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Finders, Minders, and Grinders - More on Being a Yoga Teacher and Entrepreneur

This morning in my Technorati twitter feed came this post: Three Personality Types that Help Drive Business.

I’m not  a big fan of the terms the author used. (Last I checked no one enjoyed “the daily grind.” Who wants to be considered a “grinder”?) But the post is so pertinent to what I wrote last night [...]

Being a Yoga Teacher, Being an Entrepreneur

This is another post in the series I call New Yoga Teacher to New Yoga Teacher. It’s written specifically for… well, new yoga teachers, but I think it applies equally to anyone new to owning and operating their yoga business.

I came to this realization a couple months into being a brand new yoga teacher, and every [...]

Blind Items Yoga

In self reflection, I realized that I have developed a few traits over the years, like a certain sense of skepticism and snarkiness, all wrapped in a tongue in cheek live and let live perspective. I’d like to think that I can blame this on the years and years of reading websites like Gawker and [...]

State of the Union in Nikki Yoga News - March 2010

Here in Seattle, there’s an indie alternative newspaper called The Stranger, wherein there’s a column called Last Days, which accounts for notable news of the last days in the last week, and it’s the inspiration for this blog’s format in Nikki Yoga News (NYN).

My Heart Will Go On

The 2nd installment of Intro to Yoga at [...]

Seattle Yoga News - Studio Closing, Opening, and Name Changing

The Yoga studio scene in Seattle is seeing some changes as we transition from February to March.

+ Om Yoga of Redmond is closing its doors after 2 years. Owner Karen Herold is an amazing woman for having a full time executive job, coaching her daughters’ sports teams, and of course, teaching and running a small [...]

The Yoga Arms According to Stock Photos

Comrades, lock your doors, hide your children, The Yoga Arms are here, and they will make you cry.

Last month YogaSpy wrote about the yoga arms:

In Iyengar yoga, teachers emphasize classic yoga arms: straight but not stiff (including wrists and fingers). If tight shoulders prevent you from raising your arms straight and parallel, in line with [...]

Weird and Wacky Yoga News - Yoga Bust Up

Really? Like, really? Just when you thought the yoga world doesn’t get any weirder… it does. I got a tip from my teacher Theresa Elliott about this revolutionary technique! For only $79.99, you can be on your way to increase your bust size by doing these yoga moves for just 7 minutes a day!

I’m speechless, [...]

Midwinter 2010 Newsletter from Nikki

Here’s my newsletter that I just sent out, like, literally. If you didn’t get one in your inbox and would like one, please email me at nikki@nikkiyoga.com.

You can also view the web version of this newsletter.

Is this email looking funky wonky? No problems! You can view it in your trusty web browser.

Happy New Year, Once More! [...]

Interview with Seattle Yoga Teacher Dylan Noebels

Dylan Noebels is a fellow teacher at Taj Yoga. Last week, I sat down and interviewed him on how he became a yoga teacher, and his new Immersion series at the Taj, which starts Monday March 1st. You can reach him at dylann @ gmail.com

Also check out a short clip of the interview of me [...]

Village Green Yoga Turns Two, and You Get Free Yoga!

Hey there East Side (and Seattle too!), Village Green Yoga in Issaquah is celebrating its 2nd birthday Friday, Saturday and Sunday, February 19th, 20th and 21st.

As part of this celebration, there will be free classes for new and existing students all weekend, as well as special events and special deals in the boutique, so, [...]