Nya Patrinos has been a competitive athlete from the age of 6. She started practicing yoga to heal chronic knee pain after all else failed. She is passionate about yoga, art, and yoga nidra as tools for healing. Nya has a Diploma of Merit in Yoga Therapy from the Ghosh College of India in Kolkata (Muktamala Mita) and an 800-hour Certificate in Yoga Therapy from Kripalu's School of Integrative Yoga Therapy (Joseph Le Page). (C-IAYT) 

Nya is certified in Yoga for the Heart (Nischala Devi) and Functional Yoga Therapy (Maria Mendola). She has also studied therapeutic vinyasa and yoga philosophy at Loyola Marymount University, spiritual counseling and restorative yoga at Expanding Light, yoga nidra at the Yoga Academy of North America, and Yin Yoga at the Yin Yoga Institute with its founder and lineage holder Master Paulie Zink.

Nya is the creator of the Moon Phase Goddess deck and the Nitya Shakti Oracle Deck. Nya wrote the chapter on Cultivating Resilience and Safety in Yoga Therapy Practice for the book, Yoga Therapy Foundations, Tools, and Practice.