Nina Portugal

As a former high school teacher, Nina is passionate about teaching and supporting all her students to tap into their curiosity to discover their strengths and edges on the mat. She firmly believes that yoga is for everyone and every body and is a teacher of people not poses.

Nina likes to describe her classes as a wave. Beginning slow, she provides students opportunities to breathe, ground, and feel held by their mat. Then, together, students become curious about what is possible today in their bodies as they explore different poses, movement principles, and alignment opportunities. Nina loves props, and you’ll find that her classes incorporate props in unique and creative ways to support students.

Nina earned her 200 YTT with Its Yoga International focused on Ashtanga and Rocket Yoga. As a forever student of yoga, she continued learning Smart Flow and alignment with Annie Carpenter, Head, Neck, and Shoulder alignment with Jason Crandell, Trauma Informed Yoga with the Connection Coalition, and Pre and Post-Natal yoga with Jane Austin. In 2022 and 2024, Nina completed her Relax and Renew® Teacher, Level 1 and Relax and Renew® Teacher, Level 2 Therapeutic Applications of Restorative Yoga certification with Judith Hanson Lasater.