Your Next Special Event
Nia movement is an ideal way to bring life and energy to a wide range of special groups and events:
Private PartiesFestivals
Conferences
Schools
Community Groups
Employee Activities
and more...
• Non-competitive team-building
• Fun ice-breaker for your party or event
• Encourages creative self-expression
• Promotes a happy, healthy workplace
• Suitable for children as well as adults
• Adaptable for groups with special needs
• Builds self-esteem and self-healing
• Builds stamina and energy without overexertion
• Strengthens joints, muscles, heart and lungs
• Promotes harmony and inner-peace
• Move at your own pace and feel energised!
Find a Certified Nia Instructor near You
Hepburn Springs
Sunday Sessions at the Convent
Make the Body-Mind-Spirit connection
Sweat your prayers on the second Sunday of the month at this extraordinary location, rich with history. The Abbotsford Convent is one of Melbourne’s most important arts, cultural and learning precincts, the ideal place to immerse yourself in the expressive healing of Nia.
Dates: 21st March, 18th April, 16th May, 20th June, 2010
Time: 10am - 11am
Location: The Abbottsford Convent, "Rosina Room", 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, Victoria
Cost: $18 casual; $12 concession; $10 children; ask about a bulk discount
Contact: Deborah Shaw, Certified Blue Belt Nia Instructor
Email: info@movingworks.com.au
Phone: 0400 529 897
Nia in Fiji
Workshops and Events
5 Day Autumn Intensive
Extend yourself with an Autumn intensive!
Autumn is the time for cleansing and detoxing and this intensive is designed to kick start the process with 5 days of high energy dancing, to get you energised and inspired to MOVE through winter.
We'll start by warming up from the inside out, before getting hot and sweaty to fabulous music and great moves. We finish by moving to the floor to stretch and strengthen. You'll leave feeling tingly and alive! What a way to start your day!
Dates: Monday 29th March – Friday 2nd April, 2010 (first week of school holidays)
Time:7am - 8 am
Location: Redhouse, 1488 Warburton Hwy, Warburton Victoria
Cost: $68 for 5 days; $15 casual
Contact: Jacinta Birchall, Certified Blue Belt Nia Instructor
Email: jacinta@blackcatboutique.com.au
Phone: 0423 142584
Dance your way to joy and health
Nia classes for over 50s
As part of the Brisbane City Council's GOLD program, this fun class gently encourages body-mind awareness, balance, strength and flexibility in a friendly social setting.
Dates: 10 March, 14 April, 26 May 2010 (come to 1, 2 or all 3 sessions)
Time: 10:45 am - noon
Location: Sherwood Neighbourhood Centre, Thallon St Sherwood
Cost: $6 per class
Contact: Sophie Marsh, Nia Black Belt instructor
Email: sophie@niaaustralia.com.au
Phone: BCC on 3403 8888
Playshop - the Joy of Movement
A source of vitality and the soul of Nia
Would you like to experience ease and pleasure in your movement, both in class and daily life? Explore Nia's foundational principle, the Joy of Movement and its potential to nourish and heal body, mind, emotions and spirit. Connected to Joy, we'll play, express and move our way to health and fitness. No Nia experience necessary. 1 hour Nia class included.
Date: 27 March 2010
Time: 1:30-4 p.m.
Location: S.C.P.A.C. 5/16 Sydal St Caloundra 4551
Cost: earlybird $40, on the day $50. Concession $35/$45
Contact: Sophie Marsh, Nia Black Belt instructor
Email: sophie@niaaustralia.com.au
Phone: 0431 484 054
Fit’n’Funky
Free Nia movement for kids with Down Syndrome (and their families)
Looking for a fun holiday activity? Jan Gillies is offering a Nia movement class for girls and boys with Down Syndrome, aged between 5 and 12.
Brothers, sisters, friends, parents and grandparents are VERY welcome to join in. Or you can relax and chat on the veranda. Up to 10 children can participate in a class.
Fit'n'Funky classes are based on the Nia technique, which combines movements from dance, martial arts and healing arts such as yoga. Best of all, Nia is fun and everybody can do it, moving to cool and funky music in their own way.
We dance in bare feet. Please bring a water bottle and a towel or yoga mat.
Date: Wednesday, 7th April 2010
Time: 10am–10:45am
Location: Down Syndrome Association Centre, 282 Stafford Road, Stafford, Queensland
Cost: FREE!
Contact: Jan Gillies, Certified White Belt Nia Instructor
Email: janette19@optusnet.com.au
Phone: 07 3217 8812 or 0417 704 651
Or SMS 0417 704 651 by Thursday 1 April 2010 with these details:
NAME OF CHILD/REN
AGE/s
PARENT/CARER NAME
CONTACT PHONE/EMAIL
Nia FUNdamentals
Playing with Nia's 52 moves!
For new and experienced students alike, exploring Nia's 52 moves enhances fitness, healing and joyful self-expression. From the FUNdamentals of the form, we'll connect to the moves with greater ease and confidence in a fun-filled Nia class, included.
Date: 18 April 2010
Time: 2-4:30 p.m
Location: Fusion Dance Studio, 64 Hawthorne St Woolloongabba 4102
Cost: earlybird $40, on the day $50
Contact: Sophie Marsh, Nia Black Belt instructor
Email: sophie@niaaustralia.com.au
Phone: 0431 484 054
3 Day Retreat in Hepburn Springs
Indulge over the Anzac Day weekend
Enjoy morning Yoga, and Nia and ChiBall playshops mid morning, sumptuous vegetarian or vegan food, followed by an afternoon rest, or a spa or massage at Hepburn Springs, or perhaps a visit to Daylesford cafes and shops or surrounding bushland.
Dates: Friday 23rd – Monday 26th April, 2010 (Anzac Day long weekend)
Time: arrive Friday evening, play and feel until Monday afternoon
Location: Hepburn Retreat Centre, 9 Lone Pine Avenue, Hepburn Springs, Victoria
Cost: $475 includes tuition, accommodation and food. $425 early bird rate if booked before April 5th
Contact: Deborah Shaw, Certified Blue Belt Nia Instructor
Email: thejoyofmovement@gmail.com
Phone: 0400 529 897
Mother's Day
Honour the feminine
Special Nia class for mothers, daughters, grandmothers and mothers-to-be (and their families and friends ~ men welcome!)
Date: 9th May, 2010
Time: 10am - 11am
Location: Warrandyte Mechanics Institute, Yarra St, Warrandyte, Victoria
Cost: $18 casual; $12 concession; $10 children; ask about a bulk discount
Contact: Deborah Shaw, Certified Blue Belt Nia Instructor
Email: info@movingworks.com.au
Phone: 0400 529 897
Play in the sensations of Nia
Flexibility, Agility, Mobility, Strength, Stability
Explore Nia's 5 sensations - FAMSS - and create functional fitness and a sensational relationship with your body, mind, emotions and spirit. A magical journey of joyful movement, self-awareness and personal expression! No Nia experience necessary. Nia class included.
Date: 15 May 2010
Time: 2-4:30 p.m
Location: Fusion Dance Studio, 64 Hawthorne St Woolloongabba 4102
Cost: earlybird $40, on the day $50. Concession $35/$45
Contact: Sophie Marsh, Nia Black Belt instructor
Email: sophie@niaaustralia.com.au
Phone: 0431 484 054
Nia FUNdamentals
Playing with Nia's 52 moves!
Exploring Nia's 52 moves enhances fitness, healing and joyful self-expression. Includes a fun-filled Nia class co-taught by Sophie and Julie. No Nia experience necessary.
Date: 29 May 2010
Time: 1:30-4:30 p.m
Location: Ocean Shores Community Centre, Rajah Rd, Ocean Shores
Cost: earlybird $45, on the day $55. Concession $40/$50
Contact: Sophie Marsh, Nia Black Belt instructor or Julie Bartley, Nia Brown Belt instructor
Email: sophie@niaaustralia.com.au, jabartley@bigpond.com
Phone: 0431 484 054, 0402 980 805
7 Days in Beautiful Fiji
Blissful 7-Day Retreat @ Daku Resort
After last year’s successful retreat, we are coming back for more! Morning Yoga looking out over the beach, with Nia and ChiBall mid morning and at least one evening session. Days can be spent, snorkelling the coral reef or wandering the village, learning to make the traditional craft of Meke, or visiting the local community to be treated to their singing and music making. Perhaps you prefer resting, reading or munching on exotic fruits or lazing around the pool. For more information,
please visit this link
Dates: 3rd July – 10th July, 2010
Location: Daku Resort, Savusavu, Vanua Levu Island, Fiji
Cost: $1,980. Flights to Fiji are extra.
Contact: Deborah Shaw, Certified Blue Belt Nia Instructor
Email: thejoyofmovement@gmail.com
Phone: 0400 529 897
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