NICOLE MURRAY
What’s your favorite way to start your morning before teaching?
Spending some time with my cat and enjoying my coffee, and if possible sitting in the sun.
Coffee, tea, or green juice?
Lemon water and then coffee.
What’s your go-to post-yoga meal or snack?
The Clean plate at CBO or the beet salad at Matchwood.
What’s your current song or playlist obsession?
When I’m not teaching, I rarely listen to music. I drive in silence. If anything I will listen to a podcast. A couple favorites right now…Armchair Expert, We Can Do Hard Things and Huberman Lab.
When you are not teaching yoga, what are you doing?
Doing yoga, family time or outdoor activities. Hiking/walking soon to be snowboarding for the first time in 5 years!
What’s one thing your students might be surprised to learn about you?
I tend to be more on the introverted side, so I really value quiet connection and creating calm, intentional spaces which is part of what drew me to teaching yoga.
Describe yourself in three words.
Grounded, compassionate, supportive
What originally brought you to yoga?
My mom! She took me to a class at the Hope Community Center with Debbie Dippre 25 years ago.
How long have you been teaching yoga and what are your certifications?
I’ve been teaching for 19 years. 200 hour with 8 limbs studios in Seattle, levels 1 & 2 with Baron Baptiste and the Teachers Assistant Program with Shakti Vinyasa Yoga in Seattle.
What’s your favorite pose right now and your “love-to-hate” pose?
I love half moon and forearm stand. My love to hate poses are chair and bridge.
How do you want your students to feel when they leave your classes?
I want them to feel both energized and relaxed, grounded and connected.
What’s the biggest lesson yoga has taught you off the mat?
How to breathe through life’s challenges. I feel the mat is a training ground for what comes up off of our mats. It’s where I learn to be uncomfortable and grow in that place instead of shy away from that potential.