A certified black belt Nia instructor and certified Nia Five Stages of Self-Healing instructor, Susan Tate completed all of her trainings with Debbie Rosas and Carlos Rosas, co-creators of The Nia Technique. Susan discovered Nia in 1997 while she was the Director of Health Promotion and assistant professor in the School of Medicine at the University of Virginia and has been teaching Nia since1999. A respected health educator for over forty years, she is the founder and director of Washington Wellness Associates (www.wawellness.com) and also works under the guidance of Dr. Christiane Northrup as a part of Team Northrup (www.wawellness.com/team-northrup.html). (She is expanding this aspect of her business and drawing entrepreneurial-minded Nia teachers. If this calls to you, email her!) She is the author or four health-related books, including her most recent work Wellness Wisdom: 31 Ways to Nourish Your Mind, Body, and Spirit (iUniverse 2007, 2nd ed. 2011 - check it out on Amazon.com!). Susan teaches weekly classes at The Dance Space in Seattle and presents classes and workshops internationally. She has two grown children and delights in being a dancing grandmother! "Nia has opened the doorway to profound joy, healing, passion and wholeness in my life. I respect each opportunity to share this lifestyle practice with others."