With a background as both a lawyer and an academic, Nicki’s discovery of yoga was epiphanic. Her life’s path shifted profoundly as she began to explore yoga.Nicki was fortunate to learn and practice under various masters over the course of 2 decades. She is a registered yoga teacher (E-RYT) of the Yoga Alliance, certified in diverse yogic lineages and is a certified Kundalini Yoga and Meditation Teacher through Kundalini Research Institute (KRI) as well as a prenatal yoga teacher.Nicki founded Aruna Yoga, a syncretic yoga practice, drawing on multiple yogic lineages with a focus on releasing stress, tension, trauma and emotional blocks. Aruna Yoga is a practice of self enquiry and integrates syncretic modalities beyond yoga, using TRE (Trauma Release), art and creativity to bring the practitioner to a state of optimal well-being.She developed the Yoga Alliance (200 and 500 hours) registered Aruna Yoga Teacher Training, with over 100 graduates registered according to the YA standards and offering accredited Yoga Alliance continuing education (YACEP®). She is the author of The Aruna Yoga Teacher Training Manual and The Aruna Yoga Manual on Āsana or Yoga Poses. She created the extensive online academic yoga training platform, www.arunayoga.online.She is a certified Trauma Release Provider (by Dr David Berceli)as well as a certified Journey Practitioner of The Journey Method, (by Brandon Bays).In addition to the Teacher Training program, Nicki offers Trainings for TRE, mentorship programs, Trainings for Yoga and TRE for Multiple Sclerosis, and works to integrate Aruna Yoga as a conjunctive treatment for cancer and autoimmune disease.Nicki has developed, teaches and mentors an ongoing program for Ezer Mitzion for women with MS. She also leads workshops for soldiers.Nicki has also led a training for the Nobel Women’s Initiative: Sister to Sister Mentorship Program.She is a core faculty member of the One to One Future Leaders Program which offers leadership programs for world changers from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds.Nicki’s academic qualifications include a BA, LL B, MA; and admission as a lawyer to the South African Board of Attorneys. She was an academic at the University of Antwerp.Nicki is an artist and a mother of 3. She teaches weekly classes, trainings, local and international retreats and workshops with a focus on disseminating the practice both for personal use and as a teacher training to leaders in various areas, including conflict areas, health and education.