About Peter Nikolaidis

While he doesn’t recall exactly when he attended his first yoga class, Peter Nikolaidis is pretty sure it was sometime in the early 2000s.

Maybe the late 90s.

Okay, he really doesn’t remember, but it was a while ago.

In 2011, while unable to continue his usual practice of martial arts due to an injury, he turned to yoga to fill in the gap. Over time, yoga shifted to become more of a central component to his everyday life, alongside self-defense and mountain biking. Today, Peter refers to yoga as “how he puts himself back together after tearing himself apart in his other favorite activities,” which usually consists of a long run while training for his next marathon.

In 2018, after practicing Yin Yoga with Holland Sweeney since 2015, Peter embarked on his RYT 500 certification, completing his 200 hour training with Jenna Palm and 300 hour Teacher Training Certification in Yin Yoga and Meditation with Josh Summers in 2019.

Taking a functional, practical approach to yoga, his classes focus on what works for the individual student. Rather than urging students to pursue flashy, potentially dangerous poses which yield little benefit, he encourages simple poses and sequences that pose little risk and yield high rewards.