April Playshop of the Month: Mental Energy in Nia

Nia is described as a Body-Mind Workout. But how do we integrate the Body and the Mind?

April 1 is Easter this year. And it's April Fools Day. April 1 is also the first Sunday of the month, which means JAG is teaching a Nia playshop at Balance Studio from 9 - 10:30 am, followed by a one-hour Nia class at 10:30 am. 

This month we're focused on Mental Energy in Nia. There are many ways that Nia asks us to use our minds. Some examples are Awareness, Conscious Personal Trainer, Measure and Movement, Counting, Pattern Recognition, and many more.

This playshop is going to cover the myriad ways we utilize Mental Energy in Nia to keep our minds sharp and quick and the ways we connect our Body to our Mind.

Students are encouraged to bring questions and concerns regarding Mental Energy for JAG to answer and discuss. The first 90 minutes of this playshop will be discussion and practice without music. And the final hour, from 10:30 to 11:30 will be a full classic Nia class where we'll have the opportunity to put all that we've learned into practice.
The cost for the playshop, including the one-hour Nia class is $20.  The class on it's own is $15.
If you have a JAG class card and you want to use it to pay for the workshop, you just need to pay the extra $5 for the playshop.
Use PayPal to prepay here if you wish:


Nia with JAG


Balance Studio is located in Fremont, at 418 N 35th St. 

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