Here we welcome Nicola Moberg as a new Birthlight tutor for Perinatal Yoga.
Who would’ve thought I’d end up running a yoga studio in Helsinki—not me.
I’m Nicola, a yoga teacher and guardian of Purna Yoga Helsinki. I’m passionate about helping women connect with themselves, especially during pregnancy, birth, and motherhood.
I grew up in the Austrian Alps, surrounded by skis, snowboards, and the tourist life. But at 18 I started traveling the world in search of something deeper. In Guatemala, at a meditation retreat, I realised what I really wanted was simple: to be happy.
When a friend suggested yoga teacher training, I thought: “Me? Never.” Yet intuition pushed me to try—and I soon discovered how much joy teaching brings.
My first pregnancy changed everything again. After a difficult labour, I felt called to study more deeply, and discovered Birthlight through Francoise Freedman. Her anthropological background and Amazonian experience resonated with me, and I knew I wanted to support women through this natural, powerful stage of life. My home birth in Spain confirmed this trust in women’s innate ability.
That’s when I became a Birthlight teacher, and not long after, I moved to Helsinki. Today I still teach weekly prenatal and postnatal yoga as well as monthly birth preparation for couples. Over the years I have also trained in Purna Yoga, taken over the Purna Yoga Helsinki studio (2017), and started leading 200-hour teacher trainings.
What began with Birthlight grew into my life’s work: guiding women—whether pregnant, new mothers, seniors, or anywhere in between—to find strength, confidence, and joy. Now, I feel called to share this knowledge further by training yoga teachers for pregnancy.
Pregnancy is such a fleeting, sacred time. My wish is to help both women and teachers cherish it fully, with trust and compassion.
Nicola is offering Birthlight Perinatal Yoga training starting in January – read all the details here.
Learn more about Purna Yoga at www.purnayoga.fi
Nicola is offering Birthlight Perinatal Yoga training starting in January – read all the details here.