Nia - Jenn Hicks

Dancing Through Life With Pleasure: Nia Student Stories

By Jenn Hicks | October 14, 2017 |

I love Jenn’s approach to her Nia classes – ensuring everyone feels comfortable in taking the routine only as far as their own bodies can go that day – without judgement, without goals, other than to enjoy the movement.

On mitochondria and thoughts on aging

By Jenn Hicks | August 3, 2017 |

The subjects who did the interval workouts showed increases in both the number and health of their mitochondria — this finding was particularly pronounced in older subjects.

Get your hands on these moves!

By Jenn Hicks | July 14, 2017 |

Condition the hands and fingers? Yes!

Why wouldn’t we move the hands and fingers? They are vital to our everyday activity and are the most active part of our upper bodies! Our hands and fingers perform an extraordinary number of fine-motor movements every day so we need to take care of them. We need to move all the complex and intricate parts of the hands and fingers so that our tendons, bones, tissues and nerves remain healthy and allow us to pick up our cup of coffee, wash dishes, write, type and so much more.

Move IT Apprenticeship

By Jenn Hicks | May 2, 2017 |

Move IT is an Interval Training program that uses the 52 Moves of the Nia Technique.
It is body-friendly, sweaty, and FUN!

Coming Soon: Nia Move IT classes

By Jenn Hicks | April 13, 2017 |

Nia Move IT classes I’m cooking up something NEW in my Nia class offerings! A few weekends back, I had a privilege of studying with Kelle Rae Oien, a Nia trainer based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Here’s a short video of some of our classes: That weekend was INCREDIBLY energizing for me. We…

Learning Strategies on the Dance Floor

By Jenn Hicks | March 19, 2017 |

…using learning strategies in class can not only enhance the brain benefits of Nia, but they are also a good way to stay in the moment and not drift off into our to-do list or sink into our worries.

Ankle, Knee & Hip Harmony

By Jenn Hicks | January 25, 2017 |

So, our bodies are happiest when our hips are balanced over our knees and our knees are balanced ovneutral alignment for blog poster our ankles. When hips, knees and toes are all facing in the same direction, our body feels safe and it knows where it’s going.