Welcome! I created Fitness & Nutrition with Natalie as a way to help people create long-term healthy habits, tailored to fit each individual. I am a nutrition coach and also specialize in yoga, mobility and strength training. Since completing my 200-hour yoga certification from the Maui Yoga and Dance Shala (RYS) in 2016, I have taught over 3,000 classes and am an E-RYT 200 with Yoga Alliance.
I have led numerous events and workshops, taught guests at a Hilton Hotel in the Dominican Republic, and led five retreats —two in Italy, one in France, one in Arizona and one in Panama. I enjoy creating communities and bringing people together. Keep an eye on the website for 2025 retreats—coming soon!
To expand and deepen my offerings, in 2019, I completed my Yin Yoga training from Wanderlust Yoga in Austin, Texas, my Aerial Yoga Teacher Training, a 20 hour sequencing training with Jason Crandell and a Functional Anatomy training with Tiffany Cruikshank. Additionally, I am a NASM-certified Nutrition Coach and I am currently working on my Personal Training Certification with NASM (The National Academy of Sports Medicine).
I use my skill-set and trainings to tailor exercise and nutrition sessions to each individual client, helping them to meet their goals.
Since March 2020, I have and continue to offer virtual classes via zoom that are open to the public! Contact me to register for these classes & take a look at the schedule for more details. The public class schedule is:
Tuesday: All Levels Flow | 8:45-9:30am
Thursday: Yoga Fusion (Yoga with Weights) | 8:45-9:30am
Friday: Core and Balance | 8:45-9:30am
My classes are alignment and anatomy driven, with a focus on functional mobility and building strength. I offer lots of modifications, making my classes accessible and appropriate for all levels. I believe that it is equally important to focus on strengthening work as much as stretching and try to offer my clients and students a good balance. I am detail oriented and plan classes that are customized and tailored to meet my students needs and goals.
Regardless of life’s twists and turns, staying active keeps me grounded and centered. Work with me to discover how exercise and healthy eating benefit you!
Scroll below to view testimonials & follow me on Instagram for updates: @nutrition_yoga_natalie
Come enjoy a class with me—I hope to see you soon!
TESTIMONIALS
“On behalf of the Federal Programs Team here at UnitedHealthcare, we cannot thank Natalie enough for the fun, engaging, and educational webinars she provides for us and our viewers. Natalie brings such great energy to her Yoga sessions and Nutrition Series and we are truly delighted to have her. Each of her sessions are filled with amazing information that any of our viewers can take home with them. Some sessions Natalie has hosted for the UHC Federal Programs Team and federal population include; Yoga, Grocery Guidance: Tips for Successful Grocery Shopping, Kitchen Tour & Reading Nutrition, Healthy Habits, Seasonal Eating, Meal Planning and Food Storage, What’s In Your Food?, Eating for Good Health, and much more! We have some of the highest registration numbers, the best attendance and most engagement with her webinars. Our viewers are excited to learn from Natalie as she continues to bring fresh content and perspectives to the table. UnitedHealthcare truly appreciates Natalie and what she provides the federal population.” - UnitedHealthcare Federal Programs
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“Natalie is the best at what she does. I met her many years ago as specifically a fantastic yoga instructor, but her commitment to personal and professional growth is what has continued to amaze me. Not to mention her commitment to helping people in a way that makes sense for them and their lifestyle. She is now my nutrition coach, and she is truly better than I could have anticipated. Natalie is great because she took the time to understand my overall goals and my current eating habits, and she found a way to merge the two expertly. I never feel like I’m “dieting” or “starving” myself. I’m a runner who ate generally pretty well, and Natalie found ways to tweak and improve upon the base I had. I’m never bored with the meals she's helped me plan, and I know I can trust her recommendations. I cannot recommend her highly enough as a Nutrition Coach, Yoga Instructor, or person.” -Ricky Barrios
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"My husband and I enlisted Natalie’s help because we were ramping up our exercise routine and wanted to make sure we were getting enough calories and the right nutrients to meet our fitness goals. Natalie was the perfect person to help us. After our initial consultation, Natalie put together a comprehensive plan which included matching nutrition intake with different types of exercise; meal planning tips combined with sample meal plans unique to each of us; and information/education (which we needed) around nutrient timing (protein and carbs) based off our athletic endeavors. Before each session, Natalie sent us notes and recordings from the prior session, valuable information/resources (links and videos) and always asked a lot of questions along the way to make sure we got the most out of our time with her. Additionally, Natalie could tell we were concerned (I was scared actually) about upcoming planned travel and how to handle meals on the road and eating in restaurants. Natalie asked us to provide examples of restaurants we like and she pulled up their menus online and we walked through how best to plan for travel and pick the best items to order off the menu. We found this to be extremely useful and quite eye opening, and the entire activity lowered our stress level and gave us a lot more confidence when eating out. My husband and I highly recommend Natalie for anyone trying to establish good eating habits, in need of specific help to meet nutrition or fitness goals and especially for anyone that wants to optimize their exercise routine." -Abbe S
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“Learning about the Fall 2018 yoga retreat in Italy moved me to start doing yoga. Now I am devoted to it. During the retreat, Natalie showed that she is knowledgeable about the practice, able to guide even a novice into accurate poses, encouraging, patient, and engaging. I will be forever grateful to her for being the catalyst for my yoga passion.” - Carol
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“I have been training with Natalie for about a year. She is a dedicated and knowledgeable teacher who is able to tailor a program to meet my specific needs. With Natalie’s guidance I have made significant improvement in my practice. What makes Natalie stand out as a yoga teacher is her keen eye for detail, as she points out a slight change in the placement of a hand, a small movement of a foot, or a change in a breathing pattern, which makes all the difference in a posture and obtaining the full benefit of a given movement. She always makes these corrections in a positive and instructive way. I recommend her as a yoga instructor without reservation.” -Jim
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“Natalie brings such a wonderful energy to class each and every time. She gets to know her students, which allows her to structure classes that will help push and grow each of us. As a spin/cycle instructor myself, I often find myself having tight IT bands and hips. She provides hands on modifications to help deepen my practice and is patient with her explanations. This type of attention to detail allows me improve my yoga practice.” -Danielle F.
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“I met Natalie a few years ago at a yoga fundamentals workshop after struggling through months of classes as a beginner. I barely knew what a down dog was when I first went to a yoga class, and Natalie’s workshop gave me the knowledge and confidence to begin to regularly attend local studio classes. In her workshops, she’s incredibly patient and has a strong focus on proper form. I so much enjoyed her beginner’s workshop that I later met with her for private classes, which I’d highly recommend to anyone looking to improve their practice. Because of Natalie’s instruction, I’ve grown to love yoga in a way that I never expected. I’m very thankful that I crossed paths with Natalie. She’s an incredible instructor and a pleasure to take class with!” -Lindsay
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“Natalie’s a wonderful yoga instructor! She got me hooked on yoga! I’m 75 and physically active all my life, but had never tried yoga. Natalie encouraged me to give it a try on a yoga and wine-tasting trip to Italy. I never looked back and am now practicing yoga 2-4 times a week. If she can hook an old codger like me, she can work with anyone. Thanks, Natalie, for showing me the path!” -Joe
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“I never took a yoga class before signing up with Natalie. Members of my family thought that I wouldn’t like yoga and if I did, I wouldn’t stick with it. But, the naysayers were wrong and it’s largely because Natalie knows the right way to teach yoga. Natalie is a patient instructor who finds ways to reinforce the basics while somehow always keeping each class fresh by introducing new concepts. I would highly recommend Natalie for both first-timers and those who have been practicing yoga for a long time but want to try something new.” -J. Horwitz
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“Natalie is simply wonderful. I have practiced yoga on and off for over a decade and taken from a number of different teachers. Natalie showed me a number of tweaks and methods that made a huge difference in my yoga practice that no one else had ever showed me. She worked to help me address pain in different areas and discover new positions I had not previously been able to do. I cannot express my gratitude enough! If you have the opportunity to take a class from her, don't hesitate!” -Kellie M.