Ria Nieboer

Hello=) My name is Ria Anastasia. I am a certified yoga therapist and teacher. C-IAYT, RYT500/E-RYT200, who lives in the state of Michigan, in the United States. I have taught over 1800 classes since 2013. I enjoy and have taught variety of classes such as power flow, slow flow, restrative yoga, yin yoga, yoga nidra. I enjoy and facilitate classes with varieties of people in community setting. I love teaching drop -in community yoga class with about 50 people, looking over the lake Michigan in summer on Tuesdays.  I am originally from Japan, lived in Russia, and have been in the USA since 1992. I am fluent in English and Japanese, and also can handle basic Spanish to get by while traveling. I love hiking, biking, playing beach volleyball, reading, and watching NFL and college football. I am a cat lover, an empty nester, an Army mom. I am an easy to get along person, well organized, and responsible. 

I started to practice yoga in 2008 and started to teach in 2010. I quickly found out that yoga practice benefited more than my body, but also my soul, mind, and heart~ I have maintained my practice over the years because I believe it is a necessity for me to be a student first to be an effective teacher.  I currently practice hot power/slow flow yoga in a mindful and embodied way about 4-5 times a week. I have taken over 1600 classes since 2013 at a local studio.

In my journey of life and yoga, I came to appreciate the importance of facilitating yoga practice that is neurologically sound so that people would experience a deeper healing and wellbeing. This is partly because I am a fully licensed relational Complex Trauma Healing Specialist (LMSW, CAADC, EMDR Certified, AEDP Level 1) who provides mind body soul care through specialized EMDR and other experiential attachment wound healing modality.  I facilitate and interact with my students and clients in the way they feel seen and heard and valued.  This is very important to me. I treat each yoga class as an opportunity to connect. An element of playfulness and compassion in action is always in my classes~

I also enjoy group facilitation such as women's yoga retreat, polyvagal based yoga workshop, polyvagal application training for yoga teachers, silent yoga meditation retreat, and other spiritual retreat.