Nia Testimonials

A Dialogue of Trust Within Myself

Student-Nica Cornell

Student-Nica Cornell

By: Nica Cornell   |  July 27, 2010

Whenever people meet a parent whose child is in matric, they ask “You’re doing matric?” Apparently the experience is so intense, the need for sympathy extends into the next generation.

A few months ago, when I was one week into my first set of matric exams, I was beginning... Read more

Planting the Seeds of Joy

Teacher-Peg Noonan

Teacher-Peg Noonan

By: Peg Noonan  |  July 15, 2010

A message to Debbie from Blue Belt Teacher Peg Noonan to share an inspiring email from White Belt Teacher Cynthia F. Jones — now sharing the Joy in Manchester, CT!

June 11, 2010


Hi Debbie,

I was so excited to receive this note (below) from a student who took my Nia class... Read more

Nia Happens for a Reason

By: Andrea Szabo  |  July 14, 2010

May 20, 2010

 

For Debbie and Carlos Rosas, with love.

Dear Debbie and Carlos,

I have a dream! I cannot live anyone else's life, I cannot dance anyone else's dance, only my own. In this does Nia help me. To find myself. Not to say 'Come, dance with me,' do not dance for... Read more

Nia Called to Me

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By: Suzette Clement  |  June 29, 2010

Submitted to contact@nianow.com on June 1, 2010
Thank you for sharing your Joy, Suzette!

I read about Nia last year in a health magazine. After reading the interview with Debbie, I knew Nia was what I needed on several levels. I joined a Nia class late last year and have been... Read more

Finding Nia After 20 Years

Non Impact Aerobics First Edition

Non Impact Aerobics First Edition

By: Cindy Kelly  |  June 2, 2010

Cindy's letter to Nia Trainer Caroline Kohles:

It is one of those crazily serendipitous stories that led me to you the other day. I have been sharing a workout routine that I put together to music with my friends on Block Island this winter, there being very few options for socializing... Read more

Living the Dream - Being a Dancer and Sharing Power

By: Holly Curtis  |  February 13, 2009

As a child, I knew I wanted to dance, but didn’t have an opportunity to take dance classes because my family lived in remote places overseas where lessons were not available. Yet, I had passion for dancing, so I spent my growing up years playing records, dancing in my bedroom,... Read more

Ageless and Strong with Nia – 74 Year–Old Nia Teacher Dances Through Life

By: Kaycheri Rappaport  |  February 13, 2009

I was 58 years old and about 20 pounds overweight when I took my first Nia class in 1991. I was certain that I would be the oldest and fattest person in the class, and I wasn’t! The class was full of all ages and types of people – young,... Read more

The Pleasure Principle in Action

By: Stacey Hall  |  February 13, 2009

I was kicked out of dance class at the age of three. The teacher said that I would never be graceful enough to dance based on my performance of "I'm a little teacup.” So, it was tremendously rewarding to learn that the Nia demonstration and workshop I facilitated was one... Read more

Trained Dancer Finds Her Own Expression in Nia

By: Linda Casto  |  February 13, 2009

My Mother was a professional dancer, one of Jerome Robbins’ muses. She was one of the Sharks dancing “America” on the rooftop in the film West Side Story, and at age 12, she was first on Broadway as one of the Indians in the original cast of Peter Pan with... Read more

A Healing Nia Story

By: Julia Ketcham  |  February 13, 2009

I drag myself to Marianne Burrows class in Syracuse, N.Y. Can I get through it? My mind and spirit—to say nothing of body—are heavy with fear and depression. My daughter, Laura Lee, has given birth to twins, a boy, Maxx, and a girl, Isabella. They have been in a NICU... Read more

Nia Brings Healing, and Passion for Life

By: Denise Medved  |  February 13, 2009

My journey with Nia was sparked one day in 1986, when I received an enthusiastic phone call from my dear friend who said that she had discovered something that combined the things I loved – movement, spirit, and fitness — and was a perfect fit for me.

“Denise,” she said, “You’ve... Read more

Whole-Being Healing For an Adventurer and Entrepreneur

By: Barry Schlouch  |  February 13, 2009

The very first time I danced Nia, I was filled with tears of joy and also tears of letting go of pain. What I experienced was so freeing, so in flow with my spirit and felt so good to my body that I knew I had found something more than... Read more

A Passion for Sharing Movement

By: Winalee Zeeb  |  February 13, 2009

I began teaching in the fitness industry in 1981. I had a passion for exercise, and although teaching aquatics courses, water exercise and aerobics filled that passion, they were based in traditional fitness practices. That unconscious form of fitness ultimately led me to exhaustion, burnout and physical pain. In 1984,... Read more

A Passion for Sharing Movement

By: Martha Randall  |  February 13, 2009

I’ve always said that Nia gave me context and confirmation – a place to land with my passion for movement, teaching and community and a place that inspired me to grow in my own unique way and time with the gifts that I have to share with the world.

In 1996... Read more

Nia, More than a Dance Class

By: Eileen Brady  |  February 13, 2009

Eileen Brady is Nia student and Nia White Belt. By day she is Vice President of Ecotrust, and co-owner of New Seasons Market in Portland, Oregon.

“I’m off to dance class,” I shout to my husband as I race out of the house Saturday mornings to my Nia class with Debbie... Read more