What Is Nia?
Nia is a personal growth, body-mind-spirit fitness program. It is a "living system" that works with the natural wisdom and intelligence of the body, mind, spirit, and emotions.

Nia supports the Pleasure Principle: If it feels good keep doing it, if it hurts, stop! The blueprint of Nia is practical, experiential, and focuses on internal guidance to change and develop awareness. Process-oriented, the Nia format is user-friendly.

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Nia empowers students and teachers to make their own movement choices by offering students a flexible structure they can personally modify to suit their needs. Nia combines a diverse blend of Eastern and Western movements, concepts and philosophies from the worlds of the healing arts (love), martial arts (mindfulness), and dance (technique).

Nia reaches people emotionally, in their hearts, motivating them to get fit and healthy by creating a deep personal desire to explore their potential and love their growth. Fitness, health, well-being, and self-love naturally result from the Nia experience.

What makes Nia so innovative is its unlimited adaptability. Not only can people of all kinds participate, but a wide range of therapeutic, wellness, self-growth and educational models can effectively integrate Nia.

Who Can Do Nia?
Everyone can do Nia! From athletes to dancers to those who are just getting back in to fitness, students of all levels and backgrounds will be challenged and energized.

The foundation of Nia is the pleasure principle: all gain, no pain. Nia choreography is adaptable to everyone: three levels of intensity for every movement are provided, as well as a variety in range of motion, creating a very user-friendly fitness experience.

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Where Does Nia Come From?
Accredited by the American Council on Exercise (ACE), the Nia Technique is an internationally recognized fitness program. Nia founders Debbie Rosas and Carlos Rosas transformed the fitness industry in 1983 when they took off their shoes and created a barefoot technique that addresses the whole person, not just the body.

Leaders in the fitness industry since 1976, Debbie and Carlos have been keynote presenters at the International Dance Exercise Association (IDEA) Conferences for over ten years, and are the authors of two books, as well as seven Nia videos. Now based at their Nia dojo in Portland, Oregon - Body Moves - they teach weekly Nia classes, train Nia teachers, create the Nia class routines, teach workshops, and write on health, fitness and wellness.