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| Dance For Health at Silver Foxes Den |
| Jodi Starr | 2/17/10 |
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A little hip, a little shimmy and a lot of laughter.
That summarizes Karma Raley’s “Dance for Health” class held every Wednesday at 10am at the Silver Foxes Den, the senior center in the Pagosa Springs Community Center.
Karma reports that “I combine a love of dance (I learned to waltz standing on my father’s toes) with basic ballet, modern dance, jazz dance and all of the dance I have studied along with yoga awareness and an active imagination to create a full body routine. We exercise the body, mind and spirit at whatever level you want or need.”
Karma earned a Masters degree in counseling and psychology, performs with a band and has danced and choreographed for “a hundred years”. True to her word, all six dancers were different ages and levels. One happy dancer was injured, sported a cane and participated from her chair.
I eased into the front conference room of the Community Center to observe the class. As I entered the room the six dancers were exchanging hugs and items they brought for each other. The first part of the class was stretching, a routine that incorporated yoga, breathing exercises and loud growling. Followed, naturally, by laughter.
 The second part of the class was the dancing. Karma asked the troupe, “Do you remember the dance from last week?” The sassy dancers hollered in unison “Noooo!” (which was the only thing they performed in unison all morning.) Karma laughed, and joyfully repeated the instructions to their new dance that she carefully choreographed just for them. A few sang with the music as they swayed.
The third part of the class was meditation. Karma brought “Brahms' Lullaby” and “Moonlight Sonata” to play as people sat or stretched out on blankets and mats. Afterwards, I asked the participants what they enjoyed most about the class and the replies included “the people”, “Karma’s stories”, “the dancing”, “it’s a great workout” and “we just have fun together”.
Join us for Dance for Health at the Silver Foxes Den where men and women dance, growl, and have aching rib cages from excessive laughter. |
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