Nicole Jaquis

Documentary Film-making and photography brought Nicole Jaquis to India in December 2000 for the Maha Kumbh Mela; where eventually as the search for good characters became the search for good gurus, the lessons got deeper and deeper, and the filmmaker / photographer / writer (herself) got so engrossed in being (present) in the moment, soaking up all the wisdom she could digest, that actually doing sadhana began to take precedence over documenting it.

However she does have 500 hrs Hatha Yoga Teacher Training, 200 hrs Therapeutic Yoga Teacher Training and 100 hours Bio-dynamic Yin Yoga and Yoga Nidra certificates, her real training in the Hatha Tantra Tradition comes from living among the Naga Sanyasis of Shri Panch Dashnaam Juna Akhara (the oldest and largest organization of ascetic renunciate yogis).

Formally trained in Sanskrit as well as seven limbed hatha tantra yoga system: shatkarma, asana, mudra, pratyahar, pranayama, meditation, and ultimate samadhi, in accordance with Gheranda Samhita and Hatha Yoga Pradipika.