Nicoline Valkenberg (she/her)

I’ve been a Boston area yoga teacher since 2005 and I founded Samara Yoga Studio in 2010 where I enjoyed cultivating a dedicated Yoga community with some of my best friends and colleagues in Somerville, MA for 10 years. I’ve recently relocated to Rhode Island and am looking forward to teaching and learning from the yoga communities there. I became a Life Coach in 2018, through the Whole Being Institute, which centers it’s coaching methodology in Positive Psychology, a research field that focuses on the conditions that lead to human thriving. My main influences in both teaching and in my one-on-one work are Shiva Rea, Barbara Benagh, Fez Aswat and Tom Alden. I come to Yoga, Coaching and business ownership with a degree in both Psychology and Philosophy and a background in visual arts. I bring compassion and curiosity to what your life path may be!