Sacred Growth Dance creates spaces for joyful movement, connection, and personal growth.
Through community classes and partnerships with local organizations, Sacred Growth Dance creates inclusive movement experiences that support well-being, build connection, and help people feel more at home in their bodies and their lives.
Marissa utilizes a movement practice called Nia, that changed her life. She is passionate about sharing it with anyone that it calls to them.
Discover nia
What is nia?
Movement for your whole self.
Nia is a holistic movement practice that blends dance, martial arts, and healing arts. Classes combine music and movement to support strength, mobility, balance, self-expression, and connection - all while inviting you to move in a way that feels good in your body.
Established in 1983, Nia is practiced internationally. It was created for everyone, regardless of age, health or fitness level.
Dance
Expression · Rhythm · Joy
Martial Arts
Strength · Power · Grounding
healing Arts
Awareness · Mobility · Connection
A non-impact areobics for any and every body.
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No dance experience needed. Just a willingness to move, express, and grow in community.
Upcoming Community Events
Pop-ups, special events, workshops, and collaborations.
MEET MARISSA
Founder • Certified Nia Instructor
For Marissa, Nia became much more than a movement practice, it became a way back to herself. At a time when her light had grown dim, Nia helped her reconnect with her body, mind, and spirit. Through movement and community, she began to rediscover her joy, her strength, and her shine.
Inspired by her teacher and mentor, Nica Poznanovich, Marissa traveled to Texas to complete an immersive Nia training and become a certified instructor. What began as a goal to support Nica as a substitute quickly blossomed into something more. The deeper Marissa stepped into the practice, the more she felt called to share it with others.
Sacred Growth Dance grew from that calling—a space where people can come home to themselves, move in whatever way brings them joy, and experience the power of connection in community. Marissa believes you don’t need to know how to dance or move a certain way. You simply get to show up as you are, listen to your body, and let your own light shine.
Let's Connect
Have a question, want to collaborate, or interested in bringing Sacred Growth Dance to your community? I’d love to hear from you.
@sacredgrowthdance