Meet Nicky

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Nicky has played a key role towards the health and wellness of not only herself, but many people for over 25yrs. Nicky is a legacy Yoga Instructor Internationally obtaining certifications from around the world including; India, Budapest, United States, Canada. Nicky is an RYT CYA certified instructor/teacher trainer with over 38,000 hrs of teaching time on her mat. Her certifications and accreditations include Yoga Therapy, Thai Yoga Massage, Life/Wellness Coach, Mindfulness Practitioner, Trauma Yoga, Yoga for Grief, M.E.L.T Practitioner, Fascia Techniques for Chronic Pain, Neuro Yoga, Yoga for Dementia, Alzheimer’s and more.

Nicky’s unique teaching style allows her to adapt to her classes to participants need. She firmly believes “It’s your body, your yoga” and that “movement is medicine.”

You will want to be a part of her community and follow her and Ohana Yoga & Wellness centre as she continues to grow her business with Yoga, Workshops, Retreats, and other wellness events.

In 2021 Nicky lost her husband/partner and co-founder of Ohana Darren Renaud in a tragic motorcycle accident, so she has a full understanding of how grief can take over and how sometimes it feels like we are moving through mud.

Nicky believes that having a balance and finding our true passions is what life is all about… it’s all an experience and every experience brings something to us.

Nicky has many different life roles and interests, from mother, Yoga Instructor/Practitioner, Graphic Designer, Fundraiser, Publisher, author/designer and more. As Nicky would say “Life’s to short to live on the porch.”