Living in sensation, Living in your body
NIA holistic movement arts
If you’re looking for a potent way to get fit, de-stress and connect, Nia could be just the thing for you.
Nia, an abbreviation for Neuro-muscular Integrative Action, is a barefoot holistic movement practice anchored in body-centered awareness.
It draws on the chemistry of nine movement forms: Tai Chi, Tae Kwon Do, Aikido, Jazz, Modern Dance, Duncan Dance, Yoga, the Alexander Technique, and the work of Moshe Feldenkrais®. This unique blend of dance-, martial-, and healing arts allows the body to move in fun and free ways that bring health and vitality to both the body, mind, and emotions.
Some of the many benefits are cardiovascular health, alleviation of stress and anxiety, hormonal stability, and an increase in well-being, leaving you feeling energized, alive, mentally clear, and emotionally balanced.
It empowers people and bodies of all shapes and sizes by connecting, conditioning, and nourishing the body, mind, emotions, and spirit. I offer NIA movement arts through retreats. These retreats are especially great for women living with chronic tension, stress, pain, or a sensitive nervous system and women in menopause.
How and when
On the below dates, I offer a 7-day ‘Re-ignite your inner Sparkle’ immersion where you will learn new ways to move through life as we play with silence, our senses, nature, being gentle with ourselves, and with the healing powers of Nia. These are highly transformational and healing dance-movement retreats for body, mind, soul, and spirit These retreats will help you to restore your inner vitality at the heart of your being and to reclaim your body as a safe and magical place to live in.
Dates retreat (starting on Sunday and ending on Saturday) in the Inner Sparkle Sanctuary Jardin de Luz,
- May 1 – 7, 2022
- June 5 -11, 2022
- July 3 – 9, 2022
- Aug 28 – Sep 3, 2022
- Sep 25 – Oct 1, 2022
Joy in motion
In NIA, playful cardio movement, free dance, and mindful movement interweave on a swinging mix of musical styles. Moments of expressive creative dance alternate with simple movement phrases that are constructed in such a way that they follow the body’s way, and invite you to attune to your senses and sensation. It balances and trains the nervous system, the cardiovascular system as well as flexibility, strength, mobility, and movement-creativity.
To make the classes safe, accessible, and pleasurable for every body, participants are encouraged to choose their own level of intensity in movement and conditioning.
Lesson structure
Each lesson consists of a warming up, sustained low impact cardio, somatic flexibility and strength exercise, and a cool down. You move to a variety of music ranging from world music, House, Jazz, Pop, Hip Hop, Indie, Latin, New Age, and classical music.
Pingel is a certified NIA black belt teacher. She also completed the additional NIA training programs Move to Heal, Trauma Conscious NIA, NIA Freedance, and Floorplay. She is an accredited Feldenkrais practitioner, body-centered energetic therapist, Chakradance, and transformation through dance creativity facilitator.
How will you feel after the retreat?
A 7-day immersion into NIA will bring balance, health, and vitality to every part of the body, mind, spirit, and emotions. It empowers you by connecting you to joy, sensation, pleasure, inner wisdom, and to feeling home in your body.
Some of the many benefits are:
- cardiovascular health
- a renewed flow of energy
- a flexible, relaxed body, and mind
- alleviation of stress and anxiety,
- hormonal stability,
- increase in well-being,
After these 7 days, you will l feel energized, alive, mentally clear, and emotionally balanced. And you will go home with a set of refined tools to set up a potent self-care practice for your daily life.
Registration and payment
Registration and payment
The dates we offer the 7-day Re-ignite your inner sparkle retreat are:
May 1 -7, 2022
June 5 – 11, 2022
July 3 -9, 2022
Aug 28 – Sep 3. 2022
Sep 25 – Okt 1
You can register below. A new window will open. You will be guided to our page on Bookretreats.com. Here you can choose your date and book through a secure payment environment.
Option 1
Monday-series
17:30 – 18:30 (CET)
Starting October 11
10 classes
100,- Euro
Option 2
Wednesday-series
10:00 – 11:00 (CET)
Starting October 13
10 classes
100,- Euro
Option 3
Drop-in class
Pick a day…
…you want to shine.
1 class
12,50 Euro