Nina had a son with complex special needs and autism. It changed her trajectory from working at the United Nations to a stay at home for her son as no help would stay long enough to allow this professional life to continue. The search for her own healing started this process of learning. This deepened the need also to find ways of freedom from ongoing suffering.  Insight meditation provided the skills of healing and nourishing the Spirit.  Nina was very committed to this work and deeply studied many facets of the teachings for 14 years before she was selected to be trained as a community teaching leader at the Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California (2010-2012).  This study and practice revealed the need to understand trauma.​

 
This led to the Somatic Trauma Healing trainings and  work that can serve both practitioners of Insight as well as be a stand-alone therapeutic work for those who simply wish for Somatic trauma healing.  

 

​She is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (therapist), a  three years training from The Somatic Experience Trauma Institute. She received further training at the Integral Somatic Psychology Institute. She also secured a Certificate in Trauma Stress Studies offered through Trauma Research Foundation.

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She is also a reiki practictioner.

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Currently, she is studying Shammanic  Energy Medicine and Health Coaching through Four Winds.

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For the last 30 years, she has studied and continues to work with several well-respected teachers, including Gina Sharpe, Mathew Flickstein, and Bhikku Bodhi. She actively participates in silent retreats at Insight Meditation Society (IMS) retreats and other nationwide retreat centers. She formally served as a teacher at New York Insight Meditation Center in New York City and at present,  weekly, at Westchester Insight in Bedford Hills, New York, and at the Unitarian Universalist Association, Westport, CT.

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She earned a Master of Public and International Affairs (MPIA) and certificates in Asian Political Economic Affairs, Political Economy, and Western European Development at the University of Pittsburgh, and she went on to work at the United Nations, focusing on development and political issues.

The work at the United Nations and the experience of living in seven countries allowed to work with diverse populations including people of color.

 

She founded SafetyNet Fund, an NGO, that provides education and medical help to underprivileged children and their families living in the developing world.​​​​

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Member:

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Life long member Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute https://traumahealing.org

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UShealers.com

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Heal.me

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OurWell.com

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Spiritual Directors International

https://www.sdicompanions.org/sdi-profile/https://www.awakeabiding.com​​

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URL:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/nina-nagy-8920666/

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