Yoga & Ayurveda Expert

Nicole is an interactive speaker and engages the audience she is speaking to. In addition to slide presentations, she engages the audience to get up and move with her as she discusses the importance of yoga, Ayurveda and meditation in every day life

Nicole is a Registered Yoga Teacher (ERYT500) and a Grand Master of Yoga through the World Yoga Federation. She has been teaching in CNY for 12 years, having over 9000+ hours of teaching experience and 1400+ hours of training. Additionally, Nicole is a registered children’s yoga teacher (RCYT), a registered prenatal yoga teacher (RPYT), a certified meditation teacher (CMT), and a Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider (YACEP). Nicole is also a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists and an Ayurvedic Practitioner & Yoga Specialist. She is also the facilitator of JBYS’s Yoga Teacher Training Programs. Nicole has mentored yoga instructors across the US & Canada and in the UK. Nicole previously spent 30+ years in marketing, sales & public relations in the Mohawk Valley, owning her own marketing consulting business, working as a regional manager for the local cable company, and years in sales management positions. After practicing yoga almost her entire life, Nicole decided to make a life-changing decision, to pursue becoming a certified yoga teacher- in 2012. In January 2013, she became the Owner and President of Just Breath Yoga Studio, where she had been teaching since completing her certification. In addition to the classes she has taught at Just Breathe Yoga Studio, Nicole has also taught as an adjunct faculty member at Mohawk Valley Community College, been an instructor for Madison-Oneida BOCES, and taught a regular Senior Stretch Yoga class at Ava Dorfman Senior Center. She has also been involved in various other local programs, such as teaching yoga for the Rome Art & Community Center’s Teen Summer camp and a facility introduced special instructor for Annsville Residential Center for Girls and several others. Nicole was recently selected for the 2023 Health 2.0 Conference Outstanding Leadership Award. Nicole is also an Ordained Minister. She lives with her husband Ray and her animals in Floyd, NY. Her philosophy is that she has yoga for everyone; sharing yoga & Ayurveda with others is her passion.