ONCE YOU enter the world of Nia, my advice is to roll with it. Roll with the teacher’s instructions to burp up joy, pat rainbows and let yourself shine through. Cynicism is not permitted. It’s ...

LITTLE ROCK — Six women, most of them barefoot, gear up for a Saturday morning fitness class at the Jesse Odom Community Center in Maumelle. In the darkened room, hypnotic, slow to midtempo world ...

Not Your Ordinary Workout: NIA is a unique blend of dance, martial arts, and relaxation that lets you dance your way to self-discovery. Our editor experienced it firsthand for you! Photo: FITBOOK I ...

Within moments of stepping into my first Nia class, I knew I would become a Nia teacher. It blended fitness with playfulness and joy – something mandatory for me, because, truth be told, I’m not ...

Renee Tillotson teaches a nia class at the Still and Moving Center in Kakaako. Tillotson on Feb. 19 led her students Irene Mackay, left, Joanne Edgar, Eunice DeMello and Karen Morisaki Page. “I was in ...

Imagine dancing with joyous abandon, grooving and gliding into soul-kissing bliss. That's what my morning was like when I took my first "Nia" class at Life Time Fitness in Eden Prairie, Minn. Nia ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Depending on when you peeked in the Buck Recreation Center’s aerobics studio between 10 and 11 a.m. last Thursday you may have thought a tai chi class was ...

Jason Alan Griffin is a 1st Degree Nia Black Belt and he will be here to lead us through a Nia Free Dance Playshop. Almost every Nia class has some time in which we are invited to dance without ...

The key to lifelong fitness is finding a form of exercise that you like. One class at the Buck Recreation Center in Littleton is offering more than just a physical workout. The class is called Nia, ...

We lived in Brooklyn when my oldest daughter, Dahlia, was born. She was about 8 weeks old when I brought her to our first mother-baby Pilates class. I desperately wanted to get some exercise but was ...