Nikki Costello is a certified Iyengar Yoga teacher. She has been teaching yoga for 19 years and was previously certified in Jivamukti Yoga and Anusara Yoga. In 1997, she became a student of the Siddha Yoga path. For 8 years, she taught exclusively for the SYDA Foundation, as a Siddha Yoga Hatha Yoga and Meditation Teacher. As part of the organization she taught hatha yoga in retreats and events in North America, South America, Europe, India and China. In 2005, she returned to New York City, where she currently teaches at Kula Yoga. Nikki is passionate about conveying the wisdom of yoga and shares her experience as a writer and contributor for Yoga Journal, through collaborating and teaching alongside her peers, by mentoring teachers and leading retreats and workshops for students all over the world.