Nicole specializes in getting her clients out of pain so that they can get back to living their lives. She continually strives to find new ways to challenge and encourage her students and uses her knowledge to assist her students to improve functional movement to manage and correct chronic pain. She is a Certified Yoga Therapist, Hatha Yoga and Pilates Mat and Reformer Teacher. Nicole has developed a unique and highly effective mode of rehabilitation that utilizes the principles and traditions of Yoga and Pilates, called Yoga/Pilates Rehab. After 7 wonderful years as Co-owner of East Village Yoga, Nicole moved into a Private Practice in Yoga/Pilates Rehab getting her clients out of pain with Yoga Therapy and developing their core strength and flexibility with Pilates.
Nicole is a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists and has been studying Therapeutic Yoga techniques with Susi Hately of Functional Synergy (functionalsynergy.com) since 2005. She has a degree in Sociology from York University and has spent over 10 years working with young families as a Childbirth and Post Partum Care Doula and Lamaze Instructor before venturing into the world of Yoga/Pilates Rehab as a way of resolving her own pain after a back injury. Nicole is a strong believer in the benefits of combining mind, body and spirit in every aspect of fitness. Her passion for teaching combined with her warmth and caring fosters trust and empowers her participants to achieve personal gains in her classes.
