2. Post-college Jill traded dancing for “hard-core” fitness. As a
instructor, she bounded, jumped and pumped for the next 10
years.
At a fitness convention in 1996, Jill stumbled into a Nia Class
and instantly reconnected with her love to dance.
She took her Nia White Belt Training and began teaching Nia
in January,1997.
For the next 15 years, Jill’s has passionately inspired hundreds
of people to move “Beyond Fitness” and into Whole-Being-
ness.
In 2012, Jill fulfilled her professional dream and became a Nia
Faculty Trainer.
3. Presenting at Fitness Convention
University of Idaho in Brazil, 1997
Dance Theatre, 1987 ACE Continuing Education
Provider , ProRobics, 1994
Seattle Woman
Cover, 2009
Nia Blue Belt
Training, 1998 Orange
Belt:
Stepping
into the Nia
Started Personal Faculty
Training Business in Trainer
1992-1998 Iron & Oxygen’s (personal Program, 2
training) Brochure, 1992 011.
4. Bridging
Somatic Fitness into
Movement
and
Education
Beyond
Fitness Somatic
is
Education
Somatic means- a movement or experience pertaining to the body and regulated
from within (ie. Sensing, body awareness)
5. Going Beyond Fitness: Nia Classes & Play Shops
Body & Life Education: Nia White Belt Intensives
Teacher Mentorship: Going from your intensive to teaching.
Jill Pagano
Nia Faculty Trainer
Somatic Education for Every Body HQ: 800-762-5762
Jill@JillPagano.com www.nianow.com
