NIA BLUE BELT WITH SUSAN SLOAN

August 8 - August 13, 2025

Starting at 1:00pm on August 8 & ending at 4:00pm on August 13


Studio Kairos

15 Hume road, Dunkeld West | JHB, South Africa


Join Susan Sloan for the Nia Blue Belt Training.

Continue your Nia journey with the Nia Blue Belt: The Art of Communication where you will explore how to take the foundation of sensation and awareness you discovered in White Belt and expand it into deep relationship with the world around you.



FOCUS: Art of Communication

INTENT: Create intimacy through somatic relationships Embody the Foundation of Nia 

Blue Belt, the second level of Nia education, explores how to create healthy relationships through body-centered communication.

This intensive introduces the next set of 13 Nia principles, which focus on the 4 realms of body, mind, emotions and spirit.

While the White Belt curriculum focuses entirely on awareness of physical sensation, Blue Belt applies these skills to explore internal sensations as perceived through - but distinct from - physical sensations in the body.

Blue Belt Principle #1: The Joy of Being in Relationship, integrates the sensation of Joy with awareness that Joy is something outside the self, which we can invite into our physical experience.

As a result, you'll begin to deepen your ability to listen with clarity and sustain awareness of details outside your body.


TRAINING DETAILS

This Training Intensive Includes:

1)    6-days of in-person, experiential learning including a Nia class experience each day. 
   

2)    Pre-Training ONLINE Training Portal with materials to prepare you to step-in to your training including:

  • PDF Download of Blue Belt LEARN Book and EMBODY Journal

  • Podcasts, Audio Guided Meditations and Movement Exercises

  • And more...


3)    13-Week Post-Training Access to FULL ONLINE Training Portal with Blue Belt Core Curriculum including:

  • Agendas with suggested exercises to support the embodiment and integration of your learning

  • Podcasts to support your embodied learning

  • On-demand Nia classes


  •  FREE Trial of Nia On Demand (for new Nia On Demand subscribers)

  • PDF Download of Blue Belt LEARN Book and EMBODY Journal

COST: $1599 USD + tax

Payable in two installments: $500.00 Registration Fee + $1099.00 Trainer Fee (trainer fee will be invoiced in trainer's local currency and may be subject to exchange rate and regional taxes). Discounts are available to SA residents, please contact Susan on +27 83 306 3852

  • $500.00

    Registration Fee (due upon registration) + $1099.00 Trainer Fee (paid 30-days prior to training start). Plus sales tax. Discounts are available to SA residents, please contact Susan on +27 83 306 3852

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BLUE BELT AWAITS

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BLUE BELT TESTIMONIALS

STORIES FROM BLUE BELT GRADUATES

Antonella Gorza

Lecco, Italy

"This training helped me not only to grow and improve as a Nia teacher, but mainly as a woman. This has been the best way to keep my connection alive with self confidence, to stay always centered and to never stop my dance through life!"

Rhiana Darr

Arizona, USA

"My listening and communication skills have become so much more fine tuned with a heightened awareness brought to both. This has helped to improve my relationships with others, as well as given me a sense of relaxation and calmness never experienced before. I appreciate listening so much more!"

Ann Pederson

Washington State, USA

"Oh my gosh! I was given so much transformational information. Being in relationship with my body has grown by leaps and bounds. Awareness of so many more unspoken signals. Communication skills continue to grow and improve. I am building a solid foundation to be a better person."

Stephanie Williams

Sapphire Coast, Australia

"Blue Belt has encouraged me to be less judgemental about relationships in general and most of all with myself."

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MEET YOUR TRAINER

Susan Sloan

* Being a Nia teacher is like being a curator of the greatest art exhibition ever! If Nia is art, then movement is the brush strokes and I am the paint. I feel so privileged to be able to call myself a Nia Trainer, while every day I learn more about the importance and impact of Nia as an eager student. I am in awe of the artists I work alongside with teaching Nia, and believe that the joy it brings is a mural full of colour and life! Nia allows me to incorporate all my life’s history and celebrate the tapestry of who I am and share with others wholeheartedly. I thrive on discovering creativity and healing, as others emerge with theirs, through Dance and Movement. Nia gives us the opportunity to create and curate a life of stillness, purpose and reach our potential. When more people move their bodies, their purpose will be clear, which will help them build a more meaningful future as architects of their life. Being a Teacher Trainer since 2013, I have learnt that every class, training or workshop is as magical as the first- a blank canvas of endless potential and joy. Susan initially trained as a Hatha Yoga Instructor in 2000 (ISHTA Yoga Teachers-YTF, IYF) and has been teaching yoga and Nia Technique since 2003. In 2003 Susan founded the Nia and Yoga studio in Dunkeld West, Johannesburg, named Studio Kairos. The studio is a co-creation of community; love for our practice as individuals and understanding that together we are strong and designers of a better future for all. Susan has been involved in Health, Movement and Healing since 2000. She teaches at the Old Eds Virgin Active Gym, as well as in corporate and government organizations. Susan is also a Hands-on Healing Reiki Master(Usui)/Trainer and Level 7 Kahuna Massage Therapist and has explored workshops with Gabor Mate on The Wisdom of Trauma and healing. For nearly a decade, Susan has been invited to share Nia Technique Retreats at the famous Buddhist Retreat Centre in Ixopo. KZN (voted by CNN as one of the top 10 places in the world to meditate). Susan's contact details: [email protected] or +27 83 306 3852."

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

PRE-REQUISITES:

Completion of the Nia White Belt Training.  Find a White Belt Training.


AFTER YOUR TRAINING:

If you are not already a Nia member, you are invited to continue your Nia journey through one of three Nia Membership paths:

  • Dancing Through Life: For the passionate and committed Nia graduate

  • Sacred Athlete: For the Nia graduate interested in learning and practicing teaching skill

  • Sacred Livelihood: For aspiring Nia Teaching Professionals

If you do not choose to become a Nia member, you will have access to your online training portal for 2 weeks after your training graduation.

CLICK HERE to learn more about Nia Membership.


CANCELLATION + TRANSFER POLICY

Registration and instruction fees are non-refundable. Should you cancel your registration more than 30 days prior to the training start date, the registration fee will be credited to your Nia account. Should you cancel your registration less than 30 days prior to the training start date, you will incur a cancellation fee of $250 which will be deducted from your registration fee. The remaining balance will be credited to your Nia account.

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