Austin

$15 drop-in fee. Class passes:  6 classes for $72 or 12 classes for $120. Checks or cash only.  Not set up to take credit cards at this time.

Austin Bellydance is a shoe-free space - please remove your shoes upon entering.  This loveley studio is located between Cupprimo cupcakes and Jack Brown cleaners in the Big Lots shopping center. Mats not provided, feel free to bring your own if you like.

$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.

$15 Walk-in, $45 4-class card never expires, $40 All-You-Can-Dance card good for one month.

$15 at the door

$12 register on-line

or apply to your class pass

understand . create . energize . connect . liberate . intuit . divine 

“Along the spine are energy centers of the ethereal energy- chi. These energy centers, or chakras, are located near the major nerve plexus of the body. Moving energy through these points increases and balances your body’s energy. When your chakras are strong, balanced and filled with energy, your body is strong - physically, mentally, and emotionally.”
The Nia Technique
by Debbie Rosas and Carlos Aya-Rosas

Learn the qualities, characteristics, lessons, and challenges, offered by each of the seven energy centers in our bodies

Move to charge the chakras for vitality and experiment with ways to keep this energy flowing to benefit you ‘wholly'

Put charka Energy into action during 1 hour class experience for greater understanding of your personal harmony and balance.

$15 per session or apply class pass

understand . create . energize . connect . liberate . intuit . divine   

Learn the qualities, characteristics, lessons, and challenges, offered by each of the seven energy centers in our bodies
Move to charge the chakras for vitality and experiment with ways to keep this energy flowing to benefit you ‘wholly'
Put charka energy into action during 1 hour class experience for greater understanding of your personal harmony and balance

All Classes from 11:00 - 12:00 pm