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Nicki's Interests
General
yoga, Hiking, traveling, seeing live music, enjoying maui with my beautiful family and my amazing friends, preparing and indulging in organic feasts, living sustainably, reading Indian and Russian novels, telemark skiing, organic gardening
Music
Micheal Franti, Ziggy Marley, Jack Johnson, Immortal Technique, the Waifs, John Butler Trio, The Grateful Dead(the original), all roots reggae music from Bob to Gregory to Israel Vibes to Cedella Booker marley, Pearl Jam, U2, the Rolling Stones, Willie Nelson, Loretta Lynn, Macy Gray, Spearhead, Zap Mama
Movies
I am a fan of indie films, loved Laurel Canyon...
Television
not a fan of TV in general, but I do love to watch 24 on dvd and see lots of episodes in a row! also love Entourage on HBO and Weeds on Showtime!
Books
Shantaram!!! A must read for anyone who's ever been to India or wants to go!, Poetry books of Rumi and Hafiz( translations by Coleman Barks and Andrew harvey(rumi) and Daniel Ladinsky for hafiz), Loving Kindness, the revolutionary Art of Happiness by Sharon Salzberg, Hafiz, Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, translations by Desikachar and also BKS Iyengar
Heroes
Michael Franti(for all that he does for Humanity and for me and my family), Pattabhi Jois, Al Gore, Bill Cinton, Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute(an organization to create sustainable living conditions in africa and the developing world), Bono for making debt relief cool and using his platform to spread the word
Devotion to a yoga practice and the desire to share with and give back to the world are what motivate the teaching at the Maya Yoga Studio on Maui. In what has come to be regarded as unique in yoga today, Eddie and Nicki teach almost all of their classes together. They are able to attend to each student individually while still keeping the pace of the practice. They have learned this method of instruction from their teacher, Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, who has also helped them to find, through practice, the deeper life of yoga. Too often in the west, spirituality is extracted from the practice of yoga. This denies practitioners its' greatest gift — the opportunity to truly get to know ourselves. The classes at Maya Yoga strive to teach each student that yoga is about being fully present in the moment and discovering that we are truly all One.
One Love. One People. One Heart. One Destination —
Our Higher self.
Teaching Schedule:
2007 Events
Aug 24-26:
Maui :: Weekend Asana Intensive::
Sept 8:
San Francisco, CA :: Golden Gate Park :: Power to the Peaceful Festival
Sept 14-16:
Maui :: Weekend Asana Intensive::
Sept 25-26:
Estes Park,CO :: Ashtanga Intensive
Oct 4-24:
Maya Yoga, Maui :: Teacher Training :: Session IV, Being a Great Teacher::
Oct 11-4:
Las Vegas, NV ::
Art of Vinyasa Conference
Oct 27-28:
Cologne, Germany::
Trans Atlantic Yoga Festival
Nov 10-23:
Goa, India :: Purple Valley
Dec:
Mysore, India :: Practice with Guruji
Dec 16-Jan 4:
Maui :: Morning Class with Nicki and Eddie
2008 Events
Jan 18-21:
Yoga Journal San Francisco Conference
March 16-28:
Maui :: 2 Week Morning Asana Intensive
April 6-26:
Maui:: Session I Teacher Training – Ashtanga Yoga
May 11-23:
Maui :: Session 2 Teacher Training - Self-realization through Alignment
Who I'd like to meet: Krishnamacharya, Ghandi, Bob Marley, Jerry Garcia, Mother Teresa, inspired yogis, Al Gore, Gregory David(?) the author of Shantaram, Kofi Annan- former Secretary of the UN, Barack Obama
Thanks for the add Nicki! I love your video. You have an open invitation to visit us in South Texas (the coastal bend), any time you would like. I am blessed to have a great network of yogis helping to build yoga in South Texas. Believe me, it's not easy ;)! Have a very safe and Happy New Year! P.S. if you get a chance check out our blog site at http://yogastudioofcc.blogspot.com/
Hi Nicki...thanks for the add...met you a few years back at your studio on Maui...Richard is my main teacher, but it is nice to have female inspirations in Ashtanga Yoga. Om!
Thanks for adding Beingyoga Retreats to your friends.The January Thailand retreat will be really special. Your location looks beautiful. Thanks for your work.
I cannot thank you enough for your inspiration and introduction to Ashtanga Nicki. I purchased your DVDs last spring and it transformed an endurance runner into a yogi! I intend to travel to Maui to attend a class in your studio as soon as possible. Namaste
"Free breathing means keep breathing" Rinse, repeat if necessary. My living room turns into an exotic ashram every night around 8:30. Thank you for the guidance!
as christ, prophet mohammed (shanthi/peace), buddha, our oneness with source transcends all beliefs to simply be supreme peace of the moment- ahimsa. ahimsa matures in time. we are the awake to peace that is love. we are awake to being ahimsa- supreme peace, non-killing, non-violence and the experience of pure being.
we are the remnant karma of all sages within this breath of divinity that is radiant in all the living and specially ours in expression of this magical moment in time. we are the purpose that uplifts humanity!
