Austin

$10 drop-in

The cost depends on the room that is chosen.  Please visit our RETREAT website for specifics on the rooms!!

$200 Discount if booked before May 1st! 

Join Somatic Educators Adelle Brownlee Brewer and Joanie Brooks for their 2nd annual restorative week of Yoga, Nia, Breath, Relaxation and FUNat Xinalani Retreat, an exclusive eco-resort located just 20 minutes from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico!  Only accessible by boat, Xinalani (pronounced she-na-la-nee) is a sanctuary of wellness and serenity! 

Each day, wake up to the sound of the ocean from your breathtaking ocean-front room. Be nourished by delicious and healthful local cuisine, enjoy daily Yoga, Nia and movement classes in the stunning yoga spaces surrounded by nature and the ocean, indulge in a spa treatment, detox in a Temazcal (ancient sweat lodge), or simply relax and soak up the beauty of your surroundings.

Do as much or as little as you desire!  You can also fuel your adventurous spirit by signing up for any one of Xinalani’s jungle adventures or eco-tours, including canopy zip lining, swimming with dolphins, jungle treks, and more!

Set at the edge of the ocean and bordered by lush jungle, Xinalani’s beachfront restaurant offers a healthy menu and a unique outdoor dining experience.

Your retreat includes three delicious healthy meals per day (vegetarian, fish, and chicken options offered) as well as a light breakfast option for early risers.

This retreat is for EveryBody - come with your partner, friends or alone!

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$12 drop in or inquire about a class pass!

$20 at the door
$15 RSVP online 
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/we-will-rock-you-tickets-50985964392

Nia Austin and beyond... Community JAM

To coincide with the upcoming release of Bohemian Rhapsody, join other music and movement lovers at this Nia JAM featuring all of your favorite QUEEN hits!

Drop in-$18 plus tax Come in and ask about a Nia class pass or BB membership 

$15 drop in or use your class pass

Sat, Apr 7th 9:00am
Focus:Natural Time + 9 Movement Forms

Wed, Apr 11th 9:00am
Focus: Dance of Dynamic Alignment

Ticket: $20 advance, $25 at door

Registration link in text below.

Encore class due to popular demand! This dance class serves as an introduction to Tai Chi, one of the nine movement forms of Nia.

Nia + Tai Chi Dance

Tai Chi clears the mind and heightens kinesthetic awareness fundamental to overall health and well-being. Moving slowly while focusing internally increases calmness and sensitivity bringing vitality not only to muscle and connective tissue but to heart and soul. Respecting the body’s inherent balance of yin and yang energies yields the ability to adapt to a variety of rhythms and movements in all stages of life. 

Physical Benefits of Nia + Tai Chi Dance include:
• deep relaxation
• calming affect on nervous system
• release pain and stiffness in the joints
• positive effect on strength, flexibility & balance

In this workshop learn how: 
• to generate power through ease rather than muscling
• shifting and transferring weight develops grounded balance
• alignment, relaxation and efficient use of energy helps embody grace
• focusing on the exhale is a way to improve abdominal support and intrinsic core strength
• moving from the tan tien (physical & energetic center) with relaxed joints evokes fluidity

Experience:
• Qigong Breathing Exercises
• Tai Chi Principles and their application in Nia Technique
• Compelling Music used for Movement as Medicine and Meditation
• Tai Chi forms + Nia Technique movement to increase body knowledge 
 

Ticket: $20 online registration, $25 at the door

What to Bring: Your curiosity. 

What to Wear: Dress comfortably enough to move arms and legs.

This workshop is appropriate to both men and women.

About the teacher: Julie Wylie 
Somatic Educator 
Health, Fitness & Well-Being Professional
Website: www.julieannwylie.com

Certified Instructor with Dr. Paul Lam’s Tai Chi for Health Institute
Julie’s Tai Chi story: http://taichiforhealthinstitute.org/instructors/instructor/?instructor_id=100002275

Certified 1st Degree Black Belt Teacher with Nia Technique 
Julie's Nia story: http://www.julieannwylie.com/inspiring-self-healing-through-dance/

Nov 2, 9 (Th) 6:30–8 pm

$65 (Pre-registration required) 

Moving To Heal: The Art of Feeling Better 

with Somatic Educator & Nia® Training Faculty, Julie Ann Wylie

 “Self-Healing usually does not consist of a single, dramatic act, but instead is generally composed of along series of small acts of self-kindness, guided by pleasure. Over time, as these acts accumulate, people become eminently skillful at exercising their self-healing powers.” - Debbie Rosas & Carlos Aya-Rosas, The Nia Technique

Feeling better is a birthright. Our innate body-mind intelligence exchange is designed to acknowledge what we sense and use this information to become self-aware. Developing awareness may seem a mystical ideal, but it is not. Awareness begins as a somatic process. Sensation, the voice of the Body, communicates perpetually; once received and acknowledged, choice honors this body-mind collaboration. Created in the image of Source, our Spirit is highly aware of all that is. Spiritual embodiment expresses this connection between Spirit and the experience of consciously living life through our sacred vessel called Body. As a receptacle for our soul’s nourishment, sustenance is found when we are present to information attracting our attention. We feel our way into transformation.

During this two-part series, you’ll learn practical techniques for listening to your body’s voice and using this information to foster health, fitness, and well-being. Through increased self-awareness, respecting the divine design of the body, experience movement as medicine to feel better. Take this opportunity to discover more about self-awareness using this fun and effective method for learning to listen to your body’s messages. Leave having embodied a sustainable method for living a vibrant, sensational life.

Julie Ann Wylie, Nia® Certified Training Faculty

Nov 2, 9 (Th) 6:30–8 pm

$65 (Pre-registration required) 

About Julie Ann Wylie: A dynamic, inspiring and intuitive member of Nia’s Training Faculty with over 30 years of movement experience and a 1st Degree Black Belt certification from the Nia Technique, Julie brings deep enthusiasm and intimacy to her classes. Creating a comfortable, safe space for individuals to find physical, mental and emotional health and healing through movement in her special events and workshops. Years of stressful work in retail management found her ill-equipped to deal with the shock of a sudden loss. Grief had dropped her into foreign territory—her body—and she found herself yearning for comfort. Solace and ease presented themselves through mindful movement. Through Nia Technique and Tai Chi Julie has found practices that combine her love of movement with her physiology training. She’s a spirited, down to earth teacher by nature, and has been leading holistic workshops since 2005. She inspires participants toward feel-better, move-more, right-life choices.

$10 per class  

CLASSES START OCTOBER 10, 2017

held at Ms. Rhonda's School of Dance

Nia is more than a workout. Focused on the joy and pleasure of movement this 60-minute dance class is holistic fitness set to empowering music that feeds your body, focuses your mind, stirs your emotions, and uplifts your spirit--all this in a beautiful setting of Nia community where every body is welcome.
What should I wear? Wear comfortable clothing that you can freely dance and move around in. Classes are taken barefoot--a signature element on Nia--to help students move consciously in a more grounded and gentler way.