In their book, The Nia Technique, Debbie and Carlos Rosas credit this work as the inspiration for the five stages of self-healing practice in Nia. Those stages are: Embryonic, Creeping, Crawling, Standing and Walking. For more info on the five stages practice, please check out the definitive source, The Nia Technique, and enjoy a short video on this topic by Kaycheri Rappaport.