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My Nia in New Hampshire experience.

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Amherst, New Hampshire

Town Center

Weare, New Hampshire

My Home Town

Last week I took a trip to Weare,  New Hampshire to visit family and was able to connect with Lisa Jones, owner of  “Nia NH and Yoga” located in beautiful  Amherst, NH.

Lisa Jones, owner of "Nia NH and Yoga"

Lisa has been studying wellness and yoga for more than 25 years and has a private therapeutic breath work practice  based out of  “Nia NH and Yoga”.  Lisa has taught breath awareness since 1998 and has been a Nia instructor since 2004; this allows her to incorporate the breath facilitator’s experience into her Nia classes.  Lisa’s intention is to help her students and clients embrace healing from with-in, discover greater self empowerment, and experience overall joy in their daily lives.

Lisa Jones, Nia Blue Belt

It was a great pleasure being a part of this New England Nia community and having the opportunity to instruct Thursday evening’s class.  Not only was the space comfortable, the entire class clearly understood the spirit of The Nia Technique®.  My sincere thanks for such a warm welcome and wonderful experience at “Nia NH and Yoga”!

Please enjoy some of my Nia in New Hampshire experience by clicking on links below:

Click here for video footage at  Nia NH. Routine “Clarity, Nostalgia Worship”

Click here for video footage at Nia NH.  Routine  “Clarity, Long Bone”

Special thanks to my Dad, Frank Szerlog, for taking the video footage shown above.

What is The Nia Technique?


Nia Promotional Video 2005 from Nia Technique on Vimeo.

“Nia is movement-medicine for the body and soul.”

Nia was created in the early 1980’s by Debbie Rosas and Carlos Rosas, then fitness professionals in Marin County, California, searching for a smarter and less painful way to work out and stay fit.

The philosophy of Nia is based on the pleasure principle: If it feels good, keep doing it; if it hurts, stop and adapt what you do to feel better.  Nia is a workout, lifestyle and personal growth program. More than a physical fitness or weight loss program, Nia is a way to condition, heal and transform your body, mind, emotions and spirit. Nia is a system that blends Eastern and Western movements, concepts and philosophy derived from three main movement forms:

Martial Arts:

Tai Chi ~ the slow dance

Tae Kwon Do ~ the dance of precision

Aikido ~ harmonious, spherical motion

Dance Arts:

Jazz ~ fun, showmanship, expression

Modern ~ creating shapes in space

Duncan ~ free-spirited, honest movement

Healing Arts:

The Work of Moshe Feldenkrais ~ conscious awareness of sensation

Alexander Technique ~ movement from the top

Yoga ~ conscious alignment of bones and joints

Nia is based on The Body’s Way, which means, using the body’s design to improve function. The biochemistry, joint and muscle action are triggered using imagination, music, emotion and vocal sound. Movements work with and against gravity and include: abduction, adduction; flexion, extension; eversion, inversion; dorsal flexion, plantar flexion, pronation and supination; horizontal flexion, extension; rotation inward, outward, upward and downward, elevation, depression, and circumduction. Nia addresses the body’s five main sensations: flexibility, strength, mobility, agility and stability and focuses on conditioning the body and the nervous system.

Everything in Nia is perceived, experienced and processed through the body. Nia uses the body to develop Sensory IQ wisdom. The mind is used to imagine witness, focus and direct attention. The emotions are used to personally engage the individual with activity, thereby creating the coupling effect needed to trigger the mind-body connection. Spirit is used to honor the uniqueness of each individual. Nia uses emotion and sound to condition the body and nervous system. Nia’s teaching style emphasizes internally directed guidance, uses visual and sensory language, user-friendly choreography, that can be adapted to fit personal needs, and includes three stages of learning for all levels of ability.

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