Nicole DeAvilla

Registered Yoga Teacher

A popular guest teacher at Ananda, Nicole is a highly trained Hatha Yoga teacher and therapist. She currently teaches mostly private lessons as well as therapeutic, conditioning, and prenatal yoga group classes. She also leads the Ananda Marin Meditation Group. A member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists, Nicole has worked in the field of chiropractic physiotherapy and sports medicine research for several years.

Nicole is a regular presenter at the International Yoga Therapy Conference. She designed and teaches Ananda's Therapeutic Yoga Teacher Training, and Prenatal and Postpartum Yoga Teacher Training programs. She has served as an advisor to the Yoga Alliance Prenatal Standards Committee. She is on the board of experts for iyogalife.com answering “Ask the Yoga Teacher” questions and advises for the Yoga Cures column.

Previously the owner and director of the Marina Yoga and Health Center in San Francisco, Nicole specializes in how best to work with the body in compromised or challenging situations such as pregnancy, recovering from injury or other physical problems. Her preparation for her Prenatal and Postpartum Yoga Teacher Training programs comes in part from her own pregnancies. Her Therapeutic Yoga classes are similarly informed by her own healing from numerous surgeries and injuries.

An accomplished writer and speaker, Nicole has written a sports and exercise column for the Marina Union in San Francisco and coauthored “Injuries in Recreational Adult Fitness Activities” for The American Journal of Sports Medicine. Currently she writes articles for the International Association of Yoga Therapists, Clarity Magazine, and for the Ananda Yoga Teachers Association. She has also lectured for the Whole Life Expo in San Francisco and the San Francisco Health Federation. Nicole lives in Marin County with her husband and two children.

Nicole says:

“One of the things that I love about yoga is that there is something for everyone, regardless of one’s physical, emotional or mental state. I enjoy working with people to find the yoga that works for them.”

From a student:

“Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training offers many assuring ways for a pregnant mother to still have a wonderful yoga practice. Modifications are simple and safe. Nicole definitely has a compassion for her work.”

– Charlotte Smith, Laytonville, CA