Hi! My name is Nicole.

I’m a certified meditation teacher + professional photographer living in NYC.

I’ve been really blessed with amazing teachers in my life. Their kindness has immensely enhanced the way I experience the world. All I want to do now is share with others the same kindness they have shown me, and spend the rest of my days helping people.

I was born in beautiful and expansive Minnesota. I grew up in a land of 10,000 lakes, with pristine summer days spent swimming in crystal clear waters, running barefoot through the grass, feeding and making homes for tiny caterpillars to turn into butterflies, looking up at the vast starry night sky, and learning from the cycles of nature. Mother earth is my great teacher, and I believe to be connected to earth is to be deeply connected to oneself. What is true and visible outside of us is also true deep within us.

Somewhere between my youth and young adulthood this glow about life was crowded out. I was unhappy and I didn’t know how to fix it, but I thought there had to be another way.

In 2013, with a little courage, I set out on a trip to sail around the world. It was here I received my first formal instruction in meditation. On a silent retreat in Myanmar with my teacher, my mind and world was opened. The crystal clear beauty and bliss all around and within was made visible to me again. Without realizing it, that awe and wonder I had known deeply as a child had slipped away in a slow building cloud of suffering. This meditation experience pierced through that. My mind had never been so clear, and my body had never felt so light. Meditation became a part of my life after this. I knew I was on the right track, but had no idea how to communicate this in a way that could reach others.

It was out of this desire to help others see that I picked up a camera in attempt to share the incredible beauty, these windows of peace, joy, and serenity - glimmers into the hidden world all around us, if we only take a moment to receive the bliss of our breath, of being present in the present.

People responded well to the photos and started asking me to photograph for them. I began working as a full-time professional photographer since 2016. Creating in this way, to bear witness to the incredible beauty in all beings and things is such a great joy in my life.

In 2021 I felt it was time to share more with others. I opened a studio and creative space in Manhattan. I began to dive much deeper into my meditation and philosophy studies and I became a certified meditation teacher. It has been the greatest joy to hold space and to help others and it’s all I want to do with my days.

I hope we will have a chance to gather together. I would love to see you, be with you, and learn from each other.