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Nia Stories
Robin L Bach's Story
I am now a Black Belt in the Nia Technique and in the past several years of teaching Nia in the St. Louis area, I have had many more ‘moments’ -- but to hear those, you’ll have to come to one of my classes. * Far-out stuff; Ironically enough, Debbie Rosas, one of the Founders of the Nia Technique is originally from St. Louis. ** Nia was originally an acronym for Non-Impact Aerobics. This term brought the connotation that Nia was a fluff class. (Nothing is further from the truth. People from all different fitness levels can work out in the same class due to Nia principle #7- The Three Planes of Movement and Levels of Teaching.) Debbie and Carlos Rosas changed the acronym to Neuromuscular Integrative Action, a scientific way of saying mind-body work. Later they discovered that in Swahili, the word nia means “with purpose”. How accurate. Holistic personal training also available . |