About
Nico offers practices with a sense of humor and levity infused with his experiences as a long-time world traveler and global citizen. Nico is certified to teach vinyasa, restorative, yin, and ashtanga yoga styles, as well as meditation and Pilates. Practitioners can expect physically and spiritually challenging vinyasa practices and sweet slow practices infused with the deep wisdom of yogic philosophy. Nico fell in love with the way yoga aligns the mind, body, and soul and began teaching yoga for the joy of it. Now, he teaches with a focus on embodying spirit. Nico finds joy in the simple pleasures from his current home of Switzerland - the sweetness in being physically exhausted, snacking on toast with peanut butter and jam, and the power of a good night’s rest. Discover more about Nico: https://www.nicoluce.com/
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Nico Luce
Anchored in Preparedness: Audio Meditation
A guided audio meditation reflecting on preparedness as a tool to respond appropriately to any situation. Use these lessons from the practices of yoga to feel prepared for anything that comes your way while allowing for unknown changes.
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Loving Kindness and Compassion
Use concepts of loving kindness and compassion as a container for this practice. Explore long-held poses to open your shoulders and upper back with the intention of reducing suffering in the world.
Nico Luce
Time Out from Overwhelm: Audio Meditation
A guided audio meditation to recognize sensations of overwhelm then create space for the sensations to move. Observe the spectrum of emotional and physical sensations as you acknowledge discomfort, hold space for it, and invite peace.
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Expand the Container
This back-bending practice strengthens the back, opens the front, and prepares the body for camel pose. The chest is the center of our emotional self and making space in that area is a metaphor for having the courage to face the challenges of daily life with openness and sensitivity.
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Open to the Moment
A gentle yin practice focused on backbends to invite openness and to welcome whatever shows up. Move through long holds to create space in the front of the body.
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Reflection on Yoga's Path
Yoga offers a path for living well which includes much more than stretching. This audio meditation is a guided reflection through the 8-limbed path of yoga exploring concepts like kindness, presence, observing without judgment, and connection. Whatever today throws your way, the path of yoga can help guide you through.
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Behind the Scenes
Retreat inward to the backstage of your mind - where there is no role to play - and allow yourself to simply feel. Move from one yin pose to the next in an effortless way and balance energy with nadi shodhana (alternate nostril breath).
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Strong Back and Stable Shoulders
Build well-rounded upper body strength and shoulder stability through this flow full of arm balances. Set aside past experiences with these challenging poses and invite a sense of play into your yoga education and practice. Begin with strengthening in preparation for arm balance variations, then close the practice with slow restorative-style poses and a long savasana.
Nico Luce
Looking From Stillness: Audio Meditation
Witness the dance of life from a place of total stillness with this guided audio meditation.
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Plant Stillness, Harvest Peace
In this practice, find longer, soothing holds of several postures to flush out tension in the hips and release the lower back.
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The Point of Equilibrium
Get grounded in this slow-paced practice focused on your hips. Through gentle floor-based hip openers, spinal movements, and twists, you will find an easy seat leaving you calm, steady, and peaceful.
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Energy Shot
Fire up and shift your perspective in this energizing practice building to variations of transitions into forearm stand, aka peacock feather pose. Start with standing shoulder movements, core strengthening, and leg warm-ups to spark activation in your muscles. Move down to the mat to practice the shoulder integration needed to get upside down and boost your energy for the day.
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Get Wild
For yoga teachers, learn the step-by-step biomechanics to teach and practice wild thing, a fun and empowering backbend. Warm-up your body through shoulder integration, an invigorating flow of sun salutations, larger one-legged balancing poses, and a warrior-based flow to find added strength and stability.
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Give Breath a Chance
Release tension, restore mental balance, and become more grounded with this short pranayama (breathwork) practice. Explore three accessible breathing techniques: ujayi (victorious) breath seated on your shins, nadi shodhana (alternate nostril breathing) in sukhasana (easy seat), and three-part breath in supta baddha konasana (reclined bound angle pose).
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Just Say Yes
Backbends ultimately teach us to move forward in life with an open attitude. Work into a variety of squatting, lunging, and twisting postures to build strength in your legs and core in preparation for backbending. Travel to your mat for belly down spine strengthening and a playful exploration of one-legged down dog variations then close out your practice with an expansive heart opener in camel pose.
Nico Luce
Land In Your Body
Long travel days often involve hours of sitting still. Work through shoulder and hip openers and a short standing series of poses to decompress and find ease in your body.
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