I had the absolute pleasure of assisting in the opening of Pilgrim Hot Yoga along with two other Brisbane yogis as advisors. To see it's conception from an office space to where it is now, is one of the pinnacles of my professional journey as a marketing manager turned Yoga Teacher.

Throw back to 2011 I attended my first yoga class at the gym and I said to myself, 'I want to eat green beans and ride my bike to the markets like yoga people do'. Clearly I had this image in my head which I am so glad to say I quickly learnt Yoga offers so much more than eating your greens and choosing a bike as your mode of transport.

A couple of years later, I stumbled upon Harlow as a recommendation from a friend and I LOVED it. The heat, the studio, the teachers, the candles, I was HOOKED. The only problem was I lived about 40mins away at the time and I dreamed of the day I could wander down to the studio from my inner city apartment, with a yoga mat thrown over my shoulder.

Fast forward to 2017, when I moved to Newstead, rejoined Harlow and found myself literally living out my day dream.

A few years later, I secured my first four permanent yoga classes on their timetable. Now you can find me there every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon.

I held my first workshop in 2019 with a panel of 6 paid speakers (talk about biting off more than you can chew for your first ever event). Fun fact: The reason my instagram handle is nica.yogicoach, isn't because I teach yoga...way back when I first started my account, my focus was to help yoga teachers with digital marketing and personal branding! 

The  workshop was called 'The Yoga Purpose Project' and it was to showcase a panel of yoga teachers and pilates instructors who have created solid personal brands. One of the best things that came from this event were the friendships, collaborations and connections that are still strong to this day!