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Donna Starnes
 Donna Starnes, Nia Black Belt teacher and the owner of NiaSpace, has been teaching the Nia Technique for the past 11 years. Through Nia she has rekindled her joy of movement, as well as found another dynamic outlet for her creative side.
   Her background also includes modern dance, improv theater, contact improvisation, contemplative dance. Donna also is to now guiding The Art of Exotic Dancing for Everyday Women.
   Donna is an intuitive and playful artist and teacher who enjoys the process of living in her body and delights in guiding anyone towards discovering their own pleasure and self discovery through awareness of body, movement, breath, voice and music. She is also available to guide parties/celebrations, workshops, special needs classes and teacher mentoring.
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Cambrey Lindsey Bachus
Cambrey is a certified Nia Blue Belt teacher and Trance Dance facilitator.Cambrey has led students throughout Texas and New Mexico, stimulating growth, encouraging self-expression and self-discovery through the integration of body-mind-spirit as well as eastern and western transformational practices.
  
Cambrey is a licensed therapist and practitioner of Body-Mind practices. Since beginning her study of Nia in 1996, she has concentrated her practice on leading students to increase self-awareness and heal emotional conflict, depression, stress/anxiety, eating disorders, substance abuse issues, ADHD and post-traumatic stress disorder by harmonizing the connection and relationship of the physical body to the mind.

Stacey Lizette Wuest
Belly Dance Series Classes (aka Oriental Dance, Middle Eastern Dance, or Raks Sharqi) is studied, practiced and performed throughout the world. It is a beautiful dance form that expresses both the instrumentation and the emotion of Middle Eastern based music. A dancer's performance incorporates her/his own personality, emotion, dance technique, muscular isolation and grace (and sometimes props or finger cymbals) to create a unique performance. Stacey is a professional belly dancer Level III certified in the Suhaila Salimpour format and currently located in Austin, Texas.
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  Rania Kandil
Belly Dance Drop in Classes
Rania started belly dancing in 1999 and performs regularly in Austin. Rania's classes focus on exercises that increase flexibility, strength andendurance for bellydancing with an emphasis on proper posture, along with breaking down and drilling core bellydance movements in a motivational, fun and friendly atmosphere. Achieving these basic core movements with proper
muscular control and endurance serves as an essential platform for dancers to progress to any form of bellydance from the Classical Egyptian form of Raks Sharki, to American Tribal Style, to Fusion.

Elisa Rodriquez
Andalusi Dance
Elizabeth began dancing ballet at age 15, and at age 19 she studied and performed in several ballets with the Ballet Austin dance company. She discovered Flamenco and after graduating from The University of Texas in Austin, she moved to Seville, Spain where she perfected Flamenco for seven years. There she also discovered Integral Yoga and Belly dancing and performed in several Moroccan establishments. Elizabeth noticed the important influences of Belly dance as well as Spanish dance and began incorporating the two dance forms in her own choreography.She toured Canada in 2003, as the guest Flamenco soloist in "Spain Meets Canada II" under the direction of Kari Alba. She taught several intensive Flamenco workshops and realized that teaching beginner students was not only rewarding, but it also influenced her to create another way of teaching Flamenco without wearing shoes and aggravating the joints.
   Elizabeth holds her Pilates mat certification with Polestar Education and has now created the Andalusi Dance Class, which combines Pilates, Belly dance and Flamenco to promote health through movement.    | Website |

Audrey DeZeeuw
Audrey has been practicing yoga since she decided she wanted to become a high school teacher over five years ago. She has since completed her 200 hour teaching certification at Dharma Yoga in Austin and is working towards her 500 hour certification with Sunstone Yoga of Dallas. Her approach to yoga involves acknowledging the mind, connecting with the breath and moving through the asanas with as much ease and enjoyment as possible. When she is not teaching high school kids or Yoga, Audrey loves to hang out on sunny days with her dog, Boo Radley

 
  Phyllis Combs
T'ai Chi
 
 

Rachel Wyatt
Rachel Wyatt, Nia Blue Belt teacher, has cultivated her love of dance since she was a child, starting with tap, ballet and jazz and adding in modern dance along the way, she deepened her practice of finding the joy of movement and body awareness over the past 25 years. The addition of yoga and Judo brought a further richness (and sometimes ferocity!) to her experience. When she found Nia in 2000, it fit like a glove. . .after the initial struggle from not focusing on what her dance "looked" like versus what it "felt" like. Rachel is an authentic, spirited dancer who's dynamic expression and love of movement is the cornerstone of her teaching.  A strong focus on anatomy, imagery as well as the intense connection between the body, mind, spirit and emotions allow her students to connect with themselves and each other in an intuitive and intimate way. The creativity in her dance is fueled by and fuel for her work as a graphic designer and creative director for arts organizations, non-profits, publications, and small businesses. 

 
  Jutta Strobel
Hatha Yoga Flow
 
 

Rebecca Farr
Restorative Yoga & Dance Meditation

 
Gerry Starnes
Gerry Starnes, M.Ed., has facilitated TranceDance events and workshops at NiaSpace since 2000. He is a Founding Member of the Society of Shamanic Practitioners, and Executive Director of the Ravens Grove Foundation for Healing.
   As contemporary shamanic teacher and facilitator, he holds regular classes and presents a variety of workshops in Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. Gerry is among the most active TranceDance facilitators in the world. | TranceDance Austin | Shamamic Austin |
 
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