For this month's continuing education focus on the chest, we're excited to feature the following masterful voices from the worldwide Nia community. Read on to hear what they have to say about sensing expansion and contraction by exploring The Body's Way. Be sure to also register for the January 7th telecourse with Nia Co-Creator Debbie Rosas and Nia Black Belt and Alexander Technique teacher Chris Friedman.

Debbie Rosas, Nia Co-Creator, says:

If you’ve ever broken a rib, you know that every breath you tak...

Join Nia Co-Creator Debbie Rosas and Nia Trainer Rachael Resch at StudioNia as you explore the spine as part of Nia's current course of study–Becoming a Sensation Scientist. To host your own workshop dedicated to the spine, download the student handout and the workshop guide.

Be sure to also watch the class video about the spine, read the related articles, and listen to the corresponding telecourse with Debbie Rosas and Rachael...

For this month's continuing education focus on the spine, we're excited to feature the following masterful voices from the worldwide Nia community. Read on to hear what they have to say about sensing creative adaptability by exploring The Body's Way. Be sure to also register for the December 3rd telecourse with Nia Co-Creator Debbie Rosas and Nia trainer and Licensed Physical Therapist Rachael Resch.

Debbie Rosas, Nia Co-Creator, says:

My spine is a pain in my neck. It’s also a pain in my back! How’s yours?

Yesterday was one of my good days. I had hands-on, d...

“No matter what may be happening in my life, or in the world around me, I always choose to look for the promise, the hope, the bright, the beautiful, and the good. And because I look . . . I find it.” - Lisa Geddings

On Sunday, November 25, 2012, the world lost a gifted teacher, mother, healer, and radiant woman. Lisa Geddings was a loved and celebrated Nia Black Belt Teacher and Life Coach.

I remember taking a bath one night and sensing the loss I will be a part of - losing people in my life that I have met through Nia. Yesterday, Lisa passed away surrounded by family and friends, and I was faced with the truth and reality of knowing and loving people: loss is part of it all, and it is painful.

Yesterday October 22nd 2012; The world, our world, lost a gifted teacher, sage, guide, teacher, and master of the art of living and moving in the body. Gabrielle Roth was a woman of great vision who changed my world and our world by asking us to dance the rhythms of life. In doing so, I, and many others discovered new and enlightened pathways to self discovery. We fell in love with free, unstructured dance and found our body and made a sacred connection to something greater, something that made us feel vital, alive, connected to self, to music, to movement, to others, to divinity. Beyond the veils of spoken language Gabrielle taught us to communicate through the body in motion and in stillness. She taught us to experience movement as a w...

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February 1 - 3, 2013 | StudioNia, Portland, OR

Learn about the function, design and wisdom of your body in Nia's newest training, The Body's Way. Join Nia Founder Debbie Rosas and Nia Trainer and Licensed Physical Therapist Rachael Resch for this enriching 2.5 day course. Explore what it means to be a Sensation Scientist, closely observing sensation to gain information about your body's current state...

For this month's continuing education focus on the pelvis, we're excited to feature the following masterful voices from the worldwide Nia community. Read on to hear what they have to say about sensing grace and power by exploring The Body's Way. Be sure to also register for the October 8th telecourse with Debbie Rosas.

Debbie Rosas, Nia Co-Creator, says:

One of the things I love most about Nia is the freedom to move my pelvis, to shake my booty and use both feminine and masculine dynamics in my movement. Fast, slow, hard, soft, fingers, feet, chest and pelvis - I get to do it all! What is the result? I leave every workout lovin...

For this month's continuing education focus on thighbones, we're excited to feature the following masterful voices from the worldwide Nia community. Read on to hear what they have to say about sensing mobile support by exploring The Body's Way. Be sure to also register for the September 10th telecourse with Debbie Rosas and special guest Casey Bernstein.

Debbie Rosas, Nia Co-Creator, says:

The thighbone, also known as the femur, is the longest bone in the body. It is an upright, vertical stilt that makes it possible for us to move when it works in conjunction with the hip joint. What keeps us shifting our body weight in a very ...