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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...

Register now for only $500, a $395 savings!*

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...

$100 off Any Nia training*

Dear Dedicated Nia Dancers,

We understand making the trip to Nia's International Headquarters in Portland, OR is not possible for everybody. That's why we're opening up our $100 off training sale to include all Nia trainings, everywhere! Here's the scoop: Register for any Nia training during the month of October and receive $100 off your registration fee. 

How to get the discount:

1. Select the training you want to attend from the list below
2. Enter the promo code 2012OCT100 at checkout
3. Receive $100 off!

*All purchases must be paid in full. Offer is not retroactive and doe...

Are you looking for a movement practice that makes your body feel good? Would you like to increase your flexibiltiy? Become more agile and grounded at the same time? Tap into your body's ability to self-heal?

Clear your calendar for the upcoming Nia 5 Stages Training at StudioNia on August 9-10 or October 18-19. Or register for the Nia 5 Stages Training in London, happening August 28-30.

Led by Laurie Bass and Carol Gonzalez, this two-day experience is based on the five stages of human development: Embryonic, Creeping, Crawling, Standing and Walking. Practiced with awareness, these sta...

The Nia community congratulates Nia Teacher Lynn Gravatt for auditioning for So You Think You Can Dance and getting a feature clip of her interview and audition on tonight's episode, airing Wednesday, June 13th at 8:00 PM PST on Fox. 

Lynn has 15 years of extensive dance training (in the areas of ballet, tap, jazz, modern, african, latin and swing). After a seven-year hiatus from the dance world, Lynn discovered Nia in 2009 and was hooked! She got her White Belt in November of 2009, her Green Belt in July of 2010, and her Blue Belt in September of 2011. She is also...

Jodi House is a community nonprofit that provides support services, information and programs in a nurturing environment to help brain injury survivors and their families recover and connect to their community. Offering two unique programs–a clubhouse day program and a family and caregiver support program–Jodi House is located in Santa Barbara, California, and has more than 100 active members.

One of the classes provided at Jodi House is Nia, thanks to Nia Teachers Joann ...

Some of Houston’s most passionate movers and shakers, including belly dancers, Bollywood dancers and Nia lovers, came together on May 20, 2012 to raise funds for a tiny yet vibrant cultural center half a world away.

Part Nia, part belly dance, part Bollywood, the single event was designed to make the world a better place–one child and one dance at a time. All together, four Nia teachers, 30 students, 12 different performers, several generous patrons, and many volunteers and local Nia artists raised more than $2,300 to benefit the Mohanam Cultural Centre in the village of Sanjeevi Nagar in southeast India, nearly 10,000 miles from Houston.

The web of connect...

This July, Nia Co-Creator Debbie Rosas is leading a Nia 52 Moves Training at the beautiful Forza Premier Fitness Studio, which is the fitness studio for the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Denver, Colorado. With open views to the Colorado Rocky Mountains, it is the ideal place to explore the basic building blocks of all Nia routines. Register now! Significantly reduced hotel rates at the Ritz-Carlton have been made available until July 9th. Book your room by calling 1.866.755.5798 (and be sure to reference "Nia Now") or use Read more