Testimonials

“Nicole Smith brings her thoughtful and articulate voice to a Kundalini Yoga practice.” 

I highly recommend working with Nicole. I had previously known her as a yoga teacher, and as I was emerging from a mental health crisis, I took one of her chakra workshops. Nicole encouraged me to stay in touch, and I soon became her coaching client. As a high-achieving academic and cultural worker, I had my sense of self upended by this crisis, which catalyzed my desire to make major life changes.

A grounded, empathetic presence, Nicole addresses mental health concerns in a holistic, embodied way. With her support, over the course of six months, I was able to understand how the relationship between my emotions and bodily sensations shaped my reactions to everyday challenges and opportunities. Through perceptive listening, Nicole composed different Kundalini yoga meditations and exercises to support me through my journey, which included regaining my confidence, tapping into my sense of creativity, quitting smoking, and clearing my aura of different energetic intrusions. By integrating these practices into my daily routine, I have been able to stay grounded and quickly reset if I become overwhelmed.

Moreover, Nicole emphasized the importance of trusting my own intuition, which has led me to cultivate my skills as an energy healer. I now think of myself as both a scholar and healer. Rather than compartmentalizing different parts of my life or feeling disassociated, I’m now better able to integrate my skills, interests, and desires to create a sense of overall wholeness and well-being.

I started working with Nicole in January after a low-back injury halted my dance career and crumbled my world. I was suffering from chronic pain, was unable to dance, and was extremely sad, angry, and frustrated. I didn’t know how to cope with the physical or emotional trauma I was experiencing and I felt incredibly alone and hopeless. It was in that dark place that I was introduced to Nicole and made the best decision of my life — I signed up for a 10-week one-on-one Dream Building course with Nicole as my Life Coach. Ten weeks turned in to six months of healing, growth, and transformation!

Unlike traditional therapy, Nicole’s course forced me to take an active roll in changing my life. We had weekly phone sessions, I followed guided meditations, I listened to audiotapes, and I did tons of journaling, free writing, visioning, and goal setting. Our work focused on every aspect of my life — the emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual — the goal being to better my whole self. Nicole was right there with me during every step of the process pushing me, challenging me, and offering her unwavering love, support, and encouragement!

Thanks to Nicole’s invested coaching, I am happier, healthier, and living a more amplified life! My mind is calm and at peace — I think and believe positive thoughts and radiate the energy I want to attract. My soul has faith in a universal higher power — I believe that there is a wonderful plan for my life and I embrace where I am on my journey. My life has a healthy balance between hard work, relaxation, and pleasure. My heart is filled with overwhelming gratitude. And I believe in myself and believe that I have the power to achieve all of my dreams. Working with Nicole has forever changed my life! I am so incredibly grateful for her support!

This course felt like a bridge into a new anchored state of existence. As I emerge into a new profession and discover what I would like that to look like, I now feel better equipped to take on a new journey within the healing arts field. I deeply appreciated the connections I made with the women in the mentorship program as well. This sisterhood of warrior women is a vast wealth of knowledge, warmth and comfort. I wrote down many tokens of wisdom and look forward to reflecting this winter. 

I had been in Survival Mode for so long that I became disconnected from my life. I no longer recognized myself, and I could not imagine a future beyond the day that I was trying to just get through. Knowing that major life changes needed to be made, but fearing a big leap into the unknown, I began practicing yoga. That practice led me to a couple of workshops that Nicole taught, and those workshops led me to a six-month journey of re-engaging with my life, under Nicole’s kind and patient guidance.

Using a collaborative approach, Nicole started our sessions by having me create a vision for my life, beyond “what kind of life would I live if I won the Powerball.” This is not an essay that languishes in my notebook, to be re-read occasionally: it is a detailed, living document for a life that I was able to begin creating and living immediately, using the resources and talents that I have, while planning and building the full life that I envision.

Nicole incorporated kundalini-based yoga and meditation into my daily routine, helping to bring my awareness to how I react — mentally and physically–to experiences throughout my day. With this practice, I began to unwind decades of negative messaging that had left me frozen in place and falsely comforted by the stagnation that I had convinced myself was stability. Nicole challenged me every week to identify and take a step in the direction of the life that I envision. Some weeks those were baby steps and some weeks those were jumps, but each movement forward was celebrated and built upon. And some weeks I fell flat on my face, but Nicole was there to spot me as I picked myself up and dusted myself off.

During the course of our sessions, the long-range parts of my vision suddenly scaled much larger than I had originally imagined and took on a sense of urgency. Before working with Nicole, I likely would have dismissed this as impossible, and scrapped that part of my vision for something much more simple. Instead, these changes are evolving from my on-paper vision into a real plan.

I am so grateful that Nicole appeared in my life at a time when I needed someone to help me clear away the old thoughts and patterns that were holding me back. She guided me beyond dreaming of a better life to building that life while I’m living it. Instead of allowing a fear of failure turn me to stone, I can’t wait to see what I come up with next!

I was planning to celebrate my birthday/New Year’s at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health this January, and while a different program initially caught my eye, I was so drawn to another program listing – “Rewrite Your Destiny: Yoga, Movement, and Meditation for Self-Discovery”. I had never heard of Nicole or her practice(s) before, but somehow I just knew that I needed to enroll in this course. Wow, am I glad that I did.

Nicole is so inspirational. Her blend of knowledge in Kundalini yoga, meditation, somatic psychology, and life coaching is outstanding. Each element is perfectly interwoven together, creating an uplifting, encouraging, and eye-opening experience. Nicole helped me realize my vision and discover new (and old!) values I have for myself. I left her 5-day program with tools that have helped me transform my life. I have the courage, commitment, and care to show up each and every day for the life I want to live.

It has been nearly two months since the program, and certainly there are still ups and downs in the day-to-day human experience. But ultimately, I feel more centered, calm, and joyful about the journey ahead.

If you have the opportunity and hear the calling, please join Nicole! She is a light!

Nicole is a brilliant guide. Always uplifting, illuminating, extremely intelligent, she is a mentor, coach, and healer just oozing pure wisdom, compassion, and love… and she WILL reach you and touch you. You will be changed.

Now let’s list the side effects:

Your soul will be screaming thank you.
Your aura will be glowing, and your eyes will sparkle with new life and clear optimism.
You will experience natural bliss and bask in your own pure awareness.
You will learn to be still and present. You will move towards finding PEACE.
You will feel free. free from your mind, free from the mold others have put you in.
You will begin to embody your truth and innate potential as you tap into your limitless creative power.
You will experience glorious waves of GRATITUDE, most likely on the reg, and perhaps encounter unpredictable tears of joy.
Lastly, others WILL call you out on all of the above.

Nicole is such an excellent teacher and facilitator, and I feel her in such an embodied fullness. It is really grounding. These have been a very transformative 7 weeks! This mentorship was everything I hoped and much much more. Thank you Nicole for guiding this journey and sharing such powerful information and resources.

A little slice of heaven. That’s what Nicole feels like to me. Working to build my business and going through a divorce had my body tense to the point of breaking. Everything felt constricted. Blessed, I discovered Nicole who embodies what it means to be a deep, generous healer.

We did a private yoga session (which I can’t recommend enough!) where she met me exactly where I was — a little tired, out of shape and distracted — and gently guided me to more openness in my body and also my heart. Nicole’s voice is calm, sure and very relaxing. I felt well cared for and completely safe. She’s not handsy; just the lightest of touches to show where I was still gripping.

*Just back from one of my last of 10 sessions as a private client and feel so blessed. Nicole is someone who is exceptional at her work. I couldn’t have picked a better companion on this journey. She is wise, loving and caring. She sees me. What a gift! Perfect timing. I’m feeling like the old me… I’m back, bigger and bolder than ever. Thank you Nicole, for company and wisdom.

About six months ago I was struggling to communicate what I wanted to achieve in life, not only as an artist but also as a person. I hit a point where I felt as if nothing could go right but this was different than any previous roadblock that I dealt with. This time I knew that I had to ask for help because the loss I was feeling was like nothing I’ve felt before.

Nicole was the perfect fit because I knew that she not only has a calming presence but also that she is a trustworthy individual. She listened to my story and from there she worked with me to incorporate the methods that I was comfortable with trying (both traditional [coaching] and non-traditional [somatic coaching]) into our sessions.

With a mix of meditation, yoga and [coaching] sessions I was able to adapt healthy habits into my daily routine, which I found helped me work towards my life goals. My main focus was learning to be more in touch with my emotions and needs so that I would be able to connect with the people in my life. The great thing about it was that not only did my personal life flourish, but my creative life has also benefitted. Where before I was suffering from frequent panic attacks and seasonal depression, I’ve found that if I put the time in to what Nicole and I discussed in our sessions — I know how to calm myself down from an attack and I even went through this winter without an episode of depression.

I am now able to write, network and pursue casting opportunities with a new sense of calm. I’ve also found that I’ve become more independent. I am able to connect with others without feeling exhausted like I did in the past. And I feel more aware of who I am rather than as if I’m running to catch up to everyone else’s sense of self-confidence.

I’m not saying I found a one dosage cure but rather that the work I did with Nicole has helped me see that I positively respond to multiple avenues to help deal with my “road blocks.” I am fully aware and comfortable with the fact that in time the combo may change, and I feel as though our sessions have given me a bag of options to choose from. Thank you, Nicole!!!

Thank you Nicole.