<h3 class="p1" style="text-align: center;"><span class="s1">Introducing the Unsung Heroes of Nanaimo’s
Health and Fitness Community</span></h3>
<p class="p2" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="s1">Nanaimo is blessed with a wealth of wonderful, passionate health and fitness professionals like Nura who inspire others, helping them to overcome obstacles and live healthier lives. These Yoga teachers, fitness instructors, massage therapists and others deserve to be more widely known because they have so much knowledge and insight to share. I know you’ll enjoy meeting them here!</span></p>

<h3 style="text-align: center;">Nura Yoga teacher</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I<a href="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Nu-7.jpg"><img class="alignright wp-image-1318 size-medium" src="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Nu-7-300x183.jpg" alt="Nura - Yoga Nanaimo" width="300" height="183" /></a>'m Nura and I'm a long-time yoga teacher and massage therapist, a mom, a wife, a traveler of the world and so many other labels. But really, I am on this journey that we call life like everyone else.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">My background is quirky, as I think most of ours are. When asked where I'm from, I have to ask: "would you like the short or long answer?"</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">So if you're curious, here's a pretty brief synopsis:
<a href="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Nu-6.jpg"><img class="alignright wp-image-1317 size-medium" src="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Nu-6-300x133.jpg" alt="Nura - Yoga Nanaimo" width="300" height="133" /></a>I was born in Germany but grew up in Zimbabwe. I am half Persian, half American. I left home when I was 16 and went to the USA for college where I did my BA in Visual Arts. I got married and lived in NYC for 5 years. I moved to Switzerland 9 years ago and 2 kids later, moved across the world to Nanaimo to be close to one of my 3 sisters and my 88 year old grandma.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Nu-1.jpg"><img class="alignright wp-image-1312 size-medium" src="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Nu-1-300x200.jpg" alt="Nura - Yoga Nanaimo" width="300" height="200" /></a>Our family values connection over most things, so despite having a hankering for travel, we feel the deep importance of roots and connection. Rather than the traditional yogi of the past who renounced all things in pursuit of samadhi, I am the classic householder yogi. I do my grocery shopping, pay bills and drive my kids from one activity to another.</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">I use my yoga, meditation and awareness of my body, as a tool to get to know and understand more about myself, and how I relate to the world around me. <a href="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Nu-5.jpg"><img class="wp-image-1316 size-medium alignright" src="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Nu-5-300x225.jpg" alt="Nura - Yoga Nanaimo" width="300" height="225" /></a>I use my mat to tackle the issues and struggles that come up in my head and my heart. I guess you could say that the mat is my lab where I do my personal experiments!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I am striving in my life to shift from doing yoga how I live my life, to living my life how I practice yoga. When I feel frantic, rushed and otherwise out of sorts, I can remind myself of the same feelings I get on my mat when I am sit in a pose that doesn't feel comfortable. And instead of rushing out, I breathe a bit slower and I remind myself that I am ok just where I am.</p>
N<a href="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Nu-3.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1314 alignright" src="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Nu-3-238x300.jpg" alt="Nura" width="238" height="300" /></a>ow that I'm here in Nanaimo I will be offering special classes, workshops and trainings in yoga as well as teaching regular yoga classes at <a href="http://www.omtown.ca/">Omtown Yoga Studio</a> and at <a href="http://www3.telus.net/nanaimoyogasanctuary/">Nanaimo Yoga Sanctuary</a>. I also offer Integrative Massage at <a href="http://nnmc.ca/">North Nanaimo Medical Clinic</a> on a limited basis.
<p style="text-align: justify;">You can stay up to date with the latest of what I have to offer by liking my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NuraMadjzoubyogaandmassage/">Facebook page - Nura Madjzoub</a>. You can also find out more about me on my website: <a href="http://nuramadjzoub.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Nuramadjzoub.com.</a> You can always contact me at info@nuramadjzoub.com. I'd love to hear from you!</p>