“A fire is burning in the depth of your being that can’t be destroyed. Turn to it. And live with us the greatest love story ever told!”
Nicola is known for her integrity, depth, and ‘true to the bone’ teachings. She welcomes diverse people from all genders who want what’s real and are willing to do the work to embody love here on earth. She specializes in guiding leaders, healers, and facilitators who are dedicated to making a positive difference. With profound expertise and experience, she supports people globally in awakening, healing, and embodying their essence in life, relationships, and in the streets of our world.
Dr. Nicola Amadora
leads a revolutionary way of love with her real and embodied approach to spirituality. With an illustrious career spanning over 30 years, she’s helped tens of thousands of people worldwide as a renowned Spiritual Teacher, Holistic Psychologist and Hakomi/ Trauma Therapist, Women Leader, Author, and Speaker.
In all her retreats, trainings, writings, and speaking engagements, Dr. Nicola unites contemporary psychology with ancient spiritual wisdom, the wild mystical with the down-to-earth practical. She trained with great masters, travelled around the world, lived in the Himalayas and the Amazon, and authentically walks her talk.
That’s why her ‘Living Connection’ and ‘Deep Feminine’ work, as well as her books ‘Nothing but Love’ and ‘Love Unleashed,’ break boundaries and inspire profound transformation for the turning in people’s lives and our world. Nicola leads a revolutionary movement for Feminine Leadership and Mary Magdalene.
Rooted in fierce, tender love, her global work is fueled by a passion to be a powerful presence in service to all.
“A fire is burning in the depth of your being that can’t be destroyed. Turn to it. And live with us the greatest love story ever told!”
Nicola is known for her integrity, depth, and ‘true to the bone’ teachings. She welcomes diverse people from all genders who want what’s real and are willing to do the work to embody love here on earth. She specializes in guiding leaders, healers, and facilitators who are dedicated to making a positive difference. With profound expertise and experience, she supports people globally in awakening, healing, and embodying their essence in life, relationships, and in the streets of our world.
“I’ve been on the spiritual and healing path for decades, but never experienced such exceptional and masterful guidance you offer as you shepherd me home—a gift beyond words and measure.“ Robbyn Paxton-McGuire, Canada
Her Story
Because Nicola experienced extreme hardship and suffering in childhood, she followed already as a teenager a deep yearning for the truth. Her subsequent holy and heartbreaking journey was filled with a wide breadth of great challenges and beauty. It took her through a ruthless fire into the core of life and her own being. Here she found the gold that keeps changing her from the inside out. Nowadays, she lives and shares this gift with both feet on the ground.
Nicola grew up in Europe, lived with different cultures around the world, and worked at the Findhorn Community as an educator for seven years. She received in-depth training from spiritual teachers such as Mother Theresa, the Dalai Lama, the Indigenous People, Adyashanti, Thich Nhat Hanh, Lama Zoppa, Pir Vilayat Khan, Mata Ammachi, and other wise beings.
Whilst having been extensively immersed in the world’s major sacred traditions and all things human, Nicola is a modern-day mystic who walks the ancient way of love through the mud and glory of daily life.
Her own intense journey plunged her beyond concepts into the core of the human and universal heart, and what is beyond all duality. It happened when her whole life fell apart, deep wounds emerged, and she was stripped bare to the bone, left with nothing…but love.
In the bottom of the pit, the deep feminine life power ravaged her and turned her world upside down. From here, an integrated, sophisticated, utterly alive, and embodied way emerged to guide people to their true nature and to inspire engagement for transformation in the world.
Since 1986, Nicola has taught globally. Trained in different therapeutic modalities, she is a somatic psychotherapist. Deeply engaged in spiritual practice for 40 years, she was asked to teach. One answer to her calling was that Nicola founded a non-profit organization and spiritual/educational center in California, where she taught retreats, trainings, and created a community. She raised a beautiful daughter and is actively involved in social justice and the care of our earth.
Today, Dr. Nicola lives in Europe and is a frequent speaker at conferences, offers satsangs, spiritual retreat intensives, and professional trainings. With her labor of love, she continues to travel around the world and teaches online. Dr. Nicola is passionate about supporting people to awaken and embody the sacred in their lives and in the streets. She sparked a global movement for the revolutionary way of the feminine rising and Mary Magdalene. In her free time, she enjoys writing with a cup of tea, riding horses in the wild, and loves life in all its abundant colors.
“Truth is alive within your bones, love is your being. And your human vulnerability is the gateway home. The holy is not found in lofty concepts of the mind, but emerges like the lotus flower from the mud. And it’s your heart which contains the all.”
Her Educational Background
Beyond her extensive spiritual & psychological training and life experience, she also spent years earning degrees and certifications to deliver high-quality service:
* Doctorate in Transpersonal and Counseling Psychology (JFK and IPS), and MA Social Work (FHS) * Cert. Hakomi and Trauma Therapist (Hakomi Institute) * Cert. Dharma Leader (Vipassana Center, Spirit Rock) * Mindfulness Teacher (Mindfulness Program, Jon Kabat Zinn)* Cert. Meditation Teacher (Yogananda Center)* Universal Peace Dance Leader (Sufi Order) * Dipl. Horse Riding Therapist (Swize Equine Therapy Center) * Rev. Interfaith Minister (New York Seminary) * Family Constellation and Gestalt Therapy Facilitator * Cert. PAIRS and Intimacy Teacher, Mediator (JFK University) * Parent Leader (Parent Leadership Institute) * Non-Violent Communication & Conflict Resolution Teacher (NVC Center) * Women’s Spirituality Studies (University for Creation Spirituality) and varied Women’s Wisdom & Feminine Empowerment Trainings * Holistic Group Facilitation, Leadership and Relationship Trainer, and Peacemaking Between Women and Men (International Education)
Voices from real people:
“How rare it is to be with a human being who understands the depth of both my human wounds and my soul fire. I feel supremely blessed to experience the profound transformation I received. Deep gratitude to you Nicola.”
Pamela Yap, Acupuncturist
“Dr. Nicola Amadora embodies an incredible combination of profound love and powerful energy that is both catalytic and highly inspirational.”
~ Sherrie Lassila, Executive Coach
“Over my 30 years as a psychotherapist, I have attended a lot of training and spiritual groups and I was struck by Nicola’s integration of her lifelong explorations of contemplative, somatic, psychological, and spiritual work. It is rare to find teachers who are able to integrate so much and be able to support others into a felt experience of resolution and lasting transformation.”
– Trisha Rowe, LCSW, Certified AEDP Therapist, Oakland and San Jose, CA
“It’s not easy for me to trust people who call themselves spiritual teachers or therapists. I’ve had experiences in the past where people present themselves as one way but turn out to be completely different. Nicola is different. She has a way of speaking directly to my heart and soul that gives me the feeling of finally drinking water after years of wandering in the desert.
Working with Nicola has allowed me to connect with my power, heart, and reclaim my confidence on a profoundly larger scale. I can honestly say that the work we’ve done together has been revolutionary, life-changing, and incredibly empowering. I am more in love with life. I am so grateful to have found such a force of love in human form.” –
Nicole Nelson, LA
“This retreat called me since I first saw the offering. I was bold and answered the calling. I am grateful beyond words that I took the leap with faith. This week together has confirmed my deepest longing, empowered my whole self, and sung my soul home. I am in love with life.
Nicola held a container that I needed to feel safe to let the feminine unleash in me. I felt so deeply embraced by Nicola, the women, and Her. It was an experience of a lifetime, and it is forever alive in me and my walk in the world. I can help people so much more and feel so guided and connected. Thank you, Nicola. Through your hand, I found my place and home!”
Maura Furness, Social Worker, CA
“It was very important to me to find an authentic guide and journey that I could trust. Nicola is absolutely the real deal and totally walks the talk! I cant imagine having travelled this road with anyone else.”
Phoenix Spalding, Australia
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