YOUR GUIDES

Founder & Guide. E-RYT 500

Nicola has lived a life rich in movement and devotion. Apart from this, there are a few things about her nature that point her towards actively showing up as a teacher.

Her first given name, Nicola, means "Victory of People," and her second, Talia, means "Dew of God." Her maiden surname means "People/Warrior/Army/Tribe." She likes to think that her purpose is to bring people together into connection, and guide them into their victory — their liberation — through connection to the sacred everythingness that is life.

As a young child in her hometown on the east coast of South Africa, her love language was always movement — an expression and expansion of her inner being out into the world. She organically progressed to working as a professional dancer with Cape Town City Ballet. Unbeknownst at the time, her journey here turned out to be her preparation for an entire new world of healing and awakening. Amid loud inner turmoil, she encountered the practice of Yoga.

It became her medicine. In 2017, she intuitively made the decision to move abroad to Hong Kong. There, she fell back in love with herself and with life. She deep-dived into Yoga, learning from top international teachers and began to feel the inner call to share this ancient wisdom practice with the world. She realised that helping people return home to themselves was the trajectory of her path.

In 2019, she honoured this by completing a 200hr Yoga Teacher Training in Rishikesh, India. Following her heart, she relocated to London to build a life with her husband, where she has entered the portal of Motherhood twice, and continues to be initiated by it.

Nicola’s knowledge has been drawn from many forms of Yoga, such as Traditional Hatha, Vinyasa, Hot 26, Ashtanga, Yin and Restorative. However, her ongoing devotion to learning has also led her to the wisdom of Non-Dual Tantric and Buddhist philosophy, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Neuroscience, Somatics, Sound, Voicework, Trauma awareness and Embodiment practices. Nicola holds certifications in Embodied Mama Pre & Postnatal yoga, Embodied Yin, Myofascial Release, and advanced Somatics rooted in Body-Mind Centering and Non-Dual Tantra.

She believes that everyone and everything in life is a teacher, however, she is currently actively learning material from Satu Tuomela and others in Authentic Flow Tribe.

Nicola stands rooted in the belief that Yoga, Dance and Somatic Movement hold the power to transform the way we inhabit and experience life on Earth, both individually and collectively. She believes we liberate ourselves by arriving with total inclusivity of what is here in the present moment, and that this is one of the greatest steps towards not only collective liberation. She understands that in honouring our true nature, we honour Mother Nature, whom we are not separate from, but rather an intrinsic part of.

Her hope is to offer you the tools and practices to guide you into your bodyheartmind, so you can integrate your learnings into your daily life — and to support you in understanding through the felt sense of your body, that there is nowhere but here.

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