BIOGRAPHY

Nicoline Valkenberg's headshotAs a Vinyasa Yoga practitioner and teacher, Nicoline approaches her practice as embracing a state of flow. Our inner world is in constant flux, as our thoughts, needs and impulses react to the ever changing river of circumstances that surround us. We often resist the natural flow of life within and around us and become stagnant in our bodies, minds, and spirits- closed off to our own internal compass. For Nicoline, Vinyasa is the practice of jumping into the river and navigating its currents. She has come to know that by finding steadiness within fluidity on the mat, we can learn to ride the waves of life with composure and grace- and enjoy the ride!

Nicoline's classes are a seamless blend of dymanic flow and technique. Through a unity of fluid movement and alignment, she gives her students the space to trust their own rhythm and the foundations on which to lay that trust- helping them find freedom, mobility and a more embodied sense of Self. For more information about Nicoline's class experience, please see the Yoga Information page.

Nicoline completed the 200 hour Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training under Yoganand Michael Carroll. She is now working towards completing her 500 hour Prana Flow Yoga training with Shiva Rea, and is drawing from regular teacher-level study with Barbara Benagh.

"To remember to be present as the body is a skill that can be learned.To be presently happy rather than to seek to become happy is an open option for of us-in every single moment."
-Georg Feuerstien from "The Deeper Dimension of Yoga"