Nico Yoga

01/16/2022

So excited to see where the next adventure goes! Where is your yoga taking you?

10/22/2020

A good reminder to delve beyond the physical!

Following up on my last two posts... It helps in Yoga practice to use your imagination, and this image on the right, from Richard Freeman's book, The Mirror of Yoga, is an image that captures my imagination. This is what Richard (who is a genius by the way) has to say about it:
The swan represents the liberated ātman. It floats on the clear, calm lake of the enlightened mind. When the swan sleeps it rests it's head on it's heart in samādhi. The shape illustrated here is formed by the practice of mūlabandha, uddiyāna bandha, and jālandhara bandha. These bandhas unite the prāna and apāna which then interpenetrate and fully spread into this integrated shape, opening the back of the diaphragm like wings while opening the center of the heart like a buoyant sun. This integration and suspension of the in-breath and the out-breath ignites a fire under the pot of the belly, opens the vacuous, bright tube of the central channel, allowing the mind to rest in it's own radiant nature, free of conceptual coverings.”
This idea of using the imagination to feel the yogic body is something that I’ve come across a few times recently in my studies of Ta**ra.
A nice reminder that Yoga is beyond fitness, and western ideas of anatomy and physiology.
(I posted this back around 2015.. nice to see it has stood the test of time.)

06/13/2017

Getting excited to teach a free class at Lululemon Grand Ave. CorePower Yoga

06/07/2017

Hello Beautiful People,

I have the honor of leading a 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training at CorePower Yoga

If you're interested in joining, sessions start June 20th.

Let me know what's holding you back from delving deeper into the practice

Nico 🕉

06/01/2017

Wow, Benjamin Sears!

Florida, short shorts, a bind and just all in with the filter.
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A bind is not unlike these unusually short and tight-ish shorts - it contains you, you feel a little pressure, you might worry that something is going to fall out, but in the end you're safe and know exactly how much and where you can expand.
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I realize this is a questionable caption. Good morning.
took this photo and he loves Instagram with his whole heart.

12/14/2016

Today's Reminder:

12/08/2016

Reset

Yesterday, I noticed within me, an underlying sense of dis-ease, dis-harmony, and disfunction and after a good night's sleep (the playing out of those hidden dramas in the sub-conscious mind always helps), I woke up with the answer. Once again, I had fallen in to the pattern of forgetting to appreciate all that I have, and was focusing too much energy on creating all that I want and avoiding the things that I don't want. So today I've again written down a list of all the things that I love, and all the things that have already manifested in my life, and today I am thankful for all of it and will enjoy the sense of ease and harmony deep within every cell of my body, in my breath and in my mind. ❤️

10/20/2016

Hug somebody today!

09/23/2016

Bravo, helping young people feel better AND teach life skills. Thanks Yoga(teachers)!!!

09/20/2016

After Savasana photo op with some students after a pool-side private this summer. Too much fun and a beautiful setting.

09/20/2016

Some insightful points for beginners and seasoned yogis. Thanks Elephant Journal

For those of us who practice yoga, isn't it often difficult to explain how transformative a yoga practice can be?