About Christine Davis MIScT MICHT
Nia White Belt Teacher
Nia found me really!
I don’t know what made me drive all the way to Cardiff University that day for a Holistic Fayre, but I’m glad I did. Having spotted Nia Dance on the list of workshops I signed up for it despite having no idea what it was all about. Then I panicked - what if it was like break dancing? Would I be expected to spin on my head? What was I doing?
Karen, from the Barefoot Studios Cardiff, gave a very interesting talk about Nia and how the movements could be tuned to the individual. I suffocated a giggle as I thought it would have to be tuned so far out for me, the string would break! This is because I had a motorbike accident as a teenager which left me a bit of a wreck with two damaged discs at the base of my spine and two damaged vertebrae between my shoulders.
Karen invited us to try a few steps. I started moving, and to my amazement nothing hurt. In fact the way I moved my body felt wonderful, beautiful, and very emotional. From that moment, I knew I had to dance this Nia regularly. Unfortunately, there were no teachers within 70 miles of me - so Karen suggested I become a teacher. Me? A teacher? With my body? She had got to be kidding!
The rest, as they say, is history. I trained as a teacher and I am so much fitter and healthier now - in mind as well as body. I have the best job in the world, as each week someone comes to my Nia classes, maybe worried or stressed, in pain or angry and at the end of the hour they’re transformed - happy, calm and usually wearing a beaming smile. They don’t have to tell me how good they feel, I can see it.
It sounds crazy that an exercise class could make such a dramatic change to peoples lives. All I can say is, overcome your reservations, go with your instincts, as you never know what metamorphosis is waiting for you. Just join me in my classes and try it - butterflies all!
For more information, or to discuss a taster trial class contact Christine Davis Tel: 0782 88 99916
or email me at niadance@hotmail.co.uk
“In Nia everybody does their own thing in an orchestrated way, as if they were singing the same song, but in a different octave. Whether your pitch is high or low the result is improved tone for your muscles”
How do I occupy the rest of my time?
To find out more about me please click on the following links:
www.headtotoe21.mionegroup.com
Please view this PDF file for information on my Head to Toe service.
www.indianchampissage.com
Indian Head Massage (Champissage™)
www.reflexology.org
Reflexology
www.geocrystals.co.uk
supply of healing crystals to therapists, and individuals
