So much more than ‘just a workout,’ the Nia class experience offers a holistic fusion of dance, martial arts and healing arts to create an effective, fun and transformational workout for body, mind, emotions and spirit that will leave you smiling while you sweat.
Nia classes are designed for everybody and every body – at any stage of fitness and wellness. With so many classes to choose from, find YOUR Nia and unleash your individual potential to live a healthy and meaningful life!
CLASSIC NIA – the Art of Moving to Feel Good!
Each Nia class experience combines music, mindfulness and dynamic movement to leave you physically energized, mentally clear, and emotionally balanced. Nia workouts combine 52 simple moves with dance arts, martial arts, and healing arts to energize and enliven well-being in 60 minutes – body, mind, emotion, and spirit. Nia is non-impact, practiced barefoot, and adaptable to individual needs and abilities.
MOVING TO HEAL – The Art of Feeling Better!
Moving to Heal supports people looking for a gentle approach to Nia® and for those dealing with a wide range of therapeutic issues issues from injury, trauma, grief, short-term to long-term illness. Learn to slow down and personalize movement to fit your body’s way while focusing on the sensation of feeling better move by move, breath by breath. Improve feelings of wellness regardless of physical condition.
THE FIVE STAGES CLASS – the Art of Self-Healing
The Nia Five Stages class offers gentle, mindful, self-healing movement as you are guided through five stages of human development – embryonic, creeping, crawling, standing and walking. Re-align, energize and condition your body, mind, emotions and spirit. Move better, feel better from the ground up.
FREEDANCE – the Art of Creative Movement
Nia FreeDance provides a barefoot conscious dance experience designed to awaken the dancer within and stimulate creativity and expression. Participants are guided to explore their own movement and dance, in their own way and time own time to soul-stirring music, eclectic sonic landscapes that provide cellular resonance and evoke self-expression.
MOVE IT CLASS – the Art of Conditioning
Nia FreeDance provides a barefoot conscious dance experience designed to awaken the dancer within and stimulate creativity and expression. Participants are guided to explore their own movement and dance, in their own way and time own time to soul-stirring music, eclectic sonic landscapes that provide cellular resonance and evoke self-expression.
FLOORPLAY – the Art of Creative Play
Nia FloorPlay uses space, time and gravity guided by the element of play to creatively condition the body. Learn to blend one move into the next to create a beautiful dance that massages and strengthens the whole body from fingers to toes.