About Us
ABOUT US
Bliss Bound Yoga Retreats exists to help individuals find their bliss, hold space, build community, and create opportunities for inner transformation through yoga and meditation retreats.
Our relaxing retreat packages offer classes that inspire healing, disconnecting from technology and reconnecting to nature, and using yoga on and off the mat to promote holistic well-being.
Yoga retreats are for anyone looking to step into their higher potential; searching for a more meaningful and fulfilling life; or wanting an opportunity to go within, deepen yoga practice, reset the body and mind, and connect with others with the same goals.
Mother-daughter duo, Nikole and Summer, believe yoga has the potential to align a person with their true desires and give them the strength to create a fulfilling lifestyle. Yoga has deeply transformed their lives and it is their goal to aid other seekers in finding the path to their highest potential. Nikole and Summer create a loving atmosphere that allows each student to feel cared for welcomed and loved.
Nikole is the owner of Gather studio in Evergreen, Colorado, the ideal spot to blend her love of the mountains and nature with her passion for yoga. Nikole has been practicing for 7 years, with a 500-hr yoga teacher training. Her practice emphasizes healing and alignment, alongside fitness, both on and off the mat—as demonstrated through the holistic community she has assembled under the Gather brand. An avid traveler and sailor, Nikole brings a sense of wonder and self-care to her yoga retreats, and guides alongside her daughter, Summer, with a nurturing, loving touch.
Summer moved to Taos, NM, from the mountains of Colorado in 2018. In Taos, Summer completed a 200-hr yoga teacher training program with the Svastha Yoga Institute. "Svastha" translates to "returning to the self" meaning a return to optimal health or wellbeing. Honoring this lineage, Summer teaches an asana designed to heal the body and the mind. Her teaching style warmly guides students into a state of focused relaxation by using the breath as a guide to move through a practice mindfully.
Summer was introduced to yoga in her early teenage years by her mother, Nikole. Together yoga became more than a hobby they shared. This practice connected them to their deepest desires and initiated great transformation in their lives.
Together they created Bliss Bound Yoga Retreats where they share these practices at destination retreat centers around the world. Since then, Summer has deepened her education through a 200 hr meditation teacher training with the Sage Institute. She incorporates this knowledge into her classes through mindfulness exercises and seated meditation.
Summer and her husband Travis also create weekly online yoga videos that can be found on YouTube Bliss Bound Yoga. Together they travel exploring national parks and finding remote beaches to film heart-centered yoga classes that are freely accessible to support more people on their healing journey.