Nia 5 Stages

Movement and Self-Healing Your Body Will Love

The Nia 5 Stages Practice is medicine that heals because it is what the body does naturally as it develops and first learns to walk. Revisiting the stages in an adult body facilitates improved alignment and functioning, which is why we call it The Body’s Way Self-Healing practice.

Nia’s 5 Stages is an integrative movement practice based on the five stages of human development: embryonic, creeping, crawling, standing and walking.  Each stage is a foundation for the next stage that follows.  Combined, all five stages help people to integrate physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. 

A daily dose of five simple moves, spending as little as one minute in each stage, will deliver the “feeling better” feeling we call healing. It is the one movement pill you can take that will naturally realign your now body into the healed future body. Purpose refers to the “reason” behind doing what you do. In the case of the 5 Stages, the purpose is to activate the process of healing.

A Nia’s 5 Stages class will take you through these 5 movements; first in your body’s own way, then with a particular focus (eg shoulder blades or hips).  You may be surprised at the amount of release you feel after just one class! 

Students have found that when practiced daily, one minute in each stage, or until your body says, “Thank you, I’m ready to move on to the next stage,” these five movements result in:

• Reclaiming optimal alignment and functioning

• Regaining physical mobility, flexibility, strength, agility and stability

• Improvement in posture and grace

• Preparation for physical activity, meditation, rest or relaxation

• Systemic integration and alignment of all body parts

• Increased flow of energy throughout the whole body

• Increased overall body awareness (Sensory IQ)

• Release of tension and blocked energy

• Increase in energy and vitality

• Re-establishing joint mobility and muscle balance

• Deeper relaxation, a benefit most often associated with meditation

• Living in a state of dynamic ease and greater pleasure

• Establishing a connection between you and your inside and outside worlds

• Providing you with the tools to increase longevity and the sustainability of your body

Claim these benefits for your own! Join our classes or contact Jan for more information.