Nia in the Garden - April 21
“Your heart is where your inner light resides. It is part of every sacred journey to reconnect with your inner light, step into your divinity, spread the light of love before you, return to the essence of love, and inspire others to do the same."― Molly Friedenfeld
Nia in the Garden at Houston Botanic Garden
Sunday, April 21, 1-3 PM
One Botanic Lane
Houston, TX 77017
Cost: $47 fee includes admission to the gardens. HBG Members receive a $10 discount.
Purchase tickets HERE to let us know you are coming.
The Houston Nia Collective returns for a collaboration with the Houston Botanic Garden just as Spring buds burgeon their brilliant colors! Enjoy the sacred experience of the garden as never before through unique music, movement, and a meditative, mindful experience.
Featuring the Nia routine Sacred, and inspired by the special connection to self and the power of community, Houston-based teachers will lead an immersive dance event designed to heighten inner and outer awareness. Our featured routine focuses on the sensations of health and well-being by moving the bones which are interrelated to connective tissue, muscles, and joints.
Please purchase your ticket in advance HERE to let us know you are coming.
By definition, community is about creating spaces of belonging that enable relational depth to grow–just as the relationship of pollinators to plants brings forth a vibrant array of flora. Building strong community connections has a positive impact on our mental, physical, and emotional health, as well as on the health of communities as a whole. The Houston Nia community has been a container for such positive growth and connection. Together at the Houston Botanic Garden we will be able to deepen the connection to our bodies and “pollinate” our precious energies with one another as we honor the sacred beauty of Mother Earth in the garden.
The Nia Technique is a sensory-based, dance fitness program blending dance arts, martial arts, and healing arts. Embody joy and magic as all three come together in the magnificent setting of the Houston Botanic Garden. Our featured routine, Sacred, will take you on a journey that is unique and personal to you. It will be transformative and likely take you to places you never imagined.
Nia is for EveryBody – first-timers and experienced movers alike. Moves can be adapted to many fitness levels. Using music, movement and mindfulness, skilled Nia teachers will guide you on a somatic (body-based) and imaginative journey to awaken your senses, energize your body, stimulate your mind, and soothe your emotions.
Please purchase your ticket in advance HERE to let us know you are coming.
This event will feature a:
60-minute guided movement experience using the form and freedom of easy-to-follow dance and simplified martial arts to stimulate healing and conditioning
silent walking meditation to enjoy your relationship to your senses, appreciation for nature and community
refreshing closing elixir and nourishing snack to refresh and rejuvenate the body
parting gift from your Nia hosts to express appreciation