I have been referring patients and clients to Nina for somatic and trauma therapy for many years from my internal medicine/functional/holistic medical practice. When a person has suffered a traumatic experience, be it psychological (abuse of any type) or physical (from an injury such as concussion or a severe or chronic illness), standard psychotherapy with a therapist or psychologist is usually insufficient for achieving true healing of the mind, body and spirit. By using specific mind-body techniques, including breath work and body movement exercises, Nina is able to help people achieve a level of peacefulness and calm that they desperately need in order to reduce the "fight or flight" mode that people with trauma experience on a constant basis. By reducing fear and anxiety and promoting a sense of body and mental awareness, she is able to help people regain a sense of comfort, a psychological and physical state where they can heal from their trauma. The healing state that Nina helps them to establish enables people to begin to regain control of their minds and bodies and to live their lives more fully and joyfully. The other important benefit of working with a skilled somatic and trauma therapist like Nina is that she teaches techniques to her clients which they then use on their own to continue making progress between sessions and for the rest of their lives. From my perspective as a medical doctor, having patients work with Nina leads to the treatments which I have recommended for them to be more effective and to achieve the best results.

I have been Nina’s student for two years.  She is a skillful and patient teacher.  She is a master of bringing me back to the basic skills of meditation when my mind wanders.  Her focus on being in the body calms thoughts and build attention and concentration.  She has spent over twenty years practicing in the tradition of vipassana.  Her emphasis on the ethical implications of the practice  has been  invaluable for me in understanding the path to right and skillful action.  

I would recommend Nina to all who are seriously interested in learning insight meditation.   Beyond simple relaxation, attention and concentration, meditation develops valuable life navigation skills.  It is useful in breaking free from the force of habit.  It is doing all of this for me as well as putting me in touch with the underlying process of change in the world and in myself. The micro is reflected in the macro and vice-versa. It is also helping build equanimity in me  and experiencing God or the Source of all Life in all things.

Nina is a deeply caring and committed meditation teacher/guide in the Theravada tradition who weaves her somatic (body centered) therapy training into her approach. I had been meditating for 20 years in the Zen tradition when I began sitting with her. Her has guidance has opened up whole new set of practices which have unlocked deep insight and improved well being. She has been a wonderful contributor to my journey. I definitely recommend Nina

Nina Nagy is a serious insight meditation teacher and a trauma therapist.  She helped me get through a difficult time in my life, after a family tragedy.  Although I had practiced meditation before and know that staying in the present is key, she breaks it down into small step that are easier to understand.  She makes it clear that only you can do the work that can lead you to freedom— she is your guide.

You need to be willing to have a daily meditation practice if you want her as a teacher.  Nina gave me guidance and valuable feedback with homework after each session.  I would not have taken to it as seriously without her.  It gives her joy to help people so don’t react negatively if she pushes you and questions your intentions. This practice has helped me with my grief and in finding various degrees of freedom.

Nina interwove her trauma and somatic skills to help clear some trauma in the body. The somatic experiencing trauma work is a stand alone but can also be combined with the practice of insight meditation. She led me through exercises that helped me feel areas I had ignored.  And this work made me realize that the body really does keep the score— body memory is real. I have found cellular relief through this work.

I would also highly recommend Nina for somatic and trauma therapy.

I'm grateful to have the opportunity to work with Nina through her Somatic Therapy. She is a wise, very skilled, intuitive therapist who was able to help me understand and then work with ongoing issues I have been dealing with for many years. Nina listened and guided me, gave me numerous Somatic tools to use, and improved my health as a result. Her various trainings make her approach and style multi-modality, which has been very helpful. I would recommend her without reservation.

Nina taught me the incredibly freeing practice of sitting with emotions, feeling them, and knowing they are not forever. She taught me that when it comes to emotions there is nothing that needs to be "fixed," but rather much that can be learned with a quiet mind and a kind heart. She is a gift and I am so grateful to her.