It is what folks looking for a workout magic bullet have been hoping to hear since Jane Fonda first implored her legginged followers to “feel the burn,” since we heard our first coach scream the phrase, “No pain, no gain!”

“You want to create that sensation where your body says, ‘Ah … thank you!” I heard that phrase this morning from instructor Julie Ihrig during the cool down of my first Nia workout at the Cary Senior Center. It had been preceded by a string of other phrases that would have made a litany of aerobics instructors, boot camp leaders and personal trainers throughout the land wince:

Notice your face. Perhaps its telling you of joy and pleasure …

It’s all about the pleasure principle.

Honor where your body is today.

A workout that’s good for you and makes your body and mind happy? What’s this Nia all about? My print persona (The News & Observer, Charlotte Observer) is working on a story about Nia, which is scheduled to appear next week and which will run the following day in this space. Can’t wait? Go here.