The Nia Technique
Through Movement We Find Health
“I love Nia. It’s a total mind-body-spirit celebration!”
Dr. Christine Northrup, Author of Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom”
Fitness that feels good!
Nia offers a journey toward personal growth, self-expression and discovery, fitness, and healing.
What is Nia? Nia combines various forms of dance, martial arts, and healing arts in choreographed movements set to beautiful world music. This integrated movement process leads to increased strength, balance, agility, cardiovascular fitness, and flexibility while improving participants sense of freedom, self worth, and connection with self and others.
As a practicing psychotherapist privileged to share many personal journeys over the years, I recognize that being connected to self and others within relationships is key to healing. In Nia classes I've felt the joy that comes from being connected and have experienced deep connection to all aspects of myself while in a room with others sharing their journeys through dance and joy.
Many of those who share their particular stories with me have experienced being disconnected and out of touch with themselves and those with whom they are in relationship. Loneliness, self criticism, lack of joy, discomfort in their bodies, and longing for meaning in their lives brings people to counseling. Sometimes talking helps, sometimes just sharing, and sometimes the mystery in the “between” that happens when people connect leads to healing. Nia offers a way to integrate mind, body and spirit through movement. Nia’s philosophy is to seek joy, to suspend judgment, and to move in your own way.
