Sacramento - Sierra Foothills

at Cozmic Cafe upstairs ballroom in Placerville

5:30pm - 6:30pm

Day: Tuesday

Time: 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Location

594 Main Street Placerville, California, United States

Cost

First Nia class is free to those that have never experienced Nia.

Drop-in $10; 5-class card is $40

Notes About This Class

1 hour of choreography and FreeDance, guided by a chosen focus & intention

• LOW IMPACT, Non-Repetitive, Easy on Joints

• Improve MUSCLE tone & definition

• WEIGHT LOSS, & proper weight maintenance

• CALM the mind and RELIEVE STRESS

• Expand FLEXIBILITY with Energy & Grace

• Heighten AGILITY & Reflex Response

• Increase MOBILITY & Range of Motion

• Build STRENGTH & Power from within, condition the intrinsic muscles of the Core

• Improve STABILITY, Balance & Alignment

If your are interested in fitness program that will get your body in phenomenal shape by choosing pleasure while moving to inspiring sounds of eclectic world music, you will not want to miss this opportunity to experience this high-powered energized workout that gives you a new body and a new life!

"Get Into Your Body" a Nia FreeDance playshop with Ken Gilbert in May

Posted By Erin Davidson on March 31, 2013

Ken Gilbert, MA -Nia Trainer, Somatic Educator, Theater Artist

A Nia FreeDance Workshop

Moving + Exploring your sense of Self

Coming home to your sense of your body·mind·emotion·spirit comes through the movement practice of Nia’s FreeDance to stimulate your movement skill and expressivity.

GET INTO YOUR BODY - Sensing Yourself in Nature - Your Relationship to Sight, Sound, Touch as You Step Into the Meadow

with Ken Gilbert

at Lotus River Retreat in Lotus

GET INTO YOUR BODY - Sensing Yourself in Nature - Your Relationship to Sight, Sound, Touch as You Step Into the Meadow

Event Type: Workshop

Start: Sunday, May 12, 2013 at 9:00am

End: Sunday, May 12, 2013 at 1:00pm

Location

1294 Scott Road Lotus, CA, us

Cost

$50 early registration (by May 1st) | $60 at the meadow (after May 1st)

Contact Erin Davidson: (530) 391-3669 or erin.cmt@gmail.com

Notes About This Event

GET INTO YOUR BODY - Sensing Yourself in Nature - Your Relationship to Sight, Sound, Touch as You Step Into the Meadow

The vocabulary of your body is sensation and your sense of self in Nature is how you relate to the sights, sounds, textures and temperatures of all that is outsdie. Stepping in to the Meadow along side the American River near Lotus, California - receive and express your experiences of heightened awareness of your body|mind|emotion|spirit and you see, hear and feel the grass, the sky, the trees and the sound of the river.

We will explore how you sense in your body, how you perceive what you sense and how you share with yourself and others the moments of connecting with your body in Nature.

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Outside Workshop of Sensing Nature: 9 am - 11:30 pm

Snack Break: 11:30 am - 12 pm

Nia Class: 12 - 1 pm

Bring water and a snack; as we will take a break during the workshop session as well as the 30 minute snack break prior to the Nia Class. Time for you to relax, integrate and journal.

May

GET INTO YOUR BODY - Moving + Exploring your Sense of Self

with Ken Gilbert

at Core Movement Center in Nevada City

GET INTO YOUR BODY - Moving + Exploring your Sense of Self

Event Type: Workshop

Start: Saturday, May 11, 2013 at 10:00am

End: Saturday, May 11, 2013 at 2:00pm

Location

578 Searls Avenue Nevada City, CA, us

Cost

$60 for the Workshop and Nia Class

$20 for the Nia Class only

Contact: Allison Rivers Samson @ 265-1994 or ars@AllisonsGourmet.com

Notes About This Event

GET INTO YOUR BODY
Moving + Exploring your Sense of Self
A Nia FreeDance Workshop

Coming home to your sense of your body•mind•emotion•spirit comes through the practice of Nia’s FreeDance to stimulate your movement skill and expressivity.

Celebrate the dynamics and relaxation of guided FreeDance from “anything goes movement-wise” to body-centered choreography of movement patterns. Eight Stages of moving into and through music and movement with freedom and form. Spend time with yourself in this safe environment. You will explore how your body moves with the stimulation from music and sensation.

This workshop will include a Nia Class, no previous experience necessary.

Bring water and snacks as we will take breaks giving you an opportunity to relax, integrate and journal.

Saturday, May 11, 2013

Workshop of Nia's 8 Stages of FreeDance: 10 am - 12:30 pm

Snack Break: 12:30 - 1 pm

Nia FreeDance Class: 1 - 2 pm

May

Nia Master Class

with Ken Gilbert

at Cozmic Café Upstairs Ballroom in Placerville

Event Type: Other

Start: Friday, May 10, 2013 at 5:30pm

End: Friday, May 10, 2013 at 6:30pm

Location

594 Main Street Placerville, CA, us

Cost

$15 early registration (by May 1st) $20 at the door (after May 1st)

Contact Erin Davidson: (530) 391-3669 or erin.cmt@gmail.com

Notes About This Event

A Classic Nia Class to stimulate your Body Awareness, a Sense of Feeling Good and Moving in the Joy of living in a body!

March

Nia CommUNITY Strike, Dance & Rise to Break the Chain!!

at Cozmic Cafe upstairs ballroom in Placerville

Nia CommUNITY Strike, Dance & Rise to Break the Chain!!

Event Type: Dance Jam

Start: Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 1:00pm

End: Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 3:00pm

Location

594 Main Street Placerville, CA, us

Cost

Suggested donation $20 to benefit the Center for Violence-Free Relationships, serving El Dorado County

Notes About This Event

We are the One Billion Rising. We are still rising, we will continue to rise, to build communities free of sexual assault and domestic violence, to "Break the Chain" for our families today and future generations. Celebrate our FREEDOM!! Let's link arms with our brothers and dance for all our sisters, our mothers, our daughters, for all of hUmaNITY!

February

Cozmic V-Day: One Billion Rising!!!

at Cozmic Cafe upstairs ballroom in Placerville

Event Type: Other

Start: Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 5:45pm

End: Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 6:45pm

Location

594 Main Street Placerville, CA, us

Cost

Free class! Dress in pink, red, black, comfortable clothing that you can get moving in.

Notes About This Event

Raise your voice and join the 1 billion rising around the globe, who are taking a stand to end violence against women & men.

1 in 3 women on the planet will be raped or beaten in her lifetime, 1 in 5 of men.

1 billion women & men on the planet being violated is an atrocity.

1 billion women & men dancing is a revolution!

A global Strike! An invitation to Dance! A call, to women & men who refuse to participate in the status quo until rape and rape culture ends, to Rise!

Dance to the music of Samantha James, Moby, ReUnited, Illumine, Magic Sound Carpet, Lux, Afro-Mystik, Spiral System with the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin & Tena Clark "Break the Chain"

Nia CommUNITY Jam - January 19, 2013 in Placerville at the Cozmic Cafe

Posted By Erin Davidson on January 21, 2013

Participants came from all over N. CA + WA & NV, to gather together to raise their voices and share the Joy of Movement to benefit women world-wide. We raised $200 for World Pulse, a global networking organization that unites women from 190 countries to share, speak & support each other through social media to bring an end to violence against women, and cultivate independent businesses within their communities.

Thanks to teachers who participated: Debbie Priest, Laura Lin...

Nia "Soul"

with Linda Burquez

at Core Movement Center in Nevada City, CA

Event Type: Workshop

Start: Sunday, January 20, 2013 at 10:00am

End: Sunday, January 20, 2013 at 11:30am

Location

578 Searls Avenue Nevada City, CA, CA, us

Cost

$20 advance registration

$25 at the door

Please call Linda for preregistration (530) 613-8817

Notes About This Event

This 1 1/2 hour Nia Class will touch and enliven your soul! Linda Burquez will present the new Nia routine "Soul".

September

Nia in Nature

with Ken Gilbert

at LOTUS River Retreat in Lotus

Event Type: Other

Start: Friday, September 13, 2013 at 6:00pm

End: Sunday, September 15, 2013 at 1:00pm

Location

1294 Scott Road Lotus , CA, us

Notes About This Event

For information and details go to the website: http://niainnature.com

December

A Moving Meditation

with Ken Gilbert

at Yoga Soup in Santa Barbara

Event Type: Other

Start: Friday, December 21, 2012 at 1:30pm

End: Friday, December 21, 2012 at 2:30pm

Location

28 Parker Way Santa Barbara, CA, us

Cost

No cost

Notes About This Event

Shifting Body*Mind*Spirit into 2013 ~ Relaxed Body, Alert Mind, Waiting in Spirit

Look |Listen|Image

Through stillness and movement; a guided moving meditation to sense yourself into the Present moment.

Immediately following the Nia Class:

1:30 - 2:30 pm

Yoga Soup
Studio 2

~ no charge ~

December

The Last Nia Class ~ in time as we have known

with Ken Gilbert

at Yoga Soup in Santa Barbara

Event Type: Other

Start: Friday, December 21, 2012 at 12:20pm

End: Friday, December 21, 2012 at 1:30pm

Location

28 Parker Way Santa Barbara, CA, us

Cost

Regular Class Cost @ Yoga Soup

Notes About This Event

For 5,125 years (3114 BC - 2012 AD), many interpretations have emerged
regarding this day noted by the ancient Mayans in the13 - Baktun Long Count,13 Moon Natural Time Calendar.

It is understood that 21 December 2012 marks the transition of time in which Earth and its inhabitants will undergo a transformation of body•mind•emotion•spirit:

Blue Crystal Hand
Guided by Self-generation
This day is the beginning of a new era.

The Last Nia Class ~ in time as we have known ~ we will dance into and through the darkness of our shortest day and longest night in celebration of our transformation!

Yoga Soup
Studio 2
12:20 - 1:30 pm
Regular Class Cost @ Yoga Soup

January

52 Moves+

at Cozmic Cafe upstairs ballroom in Placerville

Event Type: Presentation

Start: Saturday, January 5, 2013 at 11:00am

End: Saturday, January 5, 2013 at 12:30pm

Location

594 Main Street Placerville, CA, us

Cost

Free event!

Raffle tickets are $1 each to win:

52 Moves class card (5 classes worth $50), 1-hour massage (worth $65), Juice Plus gift basket ($50)

Proceeds to sponsor this event.

Notes About This Event

Intro to the Nia 52 Moves class format, a fabulous workout, introducing 4 levels of conditioning, aerobic, anaerobic, reflexive and voluntary.

Why we choose 4 levels of conditioning? Because it teaches us how to make the changes we desire.

It’s going to teach you how to use sensation, the voice of the body, with repetitive action and moments of rest to invigorate cardio-vascular health, stimulate weight loss, build muscle strength, improve bone density, create sustainability and achieve great movement skill. These are the moves that support your body for LIFE, conditioning for Flexibility, Agility, Mobility, Strength & Stability!

This introduction to the Nia's 52 Moves is a mini-boot camp, a 30-min class (1-hour classes to begin Jan 8).

52 moves, 7-cycle class format, 9 movement forms, 4 levels of conditioning, guided by sensation. Whether you just want to have fun sweating off winter pounds while moving to inspiring music or make a commitment to the long-term health of your body, mind, emotion & spirit, this class is for YOU.

Follwed by a Juice Plus+ nutrition demo and offering of delicious whole food-based smoothies & bar samples with Deana Christofferson, Health & Wellness Educator, international speaker and National Marketing Director with Juice Plus+

Energize your Health and Empower your Desire to Live Life to the PLUS+

January

Nia CommUNITY Jam

at Cozmic Cafe upstairs ballroom in Placerville

Event Type: Dance Jam

Start: Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 1:00pm

End: Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 3:00pm

Location

594 Main Street Placerville, CA, us

Cost

Suggested donation $20-30

Proceeds to benefit World Pulse, a global community of women sharing their stories and voices in song of transformation and triumph, uplifting and uniting 190 countries to end violence against women.

Notes About This Event

Join us in a beautiful cause for ALL! Dancing for hUmaNITY!

Nia Jam led by regional teachers united to sound and share the JOY of Movement, self-guided by choosing pleasure and a desire to support commUNITY..

White Belt with Ken Gilbert and Debbie Priest in Placerville

Posted By Erin Davidson on December 16, 2012

Nia White Belt Training with Ken Gilbert
November 9, 2013Cozmic Café Upstairs Ballroom

Learn More Register

Just added: White Belt training with Nia Black Belt lead trainer, Ken Gilbert, and Black Belt Debbie Priest to co-lead in Placerville, November 9-15, 2013!

Prepare for your Nia journey and save $100 on your deposit now, if registered by December 31, 2012. Enter the promo code wb123112 and receive $100 off at checkout!

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What is a Nia in Nature River Retreat?

Posted By Erin Davidson on September 18, 2012

NIa in Nature promo

This is a 3.5 min promo for Nia in Nature 2012 to share what we experienced from the first NIa in Nature retreat August 10-12, 2011. Participating teachers are: Erin Davidson, Kelly Fitzgerald-Holland, Kimberley Elliott, Jodie Chapman and Cleo Hill. Photos are courtesey of Sol HIll.

December

Specialty Nia Class

with Kelly Fitzgerald-Holland

at Rio del Oro Raquet Club in Sacramento

Event Type: Dance Jam

Start: Saturday, December 8, 2012 at 10:05am

End: Saturday, December 8, 2012 at 11:00am

Location

119 Scripps Drive Sacramento, CA, us

Cost

$10 for non-members. Tell the Front Desk that you are there to attend Nia class!

Notes About This Event

Come enjoy a taste of 5 sensations through Nia! Nurture your body's flexibility, agility, mobility, strength, and stability through energetic and playful movements!

September

Nia 5 Stages Introductory Series

with Allison Rivers Samson

at Core Movement Center in Nevada City

Event Type: Other

Start: Monday, September 10, 2012 at 5:30pm

End: Monday, October 8, 2012 at 6:30pm

Location

578 Searls Ave Nevada City, CA, us

Cost

This series is offered as a prepaid package of 5 classes for $60 or $15 per class.

Notes About This Event

Come explore the profound healing power of 5 simple moves that increase body awareness and allow you to develop strength, flexibility, mobility, agility and stability. The Nia 5 Stages is an integrative practice that is based on the 5 stages of human development: embryonic, creeping, crawling, standing and walking. Through personal exploration of the "Yoga of Nia," you will learn to guide yourself, making choices based on seeking comfort and pleasure. The Nia 5 Stages practice leads to realignment and restructuring of your body giving you physical and energetic balance. For all fitness levels; no experience necessary.

5 Mondays: September 10, 17, 24; October 1, 8. 5:30pm - 6:30pm.

Classic Nia Class

with Aimee Retzler

at Core Movement Center in Nevada City

8:30am - 9:30am

Day: Friday

Time: 8:30am - 9:30am

Location

578 Searls Ave. Nevada City, California, United States

Cost

$15 drop in
$105, 10 classes good for 3 months
$95, 10 classes good for 1 month
$50, 4 classes good for 1 month

Classic Nia Class

with Aimee Retzler

at Core Movement Center in Nevada City

8:30am - 9:30am

Day: Wednesday

Time: 8:30am - 9:30am

Location

578 Searls Ave. Nevada City, California, United States

Cost

$15 drop in

$105, 10 classes good for 3 months

$95, 10 classes good for 1 month

$50, 4 classes good for 1 month

About Nia

What is Nia?

Nia is a sensory-based movement practice that draws from martial arts, dance arts and healing arts. It empowers people of all shapes and sizes by connecting the body, mind, emotions and spirit. Classes are taken barefoot to soul-stirring music in more than 45 countries. Trainings are designed for those seeking personal enrichment and professional development. Every experience can be adapted to individual needs and abilities. Step into your own joyful journey with Nia, and positively shape the way you feel, look, think and live.

How does Nia work?

Nia draws from Tai Chi, Tae Kwon Do, Aikido, jazz dance, modern dance, Duncan dance, yoga, Alexander Technique and Teachings of Moshe Feldenkrais. Every class offers a unique combination of 52 moves that correspond with the main areas of the body: the base, the core and the upper extremities. Stiff beginners and highly fit athletes alike can adapt Nia to meet their needs by choosing from three intensity levels. Consecutive trainings collectively explore 52 principles for personal enrichment and professional development. Read testimonials from people of all ages, backgrounds and locations.

Why was Nia created?

Nia’s purpose is to grow a worldwide community of healthy people who are empowered to do great things. We believe every person can discover, explore, unleash and enhance their individual potential to live a fulfilling and meaningful life – by engaging their senses and listening to their bodies. With the right tools and education, we can increase our confidence and happiness. We can become connected to others to shape a consciousness that extends beyond our own. Together we will unearth possibilities never before imagined.

Our Classes

Classic Nia Class

at First Lutheran Church in Placerville

8:15am

Days: Monday, Wednesday, Friday

Time: 8:15am

Location

1200 Pine Crest Court Placerville, California, United States

Cost

$3 suggested donation

Ongoing class, no registration necessary

Under the auspices of the Senior Health Education Program of El Dorado County

Notes About This Class

Suitable for seniors 55+ or anyone who is seeking a gentler style of Nia.

Dress comfortably to move. This is class follows the Nia 7-cycle format with an intention and focus.

Students will become familiar with the Nia technique by learning the 52 moves with emphasis on balance, flexibility, agility, mobility, stability and strength. The 52 moves condition the body's safety and comfort for integration into daily activities. Benefits include: increase in range of motion, heightened reflex response, more energy, core & muscle strength, and improved structural alignment.

Students are encouraged to use the floor for "floorplay," however chairs can be used as an option for "cool-down".