Nia is like Chocolate - a sensation not easily described - you have to taste it!


You’re burning fat and calories, building your muscles, giving your heart a real workout—but you’re not pounding, running or panting. Your feet are planted, your mind is calm, your body is fluid. Welcome to Nia.” -Natural Health Magazine

Saturday 13 March 2010: class is cancelled


 

Nia technique

January 26, 2010

Nia is a technique that starts with fitness and ends with comprehensive healing of the body, mind, emotions and spirit.

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First class of the year: Focus

January 12, 2010
I'm looking forward to the first class tomorrow.  There have been a lot of inquiries about classes.  People want to commit to their health and fitness and have fun at the same time.

The focus for the class is going to be:

COMMITMENT TO THE JOY OF MOVEMENT THIS YEAR

The beauty of Nia is that we don't only benefit physically and have a fabulous time, we can also experience personal growth.

For me personally Nia has been a great package deal for my lifestyle!  A Nia class is my one-stop one-hour 'ti...
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Duncan dance

January 2, 2010

"You were wild here once, don't let them tame you"  Isadora Duncan

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We have come to be danced

December 4, 2009

We Have Come to Be Danced

Not the pretty dance

Not the pretty pretty, pick me, pick me dance

But the claw our way back into the belly

Of the sacred, sensual animal dance

The unhinged, unplugged, cat is out of its box dance

The holding the precious moment in the palms

Of our hands and feet dance.

We have come to be danced

Not the jiffy booby, shake your booty for him dance

But...


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Life as a work of art

November 24, 2009

"Every single day, without exception, make at least one attempt to open yourself to seeing life as it really is - a work of art.
When you do this, you will begin to Dance Through Life as if it were the only possible way of living."

- Debbie Rosas and Carlos Rosas, founders of the Nia Technique

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While I dance

November 19, 2009

  "While I dance I cannot judge,

I cannot hate, I cannot separate

myself from life. I can only be joyful

and whole. That is why I dance."


-Hans Bos

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Nia: Through Movement we find Health

November 17, 2009

http://niasomoves.com/Rachaelsblog/12-thank-you-nia-through-movement-we-find-health/

Nia Black Belt instructor, Rachael R. Resch writes:

"... This is the Nia promise:  Through movement we find health.

Through movement we sense, feel, experience, discover, express, create.  Through movement we live.

The body itself is in constant motion: heart beating, 75 trillion cells respirating, organs secreting, nervous system humming.  Life itself is motion... "

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Nia Class Focus: Moving the body in ways to sense Stability

November 14, 2009

I did a lot of swaying the hips and tail bone to engage the muscles between the hip bones.  Walking through the rest of the day I had a sense of my upper body, especially the space between my pelvis and chest LIFTING OUT OF MY PELVIS.  I realised that at other times I might be sinking into the pelvis.  Activating the sensation of Stability helped my spine to 'float' up and had a positive effect on my posture.  'Aha!'

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Carmen Loureiro Hadas carmen.L.hadas@gmail.com


Green Belt Certified Blue Belt Nia instructor 082 687 9839 I still vividly remember my first Nia class - it was an experience of “coming home” to my self. The movement felt good-for-my-body and pleasurable for my soul. I was able to release stress and negative energy to allow space for vitality and joy. That evening I went home to my family sweaty, glowing and enthusiastic to explore Nia further. Nowadays I also appreciate the outlet Nia gives me for creativity and self-expression and the sense of community that emerges over time amongst class participants. I do Nia for the stress release, fitness, moving meditation, body sculpting, self-healing and last but not least for the sheer fun of it!

Dancing Through Life


Nia is a powerful mind-body-spirit movement practice. It's done barefoot to diverse music, and it draws from healing arts [yoga, the Alexander technique and Feldenkrais], dance arts [jazz, modern and Duncan] and martial arts [tai chi, tae kwondo and aikido]. Nia is a fun way to get fit, strong & flexible, to lose weight, combat stress & improve wellbeing. It is for any body size, age, fitness level & dancing ability. No experience necessary! No “co-ord” necessary! You will leave sweating, smiling and wanting to come back for more!!