Ria Nieboer (E-RYT 200, RYT500, YACEP, C-IAYT, LMSW, CAADC, ADS) is an embodied movement/yoga practitioner & educator and Acupuncture Detoxification Specialist who finds joy in guiding students in intuitive and mindful, breath-centered, trauma-informed, embodied yoga practice. She has completed specialized training such as Yoga of 12-Step Recovery (Y12SR), Prison Yoga Project, and Warriors at Ease. She has completed 900hrs with Phoenix Rising Yoga School for C-IAYT.
Ria is a fully licensed Master’s level mental health counselor who specializes in EMDR, complex trauma healing, attachment, mindfulness, dissociation, compassion fatigue, and care for pastors, counselors, and veterans. Ria owns and operates Wholehearted Counseling and Yoga in Holland, MI and offers therapeutic individual and group sessions. https://www.wholeheartedcounselingandyoga.com/group-offerings Ria also teaches at a local yoga studio and in the community.
Ria is a co-founder of a non-profit, Christian ministry organization Journey of Hope Yoga in Holland, MI. The studio provides recover-oriented, free classes and meetings. https://www.journeyofhopeyoga.org/
Ria would describe herself as “Jeffy's wife, an Army mom, a cat mama, and a yogi who worships the Lord Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace.”