Nia with Georgina

Nia is back! ✨
Monday 2pm at Wi******er Lido Sports Association
Tuesday 6pm online
Thursday 10am at the Gill Nethercott Centre in Whitchurch

If you enjoy yoga or Pilates and you dance round your kitchen/bedroom/garden at home you will probably love Nia. Great music, move your body’s way, tone muscles, make new neuropathways and find your inner child!

Feel you can’t dance? Feel you aren’t coordinated? Dislike “exercise”? Want to feel joyful, alive and buzzing? Give Nia a go. You will be very welcome.

It was our last Nia class for Whitchurch until September 5th this morning. Our usual beautiful venue the Gill Nethercott Centre was a Polling Station today so we went to my mum’s instead.

Thank you to Sue Brown and Sue Dorey for looking after us at the GNC and to the Whitchurch Silk Mill for our connecting coffee after class every Thursday.

See you in September!

Why is Nia usually danced in bare feet? In fact why is it good to take your shoes off as often as possible? This is what Debbie Rosas the founder of the Nia Technique has to say…

Feet never lie.

They’re wonderfully forthright and let us know instantly if something is wrong.

Through direct contact with the floor, our feet send us spontaneous, accurate readouts on the efficiency and safety of our movements.

This is why I remove my shoes whenever possible.

What do I wear in a Nia class?
No special clothing is necessary, something stretchy and in layers that you can take off as you warm up and… bare feet.
If you wear shoes make sure they are clean and have soft non marking soles.

Next week we will mostly be wearing bunny ears celebrating the Chinese spring festival, 2023 is the Year of the Rabbit!

We often get asked... "Why do I have to take off my shoes in a Nia class?"

First of all, there are no "have to's" in Nia. While Nia is classically practiced barefoot, if you want to leave your shoes on, go for it!

For those who choose to kick off their shoes, we practice barefoot as a way to stay aware of sensation and connected to our bodies.

There are 7,000 nerve endings on the bottom of each foot.

Practicing barefoot stimulates a physical and psychological sensation of being grounded making you deeply aware of each step.

Nia at the Lido in Wi******er on Mondays 2-3pm. Yay!

£55 for a 5 classes starting on Monday 23rd January.

A great cause

Save the date!

Next Thursday (January 12th) we'll be hosting a big charity quiz night at the White Hart.

Grab your friends and family and have a few drinks while putting your knowledge to the test. Entry is £2 per person, with all money raised going to Diabetes UK .

The quiz itself starts at 7.30pm and we'll be serving food from our main menu up until 8.45pm.

Our quiz nights are always popular, so we recommend booking a table in advance by calling us on 01256 892900.

The White Hart, Whitchurch quiz with a great cause, Diabetes UK tomorrow.
There will be some vouchers for the Thursday Nia classes at The Gill Nethercott Centre in the prizes if I can deliver them in time!

Save the date!

Next Thursday (January 12th) we'll be hosting a big charity quiz night at the White Hart.

Grab your friends and family and have a few drinks while putting your knowledge to the test. Entry is £2 per person, with all money raised going to Diabetes UK .

The quiz itself starts at 7.30pm and we'll be serving food from our main menu up until 8.45pm.

Our quiz nights are always popular, so we recommend booking a table in advance by calling us on 01256 892900.

So true! We do a lot of smiling in our Nia classes!

If your workout isn't making you smile, it might be time to find a new workout!

LAUGHTER, SMILES, and JOY are a regular part of the Nia Experience.

Need a dose of JOY? Find a Nia Class today!

I’m about to step into Brown belt, the next Nia teaching with Debbie Rosas the head honcho!
I found something brown to wear, I picked some nice smelling flowers and I battled with my printer to print the booklets.
I’m ready!

Our focus is RAW this week, listening with the whole body Relaxed, Alert and Waiting. We wait for new sounds in the music and notice how and where the sounds create sensations in the body. Flip WAR right over, really listen and Express any emotions and sensations that arise.

Nia with Georgina updated their info in the about section.

Nia with Georgina updated their business hours.

This week the focus of Nia class was the throat and we wore sky blue. 💙
Before that it was the Nia Winter Olympic spirit and I wore my hat and goggles! ⛷
Then there was the Chinese Year of the Tiger. We wore red and my bunches were my tiger ears. 🐯
We danced the same moves from the Nia routine Express (thank you Kelle Rae Oien and Debbie Rosas) but what a different energy each week!

I was feeling off balance this morning. I felt nervous and twitchy. In Nia class I set the focus of “the feet” with the intention to feel more grounded.
We danced the routine Express (thank you Kelle Rae Oien and Debbie Rosas). During class a classmate mentioned the Wi******er Christmas market had been playing a Wombles song. That was it, for the rest of the class we had huge Womble feet! So much fun and undergrounding.
I couldn’t see any wombles outside the Gill Nethercott Centre, I did see ducks with their big feet.
My twitchiness has drifted off with the river Test that flows by the dance floor. I’m laughing and ready for fun. Off I go. Best foot forward.
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Welcome to my Nia Playshop…

Playing with Expressing emotions.

A short video showing what Nia is all about with some cute cameos from Debbie Rosas, the founder.
Thank you Jo Turner and Ruth Wheeler for bringing it to my attention.
Is this how you see Nia when you come to my classes?

Welcome To Nia Nia is more than just a workout. It is a holistic fitness practice addressing each aspect of your life - body, mind and soul. Combining dance, martial arts a...

Thank you Fish Talk for the shout out about Nia!

Appreciating our bodies and taking time to try and understand our connection to the earth, can help us feel reconnected to our planet.
Shout out to Georgina , another of our fin-tastic backers!

Nia is a joyful workout, blending martial arts and yoga to great music. Georgina’s classes are fun for all fitness abilities, ‘your body, your way’!

Come and try something new, check out her page, Nia with Georgina for timings of online and in person classes.

Or perhaps explore her Reiki healing treatments and release unwanted negative energy.
https://www.roundwoodwellbeing.co.uk/?fbclid=IwAR0suUJQ2w-SwV7-iaMkyWJFNoQcVoGxOXe5yhyfNmmf9wAeja1WNbBgnnE

Class was from Cornwall on Tuesday. We danced Dragon to the sound of waves crashing on the beach behind me.
It worked really well, thanks to Karen Burgess for the incredible backdrop and to Helen Church for the speaker. I still need a roadie and technician, I couldn’t get the sound of my classmates. They could hear each other so that was ok. What should I have pressed Susan Rees?

Something good is up ahead and round the corner…
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Nia starts back LIVE on 2nd September in Whitchurch and on Zoom on 3rd at 10am. There’s a quick toe in the water online on Tuesday Zoom at 6pm and then I’m back on the 28th.

What’s ahead and around the bend for you?!💫

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Four places in tomorrow’s “in person” Nia class at Whitchurch at 10am. Message me if you would like to dance Together.

Feeling GRATEFUL!
Thank you to the dedicated Nia ones who danced with me this morning.
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Feeling relaxed after the second holiday feeling focused class. 🏖Thank you to everyone for wearing their bright colours, hats and sunglasses. 😎
You can see the remnants of my tan on my face. Once I’ve had a nice bath I might see if I can get the orange makeup off my white bra!!

Zoom Nia classes on Fridays at 10am and Tuesdays at 6pm.

All being well, in-person Nia classes will start from the end of May. Thursdays at Whitchurch and Fridays at Micheldever at 10am. I will keep Zooming Tuesdays and Fridays.

Tuesday night Nia took our bodies to a holiday feeling of fun, relaxation and ease.
I fixed my beach towel on my bookcase as a backdrop, slipped on my brightest top, retrieved my sunglasses from a dark drawer and fished out a cocktail umbrella from long lost supplies.

Who knew Zoom Nia classes would transport us on holiday? Where shall we go on Friday?

Tuesdays at 6pm
Fridays at 10am
£6

I’m looking forward to in person Nia classes starting again in May on Thursdays at the Gill Nethercott Centre in Whitchurch and Fridays at 10am at Roundwood. Tuesday nights will stay exclusively on Zoom so my friends from further a field can still dance together.

I’m really enjoying dancing the routine “Together” in my Nia classes. We are exploring modern dance energy and connecting to our personal space. For those of you who wanted more information about the kinesphere, a post just for you.

https://thespaceintherelationship.wordpress.com/kinesphere/

Kinesphere The notion of kinesphere was created by Rudolf Laban to define: “the sphere around the body whose periphery can be reached by easily extended limbs without stepping away from that place which is th…