{"id":7,"date":"2008-01-24T14:42:14","date_gmt":"2008-01-24T22:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/niasomoves.com\/Rachaelsblog\/2008\/01\/24\/the-nia-belt-system\/"},"modified":"2008-04-25T15:21:47","modified_gmt":"2008-04-25T23:21:47","slug":"the-nia-belt-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/synergy-pt.net\/niablog\/the-nia-belt-system\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nia Belt System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Debbie Rosas and Carlos Rosas gave birth to Nia in 1983, they had journeyed through dance arts (jazz, modern and Duncan), martial arts (Tai Chi, Tai Kwon Do, Aikido) and healing arts (Alexander, Feldenkrais, yoga) guided by their bodies&#8217; natural desire for the joy of movement. &nbsp;As they began training other Nia teachers, they took inspiration from the martial arts belt system.<\/p>\n<p>There are four levels of Nia training: &nbsp;White Belt, Blue Belt, Brown Belt and Black Belt. &nbsp;People participate in Nia intensives for personal growth or to become a Nia teacher. &nbsp;Everyone begins with White Belt.<\/p>\n<p>The focus of the White Belt training is the physical body. &nbsp;White Belt Principle #1 is The Joy of Movement. &nbsp;The focus of Blue Belt is relationship. &nbsp;Brown Belt is the energy body. &nbsp;And the focus of Black Belt is stepping into the river of the unknown. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>White Belt is the foundation; it is the web upon which all the other belts are woven. &nbsp;The practice of being in the physical body is the heart of our Nia practice.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Debbie Rosas and Carlos Rosas gave birth to Nia in 1983, they had journeyed through dance arts (jazz, modern and Duncan), martial arts (Tai Chi, Tai Kwon Do, Aikido) and healing arts (Alexander, Feldenkrais, yoga) guided by their bodies&#8217; natural desire for the joy of movement. &nbsp;As they began training other Nia teachers, they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-white-belt","category-the-foundation-of-nia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/synergy-pt.net\/niablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/synergy-pt.net\/niablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/synergy-pt.net\/niablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/synergy-pt.net\/niablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/synergy-pt.net\/niablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/synergy-pt.net\/niablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/synergy-pt.net\/niablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/synergy-pt.net\/niablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/synergy-pt.net\/niablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}