As a certified teacher of The Nia Technique, based out of Portland, OR, I absolutely recommend Nia as the perfect exercise compliment to this diet. 

Nia is a holistic movement practice, done in bare feet to diverse and inspiring music. It teaches you to be more joyful, expressive and alive in your body, both inside and outside of class.  Because Nia is holistic, it engages your body, mind, emotions and spirit.  It draws from dance arts, martial arts and healing arts to create purposeful movement that will help you grow and learn.

Rather than focussing on the chore of exercise, Nia actually increases the pleasure of living in your body; it creates weight loss and proper weight maintenance, strengthens muscles, improves muscle tone and increases muscle definition.  It calms the mind and relieves stress, increases grace, flexibility and endurance and builds reservoirs of energy and improves cognitive functioning.

Nia is practiced by people of all walks of life, ages and fitness levels.  There are over 1500 Nia teachers world-wide.  I have been teaching Nia since 1999.  Most of my students have been with me as long as I have been teaching because Nia is a lifestyle -- just like this diet.

For more information about Nia, you can visit their website at www.nianow.com.  In addition to general information about the technique, you will also find a world-wide teacher listing, as well as a free on-line multimedia newsletter which features valuable exercise tips and success stories. 

Get out of those grueling exercise bootcamps and into the joy-filled experience of Nia.  It makes you feel so good!