Diane Batten has taught NIA since 2002, and has been a student of NIA since 1995. She became a certified Brown Belt teacher in 2007 after she trained at NIA headquarters in Portland , Oregon . Diane delights in teaching NIA as well as bicycling, kayaking and getting a good night’s sleep. She works at Michigan State University , specifically with medical student financial aid, and got her Bachelor’s degree in Social Work. Diane has loved to dance since the cows came home, the pigs ate her brother, and the egg came before the chicken; a long time. NIA perfectly arrived in her life to allow freedom of movement and expression, and lots of fun!