Nathalie Croix is a yoga teacher, educator, and practitioner with over two decades of experience.
Her work integrates practice, study, and lived application — offered through teacher trainings, retreats, classes and private sessions.
Rooted in traditional yoga and informed by a modern understanding of the body and nervous system, her teaching emphasizes clarity, structure, and sustainability over time.
She is the founder of Shanti Yoga Training School, where she has trained teachers worldwide through both online and in-person programs.
Her work also extends into writing, sound, and integrative practices — offered as part of a broader approach to practice and daily life.
TRAINING & LINEAGE
About Nathalie Croix
Nathalie Croix, E-RYT 500, has been teaching yoga for over 27 years and is the founder of Shanti Yoga Training School. Her teaching is rooted in the traditions of Ashtanga Yoga with Iyengar and intelligent alignment influences, integrating mindful movement, breath, meditation, and modern therapeutic principles to create practices that are both accessible and transformative.
She trained at the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute in Mysore, India, studying under Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and Sharath Jois over the course of ten years through four extended trips to India. She later continued her studies in Los Angeles with Maty Ezraty, Annie Carpenter, Seane Corn, and Shiva Rea, earning her 500-hour yoga teacher certification through YogaWorks.
Nathalie holds a bachelor's degree in Dance and Kinesiology, is an E-RYT 500 and YACEP with Yoga Alliance, and was among the first teachers certified in SmartFLOW Yoga. She has also completed Relax and Renew® Restorative Yoga training with Judith Hanson Lasater and continues to study under her guidance.
OTHER WORK
In addition to leading yoga teacher trainings, Nathalie is a certified Sound Healer, Equine Therapist, Reiki Master, Human Design coach, and the host of Life On Earth Podcast. She is also the author of Living Life in Light: A Yogi's Journey, The Light Code: Pillars for Ultimate Health & Wellness, and The Freedom Journal.
In Print
SHOUT OUT LOS ANGELES | Meet Nathalie Croix. Yoga Teacher Trainer, Author and Podcaster
NOLA VIE | Pathways to Inner Peace at Shanti Yoga Shala
LOS ANGELES TIMES | How to handle the grunter at yoga class and middle-aged guys who text
GIRL CRUSH OF THE DAY | Nathlie Croix
BE FIT NOLA | Getting started with yoga: An Interview with Nathalie Croix of LIFE Yoga
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