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Nia In The Media

Nia shows up regularly in publications around the world, and as Nia’s popularity grows more and more articles are written about our work. Here are just a few of the most recent publications that have featured Nia.

Women Inc. – (S. AFRICA) 09/01/06, “Moving with Purpose – the Nia Technique” by Andrea Pauquet

A fun and in-depth piece on Nia and the many benefits of Nia as a practice.

Odyssey – (S. AFRICA) 08/01/06, “Moving Body, Mind, and Spirit” by Chris Erasmus

This article speaks of the alliance of the body-mind connection, and the fundamental effect Nia has on the psyche through The Body’s Way. It also speaks of the growth of Nia in South Africa, and the 230 White Belt graduates!

Longevity – (S. AFRICA) 08/01/06, “Dance – Dancing Away Depression” by Editor

This piece focuses on the affect Nia has on the psyche, specifically in depression and addiction writer explores the depth and transformational qualities that Nia delivers to create wholeness and wellness in the body, mind, and spirit.

Imago (UK) 12/01/05, “So Nice and Nia” by Sarah Edwards

Article highlights the family aspect and agelessness of the Nia practice.

Featured Nia Event

Fix It: A Comedy About Love, Self Help and the Recovery From Both

Megan Griswold, a Nia White belt, created a one-woman show, “Fix It”, which premiered in Boulder, Colorado this past August.

“Fix It” explored the journey of self-discovery and the unwavering belief that a solution to life’s problems is just one therapy session or medical miracle away.

We asked Megan her personal experience as a performer, and how Nia affected her process.

“With all the funny stories, and revealing stories, I wanted to know what’s the feeling I want to express to these people kind enough to come listen.

I do movement, but the movement isn’t choreographed, so much as ‘Freedance’ The idea of dancing as though nobody is watching, except I’m letting myself out that way in front of people. Which is kind of the general idea of the show. So the song starts building and I start moving more, and get up and keep my back to the audience, as if I’m dancing to myself, which was essentially what I do.”

Megan’s show is a comedy, based on her personal story. From asking for a mantra when she was 7 to multi-self help seminars at age 12 she was primed to become a smart, successful, well-educated woman on the obsessive path to self-help. Though she pokes fun at her own obsessive need to seek professional help for every problem, Megan still believes in the healing powers of self-discovery. Far from being an emotional wreck, Megan is an accomplished and independent woman.

When asked how Nia had affected her as a performer she states, “I love Nia, and the way it encourages us to move organically and express whatever we each have that we would like to shine a little brighter or move a little more into the world. I feel like my training in Nia helped me use my body in a public and emotional way, as a means to express something that words sometimes fail…

I also think there’s something to be said to going toward things that grab you. I took the Nia training, knowing I loved to move, but didn’t know it would so inform putting together a show. And I think Nia is a wonderful means to help figure out what your unique nature is, what your bright light to give to the world is: whether that’s making a painting, or being in advertising, or raising a child, or writing and doing a show. We each have something special to offer, and I think we know within us, what that is. And in my experience the movement of Nia can help you find that place in each of us. It helped me anyway…”

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