Voices of people who’ve attended retreats with Nicola:

“Thank you for all the beauty you have given us. My heart knew I should come to this retreat, and now I understand why. This is what my heart wanted. Never would I’ve dared to expect living such a profound and transformative experience. I feel true to myself in a way that I had not experienced before; I feel like a woman, and I am ready to step into life with my newfound feet.

Transformative would sound generic, while what I experienced was deeper and more beautiful. Nicola’s guidance and integrity showed me the path to the way of Love. And awakened the lost fragments of my heart.  I will walk fiercely towards that path, and remember every moment I spent there. I will be back,” ~ Isabella Ligetti, Germany

“I felt how caught up I was in my own bubble. I am opening to a domain where everything is welcomed and love is the only currency. Liberation!” Colin, London

“Over decades I’ve been with many spiritual teachers and have seen much of the spiritual scene. I can tell you for sure, you have something that is so profound and real that I have not seen with many others at all. Already when you begin to speak in the Satsang, it’s incredibly powerful, the transmission that comes through it’s a huge wave. I can feel how it affects me most profoundly, in my being, in my body. I have also seen how you work with people; it is outstanding and so fascinating, because you work with everyone differently, and you are always on the mark.

Your level of richness, of all the levels you are including, I have never seen before. The emotional, the somatic, the experience, all of it. Your teaching is so true and gets right to the core. You emanate such a field of love, and the teachings are incredibly helpful, and the way you lead and teach has impacted me tremendously. You are a true master and teacher of high caliber. I can tell that you have lived what you are talking about, and that is why it is so strong. There are a lot of people who have an awakening, and they think they can teach, but they are not ripe, they are not ready, because they haven’t lived it. And so it has no impact other than some words and concepts. You embody that living wine, so real and utterly authentic, which I really love.” ~ Gisela Eilinger, Germany

“Nicola embodies the famous phrase that love is stronger than fear. Her example, every moment of the day in this weeklong retreat- even under extremely challenging circumstances – has proven to me the possibility and the promise of such conviction. It is contagious! I am inspired! She carries such a vibrant torch that you can’t help but catch on fire. Standing beside her I burn with true desire to live from a place of fierce compassion and love in action. Nicola’s commitment, dedication and selflessness are palpable and humbling. It has been an honor to walk beside her in nature and the inner terrain of our true nature. Nicola carries the map in her heart and is a blessed guide.Thank you Nicola. You are a treasured teacher and soul companion in this life for me.” ~ Melissa Mahar, Oregon

“The Retreat: ‘Truly Connected-Make a Difference’ was such a transformative experience! I felt so supported and able to express who I really am- free from judgment and expectations. Nicola is truly inspiring. I look forward to growing further with these amazing retreats”.~ Lauren Barnum, Los Angeles

“Her earthly experience and connection to The Divine Mother and Father is vast. Nicola is deeply connected to spirit, but so much fun too. I found she can gently sense and pierce the very place we need to individually be met for our healing and transformation. I have been on a path of gathering wisdom teachings and practices over many years from lots of different directions. in Nicola I found an affirmation of my path from someone who is a female ‘master’ and who integrates many of these directions I have found over many years in her comprehensive offering.” ~Kathy Adams, Facilitator, England

“I went on a retreat with Nicola this past summer that truly transformed my way of life. Her presence and practices helped me connect more deeply with myself and the spiritual, natural world around me. I have been wanting to explore my spirituality more and more, and this retreat helped me begin this process and helped me to solidify my daily meditation practice as an integral and transformative part of my life.

I have worked with Nicola individually and in this group setting, and her nurturing, genuine, powerful presence helps focus right to the core of what is going on with people so she can support them in their healing from that more vulnerable, truly connected place. I highly recommend participating in any experience you can with her! She has changed my life, and I am so grateful.” ~ Callia Hansen, USA

“The great Turning was such a beautiful retreat! It was special to feel vulnerable and really seen in a safe environment.” Troy

“Dear Nicola, Thank you for showing me the love and richness in human relations. Being as one, guiding, welcoming, holding, supporting, sharing, dancing, celebrating each other. Man and woman, healing and truly connecting. So beautiful.” ~ Natascha Van den Ban, Holland

“Nicola is a genuis teacher. I love how her teachings flow from deep compassion, knowing and is real. She embodies spirituality and is fully human. She takes a whole group of diverse people into authentic connection and love.The reteat affected so many of us in a deep and real way and it brought me home.” ~Kristin Crowly, MFT intern, Berkeley

“I just wanted to thank you for an incredible experience at the Green Gulch retreat. It was truly transformative for me. I spent much of the day reflecting and writing about a recent breakup that was extremely painful and has left me in a very dark place for the past ten months. I experienced a lot of healing that day during the retreat, thanks to your guidance.

During the meditations, I felt a seed of compassion was watered in me, rather than resentment and anger, and I think that was really key to the process. For the past few weeks, I have felt very joyful and free from the heavy weight of grief that I was under. I feel lifted out of the darkness I was in and ready to move on with my life. I can’t tell you how grateful I am for helping me to heal and transform.” Annalise from Marin

“What a beautiful retreat, joyous and opening. I left by the way of magic carpet. So thankful.” Hendrick Paul, Marin

“I feel deeply touched by Nicola’s love and guidance. I now have the tools to connect to my wounds through loving presence. That feels incredibly supportive.Thank you Nicola for your embrace!”~ Anke Spriestersbach, Germany

It is rare to find teachers who are able to integrate so much and be able to support others into a felt experience of release and resolution. In an exploration she did with each person, I experienced her attunement and skillful guidance to move to a new perspective and have a transformation. She goes beyond left-brain understanding to an embodied journey through barriers and into a new opening and experience.

Nicola is a gifted teacher and guide who was able to take a group of people who were strangers into a safe, deep, undefended, and healing connection with themselves and the other group members. She fluidly integrated what was arising in the group with experiential explorations, poetry, and meditations. Instead of participants having a passive and conceptual experience, it was immediate and integrated body, mind, spirit, and psyche. She is highly skilled and embodies what she teaches. It is rare and truly inspiring ~Trisha Rowe, LCSW, Cert. AEDP Therapist, Oakland, CA

Nicola, you are such a gifted teacher, and it was a privilege to be with you on the retreat. Everyone was at home and welcomed in whatever condition they were in. Your guided meditations were inspired and show your deep integration of very profound spiritual teachings. I am so fortunate to have been present and look forward to learning more from you in the future. Keep up your very important work. You have a gift of transmitting very complicated teachings to a receptive audience in an integratabtle, accessible, and very warm manner. Very sincere thanks.” ~ Fayne, Oakland

You are a great and genuine teacher Nicola. And from the moment I started working with you there have been so many shifts in my experience. I feel renewed, I feel strength and peace. The personal session and meditation group has been profound and powerful. You are a true blessing Nicola! ~ Lou Ann Mc Bride, Louisanna

“The retreat was truly enlightening, to be able to to reconnect with myself, each other, nature, the divine. The energy and authenticity was inspiring!” ~ Katie Byram, Martinez

“I felt guided to explore my depths, far beyond the waves of everyday emotions. You are lovingly powerful and so refined. Thank you for this beautiful retreat.” ~ Autrea, Holland

“I came on this retreat to open more deeply to the divine feminine and to find clarity about my path. I was also exhausted by the burdens and busyness of my life. I was seeking solace and renewal. What I found on this retreat and Nicola’s devotional, graceful, enlivened presence was a bountiful treasure-trove of love, an incredible connection to the life force of the feminine.

Guided by your embodiment of truth and love, I was able to safely explore and heal the darkest recesses of my soul and body and find a way to a miraculous sense of abundance, joy, grace, and love that I feel changed from the inside out. I am returning to the UK with a deep sense of renewal, transformation, and gratitude for the gifts I have received from you, Nicola, and this extraordinary group of women, who brimmed with authentic, loving presence, orchestrated by Her through you. My deepest gratitude and love. I feel blessed.” ~ M.M. Serena Joy, Psychotherapist, England

“Dear Nicola, what you teach resonate deeply. They fit into the way I look at the world. Going into that world and “walking my talk”, that’s where it feels unsafe for me. Thank you for guiding me through to a new way. Your guidance is in loving presence, safe and sincere. Thank you for being there.” ~ Miriam, Amsterdam, Holland

“Liebe Nicola, ich danke Dir für diese sehr wunderbare Erfahtung im Retreat mit dir. Deine Arbeit ist so einfach, so klar und so tief. Ich bin sehr tiet beruhrt und ich durfte meine wirkliche kraft meine Stärke erfahren, Herzlichen Dank!” ~ Britta Burmehl, Germany

“The retreat on ‘Heart of Relating’ was incredibly uplifting. It inspired me and gave me practical insight on how to stay connected to my happiness in relationships.”~ Karina Alvarez, Berkeley

“The conscious relating practice and how you guided the meditation was off the charts. It affected me and the entire group profoundly. Thank you!” Mirabai Wurkowliz, Mill Valley

“Opening and closing, letting emotions come as they are and staying present. No more running from fear. Instead I welcome it with curiosity. I learnt to listen to the answers from my heart and skills to live from that depply connected place inside. I am filled with gratitude for you Nicola as I leave this retreat. Thank you!” Jesse

“I am so inspired by your teachings. You lead with such grace and wisdom, demonstrating compassion and fearless courage. The retreat was wonderful. I am so excited to learn more from you.” ~ Anna, Devon, England

“I learned so much and received so many gifts from this retreat. I learnt about the power of real love, and how to embrace difficulties that life presents to us. It was real deep and beautiful. Thank you Nicola!” Jesus Soto, Los Angeles

“I wanted to thank you for your wisdom, warm heart, and grounded way you lead with the retreat, truly creating an honest, authentic space for our group to unfold into. I’ve since been sitting with and working with some of the pieces that were brought up that day, particularly the practices of honoring my edge, dropping into the belly, and speaking with nature on a more consistent basis. I was truly touched by your powerful story and strength of faith in it.” ~ Lauren Allegra Elio, Los Angeles

The five-day Shasta Retreat: “Into the Sacred” was incredible. Being in nature, meditating, deeply connecting with Self and each other was fulfilling and a life changer. Nicola, you are an amazing teacher. How you lead this big group into the Sacred in such a profound, safe and real way, was truly remarkable. Transformational for every one of us. You are a master at this.” Dr. Tonya Fleck, Naturopathic Doctor

“I have been on many retreats over the years and have my own practice. This retreat made a real difference for me, it was so worth it. The spiritual practice for relating on a very deep level touched me profoundly.” Wendy Wallbridge, Women Leader Coach, Marin

“I have felt more in this retreat than in the last five years. I feel open and alive. Thank you Nicola!”~ Onno de Vreede, Holland

“Nicola you are great teacher. Genuine. The Satsang was amazing. And my personal session with you was life changing.”  Lou Ann McBride, New Jersey

“Wow. My heart is stretched wide open, and once again your wisdom, authenticity has moved me in a very deep way. I cannot express the gratitude I have for you, Nicola. I am honored to be learning the tools for true love warriorship form you and I am committed to follow this profound path. i am filled with such joy,and leave this retreat truly connected.” Breann, Nurse, CA

“Thank you, Nicola, for sharing your joy, depth, wisdom, care, and your love during the retreat and beyond it. And thank you for your gift to bring me into a deeper connection with my own heart. I experience Nicola’s presence as a light that literally enlightens the heart. A light that shines on all.

It unveiled a love in me that I had forgotten, and it shed light on the shadow and pain that caused so many problems in my life because I couldn’t find the way to meet it wholeheartedly. With her loving presence, she gave me the opportunity to meet it. I’m so grateful for that! A huge liberation, a second chance in life, is what I feel now. Her guidance flows from her own direct life experiences, and that makes her for me trustworthy. Her transmission is powerful, and she is loving and genuine. I highly recommend her as a leader, spiritual teacher, and trainer. It’s a blessing to meet her! “ ~ Kim Roswitha, Founder of Wisdom with Horses, Spain

” The Shasta Retreat was incredible, I still remember it after a year vividly, it was so powerful and life changing. I will never forget this!” Callia Hansen, Boston

“This retreat was just beautiful, full of deep connection with each other, nature, spirit, and ourselves. Nicola created a very safe container for people to let go into greater depth, and she was finely attuned to each person’s process. Through guided meditations and practices, she led the group into deep presence and resonance.

Nicola embodies an incredible combination of profound love and powerful energy that is both catalytic and highly inspirational. By the end of the retreat, I felt more fully connected and also lit up with a powerful call to my next level of purposeful work in the world. I could also sense that each person in the group received something very special. I so appreciate and respect Nicola, and I am very grateful.” ~ Sherri Lassila, Women’s Leader and Executive Coach

“Nicola is incredibly direct and highly intuitive. During the retreat she offered pointers with profound sensitivity and clarity, which created such a powerful presence, where anything became possible for all of us.” ~ Leonie, Yogateacher in Spain

“I deeply honor the work with Nicola. The field she created in the group and the playful exercises felt like a very safe vessel to dive deeply into truth, our feelings and meet each other honestly, lovingly and curiously. My heart opened and through curiosity I discovered a new way, so real and alive, for relating with others. With Nicola this discovery was really juicy.” ~ Maria, Germany

“Es ist so wundervoll zu sehen und zu erleben wie weit du auf deinem Weg gekommen bist und mit welcher Klarheit, Hingabe und Liebe die du uns mitgeteilt hast. Deine Weisheiten hoeren sich nicht wie Lehrreden an, sondern die Wahrheit spricht durch dich. Das retreat was so magic and transformative. Ganz tief und wundervoll.”

Translated into english: “It is so wonderful to see and experience where you abide and the clarity, devotion and love that you have shared with us. Your wisdom and teachings do not sound like empty words and lectures, but rather the truth is speaking through you! The retreat was so magic and transformational. Very deep and wonderful. Thank you Nicola.” ~ Theresa Quast, Berlin, Germany

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