|
 |
Donna
Starnes
Donna Starnes, Nia™ Black Belt Instructor has been teaching the Nia Technique for the past 15 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 improv, exotic dance and contemplative dance.
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. She also teaches Exotic Moves and DanceEcstatic. |
|
 |
Cambrey
Lindsey Bachus
Cambrey Lindsay, MA, LPC – Nia™ Brown Belt Instructor
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 use self-awareness to 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. Cambrey is also a Trance Dance facilitator. Cambrey leads students to stimulate growth, discover self-expression and deepen the integration of body-mind-spirit. |
|
 |
Amber Bass Patterson
Nia™ Black Belt Instructor
Amber has been dancing most of her life: ballet as a child, drill team as a teenager and in clubs as a young adult. She enjoyed dancing all those years but it never felt completely rewarding. The idea that she had to fit in to someone else's idea of how a dancer moved limited her ability to completely let go and enjoy moving. As an adult, the dancing became less and less regular until she one day read a description for a Nia class. She was hooked just reading the words, "A barefoot cardiovascular dance class. . ." She was stepping in to her first Nia experience shortly after that, moving in a way that felt perfect for her.Nia gives her the opportunity to move her whole body in a way that feels great while at the same time, giving her the cardiovascular experience to keep her healthy. |
|
 |
Angelica & Lea McCauley
Nia™ White Belt Instructors
Lea and Angelica have shared their love of Nia since 2001. In 2010 the sisters received their white belts in Nia from Helen Terry, taking their passion for dance, health and creative expression to an exciting new level. Now as Nia teachers these amazing ladies hope to bring more awareness and connection to play and the sensation of joy into the bodies of the individuals who join them in their Nia practice.
|
|
| |
 |
Todd Gibbs
Todd is a certified Power Pilates instructor and has been teaching Pilates since 2004. Todd took his first Pilates class in 2001 hoping to cure chronic back problems and poor posture. He experienced such amazing results, that he decided to start teaching Pilates. Todd sets his Pilates class to a wide variety of music, making Pilates fun and entertaining. You'll get a great workout, learning correct form and technique along the way. Todd's class is taught to all levels; everyone is welcome. Go to ToddPilates for more information.
|
|
 |
Julia Piilant
Julia is a certified Power Pilates instructor. Julia began practicing Pilates in 2003. She loved the natural flow of the movements and the energizing effects of Pilates, as well as the slimming and toning she experienced as a result of her practice. Julia is committed to creating classes that are fun, welcoming, and musically diverse, while providing an efficient workout to help clients reach their personal health and fitness goals.
|
|
 |
Sarah Nelson
Sarah is a certified Power Pilates instructor. Sarah started learning Pilates while recovering from knee surgery and was immediately hooked. As a teacher, she strives to make Pilates accessible to all, and create an environment where clients can leave their stress at the door and enjoy finding freedom in movement. She is excited and honored to teach Pilates at NiaSpace and create a mix of challenge and fun in her classes.
|
|
| |
 |
Ally Marie - Hatha Yoga
Ally Marie has been practicing elements of yoga all her life. As a former professional athlete, awareness of breath, connecting to the body and calming the mind served as the foundation of her sports career. These elements are now further explored and deepened in the compassionate and truthful framework of hatha yoga. Certified in Dharma Yoga at the 200-hour level, Ally incorporates rich, insight-promoting themes with fluid, mindful movements of the body, yielding clarity and inner peace. For more information visit www.yogawithally.com. |
|
 |
Becky Davis - Hatha Yoga
Becky encourages students to modify poses specific to their bodies individual need; for some students that means intensifying effort or holds, for others that means changing position, reducing intensity of effort or shifting to distribute weight across other joints. She has extensive experience working with aging bodies, injured athletes and persons with limiting conditions. All bodies and flexibilities are welcome. Becky is certified in Hatha Yoga at 500 hours. She receives continuing education as part of her membership in Yoga Alliance, and is also a Psychotherapist (L.P.C.) in private practice. Some of her classes include, slow flow yoga, chair yoga, yoga as a spiritual practice, and yoga with your dog.
| Website |
|
|
| |
 |
Roger Moreno – Zumba™
Roger grew up listening to the latin music his family would blare from the radio at home. Eventually, he grew to appreciate dancing cumbias and sambas at weddings and birthday parties. Usually the last one to leave the dance floor, Roger chooses "dancing" as his therapy of choice. "How can you be sad when you're dancing to latin influenced beats and losing yourself with each hip sway and salsa step?" says Roger as he snaps his fingers to the music in his head. Join the very enthusiastic, hip swaying Roger as he leads Zumba classes on Wednesday evenings, 7 pm. You can find him co-teaching weekends (Saturday and Sunday afternoons) 12:30 with his talented co-instructor, Diana as they move you to lose your worries and burn calories, for 60 minutes of heart pumping Zumba. |
|
 |
Stacey Lizette
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. | Website | |
|
 |
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 founder/director of the Ravens
Grove Foundation for Healing, Inc.
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 | Shamanic
Passages Austin | |
|
Home | About | Schedule | Rates | Teachers | Calendar | Resources | Studio
Rental | Media | Get the News |
Content copyright © 2011 by
SkyDance Ventures, LLC. All rights reserved. |
|
|
