Give yourself the gift of pure bliss! Join Wendy Roman and Soundwork Facilitator Dennis Gaumond for 10 days of Music Movement and Magic at Finca de Vida!

For more information about prices and accommodations:
please click HERE and download the poster for this Event.

Contact: Wendy Roman (519) 793-4687 or click HERE to Email Wendy.

Please click HERE to visit Rhythmwood Website and HERE to visit Finca de Vida Website.

Join Martha Randall and Gary Diggins for Nia with a difference!

Time: First class at 9:00 AM - Second class at 10:30 AM

Where: 1443 Bathurst St., just south of St. Clair, side door

Cost: Drop-in fee $25

Reserve your spot now! Join Nia Instructor Judith Thompson and Yoga teacher Christine Anderson for their annual Nia and Yoga Retreat and Adventure at Ojo del Mar!

Click HERE and download the poster for this Event.
Please click HERE to view images from the 2011 Photo Album!
Contact information:
please click HERE to Email Judith,

and HERE to email Christine.

Please click on the Website name and visit:
Studio Soleil Website

Ojo del Mar Website

Christine's Website

Combine the exhilaration of Nia with the raw spirit of th ehand drum! Join Val with special guest Jeff Salem for an afternoon of hand drumming and Nia dancing. Drums will be provided bring your own feet!
No experience necessary: instruction will be provided in both dancing and drumming.

Time: 1:30 - 3:30 PM

Where: A.M.A., 41 Main St. N (just north of Queen St.)

Cost: $35 in advance - $40 at the door

To Register: call (416) 236-9988 or click HERE to Email Val.

Please click HERE to download the poster for this event!

Enjoy a 1/2 day workshop demonstrating the POWER of Ashtanga Yoga, Nia, Whole Food Supplementation & a Toxin-Free Home.
The Nia workshop, led by Nia Green Belt Anja Gurnig will encourage you to use the Body’s Way wisdom to Dance Through Life and make everything you do more pleasurable.
The Yoga class is led by CTY Ramona Bessinger and practiced in a heated room, encouraging greater flexibility and detoxification. Expect constant movement with some sustained postures.
You will be a part of 2 lectures between the Yoga and Nia practice. The first will discuss the benefits of whole food supplementation on overall health. Lecture 2 will discuss the many reasons and ways to eliminate toxins from virtually any living space using water. Included in registration fee and served between workshops will be vegan whole food protein shakes as well as ample water light vegetarian snack.

Time: 1:00 - 4:00 PM

Where: Trillium Healing Arts Centre - 235 9th Street East

Cost: Registration fee $40 per person. Limited space, Pre-registration is required.

For more information: call Toll free: 1-888-34-BE-FIT or click HERE to Email Anja.

Didi has been visiting Lesvos, the third largest Greek Island, for over 30 years and is very familiar with its customs and language. Situated in the North East Aegean, it does not draw the cruise traffic so a more authentic Greek experience is waiting for you. Didi loves to share its magic and mysteries.

Cost: $1499.00 CDN (approximate numbers available so far) air not included.

Your personalized trip includes:
. 7 nights shared accommodation
. 7 Mediterranean breakfasts
. Welcome Dinner at The Captain's Table
. 2 traditional village dinners
. Greek cooking lesson
. Local Market day excursion to Turkey
. Healing trip to the natural Yera baths
. Daily Nia

A non-refundable deposit of $250.00 is required upon registration to reserve your spot.

Book before June 1st and save $50.00.
Bring a friend and you both save an additional $50.00.

The remaining balance is due a month before the retreat starts, or August 1st, 2012.

Single rates available upon request.

Click HERE to download the flyer of the Event!

For questions please contact Didi at (289)228-5293, or click HERE to Email Didi.

Please click HERE to visit Didi's Website or HERE to go to Lesvos Island Website for more details and information.

November 4th, 2011, Toronto's West End - Venue: Gotta Dance Studio - Nia teachers and students came together to raise money for the Breast Cancer Society of Canada.
Our focus was breath. Our dancing was for the many women we know who have been affected by cancer this year. Our outfits were pink!

Southampton, July 2011 - 18 Beautiful Women (and 1 man) joined Vita Wind on a lovely summer night in July.

Please click HERE and read what Black Belt Instructor Val McGiverin told SNAP Brampton about "...guiding women to enjoy their bodies, see their beauty and have fun doing it.” !

Toronto, May 16th, 2010 - Nia teachers, students, families and friends gathered to share the joy of Nia and to sustain this vital community initiative. Good News Toronto is a monthly not-for-profit newspaper. Good News Toronto celebrates inspirational people in Toronto with the goal of motivating all of us to continue to make this city rich in everyday heroes. Enjoy some pictures from the event!

Toronto, June13, 2009 - See how we rocked Lakeshore from West to East! With lovely helpers at the table, enthusiastic teachers and students and happy feet on challenging surfaces the JOY reached out and touched many who crossed their path with Nia!

Toronto, April 26, 2009 - See Jennifer Hicks and Nia enthusiasts in action! The weather did not co-operate but the sun always shines through everyBODY when Nia is around!

Costa Rica, February 2009 - Visions of pure bliss at Pura Vida with Brown Belt Instructor Judith Thompson!

Toronto, January 31, 2009 - This event hosted by Barbara Ades at Rhythmic Rainbow Studio gathered a generous and enthusiastic group of dancers to support Breast Cancer Research! See how they jammed!

Toronto, August 8, 2008 - See how in spite of the rain Nia shines along the Danforth in Toronto! Thanks to Jennifer Hicks, Liz Saunders and Marla Gold.

Barrie, July 6th, 2008 - Nia is always ready to donate, to hold, to share, to connect, to heal, to find JOY again, together. Thank you to all the participants and sponsors for their generosity!
This Event was amazingly hosted by Nia Instructor Anja Gurnig with the support of fellow teachers Cinzia Cavalieri, Laura Comparey, Benita Leech, Martha Randall, Debra Shelswell and Julia Smith.

Toronto, June 28, 2008 - Here we are all RAINBOW-Y celebrating Pride Day!
In the group pictures from left to right: Barb Ades, Cinzia Cavalieri, Mary Breen, Liz Saunders, Jennifer Hicks, Lainie Magidsohn and Alexandra Collas.

On Sunday, April 27, Nia instructors, students and newbies got together for a fund-raising, roof-raising Jam that scored $1200 net profit for Habitat for Humanity Halton and the Nia-supported Georgetown build. For almost two hours, Nia instructors Anna Schantz, Anja Gurnig, Brigita Roube, Barb Wight, Lisa Sidorowicz, Janet Ragan and Mary Baxter held the space for MMM for 40 transported students! A Jam is a delightful way to create community. Much love to our Nia community and their spreading of the Joy!

Toronto - March 29th, 2008
Nia 25th Anniversary Jam at Canada's National Ballet School
This memorable day of music, movement and Nia magic will stay in our hearts for a long time! NIAC would like to thank all the Nia Community participating in this Event from students to teachers to movement lovers experiencing Nia for the first time!

Stay tuned for more events as the Celebration of Nia's 25th Anniversary is not over!
Photographs from the Jam
See how beautiful we are when we are jamming!
Click HERE to see the beautiful pictures taken with amazing talent by our very own Andreea Diaconescu.

Please be patient while this pdf documet uploads. 4 Megs worth waiting for!
Testimonials
Click HERE to read testimonials from participants to the Jam!

Campbellville -January 27th, 2008 - Another success generated by the JOY spread by Teachers from the West GTA and Halton Area! This event coordinated by Anna Schantz and Mary Baxter collected $1000 for Habitat for Hunmanity!
Check them out in action!

Toronto - January 19th, 2008 - Once again NIAC took the pleasure and the stage to present Nia at this annual event!
Led by our very own Black Belt Trainer Martha Randall this group of beautiful women and casual enthusiasts (there was even a frog!) delivered the Nia promise with much JOY!

Oakville - November 29th, 2006 - A Girls Night Out to remember for the public attending this event organized by West of the City! Nia was there and this beautiful group of Nia teachers rocked the house. Check Mary Baxter, Darcel de Sylva, Leslie McHugh, Karen Sita and Lydia Wedlock, led by Anna Schantz in action on the runway as well as the Nia booth with a virtual video billboard!

Toronto, November 6th, 2006
The Blue Belt Intensive week in Toronto was a HUGE success!
Debbie and Carlos Rosas shared Nia Art and Craft with passion and love.
Anna Schantz and Marla Gold organized the Event in the most impeccable way.
All the dancers filled the space with the Joy of Movement through their happy bodies, minds and spirits! CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE NEW BLUE BELTS!

THANK YOU TO ALL for a UNIQUE WEEK of MUSIC, MOVEMENT and MAGIC!

Mississauga - May 6th - Nia Instructors Laura Comparey, Jane Markowitz, Elizabeth Mierzynski and Tessie Ostonal, presented 1 hour of Nia at this event organized and sponsored by the Trillium Health Centre and the Mississauga Board of Chinese Professional & Businesses.
Check them out as they pose with the plaque given to each one of them in recognition for their participation!

Toronto - May 5th, 2006 - Nia Teachers Cinzia Cavalieri, Valerie McGiverin, Tessie Ostonal and Vita Wind presented Nia in the Toronto Metro Hall Rotunda for the Canadian Mental Health Association during the Mental Health Week. The "Oasis in the City" event organizers transformed the space into a beautiful Zen garden!

Newmarket - April 30th - Nia Teachers from York Region MaryLynn Baran, Bettina Braj, Cinzia Cavalieri, Caroline Dupont and Sandy Feldstein along with a joyful group of participants brought the magic of Nia to Southlake Regional Health Centre and completed the last portion of the Soaringwords series of jams.
We danced the healing power of Nia, we decorated more quilts and we donated them to the Pediatric floor to bring hope, colours and love to the children. Thank you for the great support to all the participants!

The Grey Bruce Nia Teachers and the Cancer Society were Dancing Together in Owen Sound!
On April 1st, the Nia teachers of Grey Bruce came together to help kick off the Cancer Society’s daffodil drive and spread the ‘Joy of Movement’ in Owen Sound. Wendy, Vita, Susan and Jean were supported and energized by many students, friends and Nia teachers who traveled from far and wide to ‘move and groove’ with us. We would like to express our thanks to all of those who attended. Not only did we raise funds to support the Owen Sound Cancer Society and NIAC, but this small and energized Nia contingency banded together, fusing their individual strengths, to produce a very special day as well as creating an everlasting bond.
Pictures gently submitted by Nia Instructor Jean Kidd-Miller.

Check out what a great booth the Halton Nia Teachers Association set up to promote Nia on April 1st and 2nd at the Oakville ECO-Fest!
Look how joyful Anna and Mia are and admire the beautiful group on stage!

Enjoy these amazing pictures taken by Instructor Gabriele Bautz during this successful event organized by Instructor Mary Breen in support of the Women's Future Fund held in Toronto on February 17th, 2006!
Look at the beautiful swirls and spirals of bodies in motion!
Thank you to all for the support and for sharing the JOY of Nia!