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Our Teachers

Ananda Centre is blessed to be involved with a community of dedicated and passionate souls that want to share their knowledge and gifts, helping to guide others towards spiritual wellness. This community will be called on regularly  to bring unique perspectives and skill sets to create a nurturing environment for personal growth and self-discovery.

Ananda meditation and breathwork center founder and main teacher

Nicole Cottrell

Founder & Lead Teacher

My name is Nicole, and I am the Founder and Lead Teacher of Ananda.

I am a spiritual teacher, and I have been on this path for as long as I can remember. From a very young age, I was drawn to the deeper questions of life and the unseen forces that shape our reality. Over the past five decades, it has been deep healing and spiritual learnings—more than anything—that have illuminated the path I was always meant to walk.

Meditation, breathwork, plant medicines, and the deep teachings I’ve received from Amazonian shamans and other remarkable teachers who have blessed my life have all been guiding lights on my journey. While I share meditation and breathwork as powerful tools for working with frequency, transformation, and healing, what I truly offer are the spiritual insights and inner knowings gathered through a lifetime of soul exploration.

I have witnessed remarkable healings—both physical and mental—through the power of surrender and the release of resistance. I have experienced profound healing within myself and have had the honor of witnessing countless others do the same. As a member of Dr. Joe Dispenza’s official Coherence Healing Team, I have seen what many would call miracles—transformations that defy logic, yet feel completely natural when we align with the intelligence of the heart.  These healings occur when we shift our frequency.  When we let go of resistance. 

I am a certified meditation teacher, breathwork teacher, spiritual guide and theta healer with over twenty five years of meditation practice. I have studied under four incredible teachers and immersed myself in both the scientific and spiritual traditions of many lineages—including Buddhism, Hinduism, Hermetic philosophy, Shamanism, and various indigenous teachings from around the world. I cherish the wisdom within each of them and feel deep gratitude for the gems I have uncovered along the way. Yet in my heart, I feel that I am none of them and all of them at once.

Ananda is the culmination of this life’s work—a living school of esoteric wisdom, energy, and meditation. It exists for those just beginning their meditation journey, for those deepening their practice, and for those ready to explore the profound dimensions of the inner world. 

I am honored to walk beside fellow seekers—those called to awaken to peace, love, and the remembrance of who they truly are.

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