Comments on: Yoga Is Very Nia-Like

By: terrepruitt

terrepruitt — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:50:30 +0000

Ahh, I see what you are saying. Makes sense. I don’t meditate so not sure how it is to be done.

I think that PiYo is pretty much the same as what we did in the recent class I took. Well, the moves were the same, but I think it is the breathing that is different. In Pilates you breath different than Yoga.

By: judy

judy — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:12:21 +0000

My mind, too. (Well, mostly.) It’s focusing, rather than emptying which is what I think they ask of you on meditation.

PiYo sounds interesting!

By: terrepruitt

terrepruitt — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:06:23 +0000

(Every time I comment, in the “non-admin” section, I have to announce that my “reply” in the admin section is still not working.)

Nice that you can focus and be quiet and still. Now are you talking about your mind too? Because you’ve talked about your “un-quiet” mind before, so I was wondering.

In my Nia workout classes we do celebrate with movement, but there are times in a playshop or during the cool down (in a workout class) where we delight in the stillness. Nia is a lot of things, but it can possibly be a bit overwhelming when talking about ALL that it can be. So sometimes I try to keep it focused.

And I am thinking about utilizing my PiYo certification. But not becoming a yoga teacher. Now that I have teaching classes under my belt, I think I might be ready to branch out a bit.

PiYo is a combination of Pilates and Yoga. Both are very similiar in that there is concentration in movement.

By: judy

judy — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:54:29 +0000

One of the things I like about yoga is that I can focus on achieving and holding a pose. I can’t seem to meditate, but I can get really focused and quiet when I do yoga. I love the idea that Nia is a lot like Yoga only it is the celebration of the movement rather than the stillness…

So, what do you think, maybe becoming a yoga instructor is in your future?

By: terrepruitt

terrepruitt — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:07:53 +0000

(Still can’t comment from the correct location. Odd. WordPress is working on something and maybe it has affected the replies.)

It seems like a lot of Nia teachers are yoga teachers and I can see why. This yoga class was very “Nia”. And yoga is so wonderful. I think there might be a lot of people that do yoga that would be intrested in Nia . . . I HAVE thought that but this class enforced that thinking for me. Also, it just dawned on me now that some people that enjoy aspects of yoga but find yoga difficult would really like Nia. Now if I could just get all these people I am thinking about to hear about Nia and get them to a class it would be awesome!

By: Jill Campana

Jill Campana — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:28:07 +0000

Hi Terre. I love this blog (I love all your blogs). Nia does contain many aspects of Yoga (the breath, the alignment), as it also contains aspects from 8 other movement forms. For me, being a Yoga teacher as well as a Nia teacher, it is easy to see the beauty of Yoga contained in Nia — however, I loved how you commented that Yoga is so Nia-like.

Even though Yoga has been around for thousands of years and Nia a mere 26 years…once I became familiar (in my body) with Nia, I was able to bring more of Nia into my Yoga practice.

Thanks Terre for the reminder!