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Thinking about Yoga or
Level 3 Fitness Teacher-Training
— but it doesn't feel quite right ?
Step beyond fitness and yoga into Nia
You love movement, music, and feeling connected — but traditional fitness feels too hard-edged, and yoga too still.
You’re searching for something that blends the best of both: mindfulness, creativity, expression, and fitness.
Or perhaps secretly you've always wondered about becoming a fitness or dance instructor but now you feel you are
'too old' or too injured or ....
-- With its worldwide 40 yr old experience and worldwide community: Nia is the way forward
and we can tell you how - and share our personal stories in our wide choice of discovery events.
Nia class members and Nia teachers come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, agility ranges, ages and backgrounds - as Nia Teachers - we are there to inspire others to find the joy of movement, not have perfect bodies or be able to run a marathon
Mindfulness is now becoming mainstream - and Nia has been doing it for over 40 years....
This type of fitness is now 'on trend' and in hugh demand.
Join us as we re-build out teacher-network after Covid; we have many areas in the UK which really need a Nia Teacher.
Can you make a difference ?
- they come for 'fitness' and they stay for something they can't quite define (actually it's is the joy of whole body movement for mind body and soul) but we don't always have to tell them that!
Join us for one of our Nia Discovery Events
— in person or on Zoom
— where you can experience what makes Nia so different.
Our flagship all-day event, Discover Nia: Grace Immersion, takes place this coming Saturday - 25 Otober 2025 in North London, offering a full day to immerse yourself, meet the UK faculty and community, and move with international Nia Trainer Laurie Bass, or check out other dates and shorter events.
£10 ON ZOOM £20 IN-PERSON
Discovery Sessions & Grace Immersion
Whether you want to dip your toe in or dive deep, our Nia Discovery events are designed to introduce you to the essence of this joyful, embodied practice.- Flagship In-Person Day: Grace Immersion – Saturday 25 October, The Fitness Factory, North London.
A full-day, heart-led exploration with Nia teacher-Trainer's Laurie Bass (leader) and Dorit Noble (UK host).
Learn, move, and experience the power of Nia’s newest routine, GRACE — while discovering what makes the Nia training path so unique.
- Regular Discovery Events: We also offer shorter discovery sessions — on Zoom and at select UK studios — for those wanting to experience a Nia class, meet the community, and explore if the Nia teaching journey might be right for them. New dates for 2026 are being added regularly.
Who should attend ?
- If you are curious about adding to or beginning a career in movement, dance, or wellbeing
- Fitness professionals seeking a more mindful, holistic approach
- People wanting to teach body, mind, and spirit integration
- you've considered a Level 3 Exercise to Music qualification but have been put off by its purely physical focus and minimal hands-on training - Nia training follow a completely a different path
- you love dancing but aren't looking for a formal dance qualification
- you are interested in somatics and mindfulness and love the idea of wellbeing through movement to music with an option to include the fitness aspect too
- You’ve thought about yoga training (or are already trained in Yoga) but you also love music, dancing, and freedom of movement. You want a practice that’s heartful, lively, and expressive as a complement or alternative to Yoga.
- 👉See Yoga and Nia - 'our stories'
Why Nia ?
Mindfulness is now becoming mainstream — but Nia has been doing it for over 40 years!* Nia combines fitness moves, simple dance, martial arts, and mindfulness into a joyful, embodied movement practice. It’s more than a workout — it’s self-expression, wellbeing, and embodied teaching.
* Nia is 40 years old worldwide and over 25 years in the UK
* Unlike mainstream fitness, Nia’s teaching model is holistic, mindful, and experiential. Teachers first practice self-care and awareness before guiding others, going beyond choreography or repetitive steps.
* Routines and classes are inspired by the music - and we use a wide variety of genres.
For those already working in fitness, yoga, massage, or therapy, Nia is a wonderful add-on modality:
—Your yoga students might come to a Nia class one day and their yoga class another
— your massage clients can explore movement that supports and extends the benefits of your work.
However we have many many trainees who come to us with no experience at all -- and we will support you to fulfill your dreams
And if you’re thinking, “I’m not fit enough” or “I’m too old for training” — think again.
The Nia path welcomes every body, every age, every level. The focus isn’t on athletic performance — it’s on awareness, expression, and self-care.
A Training Path Unlike Any Other
Nia offers its own teacher training programme — offered several times a year in the UK and in many different countries - akin in depth and quality to yoga teacher training.No previous experience is needed - we train you from scratch.
You’ll be guided from the foundations of self-care, body-centred music and body awareness to teaching with confidence and authenticity.
Nia Faculty Trainers Dorit and Laurie lead 3–4 teacher trainings annually in the UK and they also train internationally. The entire Nia Faculty offer these trainings worldwide.
Learn more about Nia globally at nianow.com
As a certified Nia Teacher your teacher-license is part of your Nia Membership which also includes many Nia routines (music, moves, inspiration + development) to choose from, a wealth of ongoing development material, support and discussion groups.
The first level foundation training that certifies you to teach Nia is called 'The Nia White Belt - Art of Sensation'
Thinking about Yoga or
Level 3 Fitness Teacher-Training
— but it doesn't feel quite right ?
Step beyond fitness and yoga into Nia
You love movement, music, and feeling connected — but traditional fitness feels too hard-edged, and yoga too still.
You’re searching for something that blends the best of both: mindfulness, creativity, expression, and fitness.
Or perhaps secretly you've always wondered about becoming a fitness or dance instructor but now you feel you are
'too old' or too injured or ....
-- With its worldwide 40 yr old experience and worldwide community: Nia is the way forward
and we can tell you how - and share our personal stories in our wide choice of discovery events.
Nia class members and Nia teachers come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, agility ranges, ages and backgrounds - we as Nia Teachers are there to inspire others to find the joy of movement, not have perfect bodies or be able to run a marathon
Mindfulness is now becoming mainstream - and Nia has been doing it for over 40 years....
This type of fitness is now 'on trend' and in hugh demand.
Join us as we re-build out teacher-network after Covid; we have many areas in the UK which really need a Nia Teacher.
Can you make a difference ?
- they come for 'fitness' and they stay for something they can't quite define (actually it's is the joy of whole body movement for mind body and soul) but we don't always have to tell them that!
Join us for one of our Nia Discovery Events
— in person or on Zoom
— where you can experience what makes Nia so different.
Our flagship all-day event, Discover Nia: Grace Immersion, takes place this coming Saturday - 25 Otober 2025 in North London, offering a full day to immerse yourself, meet the UK faculty and community, and move with international Nia Trainer Laurie Bass, or check out other dates and shorter events.
£10 ON ZOOM £20 IN-PERSON
Discovery Sessions & Grace Immersion
Whether you want to dip your toe in or dive deep, our Nia Discovery events are designed to introduce you to the essence of this joyful, embodied practice.- Flagship In-Person Day: Grace Immersion – Saturday 25 October, The Fitness Factory, North London.
A full-day, heart-led exploration with Nia teacher-Trainer's Laurie Bass (leader) and Dorit Noble (UK host).
Learn, move, and experience the power of Nia’s newest routine, GRACE — while discovering what makes the Nia training path so unique.
- Regular Discovery Events: We also offer shorter discovery sessions — on Zoom and at select UK studios — for those wanting to experience a Nia class, meet the community, and explore if the Nia teaching journey might be right for them. New dates for 2026 are being added regularly.
Who should attend ?
- If you are curious about adding to or beginning a career in movement, dance, or wellbeing
- Fitness professionals seeking a more mindful, holistic approach
- People wanting to teach body, mind, and spirit integration
- you've considered a Level 3 Exercise to Music qualification but have been put off by its purely physical focus and minimal hands-on training - Nia training follow a completely a different path
- you love dancing but aren't looking for a formal dance qualification
- you are interested in somatics and mindfulness and love the idea of wellbeing through movement to music with an option to include the fitness aspect too
- You’ve thought about yoga training (or are already trained in Yoga) but you also love music, dancing, and freedom of movement. You want a practice that’s heartful, lively, and expressive as a complement or alternative to Yoga.
- 👉See Yoga and Nia - 'our stories'
Why Nia ?
Mindfulness is now becoming mainstream — but Nia has been doing it for over 40 years!* Nia combines fitness moves, simple dance, martial arts, and mindfulness into a joyful, embodied movement practice. It’s more than a workout — it’s self-expression, wellbeing, and embodied teaching.
* Nia is 40 years old worldwide and over 25 years in the UK
* Unlike mainstream fitness, Nia’s teaching model is holistic, mindful, and experiential. Teachers first practice self-care and awareness before guiding others, going beyond choreography or repetitive steps.
* Routines and classes are inspired by the music - and we use a wide variety of genres.
For those already working in fitness, yoga, massage, or therapy, Nia is a wonderful add-on modality:
—Your yoga students might come to a Nia class one day and their yoga class another
— your massage clients can explore movement that supports and extends the benefits of your work.
However we have many many trainees who come to us with no experience at all -- and we will support you to fulfill your dreams
And if you’re thinking, “I’m not fit enough” or “I’m too old for training” — think again.
The Nia path welcomes every body, every age, every level. The focus isn’t on athletic performance — it’s on awareness, expression, and self-care.
Nia Foundation Trainees with Laurie & Dorit
A Training Path Unlike Any Other
Nia offers its own teacher training programme — offered several times a year in the UK and in many different countries - akin in depth and quality to yoga teacher training.No previous experience is needed - we train you from scratch.
You’ll be guided from the foundations of self-care, body-centred music and body awareness to teaching with confidence and authenticity.
Nia Faculty Trainers Dorit and Laurie lead 3–4 teacher trainings annually in the UK and they also train internationally. The entire Nia Faculty offer these trainings worldwide.
Learn more about Nia globally at nianow.com
As a certified Nia Teacher your teacher-license is part of your Nia Membership which also includes many Nia routines (music, moves, inspiration + development) to choose from, a wealth of ongoing development material, support and discussion groups.
The first level foundation training that certifies you to teach Nia is called 'The Nia White Belt - Art of Sensation'
Potters Bar, Hartfordshire, UK, March 2024 Nia Foundation Training with Laurie & Dorit
Stirling, Sept 2024 Nia Foundation Training with Laurie and Dorit
Discover Nia
GRACE Immersion
Looking for a new career in fitness and wellbeing?
Step beyond fitness and yoga into Nia
— Nia blends dance, mindfulness, and fitness
into a technique that begins with self-care and awareness, and leads to authentic, embodied teaching
🚌close by bus & tube
🚗FREE PARKING on Saturdays in Marlborough Road
which is adjacent to Fitness Factory
Who should attend ?
* Fitness professionals seeking a more mindful, holistic approach
* People wanting to teach body, mind, and spirit integration
- you've considered a Level 3 Exercise to Music qualification but have been put off by its purely physical focus and minimal hands-on training - Nia training follows a different path
- you love dancing but aren't looking for a formal dance qualification
- you are interested in somatics and mindfulness and love the idea of wellbeing through movement to music; with an option to include the fitness aspect too
- You’ve thought about yoga training (or are already trained in Yoga) but you also love music, dancing, and freedom of movement. You want a practice that’s heartful, lively, and expressive as a complement or alternative to Yoga.
What is Nia ?
* Nia combines dance arts, martial arts, and mindfulness into a joyful, embodied movement practice. It’s more than a workout — it’s self-expression, wellbeing, and mindful teaching.
* Unlike mainstream fitness, Nia’s teaching model is holistic, mindful, and experiential. Teachers first practice self-care and awareness before guiding others, going beyond choreography or repetitive steps.
* Nia is 40 years old worldwide and over 25 years in the UK
What You'll Experience
Go deep into a full Nia routine - a body of work including music, moves, focus and intent: see teachers embody the music
Explore G.R.A.C.E. principles:
🌿 Grounded – stability & presence
🌿 Relaxed – release tension & ease
🌿 Aware – awaken sensitivity & listening
🌿 Centred – balance & calm
🌿 Energised – aliveness, joy, connection
Meet two Nia Faculty Trainers
Connect with current Nia teachers and UK community
💝Enjoy £50 discount toward May 2026 Nia Teacher Training
Discover Nia
GRACE Immersion
Looking for a new career in fitness and wellbeing?
Step beyond fitness and yoga into Nia — experience how Nia blends dance, mindfulness, and fitness into a technique that begins with self-care and awareness, and for the professional - leads to authentic, embodied teaching
— Nia Teacher Certification follows a different model outside the mainstream “exercise-to-music” approach. Instead of a cookie-cutter, purely physical focus, Nia training integrates body, mind, and spirit — cultivating mindful movement, self-awareness, and joy, not just choreography.
Nia is form and freedom.
Sat 25 Oct 2025 · 10am–5pm · The Fitness Factory, North London
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
* more about your body and how to move with more ease, less pain, more safety and freedom
* more about the Nia class so that when you return to class you will experience more layers and get even more joy, fitness improvement, conditioning and ease
* more about language of Nia - the Nia foundation moves and movement practices for more joy of movement
BENEFITS
Improve
* confidence
* vitality
* grounding
* balance
* coordination
Experience
* new friends
* relax - refresh - renew
* "a holiday into your body"
* renewed perspective and new beginnings
Immerse yourself in the power, pleasure and passion of The Nia technique.
Art of Sensation - The Nia White Belt is.....
- part movement & awareness training
- part personal retreat.
This experience is the pathway to develop your personal Nia lifestyle practice and/or share the Joy as a Nia teacher.
* develop a set of tools for living life fully
* step into your body with a new vitality
* start a wellness practice for everyday life (not just in class)
* develop presence and awareness to sustain your health
* bring more movement ease and joy into your body
* get more from your personal potential
A special message from
Nia teacher-trainer Laurie Bass ...
London all day event
Discover Nia - GRACE Immersion
Looking for a new career in fitness and wellbeing?
Date: Sat 25 Oct 2025
Time: 10am–5.30pm
Location: The Fitness Factory, 407 Hornsey Rd, London N19 4DX
Who Can Attend: Beginners & experienced movers
Cost: £125 (£100 if booked by Friday 24 Oct)
🎁 Special Offer: £50 credit toward Nia Teacher Training 2026*for attendees
You’ll embody, learn, and play with Nia’s newest choreography, GRACE — explor
🚌close by bus & tube
*with Nia Trainers Dorit & Laurie
What You'll Experience
Go deep into Nia's newest routine GRACE - a body of work including music, moves, focus and intent: see teachers embody the music
✅ An introduction to mindful, music-led movement and the Nia training model.
✅ Time to connect with trainers, teachers, and the UK Nia community.
✅ Embodied learning that uplifts, grounds, and inspires.
✅ Explore G.R.A.C.E. principles:
🌿 Grounded – stability & presence
🌿 Relaxed – release tension & ease
🌿 Aware – awaken sensitivity & listening
🌿 Centred – balance & calm
🌿 Energised – aliveness, joy, connection
✅ Meet two Nia Faculty Trainers
✅ Connect with current Nia teachers and UK community
You’ll leave with new awareness, new energy, and a clear sense of whether the Nia teaching path could be your next step....
💝Enjoy £50 discount toward May 2026 Nia Teacher Training
💜 Ready to Explore?
If you’ve been looking for a new direction in wellbeing — one that unites mindfulness, movement, and music — this is your invitation.
Step into Nia, where awareness meets artistry, and movement becomes a path to joy, healing, and authentic teaching.
Why Attend ?
* Experience Nia’s mindful movement and teaching philosophy
* Explore a career unlike traditional fitness, yoga, or Pilates
* Connect with current Nia teachers and UK community
* Learn how a career in Nia can nurture your body, mind, and spirit while inspiring others
* Meet Nia Trainers for the next foundation training in the UK (May 2026) - Laurie Bass & Dorit Noble
💝Enjoy £50 discount toward May 2026 Nia Teacher Training
Gain an insight into how Nia training is done and start planning for 2026....
Nia Teacher Certification follows a different model outside the mainstream “exercise-to-music” approach.
Instead of a cookie-cutter, purely physical focus, Nia training integrates body, mind, and spirit — cultivating mindful movement, self-awareness, and joy, not just choreography. Training is hands-on with dedicated master-trainers.
Nia is form and freedom.
BAREFOOT
MINDFUL
FITNESS
AND WELLBEING
DISCOVER THE NIA DIFFERENCE
Move. Feel. Connect. Join the Grace Immersion and take your first step toward a fulfilling, mindful teaching path.
WHY YOU MIGHT LIKE TO TRAIN TO TEACH NIA
This would suit you if you perhaps....
* you have been attracted to perhaps sometime doing a level3 exercise to music but have been put off by the superficial way its taught (very little hands-on training) and the thought of learning all those bone and muscle names (actually very little use when teaching) ....etc
* have been to dance / fitness/ yoga classes and also wished there was something more - something different - something more magical
* perhaps you are certified in yoga but its really not floating your boat now -- and you love music and love to dance in your kitchen when nobody's watching! You want something that includes the heart-felt essence of Yoga but can also include lively exciting moments, music and to also reach those people for whom the mat-based idea of Yoga doesn't appeal
* you love dancing but don't want to qualify in dance per-se
* you are interested in somatics and mindfulness and love the idea of wellbeing through movement to music with an option to include the fitness aspect too
* you already have a 'sideline' business and teaching mindful fitness could be added on to your business eg. massage, yoga, aeroma therapy, reiki, mindfulness, meditation, sound baths, kiddies music & movement, craft work etc etc
you've dreamed of teaching 'exercise to music' but you feel you are not fit enough, not coordinated enough, not knowing how to start, not into marketing and want to be part of a community of like-minded teachers who are not 'gym bunnies' but those seeking to feel better, look after their bodies and live live fully AND love moving to music
MORE ABOUT NIA
Any body who would like 6 days spent with like-minded people learning and experiencing movement ease and enjoying a Nia class every day!
No previous experience needed - you don't even have to have ever taken a Nia class!
EMPOWERMENT AND CONNECTION
* expert trainers who will help you make sense of the ideas and practices presented for your own life and your own body
* gain confidence to adapt movement for your own current health or body limitations - both for your now-body and the future you
* make a new bond with those you already know on the course and with others you may meet from all over the world
UNIQUE ASPECTS OF THE ART OF SENSATION EXPERIENCE
* gain new insights from your trainers as to how The Nia Technique can help you and your family and friends both now and in the future
* experience all the info-bites and practices in your body and make them yours before you go home
- The White Belt is not dry information and endless powerpoints
- it is lead and experienced in a way where you experience the new ideas presented to transform how you move and think
- it is experienced in your body in your own way (your body's way) with the inspiration of your expert training duo, Laurie & Dorit.
* many of the ideas are very simple
- its the doing that makes them magical, personal, transforming and memorable
A holiday-into-your-body through somatic movement, embodied mindfulness, connection and joy.
No matter your age or current level of fitness, whether you dream of teaching or not, or if you simply feel an undeniable calling towards it, there are boundless treasures awaiting you in this deep, and immersive - yet gentle and empowering 6 day experience for body+life.
....we'd love you to join us for all these goodies for mind body and spirit.
Why this experience is for Nia class members who are sure they never want to teach
and for wanna-be-Nia Teachers.....
The Nia Technique is an awareness, lifestyle and somatic movement technique - and the Nia class is an expression of it.
Nia teachers are somatic movement practitioners.
Art of Sensation is the foundation of the Nia Technique, on which a Nia teacher relies, to craft and deliver a distinctive Nia class experience with music movement and magic, creativity, embodiment and relaxation...
providing wellbeing, fitness, movement and joy to their students.
Throughout class, and in his or her everyday life, a Nia teacher practices the Nia life-style tools, somatic movement principles and awareness techniques which then infuse their classes and are...
the secret of why Nia feels so special and different and reaches the whole person (it's holistic fitness) .
Whythis experience is for Nia students who are sure they never want to teach
and for wanna-be-Nia Teachers.....
The Nia Technique is an awareness, lifestyle and somatic movement technique
- and the Nia class is an expression of it.
Nia teachers are somatic movement practitioners.
Art of Sensation is the foundation of the Nia Technique on which a Nia teacher relies to craft and deliver a distinctive Nia class experience with music movement and magic, creativity, embodiment and relaxation...
providing wellbeing, fitness, movement and joy to their students.
Throughout class and in his or her everyday life a Nia teacher practices the life-style tools, somatic movement principles and awareness techniques which then infuse their classes and are...
the secret of why Nia feels so special and different and reaches the whole person (it's holistic fitness) .
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Every body - whatever their age or fitness level - whether they dream of teaching or super-sure this is what they were always meant fpr - can find many many things to gain and to love from this deep, and immersive - yet gentle and empowering 6 day experience for body+life.
....we'd love you to join us for all these goodies for mind body and spirit.
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WHO IS ART OF SENSATION FOR?
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The White Belt Training will take you on a journey of self-discovery by exploring Art of Sensation.
1. Beginning with the Joy of Movement, you’ll learn 13 foundational practices for embodied awareness.
2. From the Nia perspective, all movement should feel good. This course trains you to develop body awareness, using your own body wisdom to guide you towards self-healing and holistic conditioning.
3. By learning to move, feel, think, and live in sensation, you will become a master at Nia’s body-centered approach to health, wellness and fitness.
Dorit and Laurie bring a depth of knowledge, training, coaching and life experience. We welcome all bodies and levels of experience.
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IF YOU FEEL THAT:
Official Worldwide site is: nianow.com / to teach nianow.com/teach