come home to yourself
come home to yourself
nina be is a spiritual teacher who is devoted to the cultural awakening of the world. She facilitates conscious awareness and presence so that each one of us can hold our life processes with strength and an interest in growing together.
Her path as a transpersonal visionary began in childhood and was affirmed by her first experience sharing space with the Dali Llama on her 18th birthday, when a stranger handed her a ticket to his sold out lecture at the Beacon Street Theatre on Broadway. She has been a devoted student to Thich Nhat Hanh and the path of non-violent action for over 40 years.
During her deep inquiry into the landscape of living, nina has pursued her endless curiosity about the mix of harmony and dissonance held in trauma in the mind, body, heart and energy field. Each example brought to her awareness as a therapist, choreographer, writer or mother has been a teaching.
nina be creates cutting-edge works to activate global awareness of the inequity of resources for all as the director/founder of MindBody Centering Yoga, one of the first trauma-sensitive yoga techniques. nina be holds Master's degrees in Performing Arts:: dance/theatre choreography (1979) & Mental Health (2004). She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associate, National Certified Counselor (NCC #8702), Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IATY) and Yoga Teacher (D-800) and Mindfulness Meditation Master Teacher. She is certified in EmbodiYoga (RYT-500) by Dharma Mittra (RYT-800) Amy Weintraub in Lifeforce Yoga for Depression and Anxiety, Richard Miller in iRest Yoga Nidra, neuroscience of yoga and trauma w/ Dr. Jim Hopper and has received the 5 mindfulness trainings from Thich Nhat Hanh.
In homage to her teachers, nina founded LiveGlobally, (501(c)3) a non-profit organization that supports an approach of applied mindfulness in the tradition of social activist Thich Nhat Hanh. nina founded LiveGlobally, (501(c)3) as a vision of advocating for childrens’ well-being, to quell the cycles of global poverty.
In order to satisfy her passionate curiosity, nina has traveled to 38 states and 19 countries.
Fun Fact :: nina won one of the country’s top 100 restaurants awards from Forbes magazine in 1994 for her restaurants in New Orleans.
"Most likely the skills gained from MindBody Centering are quite particular to each individual. It is true that most have been able to create liberation for themselves in a variety of ways, so as to define and come to embrace their authentic paths of power. Beautiful youth have put down the cutting blade, life-threatening restriction, drug habits and self abuse, in order to be energized contributors and guides for those like themselves. Parents have chosen to take a breath instead of short-circuiting or silencing the potential of their offspring with shame and violence. Wizened folks have stood up from their rockers and traveled the globe to offer the grace of fully-lived experiences. Lonely individuals, threatened by the disposable culture of corporate vocations, have arrived home to a Self of unlimited imagination and creativity in order to thrive within the context of expert and deeply reverent livelihoods. With awareness and dedication to simple, self care, the insanity quieted, the ‘Self’ showed up to declare its needs, and, what a wise teacher of life offered, ‘brilliant sanity’ blossomed."