Nia Gauteng

 

Lonehill

 

Nia is an expressive movement form & lifestyle practice that uses The Body's Way to achieve physical, emotional, mental and spiritual
fitness & well-being

BRENDA LOUKES
My Connection to Nia

Being a mom and working long hours in television production, I had not sustained any form of regular exercise for many years. As I reached my mid-thirties, everything I read in magazines or newspapers was saying to me that I needed to exercise if I was to be healthy and strong in my old age….. I was getting nervous. But the word “exercise” makes me want to go back to bed and hibernate. I read about Nia in a magazine in 2002 and realized that “movement with purpose” was in fact what I was searching for. Nia resonated with my soul. Nia was something I could embrace and I knew it would keep me stimulated, interested, fit and healthy physically, mentally and emotionally – well into my old age.

Nia was so new in South Africa, it took a while to find a Nia class, but when I did it was like a breath of fresh air in the domain of fitness and health. At last I had found exercise with soul! I am not a gym person and although I love nature and walking, it is hard to find a way to do that in Johannesburg. I decided to become a Nia teacher, in order to be able to do Nia when it suited me, to stay committed to something, and to be able to offer Nia classes to other people who want to move with purpose.

Nia takes me to my soul. To my true self. It allows me to express my creativity, my fears, my joy, my pain. Nia gives me back the JOY. It reminds me of who I am and what I can be. It places me in my life fully and squarely, sometimes gently, sometimes with a shove. It keeps me connected to myself – my body, my mind, my emotions, my spirit. It reflects back to me what I need to work on and where I need to just accept. Nia is a moving meditation, a living art, a fluctuating, transformational, organic process, just like life. It is an ongoing dance…. And it keeps me FIT! (I am now forty two and feel fitter than I have ever been in my life. ) ~ Brenda

I have completed two White Belt certifications, and did my Blue Belt training in Feb 2009.

“In Nia, we use the body to heal the mind and spirit by joining muscular movement with introspection, intention, visualization, imagery, and expressiveness."
Debbie Rosas and Carlos Rosas “The Nia Technique” (Broadway Books 2005)

Nia is like chocolate – you have to taste it to know what it’s like.

Join us and discover the Joy of Movement:

NIA WITH BRENDA 2009 (in Lonehill)

*please book for these classes in advance as the venue is small and space is limited – sms me on 083 226 1967


To join contact Brenda : 083 226 1967 or email: nia@telkomsa.net

I look forward to dancing with you.

If you cannot attend regular Nia classes, we also offer NIA workshops, retreat days and other Nia events including parties (Nia Jams), Nia demo’s at Corporate Wellness Days and Nia private parties (bridal showers, baby showers, birthdays etc). Please email me for further information.

~ t h r o u g h - m o v e m e n t - w e - f i n d - h e a l t h ~

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MOVEMENT SIGNATURES

BY
B r e n d a L o u k e s

PAINTINGS OF BODIES IN MOTION…. Inspired by Nia


COMMISSION YOUR OWN SIGNATURE…. CONTACT BRENDA

nia@telkomsa.net

 

For more info, contact Susan Sloan on 011 880 5223 or info@niagp.co.za
or
Kim Hatchuel on 083 657 3377 or kim@niagp.co.za -
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