Degrees and Certifications
Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT 500)
Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT)
Kripalu Yoga Teacher
Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapist & Group Facilitator
ParaYoga® Level One Certified Teacher
Kripalu School of Mindful Outdoor Leadership - Level 1
BA Computer Science (summa cum laude) - Brown University 2003
Samples of my work
Read recent essays at my blog, Within Us, Without Us
Listen to me on a podcast
Watch me teach
Work History
- I have taught well over 10,000 hours of yoga in my life thus far.
- 2010-present
- Cofounder and manager of Grateful Yoga in Evanston, IL
- Teaching weekly classes
- Leading workshops and series
- Leading retreats
- Offering private instruction and yoga therapy to individuals
- 2007-2009
- Yoga teacher at Generations Yoga, Niyama Yoga, Arlyn Day School, Rotary International
- 2009-2013
- Yoga instructor for kids and staff at the Rice Child + Family Center, a residential treatment facility for children
- 2005-2010
- Yoga teacher at the Heartwood Center for Body Mind Spirit, Kraft Foods, Avani Yoga
- 2005-2007
- Yoga teacher at White Iris Yoga, North Shore Yoga
- 2001-2002
- Lab assistant in the Virtual Reality Laboratory of Brown University
- 1998 & 2000
- Research Assistant at Northwestern University Astrophysics Department
Practice and Study History
- 2022
- Trained in Mindful Outdoor Leadership at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health
- 2020-2022
- Studied tai chi with Stephen Vick at the Midwest Traditional Taoist Arts Academy
- 2015-2019
- Trained in EmbodiYoga with Lisa Clark
- 2009
- Phoenix Rising Group Facilitator Training
- 2007-2009
- ParaYoga trainings with Rod Stryker in Tantric Hatha yoga and meditation
- 2007-2009
- Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy training, Bristol, VT
- 2008
- Advanced anatomy training with Ellen Heed
- 2007
- 10 day Vipassana silent meditation retreat at Wat Suan Mokkh
- 2005
- Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training; 200 hours
- 2003-2004
- Travel; study of yoga and Buddhism; teaching English in India and Thailand. Completed 10 day silent Vipassana meditation retreat at Wat Suan Mokkh in Thailand.
- 2003
- Graduated summa cum laude from Brown University with a BA in Computer Science
- 2002
- Began regular study and practice of yoga with Tom Gillette, director of Eyes of the World Yoga, Providence, RI. One month residential training at the Zen Mountain Monastery
- 2001
- Theory and Practice of Buddhist Meditation course with Prof. Harold Roth at Brown University
The yoga therapy components of Nick's practice are based on training from the Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy school, not derived from his status as an RYT with Yoga Alliance Registry.
Update January 2024
