this ♥ is a warrior heart

hi everyone! i haven't blogged in awhile because i have been busy working on my new business. WARRIOR HEART, the union of yoga, art, and design. it is inspiring others to discover their own unique identity, whether it be unearthed through a yoga class, a painted portrait, or a design concept, every individual has a hidden potential within.

warrior heart offers creative vinyasa flow privates or groups up to ten people, workshops, harmonium performances, commissioned art work, portraits in acrylic, oil, charcoal or pencil (or the medium of your choice), and art direction, graphic design, web design, logo and concept design that always conveys one's unique identity.

please check the website i designed, www.warriorheartstudio.com!!! the flyer below is a very unique workshop presented by WARRIOR HEART (that's me of course, creative director + yogi) and SHAKTI PHOTO, brittany irwin a brilliant photographer + also an amazing yogi (her website is in the works by yours truly). much light + love, nikki xo

WARRIOR HEART STUDIO IS LOCATED IN MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ,  BUT THIS UNIQUE WORKSHOP CAN
HAPPEN AT ANY STUDIO OR SPACE WITH A LOT OF LIGHT, ANYWHERE! HAPPY TO GO ON THE ROAD!!

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GIVE LOVE

mc yogi

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stardust

LOVE everything about these photos and their movement. the sky in the background, the dessert, the stardust, the stillness and motion that is happening at the same time, and the overall magic they convey. stumbled upon these on fashion designer gretchen jones' blog. thanks to her for posting these beautiful images in motion. the images remind me of bjork's (forever a huge fan) two new singles crystalline and cosmogony and an article that i read on elephant journal about bjork's yoga infused poetic lyrics. a quote from the post:
"the song takes me on a magical yogic journey that goes deep into our bodies, and gets exploded out into the stars." sooo beautiful!!! check the post out here and listen to both of bjorks songs below. be safe and be calm during the storm over the next few days.

much love + stardust,
nikki xoxo

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CRYSTALLINE

bjork

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COSMOGONY

bjork

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love + light

hi there! i know i have been MIA. i have missed blogging, but yoga has kind of taken over in the passion area as of late. i have been submerged in the world of love + light; just having finished my first 200 hour teacher training and then recently was so so honored to have been accepted into the Conquering Lion Training Program with renowned NYC yoga teacher Kelly Morris, starting in september. all the while trying to start my own business, and of course tippy top of my list, that which i am most passionate about is being a mother to my two beautiful boys. anyhow, enough of me...here are some of my favorites, from the many brilliant photos i came across on gretchen jones' blog...remember her? she was the winner of project runway season 8. love love love (did i say LOVE) her aesthetic and her fashion and jewelry collection. check her out PRONTO- she is such an inspiration!! ok gotta run. until we meet again (so many ideas and not enough time in the day and night)...

♥ much love (+ light), nikki xoxo

 

    

          

 

 

 

  

PS: besides leaving you with the most brilliant motto above...for info on any and all of these photos posted (plus so many more) please check out gretchen jones' blog, or feel free to email me or contact me via facebook. ♥

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SKINNY LOVE

bon iver

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♥ heart of a yogi

IMAGE FROM HEART OF A YOGI

hi everyone... it has been over a month since i have posted. i have been deep in a yoga teacher training so my life as been consumed with, yes of course...YOGA! i have posted before about my love for yoga and i believe it has grown even deeper if that is at all possible. i have met so many amazing women since starting my training at the yoga and healing center in scotch plains, nj. one of the women i have bonded with has a beautiful blog called HEART OF A YOGI. check it out!!! hope to get the fashion karma post up soon! enjoy + namaste, nikki xo

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ONE DAY

matisyahu

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♥ Happy Valentine's Day ♥

Do you know what you are?
You are a manuscript of a divine letter.
You are a mirror reflecting a noble face.
This universe is not outside of you.
Look inside yourself;
...everything that you want,
you are already that.
- Rumi

(Today, LOVE yourself!) 

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LOVE YOU MORE
time without consequence

alexi murdoch

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pure innovation

in a world where everything is saturated with concepts and ideas that have been altered just enough to seem fresh and new... pure innovation is astounding to me! i knew i had stumbled upon exactly that, when i came across 23 year old artist ALEXA MEADE, while reading nylon magazine a few days ago. here is a little about her brilliance...

"Alexa Meade has innovated a Trompe-L’Oeil painting technique that can perceptually compress three-dimensional space into a two-dimensional plane. Her work is a fusion of installation, painting, performance, photography, and video art.

Rather than painting a representational picture on a flat canvas, Meade paints her representational image directly on top of her three-dimensional subjects. The subject and its representation become one and the same. Essentially, her art imitates life on top of life.

Meade’s approach to portraiture questions our understanding of the body and identity. Meade coats her models with a mask of paint, obscuring the body while intimately exposing it, creating an unflinchingly raw account of the person. The painted second skin perceptually dissolves the body into a 2D caricature. The subjects become art objects as they are transformed into re-interpretations of themselves. In turn, the models’ identities become altered by their new skin, embodying Meade’s dictated definition of their image to the viewer.

Meade’s project plays on the tensions between being and permanence. The physical painting exists only for mere hours and is obliterated when the model sheds its metaphorical skin. What endures is an artifact of the performance, a 2D photograph extracted from the 3D scene. The photographic presentations create a tension between the smoothness of the physical photographs and the tactility of the painted installations captured within them, blurring the lines between what is depicted and depiction itself." - via alexameade.com 

 

it is completely inspiring to know that there is still space in this creative world for something new! let that be food for thought... xoxo nikki

ps: check out alexa meade's website to view her portfolio + flickr page, as well as, juxtapoz magazine for an online interview with the artist herself.

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A CASE OF YOU
blue

joni mitchell

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