Go deeper with Nia Training - experience well-being fitness through personal growth and lifestyle training that lasts a lifetime.
Nia's personal growth and professional development programme is for anybody seeking training in body – mind – emotion – spirit education. Fusion fitness pioneers Debbie Rosas Stewart and Carlos Aya Rosas have developed the most comprehensive training in the industry. Whether you are looking to go deeper into your own Nia practice or you are a Professional in fitness, health or wellness looking for an extra edge, Nia Training has something for you. From the moment you step through the door, you will know that your relationship to your body and your experience of life is about to change forever.
Nia Intensive Training: The Experience
Nia Intensives are offered internationally, by a team of Licensed Nia Trainers, who have dedicated years to the personal and professional study, practice, teaching and living of Nia’s principles and education. With some exception, most Intensives Trainings take place over 7 days and include 40 hours of somatic education. In addition to primary sessions with the training group, Nia Intensives include public class experiences, which provide demonstrations of Nia theory and methods as they are applied in a traditional group fitness setting.
The Nia Belt System: Personal and Professional Mastery
The Nia Belt System follows traditional Martial Arts models, moving students through progressive levels of education, skill sets and proficiency. Each Nia Belt level includes the study of Nia’s five core competency areas: Anatomy, Movement, Music, Methodology and Philosophy. With the exception of Green Belt, which focuses specifically on the art of teaching Nia, all Belt level Trainings are open to students with personal or professional goals.
- White Belt
- Green Belt (for Licensed Nia Teachers only)
- Blue Belt
- Brown Belt
- Black Belt
Staying Connected: Continuing The Journey
Due to the depth of each level of curriculum, all Intensive Graduates are required to wait 12 months time between Intensive Trainings to fully embody and practice the education learned in the previous Belt level. Each level of Training is further supported by Post-Training curriculum, monthly TeleCourses, Newsletters, a Nia Forum and personal support from the Nia International Headquarters team.
A Holistic Approach: The Nia Way
With the exception of Green Belt, which focuses specifically on the art of teaching Nia, all Belt level Trainings are open to students with personal or professional goals.
- The Body is used for exploration, discovery and sensory-based experience
- The Mind is used to focus, witness and direct attention
- Emotion is used to create a personal connection to experience and thus becomes a conduit of body-mind connection
- Spirit (that which is unique to a person) is used to recognize personal power, foster self-healing and expand each person’s potential
NIA WHITE BELT TRAINING
Joyful. Transformational. It is unlike any other educational training you have ever experienced.
Focus: The Body’s Way - Intent: To sense Your Body’s Way
White Belt is the foundation for teaching and learning Nia. Everything begins with Principle #1 – The Joy of Movement. The principles of this belt focus on the physical realm of the body and learning how to sustain and increase sensation in the body for pleasure and self-healing. The Nia principles are explored through the lens of science, craft and the art of the body and movement. Students will be introduced to the nine movement forms of Nia: Jazz Dance, Duncan Dance, Modern Dance, Aikido, Tai Chi, Tae Kwon Do, The Alexander Technique, The Work of Moshe Feldenkrais and Yoga. Nia’s proprietary system for music appreciation is introduced at the White Belt along with all of the 52 moves of the Nia Technique.
What can I expect to learn during the training?
- The Body's Way Education Model
- Sensory IQ, movement integration and functional fitness techniques
- Movement dynamics, body-mind physiology and X-Ray Anatomy concepts
- 13 White Belt Principles which include our unique choreography and music notation system
- Somatic teaching techniques
What is included in the Nia Intensive?
- 40+ hours of cognitive and experiential training instruction
- ACE (4.7 CEC's) & AFAA (38 CEU's) credits with approved provider
- Training course materials
- White Belt Intensive Manual
- Practical application of concepts and techniques
- A Certificate of Completion and the option to become a Licensed Teacher
- Individualized assessment and feedback
Become a Licensed Nia Teacher
Share the joy of Nia with others who desire fitness, wellness and personal growth.
Join the professional organization that has been changing people's bodies and lives for more than 25 years. Upon completing the Nia White Belt Intensive Training, you are eligible to purchase a Nia Teacher License Package.
What is included in the Nia Teacher License Package?
- License to use the Nia name and logo and to teach the Nia Technique®
- Continuing Education materials
- Teaching routines
- Nia's professional newsletter
- Online discussion forum for professionals
- Support from Nia Headquarters' professional team
NIA BLUE BELT TRAINING
Focus: Communication and Relationship - Intent: To sustain and increase your ability to pay attention to detail.
Blue Belt expands the focus of the White Belt on the physical realm by adding the voices of the other realms: mental, emotional and spirit. Blue Belt teaches you to be in relationship with everything as the way to become intimate and knowledgeable. Nia does this through paying attention to sensory details in the body. This is an experiential process to learn how these realms are sensed at a physical level – Nia does this through a practice of being in relationship. Teaching Nia is all about the personal experience of the teacher – everything that they share with the class is first sensed in their body – visual images, feelings and emotions and the stirring of the unique. This intensive provides practical tools for communicating with your students and sharing Nia with others in an intimate way. In the Blue Belt, students also learn about the Nia Mind-Body-Spirit Class format, continue to work with music and how to balance form and freedom in a class. The 5 Stages, developmental movement and anatomy are also introduced at this Belt.
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