Meet Victoria
Victoria Larkins is a Vedic Meditation teacher and founder of Nowphoria, known for her work at the intersection of ancient yogic knowledge, consciousness studies, and modern neuroscience. She specializes in helping individuals shift from thought-based living into presence—cultivating the state of awareness beneath the mind where clarity, creativity, coherence, and aligned action naturally arise.
Her work integrates the full spectrum of the yogic tradition with an understanding of the nervous system to offer a grounded, accessible pathway to evolutionary living.
TRAININGvictoria has spent over a decade studying the full spectrum of the yogic system—vedic meditation, breathwork, and multiple lineages including kriya, vinyasa, hatha, naad, yoga nidra, restorative, and yin. she apprenticed with her teacher for nearly a decade, traveling regularly to india throughout her twenties to study the mechanics of transcendence, the cultivation of being, and the progression of higher states of consciousness.
during her apprenticeship, she transcribed the vedas and the siddhis—ancient sound-based technologies that map the structure of the mind and the mechanics of human potential. the oldest and most foundational teachings of the yogic system, these texts inform her scientific approach to the unchanging truth that underlies all of reality.
her academic training in somatic psychology and neuroscience at naropa university deepened her understanding of how consciousness, physiology, behavior, and stored experience interact. her work centers on a somatic premise: when the nervous system returns to the baseline of being, it finally has the safety and capacity to unwind unresolved cycles—allowing healing, creativity, and coherence to emerge naturally. this is also where new neural pathways form, giving the mind the structure it needs to stabilize expanded awareness and translate it into lasting change.
CAREERin 2014, victoria founded sankalpa, a project connecting women around the world through intention and shared story, which grew into a global movement during the pandemic.
in 2017, she co-founded the subtle mind, a meditation studio in boulder, co.
in 2023, she started nowphoria—a space for "being, in motion," dedicated to cultivating presence as the foundation for transformation. nowphoria integrates neuroscience, somatics, and yogic knowledge to build nervous system stability for expanded creativity, purpose, and impact, offering vedic meditation courses, retreats, weekly group meditations, and the complementary practices of breathwork and somatic movement.
these days, victoria moves between the communities she returns to teach—los angeles, the bay area, boulder, and sun valley—alongside the retreats she leads throughout the year around the world.
she also lectures on meditation and nervous system regulation, bringing this work into schools, organizations, and wellness spaces beyond her own community.
MENTAL HEALTHvictoria's early struggles with mental health—depression, anxiety, and an eating disorder—along with surviving sexual assault, shaped her understanding of the nervous system and its role in agency and resilience. vedic meditation saved her life.
experiencing how quickly the practice shifted her own brain chemistry is what drew her to study the science behind it—and today she's passionate about educating others so they feel empowered to understand what's happening in their own minds and bodies. she's especially committed to sharing the practice as a mental health tool, working with recovery centers, halfway houses, and survivors of trauma. because a state-shifting technique like vedic meditation isn't only a path to peace—it can be one of the most effective ways to heal from the inside out.
her teaching is embodied and vulnerable, rooted in lived experience rather than theory or technique alone—offering a relatable roadmap people can feel, and a sense of safety and trust.
“Our hearts are always guiding the way. Sometimes we find ourselves in the flow of expansion, aligned with our truth. And, sometimes the noise is too loud to hear the clarity of love’s direction. It’s human to forget. It’s also entirely possible to come back, again and again. This is the heart’s dance. We are meant to oscillate inward and out.”
— Victoria
