How Nia Dance Caters to Injuries and Seniors

The technique we’ll be talking about today is known as Nia Dance. Briefly mentioned in the previous paragraph, Nia Dance is an extremely adaptable form of exercise, meaning you can change movements to suit your body rather than strain it and still receive all of its benefits. Nia movement’s high changeability reduces the risk of further injury or exhaustion and makes participating more enjoyable, meaning you’ll want to take part more often rather than hate the exercise you’re doing.

Nia Dance is also a non-impact type of fitness, which means that the intensity level is quite low and movements are gentle and non-complex. This is ideal as a senior, especially if you’re new to the fitness or dance scene or have issues with mobility, pain or injuries. If you find that you have an amazing range of motion in your upper body but not so much in your lower body, which is common among seniors, Nia Dance can even cater to that too! Nia Dance can be performed while sitting down using only the range of your upper body; this method is quite commonly used!

Made up of 7 unique cycles, Nia Dance can stimulate not only your body but your mind and soul through the methods used in these cycles as well as the incorporation of mindfulness techniques. You can read about these cycles in our blog here.

Despite all its gentle movements and ability to be easily changed to suit your needs, Nia Dance is extremely effective with the benefits it provides. Some of the most commonly reported benefits of Nia Dance includes better hand-eye coordination and balance, improved spinal support and posture, increased abilities with movement and flexibility, pain relief, better muscular strength, higher circulation, improved organ and cognitive functioning, and strengthened cardiovascular system.

Experience Healing of the Mind, Body and Soul at Dance NZ

While there are 5 classes at Dance NZ, the perfect class for seniors with extra attention to healing is Nia Dance Move to Heal. This class occurs at the gorgeous venue, Waikato Sports and Fishing Club in Hamilton. A beautiful environment to exercise in can add extra joy to your life and provide a different set of pace.

Nia Dance Move to Heal is also commonly booked by those in rehabilitation for injuries or a part of an ACC plan (as this class is a certified ACC program). However, if you’re a senior participating, you can receive a special discount on your classes by clicking here. This link will redirect you to a page on the Dance NZ website where you will be required to fill out a form and provide proof of valid ID for verification. After this process, you will be added to the senior discount list.

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If you’re a senior in need of some physical healing, give Nia Dance Move to Heal at Dance NZ a try! You can give this class a go for as little as $5 with the Dance NZ first-time members special offer: get your first 3 classes for $15 here! 

Do you have a query? CONTACT Dance NZ here to reach out with your question and we’ll get back to you right away.

Kind regards, Belinda.

Brown Belt in the Nia Technique. A Certified Parkinson Dance Teacher.

Dance NZ Classes Every Week: Physical and Online HYBRID-Style Nia Dance Sessions

Participate in your favourite in-person and HYBRID-style sessions and join as a free Dance NZ member here. 

• Nia Dance Move to Heal: Participate in this session here. Time and dates: 11:15 a.m, Tuesdays mornings. Official sessions venue: Waikato Sports Fishing Club (designated location place: 499 Grantham Street in Hamilton).

• Classic Nia: Participate in this session here. Time and dates: 5:30 p.m, Tuesdays evenings. Official session venue: Waikato Sports Fishing Club (designated venue place: Grantham Street in Hamilton).

• Gentle Nia: Participate in this session here. Time and dates: 9:30 a.m, Wednesday mornings. Official session venue: Raglan Town Hall (designated location place: 41 Bow Street, Raglan). 

• Classic Nia: Participate in this session here. Time and dates: 9:30 a.m, Friday mornings. Official session venue: Saint John’s Hall (designated location place: Hamilton, 20 Wellington Street).

• Nia for Parkinson’s Freedom Dance: Participate in this session here. Time and dates: 12:00 p.m, Friday afternoons. Official session venue: Saint John’s Hall (designated location place: 20 Wellington Street, Hamilton). 

You can find on the Dance NZ site here booking and information about online HYBRID-style sessions and in-person classes with your instructor, Belinda Goodwin.

Dive further into everything about the Nia Technique at nianow.com.

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Dance NZ is one of several companies that provide a rehabilitation programme under ACC to individuals seeking assistance in their healing journey. So, let’s discuss this and the technique in more detail!

Why Nia Dance Is Good For Your Injuries and Ailments

Nia Dance (also known as the Nia Technique) is a unique dancing style that combines martial, healing, and dance arts. Made up of 52 distinct movements, it incorporates these teachings into a routine that is gentle on your body, muscles, and joints while providing significant healing benefits. 

With every movement having its roots in martial, dance, or healing arts, Nia Dance can offer a diverse set of recovery benefits. In terms of physical injury, Nia Dance Move to Heal courses can assist reduce muscle, joint, or general physical discomfort, promote mobility and flexibility between joints, improve organ function, and aid in circulation. 

Through social support and connections, Nia Dance can also make the healing process more enjoyable and easier. In a judgment-free, peaceful, and open setting, this not only allows for a more pleasurable rehabilitation but also improves mental and emotional well-being, which is critical throughout recovery.

Dance NZ Bringing Wellness On Your Injury Recovery Journey

Nia Dance Move to Heal, a class particularly intended for people in the recovery stage of an injury and for persons who require gentle exercise, is a programme that Dance NZ offers as part of the ACC Recovery Programs. Dance NZ is a Hamilton and Raglan based Nia Dance organisation. With 5 different classes uniquely designed and available both online and in-person, there’ll be something for you.

Nia Dance Move to Heal is an approved Waikato Strength and Balance class for seniors or those with mobility issues. Depending on the style of class, different moves and routines are used; Nia Dance Move to Heal uses movements that demand less mobility and joint flexibility. Also, actions that are gentle on the body while still providing all of the advantages of a highly skilled Nia Dance class. 

Each action or set of movements is presented at a variety of levels in class. This means the option of performing exercises at a level that is more comfortable for you. Or at a level that pushes your boundaries. As mentioned prior, if you reside in Hamilton and want to experience and undergo your rehabilitation in a social, friendly, and non-judgmental atmosphere, Nia Dance Move to Heal is offered as a physical class. Don’t worry if you don’t have access to transportation, live in Hamilton, or have the physical ability to attend though. Nia Dance Move to Heal is also available online through the Zoom application.

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In the recovery process of an injury or are feeling sore or in pain? Try Nia Dance Move to Heal at Dance NZ! Reap the benefits and feel relief in your recovery journey with the Nia Technique. Book your Nia Dance class today!

Have any concerns or questions? Please don’t hesitate in CONTACTING Dance NZ.

Kind regards, Belinda.

Brown Belt in the Nia Technique. A Certified Parkinson Dance Teacher.

Nia Dance Classes occur weekly at Dance NZ. This includes online sessions as well as in-person classes at our many Nia Dance locations.

To be able to book Dance NZ Nia Dance online and in-person classes, sign up as a member here.

• Nia Dance Move to Heal is held on Tuesdays at 11:15 a.m. The class location is Saint Aidan’s Hall and may be arranged here. (Corner of Thames Street and Heaphy Terrace, Hamilton)

• The location (based at the venue Grantham Street in Hamilton) of Classic Nia Tuesday sessions (5:30 pm) is Waikato Sports Fishing Club. Nia classes can be organised here. 

• Gentle Nia sessions on Wednesday (9:30 a.m.) may be organised here. Classes take place within the location of Raglan Town Hall (41 Bow Street, Raglan). 

• Classic Nia Friday lessons (9:30 a.m.) can be arranged here. They take place in Saint John’s Hall, the venue (located at 20 Wellington Street, Hamilton).

• Nia for Parkinson’s Freedom Dance Friday classes (12:00 pm) occur at the venue location of Saint John’s Hall (located on 20 Wellington Street, Hamilton), and can be organised here. 

To find purchasable 24-hour class replays and the Nia Technique HYBRID style classes online with your teacher, Belinda Goodwin, click here.

Dance NZ has all of the information you need about their courses, as well as access to 24-hour replays here.

Discover more about the Nia Technique at nianow.com.

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Did you have an injury over lockdown and are looking for an amazing ACC recovery programme now that New Zealand is in Alert Level 2? Or perhaps you’re still in lockdown and need an online form of assistance with your recovery process. This blog discusses an ACC Recovery Dance in Hamilton. This class is a fun and social technique, as well as classes, that can significantly help your rehabilitation journey.

Nia Dance Helping Your Injury Rehabilitation Journey

Nia Dance is a non-impact exercise, meaning there is very little force exerted on your body. This is important when you’re in the process of recovering from an injury as you won’t be left sweaty, tired, and sore after a Nia Dance workout. It’s also a highly adaptable technique, teaching you to listen to what movements feel right for your body and adjusting them for your comfortability, rather than going against it.

Attentively listening and tuning into your body like this will leave you feeling renewed, strengthened, and energised after each Nia Dance workout. Nia Dance and its 52 movements is a collection of different martial, healing, and dance movement arts. Some of these include Duncan dance, the Alexander technique, tai-chi, and yoga.

Nia Dance adapts actions from these various movement arts as well as some of its teachings. In turn, this creates a unique, highly adaptable mindfulness and fitness technique that provides a wide variety of benefits. Some of these benefits include spiritual, mental, physical, lifestyle, and emotional benefits.

Weight loss, enhanced organ and cognitive functioning, pain relief, higher mood, calmer energy, higher levels of sensory awareness, enhanced posture support, improved mobility, better flexibility between joints, reduced stress and depressive symptoms, and strong muscles are some of these benefits.

Nia Dance Move to Heal Classes – ACC Recovery Programme

The Accident Compensation Corporation, or ACC, is a New Zealand company. It assists New Zealand citizens and visitors who have been injured in an accident by providing financial assistance. They also offer a variety of recovery programmes to fit a variety of needs.

ACC offers a variety of tools and alternatives accessible to you depending on where you are in your recovery journey, your requirements, and the restrictions of what you can accomplish at this moment. This allows you to choose the best path for your rehabilitation.

Nia Dance Move to Heal is one of these rehabilitation paths for individuals seeking assistance in their healing journey. This class was carefully designed for individuals in the recovery stage of an injury, whether it’s back pain or a pulled muscle. It’s also authorised as a Waikato Strength and Balance class for seniors and those with mobility issues.

Dance NZ is a Nia Dance company based in Hamilton and Raglan and is where this particular class is held. Your teacher at Dance NZ, Belinda Goodwin, offers variations of moves and routines to allow participants to pick their own levels of difficulty or comfortability when practising Nia Dance. This gives the option of performing exercises at a level that is more comfortable for you or at a level that pushes you to a safe limit.

If you reside in Hamilton and want to experience and undergo your rehabilitation in a social, friendly, and non-judgmental atmosphere, Nia Dance to Heal is offered as a physical class. Dance NZ also provides online Zoom sessions for all classes if you don’t have access to transportation, live in Hamilton, or have the physical ability to attend.

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There are few recovery programmes that can provide the numerous healing benefits that Nia Dance can on top of aiding the recovery of a specific injury. Not only this but also provide, social, mental health, spiritual, and emotional well-being support.

Try Nia Dance today by viewing the Dance NZ classes available below, or discuss the Nia Dance Move to Heal class with your ACC support member or group.

Weekly Dance Classes to Choose From: Dancing Live, Online or In-Person at our Dance Venues

At Dance NZ, you must be signed up as a member in order to be able to book classes. Being a member is free, and you can sign up here.

• Nia Dance Move to Heal in-person class: Available at 11:15 a.m, every Tuesday. This class location is at Saint Aidan’s Hall. Zoom sessions are also available here.

• Classic Nia in-person class: Available at 5:30 p.m, each Tuesday. This class location is at the Fishing and Sports Club, Waikato. The address of this venue is in Hamilton on Grantham Street. Zoom sessions are also open here.

•  Gentle Nia in-person class: Available at 9:30 a.m, each Wednesday. This class location is at Raglan Town Hall. The address of this venue is in Raglan at 41 Bow Street. Zoom sessions are also open here.

• Classic Nia in-person class: Available at 9:30 a.m, each Friday. This class location is at Saint John’s Hall. The address of this venue is 20 Wellington Street. Zoom sessions are also open here.

• Nia for Parkinson’s Freedom Dance in-person class: Available at 12:00 pm, each Friday. This class location is in Hamilton, Saint John’s Hall. Zoom sessions are also open here.

Learn more about the Nia Technique at nianow.com.

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Never Danced before?

Self-care in rehabilitation after surgery or illness?

Every Tuesday at 11:15 am during School terms I offer Nia Dance Move to Heal

It is a Gentle movement class choreographed to worldly music.

The Nia technique encourages expressions of uniqueness by allowing dancers to adjust and modify the movement, dancing in “Your Body’s way”

There is no expectation to follow the guided movements, it’s all about creating ease, relaxation, and pleasure.

Nia Dance Move to Heal is designed for seniors 65+, those with Limited Mobility and Beginners

As a licensed Nia Dance teacher this class is lead by Belinda Goodwin a Waikato Strong and Stable class leader. For more Waikato Strength and Balance classes open this link in a new tab here https://www.waikatodhb.health.nz/your-health/wellbeing-in-the-waikato/strength-and-balance-for-65-plus/

Leave your shoes and inhabitation’s at the door and strengthen your happiness with social connections. This class offers seated and standing dance as well as our dancing “with a chair option”

Choose to Zoom dance online, Your dance floor or mine.

Not able to make it to the venue?

Choose to Zoom in online, your dance floor, or mine!

24hr replay links are created for each class. You can purchase this class replay and enjoy the class as many times as you like for 24 hrs. The 24hr replay is free for in Venue participants

This class is available Live on Zoom and in Venue at the same time! , giving online participants the feel of a two-way connection by communicating with and seeing the in-person dancers as well as the teacher in the Venue on your screen.

*Nia dance Move to Heal *Term 2, 2021 Tuesday the 4th of May to Tuesday the 6th of July

Register for this class HYBRID style online here https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwrc-igpj0uGNXNjZsvu0Q5hbYJg7qCHgjn

Our beautiful Venue Saint Aidan’s Hall provides plenty of parking across the road in the Saint Aidan’s Church car park.

Corner of Thames Street and Heaphy Terrace Hamilton.

Seniors 65+ Dance Classes Hamilton

We are a welcoming group and would love to have you join us.

Take advantage of my first class deal 3 classes for $15

book this deal underclass bookings on this website or just turn up in Venue

For references to the Nia Technique open this link in a new tab nianow.com

Here is an extrapolation of Nia dance Move to Heal with Belinda

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