It doesn’t matter who you are, your abilities, or the hobbies you enjoy. Dance is enjoyable for everyone! This blog will cover a dance technique that can be practised by anybody, as well as, an amazing range of dance classes in Hamilton that can suit any needs or dancing goals.

Making dance one of your hobbies can add joy and numerous health and lifestyle benefits to your life. It can be a great way to wind down at the end of a hard and stressful day at work or energise your mind, body, and soul in the morning.

Don’t worry if you’ve never danced before. This specific dancing style that will be discussed in this blog is fantastic for both beginners and experts to have a good time and increase their happiness levels. So, welcome to the world of Nia Dance!

This venue is like dancing on a riverboat, with beautiful views of the Waikato River just outside. Plenty of car parking in the large public car park below on Grantham Street.

The Wonderful World of Nia Dance

So, what exactly is Nia Dance? The Nia Technique is a dance form that was created to embrace the movement style of healing, dance, and martial arts. Nia Dance also offers benefits that cover numerous areas of your lifestyle and wellbeing, inside and outside of classes!

This includes mental and physical health, spiritual connection, emotional well-being, and your attitude and outlook on life. By following the intricate design of our bodies, Nia Dance can provide wonders to your life. 

The practice of Nia Dance is different from other genres of dance, such as Contemporary or Ballet. This is because Nia Dance requires you not to force movements but to adapt them based on what your body says by becoming in-tune with it.

Nia Dance gives you the freedom to change movements to what feels best for your body, lowering the chance of injury and ensuring that you, and your body, don’t feel exhausted after each workout. This makes it a dance form perfect for everybody!

Going back to the benefits of Nia Dance, some of these can include increased inner/self-connection, higher feelings of productivity, a reduction in depressive symptoms and anxiety, pain relief, better cognitive and organ function, enhanced sensory awareness, a more positive mindset, healthier spiritual connection, and supported mobility and posture.

Find Your Rhythm At Dance NZ

Dance NZ is a wonderful Nia Technique company that provides a wide variety of Nia Dance classes. All in-person classes, as well as Dance NZ itself, is located in Hamilton and Raglan in New Zealand. The classes offered are developed in different ways to one another in order to accommodate people with ranging degrees of mobility, abilities, and accessibility. 

Nia Dance Move to Heal is a class for individuals healing from injuries or illnesses. This can be as minor as a small back pain or as major as a recovering dislocated shoulder. Gentle Nia is for beginners and individuals who require soft actions. It has been adapted so movements are less complex and easier to follow. 

Classic Nia is recommended for experienced dancers or those with a high level of mobility and flexibility. Nia for Parkinson’s Freedom Dance is a class only open to people with Parkinson’s and their carers. This class was designed specifically to help reduce symptoms of Parkinson’s and provide support and to those individuals in a safe, calm environment.

Belinda Goodwin, your Dance NZ teacher, aims to offer the best possible training and advice to all of her students while maintaining a positive attitude. She has also recently received her Nia Technique brown belt. As a result, she qualifies as a competent and attentive Nia Dance instructor.

Dance NZ provides a variety of choices for attending or observing courses, which is ideal for individuals with busy schedules. Online sessions take place on Zoom and in-person classes are offered in either Hamilton or Raglan. All classes mentioned can be found under the Book Now section of this site for additional information. 

Replays of different classes are also available for purchase on the Dance NZ website. The replays are available for viewing for 24 hours after purchase, and you can watch them as many times as you like during that time. 

Book Now

When there’s something for everyone, you don’t have to worry if Nia Dance is for you or not. Try Nia Dance today at Dance NZ and feel the difference in your mind, body and soul both inside and outside of class!

Please feel free to CONTACT Dance NZ with any questions.

Kind regards, Belinda.

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

Weekly Nia Dance Sessions to Choose From: Dance Online, Live or In-Person at our Nia Dance Locations

Want to book a Dance NZ class? Sign up as a free member here so you have access to book classes.

Nia Dance Move to Heal Sessions: Available on Tuesdays, 11:15 a.m. The venue location is at Saint Aidan’s Hall. Zoom sessions are also available here.

 

Classic Nia Sessions: Available on Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m. The venue location is at the Fishing and Sports Club, Waikato. This is located in Hamilton on Grantham Street. Zoom sessions are also open here.

Gentle Nia Sessions: Available on Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. The venue location is at Raglan Town Hall. This is located in Raglan at 41 Bow Street. Zoom sessions are also open here.

Classic Nia Sessions: Available on Fridays, 9:30 a.m. The venue location is at Saint John’s Hall. This is located in Hamilton at 20 Wellington Street. Zoom sessions are also open here.

Nia for Parkinson’s Freedom Dance Sessions: Available on Fridays, 12:00 pm. The venue location is in Hamilton, Saint John’s Hall. Zoom sessions are also open here.

Learn more about the Nia Technique at nianow.com.