Terre Pruitt's Blog

I originally started my blog as a way to share information about Nia and movement. While I post about things “in the realm of health, wellness, fitness, and the like, or whatever inspires me” I do tend to daydream that people will see posts about Nia and learn there is such a thing. I became a Nia teacher about 15 years ago and have done a few posts about it. Nia is always changing and updating so, as I stated in my last post, I am going to share a bit about those updates as I learn about them. But first off as a reminder when Debbie Rosas first started exploring the new movement form – the new style was described as non-impact aerobics. “But intuiting there was more to it, Debbie began her learning journey. This led to the name NIA, an acronym for Neuromuscular Integrated Action. About 20 years later, NIA became Nia – a word that simply means Nia.”*

So, it is not NIA, it is not an acronym it is Nia. Nia is just the name just like any other practice.

Photograph provided by Nia Technique, Inc.

*From the Art of Sensation