Applying the Nia White Belt Principles to Growing Older
Training
A cross between the old-time Nia Intensive and the new online training. Not only have I worked with elder bodies since the early 1980’s and hold a degree in gerontology — now I have elder insights myself. Just tuck it into your morning, then get on with your summer day. After a few weeks, you graduate!
The Art of Sensation Nia Body and Life Training (aka Nia White Belt)
Sense mastery. Imagine going mindfully and joyfully through your life. Delight in your unique style of becoming an elder. Nia is a design system for sustainability in the body that offers a one-of-a-kind training program providing comprehensive body-mind-emotion-spirit practices for self-awareness and empowerment. This training is for your own development and can also be the first step toward teaching Nia.
What you get: study, practice, exploration, lecture, and experience within a holistic science approach to personal transformation. Expect to move, but at your own level of energy.
Janet’s Story
In my career as a gerontologist, offering recreation and exercise for older adults, I never imagined that my Nia hobby would someday blend with my professional training. And now, I am certain that Nia has not only given me a fitness and lifestyle practice I can do for the rest of my life, but that many elements of Nia philosophy and implementation offer exactly what research is telling us is the path to healthy longevity. Nia provides myriad tools for resilience and sustainability for the body, the mind and the spirit. It addresses the many aspects of wellness — not only physical, but mental, emotional, social, environmental, spiritual, and vocational.
Calendar for White Belt Trainings with Janet
All the content of a regular White Belt Training with a special emphasis on applying the Principles to your life as you add years.
Art of Sensation, Body + Life Well-Being Retreat (aka Nia White Belt Training) with emphasis on sustainability and resilience for becoming an Elder with vitality.
Next online training begins Monday, July 20 and Tuesday, July 21, 10:00–12:00 Pacific time. We meet for 2 hours each session and continue for 8 weeks until September 8.
Special emphasis in the July 20 training on tools for self-care to prepare you for effective service to elders, for elders themselves, and those who provide services to the elder community.
The training includes all kinds of supporting things to do if you choose — free classes, podcasts, reading materials, a journal, and mid-week conversations with other trainees. The course continues over 16 sessions; you choose your own pace for the supporting materials. It’s a great time to establish a revised or new self-care practice. The training suits any level of energy — you get to apply the ideas to your life however you are now. Become the elder you want to be.
“Our commitment has always been to self-mastery, and to supporting and developing a healthy relationship with the body, on and off the dance floor. Nia’s purpose is to help people reach their greatest potential no matter what age or state of health. The only way we can craft the body and life we desire is from the inside out, and by choosing pleasure and comfort as the path to get fit and stay healthy.”
— Debbie Rosas, Nia Founder and Creator
“I enjoy moving, and I’m stronger and more comfortable than when I was younger.”
— Janet Hollander
Janet’s Credentials
ACE Certified | BA Gerontology
Nia Technique First Degree Black Belt
Member of Nia Training Faculty
About
Janet seeks to foster sustainability and resilience in life. Practices from Nia and many other sources help her seek exercise and lifestyle that promote feeling great, allowing her to share insights with others. Every step and every moment is an opportunity to move toward health.
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“Today a patient asked me how I managed to keep so slim. I have never, ever before in my life, been asked that question. I told them about Nia.”
— JR, White Belt Grad
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— SF, Nia Student
Ready to move toward health?
Janet Hollander • (541) 729-2894 • janet@movingtowardhealth.com