Meet Nadja

I started doing Yoga for the first time last year by going to Nadja’s Vinyasa yoga classes. She made sure that the new people are not intimated by all the fancy moves and allowed us to build our own strength and move at a path that is comfortable to us. I look forward going to her classes during my lunch time and it gives me the 90 min sanctuary I need during my crazy work days. Thank you Nadja!

Nadja is a once-in-a-lifetime yoga teacher to me. I have been practicing since 2008, sometimes consistently and sometimes on and off and I always felt as if I am going through the motions rather than syncing with the practice. After the first lesson with Nadja, suddenly all those poses I have been doing for years suddenly started making complete sense! Nadja builds your practice step-by-step really focusing on fundamentals, WHY you are doing certain motions and HOW those affect one’s body – from tissue level to muscles / bones to the whole body. After going back to basics with Nadja, my practice is much more meaningful and rewarding. I’ve come to learn that yoga is not so much about being able to hit the poses but more about being mindful of your body parts all working together while moving through the practice. Oh, and I love her studio! The space just brings me peace the moment I step in. 🙂

I have been attending Nadja’s classes for about a year now, and I love them. I started yoga again (after many years of not practicing) due to some longstanding aches and pains I just couldn’t get to go away, and I feel so much better when I’m able to make it to her classes. She starts each class asking how we feel, what do we want to work on that day, what our energy level is. This is wonderful because we then get a class tailored to our needs. Sometimes it’s relaxation and stretching, other times strengthening and sweating, and sometimes a combination of both. During class she gives very specific instructions, right down to toe position, to make sure that our form is appropriate. She always offers modifications, particularly on difficult poses, while suggesting ways to go deeper into a pose or to challenge ourselves further. She quietly walks through the class and makes adjustments to individual students as needed, something I definitely appreciate. She ends each class with a soothing shavasana, including an optional essential oil experience to help complete the practice with ultimate relaxation. I always leave her class feeling so much better then when I arrived. She is very approachable and open to questions and suggestions. I highly recommend you try one of her classes (each friend I’ve brought with me loves her classes too)!

Nadja is a great yoga teacher who has now become one of my best friends as I got to know her in the Love, Yoga, Light community of teachers. As a yoga teacher myself, as well as a physical therapist, I can appreciate her knowledge, passion, and dedication to her students. In her Yin yoga practice, the precision in her timing of holding the poses for a therapeutic amount of time and equally on both sides to find balance,  her guidance of bringing you safely into and out of the poses, and Nadja giving you lots of options and authority for your own exploration makes me feel like I just had an acupuncture treatment leaving me feeling rejuvenated the rest of the day.

Nadja is a very special teacher and my go to person for Yin yoga. I have learned so much more than I imagined through the Life Seeker course –from background understanding of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Breath Work, to movement and stretches that I can incorporate during downtime at work. You must check out her podcast Quietude and if you have the opportunity to do an in person session with her in her new space, you are in for a treat!

I started regular classes at the corporate gym (moffet towers) with Nadja and eventually had a 1-1 session. Nadja is passionate about her teaching and genuinely wants to help her students acheive their specific goals. She makes her self available for questions and discussions about your practice outside of class or 1-1 time. She has positive energy and pushes you to your limits in a good way. Her knowledge of anatomy and physiology is apparent. I definitely recommend her classes and 1-1 time for anyone wanting to include Yoga as a means to exercise, work on physical therapy (like myself), stretch or just have a mental escape from the daily grind.