Review
“An emotional fitness odyssey, Nia is just plain exhilarating.”—New York Times
“This lyrical, dance-like routine is deceptively powerful, delivering a high-powered workout that will leave you strong and centered.”—Health magazine
From the Inside Flap
the strength of Pilates, the flexibility of yoga, the muscle tone of strength training, and top-notch aerobic fitness—all through the revolutionary pleasure-based fitness program that gets you in shape from the inside out!
The hottest new trend in mind-body wellness, Nia—which stands for Neuromuscular Integrative Action—is the most advanced form of fusion fitness, blending martial arts, healing arts, dance, and spiritual self-healing to create a high-powered, synergistic workout that no isolated exercise technique can match. Created by fitness pioneers Debbie Rosas and Carlos Rosas, Nia presents an entirely new philosophy of exercise—one that will not only keep you in fantastic shape, but will also help you rediscover the joy of movement and being at home in your body.
The Nia Technique is the first and only book to share the workouts so popular at gyms and spas across the country, outlining the basic Nia moves—or katas—that can be performed easily at home and adapted to your own level of fitness. With moves drawn from nine fitness disciplines, including tae kwan do, tai chi, yoga, Feldenkrais™, jazz dance, and modern dance, Nia promotes strength and muscle definition without the use of weights, and its freeing, dance-like regimen provides a medium for self-healing. You’ll tighten, tone, lengthen, strengthen, and lose pounds and inches—and have fun doing it! You’ll learn to follow “the body’s way”—a breakthrough fitness concept that teaches you to move in the way that most benefits your individual body; and you’ll learn to use visualizations and vocalizations that enhance the benefits of each workout. The overall regimen is phenomenally effective because its holistic approach unites the body and the mind, and creates an exhilarating path that anyone can follow toward a healthy, fit physique, lasting weight loss, and an unlimited sense of your fitness potential.
With simple, step-by-step instructions, The Nia Technique also shares the inspiring stories of people whose lives have been transformed by the practice of Nia. With Nia, a new body is just the beginning—the ultimate goal is a new life!
About the Author
Debbie Rosas and Carlos Rosas met in 1981, and together they created Nia, the first fusion fitness technique. They have appeared on numerous television and radio programs, including Good Morning America, as well as in more than 400 newspapers and magazines, including Harper’s Bazaar, Self, Shape, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the New York Times. They live in Portland, Oregon.
The Nia Technique: The High-Powered Energizing Workout That Gives You a New Body and a New Life FROM THE PUBLISHER
The hottest new trend in mind-body wellness, Nia is flourishing in gyms and fitness centers all across the country. Direct from the creators of this revolutionary program, The Nia Technique is the first--and only--book to bring the Nia workouts and philosophy out of the gym and into the hands of readers everywhere.
Shorthand for Neuromuscular Integrative Action, Nia blends together martial arts, yoga, dance, and spiritual self-healing to create a joyful and exhilarating fitness practice that is also a lifestyle blueprint. Nia presents an entirely new philosophy of exercise--you're not only "working out," you're "working in." Adopted by celebrities and employed in the world's most luxurious spas, Nia has made the leap into the mainstream, and is now practiced by hundreds of thousands of people around the world who want to get fit, eliminate emotional stress, and unleash their inner optimist.
In this upbeat, energizing book, authors and Nia creators Debbie Rosas and Carlos Rosas present "The Classic Nia Workout" and "The Athletic Nia Workout," providing basic Nia moves that readers can perform right at home, adapting them to their own form of self-expression. With easy-to-follow instructions, black-and-white photographs, and stories of people whose lives have been transformed through Nia, the authors describe in depth not only how to do Nia, but also why.
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