About Nicoli
Nicoli Sinclair is a mother, designer, Chopra Center certified Primordial Sound Meditation teacher, and seasoned E-RYT, E-RYT-300 yoga instructor with over 10 years of experience. She has dedicated her life to helping others live spiritually and joyfully, and move beyond the social constructs and identities that make them feel divided and disconnected from the Divine and each other. Her life lessons and teachings help spiritual seekers unmask their True Essence, connect, and live the life they are capable of living. Nicoli takes an emotional mature approach to spiritual teachings that is rooted in the practical wisdom that meditation and Vedic teachings can bring to ones life.
As Nicoli witnessed the effects of the pandemic and the mandatory social isolation, Nicoli was inspired to create a sanctuary for healing where people can connect with their true essence and others. In 2020, Nicoli founded The Veda Den to offer an intimate, home-away-from-home for spiritual healing.
After years of practicing yoga and meditation in crowded studios, she wanted to create a space that allowed people to open up, feel comfortable and ease the anxiety that often comes with practicing and being in large groups. As she further observed the effects of Covid-19 and the disturbing, divisive social climate that came with it, she also wanted to provide a space that would allow us to return to strengthening our connections with one another and nature as a whole.
Nicoli is a natural people lover and loves being a part of a community of authentic, open-minded people. Prior to the pandemic, she ran a yoga studio and boutique in Harrisburg, PA. When she discovered she was going to become a mother, she put the business on hold to fully embrace her new role. Now that she has gained comfort and confidence as a new mom, she wants to reengage with the things she loves most—community building, connecting, and sharing her practice. She believes we need each other now more than ever and The Veda Den is a safe space where guests and members can build the types of relationships that matter and last.
“There is no greater relationship than the relationship one can have with their True Self, and being in the company of others on a similar path strengthens this relationship”. ~Nicoli
Nicoli began her spiritual journey immersed in the teachings of Jesus Christ as a child and young adult. She has enormous respect for the path of Christianity and is forever grateful for its foundational teachings. Nicoli, however, was called to expand and began her meditation and yoga practice in 2011. After a few years of practicing, Nicoli became certified in 2013 in Vinyasa Yoga through the Three Sisters Yoga (TSY) 200/hr. teacher training and went on to complete her 300/hr. certification a year later. During her advanced teacher training, Nicoli became passionate about Jnana Yoga, the teachings of Swami Vivekananda, Sri Ramakrishna, and the teachings of the Upanishads, the ancient text from the Vedas. She went on to study mantra, sadhana and Hatha Yoga in Guatemala in 2015. While living in New York City, Nicoli became a frequent guest at the Vedanta Society of New York and when she later moved, the Arsha Vidya Gurukulakam. In 2016, she discovered the Advaita Vedanta philosophy teacher and Zen Master Mooji. In 2019 she had the opportunity to visit Rishikesh India to study yoga, meet Mooji in Satsang.
Nicoli later joined the Chopra Center and become a Certified Meditation Instructor. Nicoli is a lifelong student of meditation and yoga philosophy, and continues to enrich herself in these powerful Vedic sciences. She recently completed studies in sound meditation (Nada Yoga) and is currently studying at The American Institute of Vedic Studies with Dr. David Frawley.
“Once I started on this path, there was no turning back. The mere thought of going back to the way things were felt like I'd be running away from my True Self. “ ~Nicoli
Education
Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga School - 2023
American Institute of Vedic Studies -Vedic Counseling - Current
Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider - The Veda Den - 2022
E-200 Hour Registered Yoga Instructor - 2021
BlissBowls Sound Meditation - 2021
Chopra Center Certified Meditation Instructor-2020
500 Hour Registered Yoga Instructor - Three Sisters Yoga - 2015
200 Hour Registered Yoga Instructor - Three Sisters Yoga - 2013
50 Hour Hatha Yoga & Mantra Continuing Education - 2015
Mantra and Sanskrit Studies with Manorama - 2015
Master of Science in MIS & Digital Innovation - Temple University -Fox School of Business
Bachelor of Science in Business Mgmt.- Indiana University Purdue University - Kelley School of Business
Whosoever knows thy true essence becomes thy true essence.
-Mandukya Upanishad
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