Who we are - Our Story Together

Together and as individuals John and Nicole have lived, and continue to live through our own healing and transformation.

We find ourselves standing together in what is feeling like a new world, filled with abundant possibilities and new found opportunities. We feel deeply moved to share our experiences, skills and wisdom through the language and techniques of Yoga, Somatics and what we often call Radical Awareness.

When Nicole met John, it really did feel like the stars aligned and a new creation began. Like all wonderful love stories these two found each other at the perfect moment for all that would unfold. Nicole was already teaching yoga and was about to open the first Raw Yoga studio in Milford, John soon followed on the path of becoming a teacher and since then, conversations that aren’t in some way related to the practices of yoga (or the things that stem from it) are quite rare.

After making the decision to close due to the situations of that infamous global pandemic, it was uncertain if there would ever be a dedicated studio space again. Teaching classes and running trainings continued, but the future was uncertain… In late 2022 an opportunity arose that was too good to pass on and the space that is now Raw Wellbeing was created. Once again in Milford, just a few doors down from the previous studio.

A journey of transformation is first and foremost an individual story, both John and Nicole had found themselves on a path of self discovery that sparked from very different places. Cultivating awareness is basically our birth right as humans, the process of transformation means breaking open from our early conditioning and the boxes we may have wrapped ourselves in. Cultivating personal awareness could truly be one of life's great mysteries.

We aren’t gurus, we aren’t spiritual masters, we aren’t ‘enlightened’, we are a modern day couple navigating what it means to work with the body, mind and soul in a fast paced ever changing world… This is your open invitation to join us for the continuing ride….

 

Nicole and John

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‘I know for myself when I consider the suffering in the world, especially the increasing issues around mental health within our communities. I have no doubt that much of these issues come from a lack of education and opportunities to access the tools and space we humans require to cultivate radical self awareness.’

 
 

‘I believe that as a collective human family we are standing at a precipice. We can turn back and continue doing what we have always done and continue to grow the divide and disharmony in the world…. or…. we can jump off the cliff, really look at the root cause of things that need to change and create a new world, based in the consciousness of love and awareness, a new world that truly serves everybody’