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We’re counting down the days until we attend the world's leading wellness event, the 2010 Inner IDEA Conference, held September 23-26 at La Quinta Resort & Club in Palm Springs, California. Besides soaking up the sunny weather, magnificent vistas and beautiful gardens, we’ll be studying integrated wellness with the industry's top researchers, teachers and innovators. Debbie Rosas is one of about 35 renowned presenters who has been selected to participate as faculty. She will teach the following Nia sessions:

Session #310: The Five Developmental Stages – A Path to Realignment and Self-Healing

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In an article on Psychology Today, Alan Fogel (Professor of Psychology at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City) discusses the benefits of movement with body sense awareness. He states, "Cardiovascular exercise with body sense has more benefits than exercising while otherwise preoccupied." He goes on to say, "[Nia] combines a cardiovascular workout with movement awareness and is done barefoot to music. Nia uses elements of tai chi, aikido, modern dance, Feldenkrais, and yoga, among other methods. Using the sounds and silences of music, students experience feeling the sense of joy in movement in a way t...

On July 17, 2010, the French and international Nia community welcomed Debbie in Paris. Here, Debbie taught a Nia class to more than 40 Nia teachers and students from France, Belgium, Sweden, Finland, England, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United States. 

Debbie says, “Nia was created out of a desire to want to find [not only] something that was rewarding… to the body… but also something that would illuminate the mind, transform the spirit and touch the soul... I get great joy in sharing this work and seeing all ages, all shapes, all belief systems, all religions, all nationalities, [and] all countries enjoying the art of moving and living in a body by choos...

In the Spring 2010 issue of Moods Magazine, Nia is described as a “mood stabilizer” by Speech-Language Pathologist Jennifer Hicks, who has bipolar disorder.

“I have learned to manage my bipolar disorder. Yes, I need medication and psychotherapy, but there’s more to my wellness plan. I use Nia — a fitness practice which not only offers me physical fitness, but also a lifestyle, and now a profession,” says Jennifer.

In addition to being a speech-language pathologist, Jennifer is a Nia Brown Belt. She teaches dynamic, free-spirited Nia classes in Toronto, Canada.

“My secret to maintaining stability in my l...

Ten Nia Green Belt Trainings are now open for registration. Nia Trainer Helen Terry will be hosting four of these trainings at RanchONia, the new residential Nia training facility in Montgomery, Texas. The first is scheduled to begin August 1, 2010, and the second will start on November 7, 2010. The following two will take place next year beginning on February 19, 2011 and November 16, 2011. Helen will also be offering Green Belt Trainings in Sussex, UK on April 10th - 14th, 2011 and in Charlottesville, VA on October 9th - 13th, 2011. All Green Belt Trainings are five days in durat...