Hi, I’m Nicole DeAvilla,

I stared at the flyer for the yoga teacher training knowing it was my ticket, my ticket out of pain and despondency.

Fast forward through the yoga teacher training program. Not only was I teaching yoga out of my living room the day after I graduated, I had regained my mobility and happy state of mind! I could turn my head without pain moving down my arms. I said good bye to the pain from my back radiating down my legs too.

Back in the mid-1980’s I pioneered opening one of the first mom-and-pop  yoga studios in San Francisco when even there I had to explain what yoga was and how it can help you to live in the present moment, live longer, and live a happier life.

Getting a little help for my back and joint pain, I also began seeing a chiropractic couple. Knowing I was certified from the Ananda Yoga Teacher Training program, and my back ground in applying yoga therapeutically, I was hired to be their assistant and taught posture and therapeutic exercises as well as administering traction and electrical muscle stimulation. I have some fun stories to tell from that experience!

Not long after that I attended a sports medicine clinic at my old school, UCSC where I had graduated with a B.A. degree in Theater Arts with a Dance emphasis. This was one of the few college level dance programs that taught kinesiology (the bio-mechanics and movements of the body), and I learned anatomy and physiology and so much more. Here I met my soon to be mentor Dr. James Garrick, the father of Sports Medicine.

The Birth of 2 Minute Yoga.

By now I had written many training manuals for yoga teachers and therapeutic applications of yoga, including one for a Prenatal  Yoga Teacher Training program that I developed. I also had some newspaper and magazine articles published. But I still hadn’t written a book - another life long goal. In 2012, I wrote the bestselling book, The 2 Minute Yoga Solution, FAST and EASY Stress and Back Pain Relief for ANYONE at ANYTIME [link]. Another first as at that time, as no one was offering yoga practices that were less than 30 minutes. I was putting myself out on a limb in the yoga field to claim that you can get results from a short practice.

My book opened lots of doors! I had adventures that I could not have imagined.

I was now asked to be a guest on online radio programs (this was before podcasts) e-magazines, blogs and TV. When Ricki Lake relaunched her popular TV show, I became her online, Health and Wellness contributor and was invited to be in the audience for several special shows. You can read more about my experiences with Rikki Lake and where that led me.

I became an Ambassador for Mindvalley’s new Zenward Yoga program  and my 2 Minute Yoga Challenge was the most popular one by far within the program — because when you use my methods, you can benefit greatly from a short practice. I also became a paid blogger for Mindvalley - almost all of the yoga blogs on their site remain ones that I wrote.

I went on to co-author several other best selling books. As my reputation grew, I was asked to be on the Yoga Alliance Committee to set the standards for Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training. As one of the pioneers/front runners/innovators of Yoga Therapy, I was placed on the International Association of Yoga Therapists committee to implement the newly formed educational standards for Yoga Therapist training and the accreditation of Yoga Therapy schools.

In this journey I stumbled upon the science of longevity.

Now that I have overcome so many hurdles, I am not stopping. I am working on aging backwards, so I can live the most vibrant, adventuresome, fun, mentally stimulating and emotionally satisfying life I can live.

I am living the good life. I am married to a wonderful man, surpassing three decades and counting. I have two marvelous young adult children. We can live a life that most people only dream of if neither of us worked another day in our lives.

Yet, I am here. I am working. I am working for you, because I believe in you.