What is this about?
Who I am
Why this exists
Why YogaCraft?
What I Offer
My name is Nica Celly, birth name: Nicole Markoff.
Working across the disciplines of art, design, and writing, I am informed by contemplative practices. This journey sutures seemingly disparate practices into one nondual space. And the connective tissue of all those organs playing? Yup. Yoga. Humbly and if I bowed any deeper, I'd have to start digging. So, let's practice, shall we?
The work I engage in every day - from dharmic to householder livelihood - circulates these studies. I've kept notebooks of trainings, writing in the margins, drawing on little pieces of paper, and taking low-fi videos: all ephemeral records.
Sometimes I flip through these books and journals: mental landscapes, and pour or distill a bit into this forum.
This began as an effort to consolidate one facet of a compendium - a formal response to a 1008 hour training (who is counting, anyway?) with my teacher, Janet Stone. That said, it has grown into a project of its own. It is in honor of her and our sangha that I share these personal reflections, workshops, writings, and visual works.
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#tasmaisriguruvenamaha
The relationship between breath and form will always captivate us as we witness ourselves and our innate existence. Fusing yogic practices and practical object-making in the craft movement is where the name came from. It is still that, and then some.
If any of this resonates and is useful for you, that is such a beautiful thing, and I am grateful.
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I do teach asana classes and workshops, and in service when there is a need. If you are curious and want to connect, please contact me.
In the form of this website, I offer my thought distillations, records of practice, and conclusions to "happenings": events that explore the edges of these inquiries.
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