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Our Story

Sola Studios was created as a place where people can return to themselves. We believe that nature, kindness, creativity, and community are our greatest teachers. Through courses, reflective writing, yogic practices, guidance. We continue to create spaces that invite people back into a relationship with themselves. Over the past twenty years, my life has moved through many different worlds. I have worked in business administration, studied wellness, written courses, practised yoga, and spent much of my life in the performing arts. Each experience has shaped how I understand people, creativity, and what it means to reconnect with ourselves. Sola Studios was born from the intersection of those experiences rather than any one discipline alone.

Our Founder

My name is Nikki Martinez, and I was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. I am a proud Dene woman whose life has been shaped by many different experiences, communities, and ways of learning. While much of my work has taken place in wellness, my background also includes business administration, performance arts, education, and years spent studying alongside teachers from both Indigenous and contemporary traditions. When I was sixteen years old, my mother passed away. She remains one of the greatest influences in my life. Her kindness, integrity, and unwavering love continue to shape the way I approach both my work and my relationships. Losing her became the beginning of a lifelong journey of understanding grief, healing, identity, and what it means to build a meaningful life. Over the years, I have come to believe that healing is not about becoming someone new. It is about creating the conditions to remember who we are beneath our fears, our responsibilities, and the ways we have learned to protect ourselves. That belief has become the foundation of Sola Studios. Everything created whether a course, a piece of writing, a conversation, or a gathering is intended to offer people a place to pause, reflect, and reconnect with themselves. I do not believe that one person holds all the answers for another. Rather, I believe we each carry wisdom within us, and sometimes all we need is the right environment to hear it again. That is my hope for Sola Studios: to create thoughtful spaces where people feel welcomed, challenged, inspired, and reminded that they already carry far more within themselves than they may realize.