Mary Ellen Carroll, Owner/Instructor
I began practicing hot yoga in January of 2001. From my very first hot yoga class I was practicing daily, loving the changes the yoga was making to my body, but even more so to my mind! I loved that 90 minutes of uninterrupted, focused time. I received my Bikram Yoga Teaching Certification in 2001. In 2004 I attended Jimmy Barkan’s level II teacher training for certification to teach Hot Vinyasa Yoga. In 2006 I attended Jimmy Barkan’s level III Advanced Teacher training. In addition I have attended workshops with Patricia Walden, Doug Swenson, and Baron Baptiste. Recently I have been studying with David Magone and his Pranavayu Yoga style. David has recently been named one of the top 25 yoga teachers in the country. I am a registered Yoga Teacher with the Yoga Alliance at the RYT200 and E-RYT500 levels with over 5,000 teaching hours. My classes incorporate a mix of postures and knowledge from my various teachers as well as my own practice. I believe yoga is for every body and I assist my students in finding their own practice and letting the inner joy and power within them grow. It’s an honor and a thrill to share this yoga with others and to see them learn and grow in their yoga practice and in their lives..

Michelle Couris
Michelle practicing yoga in the mid 90’s to help alleviate life long problems with her back. Through practice she not only found a strong, tall spine, but also peace through meditation, power through breath work, and so much more.

With teaching, she hopes to offer her students the opportunity to discover the joy of yoga for themselves. She encourages all students to make their practice personal, and to practice with compassion, fluidity, and grace, while bringing a sense of joy and lightness to the mat.

Michelle is certified in Kripalu yoga and teaches with influences in Kripalu, Vinyasa flow and Hot Yoga.
While residing on the north shore, Michelle loves to travel, study, and have fun with her two Yorkies.

Kelly Machaud
After several years in the corporate world, Kelly found she wanted a more active, engaging and peaceful career path, and decided to make her passion for yoga a profession. Kelly has completed Ana Forrest’s Foundational Teacher Training, known for addressing today’s stresses and challenges using intense pose sequences, compassionately taught, to develop skills in awakening each of the senses.

Kelly strives to provide a space where students can safely explore and challenge their bodies and unplug from the outside world. She stresses linking breath with movement and listening to what the body needs. Music, physical adjustments and compassion are all an integral part of her classes. Vinyasa, Forrest and Power yoga styles, as well as her students influence her.

Erin Watters
I began practicing yoga on a whim in May 2005. Two co-workers invited me to practice with them at lunch, and I thought it might be fun. What began as a whim would develop into a passion. After taking my first hot yoga class in a studio, I knew I had found something very special. Along with providing a great workout, yoga taught me that the next breath is always there – a valuable lesson both on and off my mat. I knew that I wanted to share the joy I found in yoga with others. I trained in the Pranavayu style of yoga with its creator, David Magone, along with my mentor, Mary Ellen Carroll. I earned my 200 hour teacher certification in June 2011.

Kerri Johnson
In 2005, Kerri was introduced to Yoga by a friend who thought it could help her through a difficult period in her life. After a few down dogs and Vinyasa’s, Kerri was hooked! Yoga created a significant change in Kerri’s reaction to stress and the way she looked at life in general. Due to the huge impact that yoga had on Kerri’s life, she wanted to share this knowledge and help others. Kerri recently completed the 200 hour Teacher Training with David Magone and Mary Ellen Carroll. Kerri hopes that many people will come to love and benefit from yoga as much as she does!

Farah Smith
When I went to my first yoga class in 2005 I never knew what an impact it was going to make on my life. Soon after starting, I found Mary Ellen's studio and I became hooked on both the practice of yoga and the value of a heated class. I've found yoga to be the perfect complement to other sports like running, rowing and volleyball - being both challenging but also allowing the muscles to stretch and release. Also it has helped me begin to understand how the quality of your breath and the linking of breath to movement can focus and calm the mind and enhance any athletic endeavor. And when something is bothering me, the mat has been a haven and a sanctuary I have been able to count on. I became a 200hr certified yoga instructor in May 2011.


 

Ellen Waylonis May
Yoga has been a gateway to accessing joy in my life, and my hope in teaching is to share that joy with others. I came to yoga looking for stress relief and found on the mat a deep sense of peace and purpose. I firmly believe that yoga is for everyone. Whether you can put your foot behind your head or barely touch your toes, yoga has so much to offer — physically, emotionally, mentally.

I encourage students to smile, laugh, and celebrate their bodies and lives through their yoga practice. Classes offer creative, challenging flows, safe alignment cues, and light-hearted encouragement to be exactly as you are.

I'm endlessly grateful to my teacher David Vendetti, with whom I completed my 200 hour teacher training in June of 2008, as well as to the other teachers and yogis from whom I have learned so much.   I am currently working toward my 500 hour certification, which will be complete in May of 2010.

Vin Mitchell
My path in yoga began quietly in the late ’60’s with readings of Paramahansa Yogananda, Swami Vivekananada, and Yogi Vithaldis. But this was just foreshodowing, as I did not continue with an asana practice.

Many years later, I began a practice in martial arts and meditation. From there, I found a natural progression and connection to Hatha yoga (asana practice) at Yoga Moves.

As the spark grew brighter, I took classes in Yin Yoga and found a similarity to the natural way I practiced at home. Studying the roots of the Yin movement, I found the associations with martial arts, Taoisam, Buddhism, eastern thought, medicine, and meditation very much in line with the direction towards which I had been guided.

“Yoga is a practice” and as a musician I am appreciative o fthe fact that it is the practice itself that brings joy, without even consideration for future benefits. I try to keep my beginners mind, and hope to share this scintilla with you.

Sheri Breen
Sheri began her yogini journey in 1999 after taking a yoga class at college. Yoga became an avenue to reconnect to the physical body in an empowering and compassionate way after spending many years dancing as a child and teenager. She also discovered how yoga can be a powerful way to ground and center herself on and off the mat. Her curiosity has led her to studio many forms of yoga, including Iyengar, Hatha and Vinyasa based practices. Sheri has been influenced by Anusara, Ashtanga, Forrest, Restorative and Yin methods. Her passion for yoga led her to complete her 200 hour yoga teacher certification with Jen Ryan at The Yoga Loft in Wilmington, MA. Her classes are breath centered and encourage students to make the practice their own.

Sheri has completed certifications in Core Vinyasa and as a Trauma Sensitive Yoga Teacher. She is current pursuing her 500 hour RYT certification as a student in Shiva Rea’s 300 hour Prana Flow yoga teacher training. In addition, Sheri is an avid meditation practitioner, Reiki Level II certified and has worked in the healthcare field for many years. It’s all about the journey, not the destination.