Nia Intensives

"The Nia White Belt changed my life. When I took the training in 2003, I was so out of touch with my body. The training reconnected me to being in my body and connected me to Joy. I took the White Belt as a personal growth experience. The training exceeded my expectations," Kristie Bryant

The Nia Belt System

For Everyone! For Personal Growth.... To Teach.....

Everyone begins with White Belt.

Nia White Belt Training

The First Step

Joyful. Transformational. It is unlike any other educational training you have ever experienced. Nia White Belt Intensive Training is the first step on the Nia Training path. All Nia training is highly interactive and delivers foundational principles through both cognitive and experiential learning models.

Nia Education: Stepping In...

Depending on your goals, Nia is everything from a fun class experience to a philosophy, lifestyle and personal/professional study. While often practiced in a group-fitness format, the true depth of Nia lies in a richly layered body-mind education, which for many becomes a personal lifestyle and/or professional practice.

Nia Intensive Training: The Experience

Nia Intensives are offered internationally, Helen Terry is one of a team of Certified Nia Trainers who have dedicated years to the personal and professional study, practice, teaching and living of Nia’s principles and education. The Nia White Belt Intensive Training takes place over 7 days and includes 40 hours of somatic education. Each day is divided into highly interactive sessions where you will learn, move and practice the Science, Craft and Art of the Nia Body of Work. This is accomplished using both cognitive and experiential learning models. This 7-day experience offers leading edge education. The Nia Intensive experience empowers everybody to take their practice and their life to the next level. In addition to primary sessions with the training group, The Nia Intensive includes 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
• First Degree 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

Rooted in a somatic (body-based) approach to learning, Nia education is designed to allow students to develop and participate in their own way, embodying cognitive information by engaging the whole person:

• 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

HOW DO I REGISTER FOR A TRAINING WITH HELEN?

Email Helen Terry at HelenT@nianow.com or call 832-567-4550 to receive registration forms, to discuss the training and receive answers to any questions or concerns you may have.

FAQ's

The training begins early evening.

Day 1 is an opportunity to receive materials, get to know each other and set the scene for the week.

Days 2 - 6 are full days with 1.5 hours for lunch. Each day provides at least one Public Nia class that reinforces the experience gained in the white belt private workshop sessions.

Day 7 typically concludes by 2pm.

Cost of training is $1599. Includes pre-training materials, workshops and classes for 7 days.

SomaRanch

Some trainings are at our new Nia educational training facility: "SomaRanch". You are invited to enjoy an INCLUSIVE RESIDENTIAL full board OPTION for $400! that is Bed and Healthy, Organic, Yummy Body Ecology Meals provided by Resident Chef (and lovely husband) Joe. We cater to meat, fish and/or veggie eaters and love special requests. Limited to 8 places in the house with 6 additional places in the "dorm".

SomaRanch is located within 40 minutes of Houston Bush Airport. 15.2 acres of beautiful land, surrounded by 600 acres of rural fields! Conveniently located near Montgomery. Fresh eggs provided by our 13 happy free range chickens, entertainment from our donkeys and dogs. You are welcome to pet any of the animals. You can go fishing (or swim!) in our 1 acre lake filled with 300+ fish and/or enjoy s'mores around the camp fire by the lake in the evening. Shared accommodation in the ranch style house for 8 (3 Bedrooms: 4-2-2, sharing 3 bathrooms). Additional "dorm style" accommodation for 6 available in the converted barn studio loft, with indoor and outdoor shower facilities.

2012 Schedule - Trainings with Helen Terry

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