, latin, hip-hop, fusion and new-age. It’s going to rock the gym!
Tomorrow I meet with Dr. Pam Arenella and Dr. Arti Prasad about the Nia grant. We will review the UNM IRB application together before Pam submits it for review. We’ll have about two months before we can begin recruiting patients. During the long wait, I will pin down the pedometers we will need (60), that can measure heart rate and BP as well as count steps. I must also nail down T-shirts for both the intervention group and the walking group. Two months should be plenty of time.
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