What is Nia?

Nia is a personal growth, body-mind-spirit fitness program. It is a "living system" that works with the natural wisdom and intelligence of the body, mind, spirit, and emotions.

Nia supports the Pleasure Principle: If it feels good keep doing it, if it hurts, stop! The blueprint of Nia is practical, experiential, and focuses on internal guidance to change and develop awareness. Process-oriented, the Nia format is user-friendly. Nia empowers students and teachers to make their own movement choices by offering students a flexible structure they can personally modify to suit their needs.

Nia combines a diverse blend of Eastern and Western movements, concepts and philosophies from the worlds of the healing arts (love), martial arts (mindfulness), and dance (technique).

Nia reaches people emotionally, in their hearts, motivating them to get fit and healthy by creating a deep personal desire to explore their potential and love their growth. Fitness, health, well-being, and self-love naturally result from the Nia experience.

What makes Nia so innovative is its unlimited adaptability. Not only can people of all kinds participate, but a wide range of therapeutic, wellness, self-growth and educational models can effectively integrate Nia.
What are the benefits of taking Nia?
When participants embrace an active, healthy lifestyle, they can attain increased fitness, health, and well-being in their body, mind, emotions, and spirit. As a movement program based on the

Pleasure Principle, Nia:
Increases the pleasure of living in your body
Creates weight loss and proper weight maintenance
Strengthens muscles, improves muscle tone, and increases muscle definition
Calms the mind and relieves stress
Improves endurance
Increases grace and flexibility
Balances the autonomic nervous system
Improves posture and can even increase height
Improves organ function, particularly that of the heart and lungs
Enhances sensory awareness
Heightens sexual function
Builds reservoirs of chi
Alleviates emotional problems, including depression, anxiety, and stress
Improves circulation of blood and improves lymphatic drainage
Strengthens immunity
Improves concentration and cognitive function

Does Nia require special equipment?
No, Nia requires no equipment. In fact, Nia was designed to be performed in bare feet. If you choose to dance with shoes, we suggest wearing a shoe, a thin, soft soled shoe in order to strengthen the feet.