Nia White Belt Training

Charlotte is a Black Belt Nia Instructor & Trainer.  She has been teaching group fitness classes for 28 years. Also certified as a Group Exercise Leader (GEL) through the Cooper Clinic in Dallas, she began her Nia journey in a class led by Joanie Brooks in 1997 at the Concord Athletic Club in San Antonio. She became a White Belt Nia Instructor in February of 1998, with Trainer Holly Curtis and is an AFAA Certified Group Exercise Instructor.  

In November 2010 Charlotte opened The DragonFly Studio, a small studio behind her home.  With heart-felt Joy, she is teaching One-on-One Nia Sessions, Nia 5 Stages of Healing and Classic Nia at her studio.  In addition she teaches at Gold's Gym in San Antonio, at Two Hearts Yoga and leads private classes at Diva, a non-profit for breast cancer survivors. 

In September of 2011, after one year of extensive study and passing her Practicum, Charlotte became a Nia Trainer.  Her White Belt Intensives are available on this site for registration.

The mind-body-spirit approach of Nia has changed Charlotte's life.  Her life's journey is to become whole, one conscious moment at a time.   As a fitness professional, Charlotte has increased her flexibility, strength, creative expression and body awareness through her Nia practice.  She joyfully brings this awareness to each of her classes and client sessions.  Her hope is that each of her students will learn to deeply love their body in their journey to become Sensation Scientists.

As a television executive and government leader for 30 years, I learned to communicate, collaborate, and inspire creative professionals to reach for the stars. I still do. Now I Am a Nia White Belt Trainer. My intensives and classes are designed for writers, artists, teachers, and community leaders. You’ll learn how to access the power in your body to release your creativity, confidence, and awareness to find balance in your body and your life. I invite you to join me in a week dedicated to blending the concepts of creativity, leadership and living your highest potential through a Nia White Belt Intensive in Florida, close to the ocean. The combination of sun, warmth, and water offers an opportunity for an experience that is healing, restorative, and transformational. Maybe like me you are ready for your Second Act. I appreciate the challenges of beginning or resuming a fitness program in mid-life as that has been my path. I was not a fitness professional or dancer before I found Nia in 1996. At my first class, I had a great frustration that I could not move with the freedom and pleasure of my teacher. I wanted to experience what she had in my body and spirit. I found and released my inner Sacred Athlete and dancer through my practice. So can you. Nia has been with me through major life transitions and relocations and I have found that the balance, flexibility, and strength I experience in Nia class moves out into the world with me and enhances my life. There is a community of Nia students and teachers waiting to welcome you into this life. I teach classes on Longboat Key, Anna Maria Island, and Sarasota and I invite you to contact me and join a class at any time. Nia is a language of the Body spoken all over the world and it is a gift to meet you through this moving meditation art form. If you would like a private session or Nia 5 Stages of Self-healing session I am able to offer this to you. I am also a Reiki Jin Kei Do (Reiki with Wisdom and Compassion) Master, writer, and a Caroline Myss Certified Archetypal Consultant. All of these life experiences shape my personal philosophy and teaching style in my Nia classes, private sessions, and workshops. I believe in movement as a healing practice and offer Women's Wisdom Weekends, Dance of Archetypes classes and workshops, and retreats to find healing in all dimensions. I invite you to join me for Nia in Paradise for classes, weekend retreats and White Belt Trainings and Get in Your Body!