Tina Woods experienced a sudden euphoric connection of mind, body and soul on a nightclub dancefloor, prompting a renewed commitment to dancing. She began clubbing regularly with friends and with her husband Nick, enjoying melodic techno, tech house, Afrobeats and Latin-influenced rhythms that energized her and made her feel alive. Woods grew up in Montreal, studied genetics at Cornell University, and worked in healthcare as a medical writer before becoming a consultant. She now specialises in health technology and longevity and has published a book on living longer with AI. She links the neurochemistry of music and dance to health, wellbeing and potential delay of aging.
We were like: let's go dancing before we go to bed, she says. Woods, then 56, had gone clubbing in her 20s, but on Le Fez's dancefloor, as her body caught the beat, she had an epiphany moment, a shock of pure euphoria: The joy I felt the mind, body and soul connection was like a lightning bolt. She knew then that dancing and music were going to be a bigger part of my life than I'd ever thought.
I started to get into the softer end of techno melodic techno, tech house, she says. I loved the beat, the bass line Afrobeats and a Latin vibe. I realised that my brain was responding to that music in a way that was incredibly energising. It made me feel alive. I'm finding myself again.' Tina as her alter ego. Photograph: Marek Misiurewicz/International Institute of Longevity Woods had studied genetics at Cornell university in Ithaca, New York.
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