MY ROOTS
I have faced several challenges in my life; chronic pain, care-giving for terminally ill friends and family, divorce, and single parenting. I continue to overcome each challenge by learning how to balance my mind, body, and spirit with various healing modalities. I am a firm believer in yoga, meditation, massage, acupuncture, journaling, self-expression, arts, exercise, good nutrition, and laughter. My calling is is to ease others' pain and help them lighten the burdens they carry through self-care, living a healthy lifestyle, and facing challenges with grace and courage. 

Nia Wellness Oasis was born out of a need for people to remind themselves about how powerful, purposeful, and peaceful life can be when we take time to slow down, heal, center ourselves and breathe. When we learn how to overcome both internal and external resistance through mindfulness practices, we can prolong our lives by allowing our energy to flow freely and our true nature to shine.

Niashani is certified in Mindfulness Based Stress Relief by Jon Kabat-Zinn. Niashani was also a faculty member at her Alma Mater, The Soma Institute, where she taught stress management, mindfulness and the business of health coaching to students in the health coaching program.

Niashani earned a B.S. in Advertising from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and certifications in both Clinical Massage Therapy and Health Coaching from the Soma Institute National School of Massage Therapy in Chicago.  She has over 20 years of massage and marketing experience in the consumer, health, luxury spa, hospitality & entertainment industries and has massaged at the Peninsula Chicago and Waldorf Astoria Chicago Spa for over 10 years. Niashani has consulted for large corporations and small businesses, and facilitates meditation and healing retreats for groups.

In 2018, Niashani released her first album, Urban Retreat, ambient music for massage, meditation, and yoga.

Niashani was awarded Lucky Magazine's Lucky Blackbook in 2012  for "The Very Best Massages (Near You!)” for her “GPS-like ability to eradicate aches."