About Nicole Koch
I was raised in the suburbs of San Francisco as the daughter of a flight attendant mom. As a result, I backpacked the world, first solo, then with my husband Scott, hitting over 50 countries, many multiple times by age 40. I always said if I had kids, they’d also be students of the world. Fortunately, that dream became a reality when we packed up our kids at 4, 6 and 8 and moved to Nosara, Costa Rica where we lived for 4 years. Traveling, big nature, surfing, skiing, cold showers, moving too much, surviving lyme disease and just plain living out of my comfort zone are my yoga. They expand my perspective and demand that I remain ever-present and connected to my intuition. To me yoga has LITTLE to do with pretty poses and EVERYTHING to do with understanding who we are at our core and how we connect to the world around us.
Experience & Trainings - 500hr RYT, 200hr E-RYT
Practicing yoga since the 90’s and slated to take my first training in 2005, pregnancy and progeny intervened for the next decade of my life. It wasn’t until 3 children later and a teacher who relentlessly pestered me to take my practice to the next level, that I ultimately received my first of many certifications in 2013. Since then I’ve expanded my scope, receiving my 500-hour advanced yoga training, exploring Reiki, Qi Gong, Breath work, flow states and becoming certified as an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach. In addition to my in-depth, lived experience, I continue to attend workshops, lectures and devour my library of books on all things healing. Below are some of my
*official* certifications:
Brain retraining and nervous regulation training incorporating:
The Science of the Chronic Stress Response & Cell Danger Theory
Polyvagal Theory and Somatic Awareness
Vagus Nerve Toning
Neuroplasticity- Brain Rewiring
Somatic Movement and Presence practices
Trauma Healing Principles, /Breath Work and more.
Implementation of daily brain-body neuro retraining practices
Primal Trust Academy
Kathleen King, DPT
2022
Health Coaching
Institute for Integrative Nutrition Certification
December 2021
One year training at the revered Integrative Institute for Nutrition. This intensive certification has allowed me to take my life experience to the next level and help others through their own healing crisis.
Reiki Level 1
Lauri Glenn
October 2019
With Reiki Master Lauri Glenn. Reiki is a form of non-invasive energy work that can be applied to humans, pets and even food:) This course prepares the student to allow Reiki energy to flow through their hands and into the cells of the receiver. Completion of four attunements, each with its own unique purpose, to prepare the student to provide Reiki Energy Healing to themselves and others.
100-hr Restorative Spectrum
Jane Fryer/Nicole Koch/Rae Helsel
August 2019
Co-created and led The Restorative Spectrum 100 hr. training in Nosara, Costa Rica. An advanced training in Restorative, Yin, Meditation and Power Restore Yoga.
300-hr YTT
Nexus Yoga Institute, Nosara CR
August 2019
Commonly referred to as a 500-hour training, this advanced program expands upon 200 hr teaching and brings yoga teaching and understanding to the next level.
Experiential Anatomy
Online
December 2018
Mind blowing and revolutionary 50-hour in-depth anatomy training with the queen of restorative Judith Lasater, her daughter Lizzie and anatomy nerd extraordinaire, Mary Richards.
Flow Fundamentals
Online Training
November 2018
The revolutionary art of flow hacking, by the authors of the best seller, "Stealing Fire". How elite athletes, navy seals, and Google execs are tapping into their brains farthest limits.
Yin Yoga 101
Online Training
September 2018
A 6-week course with Josh Summers exploring the benefits of Yin Yoga. Functional alignment and prop usage, Yin's affects on the fascia, incorporating 'intention' and 'experience' during yin, differences between restorative and yin, differences between yin and yang based meditation, symptoms of energetic and physical imbalance.
Relax and Renew Level 2
San Francisco, CA
August 2018
Judith Hanson Lasater's Level 2, Advanced Yoga Therapeutics. 30-hour training covering the more complex and therapeutic applications of Restorative Yoga. Therapeutic effects of inversions and poses to alleviate anxiety, depression, infertility, dysmenorrhea and other conditions.
Relax and Renew Level 1
San Francisco, CA
July 2018
30-hour training in the art and skill of teaching Restorative Yoga with its founder, Judith Hanson Lasater, Phd. Physiology of relaxation, physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of Restorative Yoga and class sequencing.
Advanced Art of Assisting Baptiste Method
Santa Rosa, CA
August 2017
An intensive weekend of learning the Baptiste Yoga Source Principles: physicalness, possibility, and empowerment give access to discover what is new, extraordinary, within the ordinary spaces of practice. A training in effectively, intuitively and safely assisting any level of practitioner in any pose in the know.
40-hr Bryan Kest Training
Los Gatos, CA
2016
40-hour training with the guy who started it all for me in the 90's Santa Monica yoga scene. The originator of Power Yoga.
50-hr Rocket Yoga Training
Ostional, Nicaragua
2015
One of my more scenic, chaotic and more memorable training experiences, this one week training taught me the infamously challenging and fun Ashtanga based Rocket sequence (and a lot of patience).
200-hr YTT Asta Yoga
San Francisco, CA
2013
Originally part of the “It’s Yoga'“ system created by Larry Schultz, the creator of the infamous, Ashtanga based, “Rocket” series. Asta yoga follows the teachings of Larry and believes yoga is less about a set sequence that a way of creating community and sharing the practice will all who seek it.