Ann Boon Inspiration

19/11/2025

We thank the team at BARE so very much for supporting us through the death, memorial and celebration of our beautiful mother.

★★★★★

04/11/2025

Nia is PAUSED while I celebrate the life of my beautiful mother.

Classes Resume 20 Nov

29/10/2025

Nia is ON tomorrow 30 Oct from 9.15am in Studio One at Clem Jones Centre, 56 Zahel St, Carina - all welcome. Give yourself extra time to find a park & bring a towel 💓🙏

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13/10/2025

“I’ve never smiled for an hour until I did Nia!

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07/10/2025

Nia is on at Clem Jones Centre Carina every Thursday morning from 9.15am in Studio One. A whole hour to yourself 💓 Move to beautiful music 🎶 Simple fun moves from dance & martial arts 👊 Holistic conditioning * Body-Mind connection ✨ Balance ⚖️ Playfulness * Strength 💪 Joy 🌟 Cone early to get a park & remember to bring a towel. Beginners welcome 🙏 Studio One Clem Jones Centre 56 Zahel St Carina

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30/09/2025

Nia is ON! Thursdays 9.15am Clem Jones Centre 📍 Studio One, Clem Jones Centre, 56 Zahel Street, Carina
💸 Active Moves Pricing:
• Casual $15
• 10-visit pass $110
• 20-visit pass $180
Some benefits ….
• A whole hour for self-care
• Move to beautiful music
• Fun
• Depth
• Groundedness
• Simple steps - fabulous sounds
• Build body-mind connection
• Cultivate balance
• Holistic conditioning
• Community
• Finding the positives in life
• Connection
• Playfulness
• Be part of something bigger than yourself
• Blow away the cobwebs
• Centre yourself
• Find perspective
• Leave distractions behind
• Time to breathe and be yourself
• Feel uplifted and refreshed
• Improve posture and strength
• Practice presence
• Incredible value
So much more ...

18/09/2025

Fascinating read about nervous system regulation.

While physical systems like the musculoskeletal, endocrine, immune, and circulatory systems play crucial roles in performance and recovery, they all operate under the influence and regulation of the nervous system. Hence, gaining insights into the nervous system – particularly the Central Nervous ...

16/09/2025

We are back ON this week! Nia at Clem Jones Centre Thursday 9.15am in Studio One, 56 Zahel St, Carina.

Come early to get a park & bring your towel 💓

28/08/2025

A Little Holiday Pause

I’ll be away in Fiji for the first two weeks of September 🌴 – there will be no Nia at Clem Jones on Thursday 4 & 11 September. In its place CJs will offer a low impact Zumba Gold class at 9.15am.

Nia Classes resume on Thursday 18 September.

While I’m away, why not:

Put on your favourite music and dance around the house!

Practice balance in simple ways: stand on one leg while brushing your teeth or while out and about at the shops, slow down and notice your breath, walk barefoot outside.

Re-visit the feeling you take from class – confidence, calm, joy – and let it ripple into your week.

26/08/2025

This week at Nia we return to one of my favourite Nia routines: Beyond. Its focus is Balance. “Beyond” is designed to challenge you - yes - and in doing so strengthen your body-mind connection, improve functionality and alignment, create new pathways in the brain and refresh & renew your ability to move with ease. Plus the music is fabulous to dance to - I really love it!
✨ Everyone is welcome to join the joy of Nia at Clem Jones – whether you’re brand new or returning, this class is for you. Bring your friends and bring a towel as well!
This Thursday 9.15am–10.15am
📍 Studio One, Clem Jones Centre, 56 Zahel Street, Carina
💸 Active Moves Pricing:
• Casual $15
• 10-visit pass $110
• 20-visit pass $180

This week we return to one of my favourite Nia routines: Beyond. Its focus is Balance. Balance isn’t just about standing on one leg (though we have fun with that). We'll be cultivating balance in all the realms ; 

20/08/2025

Nia was originally an acronym for Non-Impact-Aerobics. As Nia developed, its creators realised it was SO MUCH MORE than simply that. It's a practice full of nuance and complexitiy. In an attempt to describe it they rebranded it as "Neuro-Integrative-Action" as a way to describe how it brings mind-body connections to the forefront with its use of awareness alongside the moves.

Breaking it down
Neuro → relating to the nervous system (brain, spinal cord, nerves, sensory pathways).

Integrative → bringing different elements together into a whole, harmonising rather than isolating.

Action → movement, expression, doing, embodying.

In Practice
Every Nia class asks you not just to move muscles, but to sense, feel, imagine, and express → this recruits multiple parts of the brain.

The repetition of simple patterns stimulates neuroplasticity (new movement patterns build new connections in your brain creating new neural pathways).
Alternating between structure (choreography, steps) and freedom (via unchoreographed free-spirited movement or freedance) mirrors how the nervous system thrives on both stability and adaptability.
In Nia we intentionally build sensory awareness by repeatedly bringing the student/practitioner's attention to the feeling or sensation of the movement as a way of developing present moment awareness and nourishing the nervous system
In Nia we consciously integrate body-mind-emotions and spirit. We also flavour and energise the movements with chemistry from the martial arts -Tai Chi, Aikido, TaeKwonDo, dance arts - Jazz, Modern and Duncan Dance and healing arts - Yoga, Feldenkrais and Alexander Technique.

More info ; https://mailchi.mp/a250a1a6b6b4/finding-flow-and-neuroplasticity

20/08/2025

RULE #1 : BE YOURSELF

This week at Nia: We’ll be dancing Aya — expect freedance, fluidity, rhythm, and plenty of chances to feel your own flow.
It's impossible to “get it wrong” when you’re being yourself !!

RULE #2 : HAVE FUN!
Nia is ON🕘 Every Thursday 9.15am–10.15am
📍 Studio One, Clem Jones Centre, 56 Zahel Street, Carina
💸 Active Moves Pricing:
• Casual $15
• 10-visit pass $110
• 20-visit pass $180

More info ; https://mailchi.mp/a250a1a6b6b4/finding-flow-and-neuroplasticity