Nikki began her yoga practice in 1993 while studying at U.C. Santa Barbara. She immediately fell in love with the practice and after graduating went to Mysore India where she studied Ashtanga under Pattabhi Jois for three months.

After several years of dedicated practice she completed Erich Schiffmann and Sarah Power's teacher training programs. Her continued interest in all aspects of the yoga practice has led her to study with different teachers from different disciplines, including Anusara yoga with John Friend and many workshops and training with Iyengar , Ashtanga and Viniyoga teachers.

Her real passion for the yoga practice comes from a synthesis of all of these disciplines not just one form of the practice.

Nikki has been teaching since 1997 with large public classes and many individual, private sessions on a weekly basis. She has learned a lot about different body types and how to adapt yoga for each person taking into account the individual. She is currently interested in yoga's sister science Ayurveda and how combining both fields of whole body awareness compliment each other for optimal health and well being.