13 steps to getting the most out of your Nia classes
1. Be of beginners mind. Approach everything with fascination.
2. Grow with dynamic ease. Start out easy and grow with ease.
3. Let go and dance. Personally experience your own ways of moving.
4. Seek pleasure and comfort. Adjust what you do and how you do it to achieve harmony, balance and peace.
5. Intent. Direct your mind to help your body develop new skills. Energy follows attention and intention.
6. Get the most out of Nia. Use all parts of your body as free weights and minimise effort by adjusting how you use these weights.
7. Use your feet as the foundation. Rest into them and push to rise.
8. Use breath and make sound. Improve conditioning and gain core support.
9. Move through planes, levels and ranges of comfort. Shift into higher or lower planes to build strength and flexibility.
10. Be mindful and conscious. Pay attention and notice what is happening and how you feel.
11. Listen to your body. Respond to even the smallest sign of discomfort. It is asking you to change what you do and how you do it to feel pleasure.
12. Avoid the fitness / warrior / athlete syndrome. Develop awareness and mastery over time.
13. Personalise each workout. Every time you workout, discover more about you by creating movement variety. Use repetition to move in different and unique ways.
Source: Nia Technique Inc.
2. Grow with dynamic ease. Start out easy and grow with ease.
3. Let go and dance. Personally experience your own ways of moving.
4. Seek pleasure and comfort. Adjust what you do and how you do it to achieve harmony, balance and peace.
5. Intent. Direct your mind to help your body develop new skills. Energy follows attention and intention.
6. Get the most out of Nia. Use all parts of your body as free weights and minimise effort by adjusting how you use these weights.
7. Use your feet as the foundation. Rest into them and push to rise.
8. Use breath and make sound. Improve conditioning and gain core support.
9. Move through planes, levels and ranges of comfort. Shift into higher or lower planes to build strength and flexibility.
10. Be mindful and conscious. Pay attention and notice what is happening and how you feel.
11. Listen to your body. Respond to even the smallest sign of discomfort. It is asking you to change what you do and how you do it to feel pleasure.
12. Avoid the fitness / warrior / athlete syndrome. Develop awareness and mastery over time.
13. Personalise each workout. Every time you workout, discover more about you by creating movement variety. Use repetition to move in different and unique ways.
Source: Nia Technique Inc.