Drama Education
Acting, improvisation, and drama-therapy based social-emotional learning for students and adults.
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Drama · Yoga · Coaching
Freedom to express yourself confidently
I work with individuals, groups, schools, and organizations to build emotional resilience, self-expression, and confidence — through drama education, performance coaching, yoga, and mindfulness-based coaching.
Four disciplines, one throughline
Performance Coaching
Helping professionals, helpers, educators and leaders build confidence, safety, creativity, and expressive range.
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Practices for stress-reduction, resilience, focus, wellbeing, and nervous-system regulation, for individuals and groups.
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Life and transformational coaching for people navigating big decisions, and change.
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For Organizations
Bring drama, yoga, or group facilitation to your school, nonprofit, or team.
Start a ConversationSchedule a Session or Bring a Program
Choose the path that fits you best. Every request is reviewed personally by Nikolai within 24 hours.
Book a 1:1 Session or Class
Transformational coaching, private yoga & mindfulness, or acting & expressive communication.
Bring a Program to Your Team, School, or Org
Tailored drama workshops, social-emotional learning, mindfulness, or professional communication training.
What Clients & Students Say
I have been working with Nikolai Afanasev as a coach for a number of months. He has a rare gift of asking the most insightful questions to encourage you to dig deep to explore personal values to create your own solutions. He quickly helped me realize what I really wanted to achieve both in my business and my personal life and to believe it was possible. He has been an expert at helping me sort through my sometimes “muddled thinking” and to put together action plans to help me achieve my goals. Nikolai is concerned with your whole person – not just goals and action plans. He seeks to ensure you are taking care of yourself physically, emotionally and spiritually as you move along your life journey. He has a flexible and objective approach with the right balance of support and challenge to enable you to see a clearer path and achieve personal goals.