Nina Hayes is an LA-based Advanced Certified Yoga Instructor and Plant-Based Chef who’s mission is to cultivate joy through conscious movement and eating with awareness. Nina credits both her yoga practice and cooking sadhana (a spiritual tool for wellbeing) with allowing her to heal from a once debilitating illness.

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Before moving to LA, Nina instructed yoga and meditation for corporations and universities throughout the US, taught movement for children with special needs at the Boston Ballet, and researched exercise & nutrition initiatives to benefit underserved populations with Children’s Hospital and Harvard Cancer Center. As a Plant-Based Chef, Nina founded an award-winning healthy bonbon company and worked with celebrity clients, including notable vegans, Mos Def and Talib Kweli. Her personal practice and teachings have taken her around the world to Australia, India, Europe, and Bali. 

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Instructing since 2009, Nina has trained extensively with Jivamukti Yoga NYC, Samadhi Yoga in Sydney, and received specialized training in Yoga for Cancer from Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Health Science and Dance from the University of Massachusetts and serves as International Ambassador for Yoga Gives Back. 

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Nina is deeply grateful for her teachers, especially Sharon Gannon, David Life, and Joshua Greene, for offering her the authentic teachings of yoga, which have allowed her to traverse physical, emotional, and spiritual challenges with tenacity, courage, and grace