No matter your age or who you are, your health is important. You may not be an individual who focuses on your health but it’s highly necessary to do so. This blog will be covering amazing, healthful fitness dance classes available and how they can benefit you.
Fitness can be a great way to start focusing on supporting your health and keeping yourself active. However, if you’re not big on exercise for any number of reasons, don’t worry. There are many different ways to stay fit but also have fun. Dance is a wonderful example of this however you’ll find most dance techniques tire you out. So, what solution is there?
Nia Dance is Perfect for Everybody
Nia Dance is the perfect solution! A non-impact and highly adaptable technique that teaches you to listen to your body rather than go against it. Tuning into your body like this means that Nia Dance leaves you feeling refreshed, positive, and energised after each workout, rather than sweaty, tired, and sore.
Made up of martial, healing, and dance arts, Nia Dance has a range of 52 movements that can be adapted and completed by experienced dancers or beginners in dance and fitness! This makes it the perfect practice for anyone looking for any health goals and at any stage of their health journey.
Although not well-known, Nia Dance has a number of health advantages, including several mental, spiritual, emotional, and physical health benefits. Weight loss, muscle strengthening, enhanced mobility and flexibility between joints, pain relief (such as back pain or muscle aches), improved organ function, improved circulation, and increased sensory awareness are just a few of the physical advantages.
Reduced stress and tension, reduced symptoms of depression and anxiety, and improved mood with calmer, productive, or more cheerful feelings are just a few of the mental health and emotional wellbeing benefits.
Other benefits that lie within your lifestyle include building ties between friends and family when you engage in Nia Dance together, creating an environment where you make new social connections, self-discovery, and a deeper spiritual connection.
Dance NZ Providing You With the Best Classes
Dance NZ offers a variety of Nia Dance courses in numerous styles to cater to people of varying mobility levels, abilities, and session accessibility. There are sessions for individuals healing from injuries or ailments (Nia Dance Move to Heal). Also, for beginners (Gentle Nia), and experienced dancers (Classic Nia).
There’s also a class intended exclusively for those with Parkinson’s disease and their caregivers (Nia for Parkinson’s Freedom Dance). Belinda Goodwin, your Dance NZ teacher, aims to provide the greatest instruction and support to all of her pupils.
She also ensures each class environment is a judgment-free, positive space for you and your peers. Belinda has most recently accomplished and received her brown belt in the Nia Technique, making her a highly knowledgable and perceptive teacher for this practice.
There are a variety of alternatives for attending or seeing courses at Dance NZ, which are ideal for those with flexible, unpredictable, or demanding schedules. However, due to lockdown, physical classes, which are held at various locations in Raglan and Hamilton, are not currently open. Online classes are the only way to access live classes at present.
Online sessions are held on Zoom and are the perfect way to start your mornings or wind down in the evening. There are also replays of various classes that can be purchased and are available for 24-hours after purchase, allowing you to view as many times as you like during that duration, pausing, rewinding, and fast-forwarding to your heart’s delight.
This is a great option for individuals who cannot commit to a specific class time or are not located in the area.
Book Now
Don’t wait to begin your health journey! Attend the Nia Dance class that best suits you at Dance NZ today and feel the difference in your mood, lifestyle, and health. With 5 amazing classes to choose from, a highly experienced teacher, and the opportunity to meet new people and learn a new skill in a supportive, fun environment, what’s stopping you? Book now!
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Weekly Dance classes to choose from , dancing Live Online or In person at our Dance Venues
Please be aware that to book Dance NZ classes, you must be a member. Being a member is free, and you can sign up here.
• Nia Dance Move to Heal: Every Tuesday at 11:15 a.m. The class location is at Saint Aidan’s Hall. Zoom sessions are also available here.
• Classic Nia Tuesday: Every Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. The class location is Waikato Sports and Fishing Club, which is on Grantham Street in the Hamilton area. Zoom sessions are also open here.
• Gentle Nia: Every Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. The class location is at Raglan Town Hall, which is on 41 Bow Street in Raglan. Zoom sessions are also open here.
• Classic Nia Friday: Every Friday at 9:30 a.m. The class location is at Saint John’s Hall, which is at 20 Wellington Street in Hamilton. Zoom sessions are also open here.
• Nia for Parkinson’s Freedom Dance: Every Friday at 12:00 pm. The class location is also at Saint John’s Hall. Zoom sessions are also open here.
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