My Story

Hi! I’m Nisha.

My relationship with yoga began unexpectedly. I was a dancer required to take Yin yoga, an “exercise” I'd never heard of. Unlike today's classes, there were no props or music; just an instructor with a heavy accent cueing positions in a language I didn't recognize, a gong marking transitions between positions, and the uncomfortable silence that forced me to sit with my own thoughts.

Yoga to me was nothing more than a stretching class, another form of exercise that seemed daunting, but I always felt so good afterwards. When I stopped dancing, I stopped practicing yoga, or so I thought. Over a span of 30 years, I explored many forms from Ashtanga and Vinyasa to Bikram, Power, Yin, and Aerial. Each style taught me something new about movement and breath, but I didn’t fully understand yoga, nor did I feel like I belonged. I wandered away many times, but yoga always called me back. Something deeper was happening beneath the surface even if I couldn’t name it yet.

Why I Teach

Yoga transformed my relationship with my body and taught me how to move in ways I never thought was possible. That personal transformation became a calling to help others experience the same profound shift.

I teach because I believe in people's capacity to transform, just as I did. I understand what it feels like to be drawn to something that challenges everything you thought you knew about yourself, and to discover that true healing begins the moment you show up for yourself regardless of the narrative playing in your head.

What I Hold Sacred

“If you can't see God in all, you can't see God at all. See God in all." - Yogi Bhajan

I believe everything is connected. The same breath that fills our lungs sustains every living creature. The elements that create fire and air in nature exist within our bodies. The quantum forces that govern the stars also guide the rhythm of our hearts. We are part of something magnificent and vast, and yoga helps us accept this reality.