Stephaney Robinson is clearly the teacher I was meant to study and dance Nia with. A vibrant, warm woman, Stephaney creates a welcoming community space with her white belt students, one in which laughter, creativity, and contemplation are at home. She walks a path that is deeply rooted in the earth and highly spiritual as well. And she brings a creative spirit to Nia that I ~ and her other students ~ greatly appreciate.  -Rene Caputo  Chapel Hill, NC

Bringing The Sacred To Life: OFFERING TRAININGS SINCE 2004 Stephaney facilitates both the White Belt and Green Belt Trainings.  She is founder of Body Journeys Series , and creator of Cosmic Dancer Retreats, both programs  use Nia and the body as tools for transformation and self healing. Stephaney has offered Nia Trainings worldwide, including both Trinidad and Australia, as well as the Continental U.S. She began in the fitness industry in 1983 and has over 25 years of experience in the fitness and rehabilitation field. She has led classes and workshops at the Open Center, Manhattan's leading center for holistic learning and culture, as well as the Sophia Institute, in Charleston, SC. Focusing on The Heart of Nia, her classes and trainings are designed to connect and expand  the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual realms. Her dedication as a Nia Trainer has enabled her to work with dancers, theatre companies and musicians and she  is a member of Theatre Marvelosa.  In 2009 she designed the ongoing series 'Goddess Journeys' which she presented with local artists, and teachers in her Charleston community.  She is a participant of Dakshina (Offering to Spirit) and has presented retreats and workshops with Elllen Watson of 5 Rhythms, Rebecca Lawson of Continuum, and 4th Degree Aikido teacher Ileana Shaner.  Her classes, workshops and trainings are filled with warmth and humor.

 About her location: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lwtrq1074Y
 

Testimonials:

 "My work with you in the White Belt training and as a Cosmic Dancer has truly changed my world. I don't know that I would have had the courage to truly speak my truth so profoundly if you had not danced, with such encouragement and glee, into my life. you have brought me a sense of balance, of self-confidence, of utter joy and I thank the universe over and over for YOU! -Sarah Froeber, North Carolina

In December of 2008 I attended Stephaney's Intensive Nia White Belt in on Sullivan's Island, outside Charleston, SC. Stephaney set the stage before even setting foot into the space. Meaning: I arrived and felt embraced! I had no idea the journey I was about to embark on, the Nia Journey, and I'm so glad my guide was Stephaney. She was patient, understanding, joyful, peaceful, intelligent, communicative and present. Nia has changed my life, my way of life and my outlook on life. Stephaney facilitated in allowing me to ready myself for Nia and accept the 13 Principles while implementing them daily. AND Stephaney's guidance didn't stop there. She's with me every step of the way, from emailing, to coaching me until I was ready to teach my first class in February. Stephaney is a light, a unique and powerful soul, who gives and finds such joy in Nia, in movement, and is able to teach others while on her own powerful journey. That's what a real teacher does: lives and breaths what she instructs! I highly recommend Stephaney and know that I will be taking additional classes, workshops and Nia-play with her in the future!  - In joy, Jill Stevens, Nia White Belt Instructor, Key Largo, Florida

Stephaney's Nia class is a staple in my life. Going to her class on a Sunday morning is like going to church and studying the temple of the body in  ecstatic ways.  There is a wisdom in her teaching that I have not found elsewhere in my journey with Nia over the last eight years.  There is joy, but there is much more.  Participants have a chance to explore how the body relates to the inner being and it's capacity for growth and transcendence through physical exploration and movement.  Stephaney offers a depth that is rare among dance teachers.   She has ability to go beyond the external elements of Nia and tap into those higher realms of spirit that only a teacher can do if he or she is living and practicing it themselves. Leela Graber, Charleston, SC

History

• Nia Technique® Nia 5 Stages January 2009 and September 2009
• Nia Technique® Green Belt 2008 
• Nia Technique® FAB: Choreography 2007
Nia Technique® FAB: Conditioning, 2005
• Nia Trainers Training  2001
• Nia Technique® Black Belt, 2000
• Nia Technique® Brown Belt, 1999 
• Nia Technique® Blue Belt, 1998 
• Nia Technique® White Belt 1996