Dan teaches that your body is your best teacher and motivator to practice and maintain all the elements that contribute to good health.

Dan Boyne has been practicing yoga for over twenty years, and teaching it since 2002. He has been interested in mind-body disciplines since high school, when he studied judo, and in college he practiced Kung Fu and Tai Chi. He was also a member of the Trinity Crew, which led to a lifelong passion with rowing. He continued to study Tai Chi, Chi Kung, and other internal styles from Boston master Arthur Goodridge, who also taught him the Japanese hand-healing art known as Reiki. In the yoga world, he has worked with several master teachers, including Richard Freeman, Ana Forrest, Barbara Benagh, Tias Little, and Patricia Walden.

Dan has also had a lifelong passion for rowing, which he considers one of the oldest mind-body practices in the western world. As the Director of Recreation Rowing at Harvard University since 1987, he has trained several national champion scullers, written several books about the sport, and served as a Hollywood film consultant. In the 1990's he became interested in yoga as a way to enhance athletic performance, and began working with several of the Harvard varsity athletic teams.

With a perennial fascination for the process of learning and self-discovery, Dan has a master's degree from Harvard in Adult Education, and has recently done graduate work at the Harvard Divinity School in order to better understand the historical roots of yoga. He has developed a wide breadth of knowledge about the classic underpinnings of yoga practice which infuses his teaching.

Dan leads a subtle but strong, fluid practice with attention to breath awareness, internal and external alignment, and the physical sensations rising out of asana work.

Eileen has combined her passion and personal healing journey with the regenerative power of Yoga, Writing, snd Expressive Arts techniques to form her own unique, gentle, warm, and naturalistic style. She has a Master’s in Counseling, an MFA in Writing and has studied Expressive Arts Therapies. She has many influences including Yoga for Life, Phoenix Rising, and most currently Lindsay Gibson at Majestic Yoga. She brings these practices to schools, hospitals, yoga and health centers, retreats, clinics, colleges, and business.

Meera is Trauma-Informed Yoga Educator (E-RYT 500) and Masters of Counseling Student (MFT) focused on integrating Eastern & Western modalities for mental and spiritual liberation. As a trauma-informed Yoga teacher, She empowers others using the Eight Limbs of Yoga (Pranayama, Asana, Meditation, etc.) and philosophy.

Devoted to sharing Yoga in a way that is true to her lineage, her mission is to empower students to unleash the transformative benefits of integrating Yoga into their day-to-day life. Her approach is personalized and consists of integrating yogic practices & wisdom based on student’s unique constituents & goals.

Curiosity (and a little bit of vanity) brought Julia to yoga. She was looking for ways to de-stress during graduate school, and it didn’t hurt that yoga introduced clean eating and a leaner body. She started to eat differently, soften her judgments, and become a little more aware (in short, she started living consciously). As with everything, Julia’s passion for yoga prompted her to want to share it with others. She started her YogaWorks teacher training under the tutelage of Natasha Rizopoulos. From there, she deepened her learning with a series of Anusara immersions with Marc St. Pierre, where the poetic elegance of the discipline really drew her in.

In 2015, she completed her Urban Priestess certification with Sianna Sherman and Ashley Turner. Julia most recently taught private and corporate classes for Namaste New York before returning to her beloved Boston, MA. She loves to cook, read, write, and bike on her Peloton (hello, tight hips!). When she’s not practicing or teaching yoga, Julia’s involved with content design and marketing projects. You can expect warmth and humor in Julia’s classes, as well as thoughtful words and sequencing. This is a lifetime practice—so she approaches each session compassionately and with a never-ending supply of curiosity.

Francesca fell in love with yoga at a time when she was feeling disconnected. Through the practice of asana she began to feel empowered and grateful for her body and this lifetime. Her pursuit of yogic knowledge brought her to the sacred valley of Peru to study ashtanga vinyasa, a Mysore practice in Italy, a Vipassana farm in Hawaii and finally to the foot of the Himalayas. Here she took a 6 month course in India at the Arya Marga Yoga Institute. The main focus of this time was based on a balancing and cleansing Hatha practice. While at this school she began teaching community classes and found that she had a passion for holding this space for others. Since then, she has moved back to the Boston area to be close to family and teaches preschool at a nonprofit in Cambridge. She likes to think of herself as more of a guide than an instructor, hoping students will always stay tapped into their own truth rather than forcing themselves into hers. Her classes range from slow flow, meditation, or yin to a more fiery Hatha or Vinyasa practice. As the motto of her last school states, “experience is soul,” a bit of wisdom she hopes someday she can help lead students to discover through their practice!

Rachel has been practicing yoga for 8 years, first stepping onto the mat in 2014. Rachel has a significant movement background, with 16 years of ballet training. In addition, she also holds an Associates of Science degree for Physical Therapist Assistant as well as a Bachelors of Science in Exercise Science and Sport Performance. After several years of clinical PT practice, she completed both her 200-Hour and 300-Hour teacher training at Down Under School of Yoga in Brookline, MA. Rachel is able to combine her clinical knowledge of the body with yoga asana: leading her students through a practice of purposeful movement patterns. Her Slow Flow classes include Iyengar alignment within a Vinyasa flow, offering a multitude of variations and modifications. Her classes include the use of props to help support and sustain a healthy yoga practice, allowing time to mindfully move in and out of postures.

When she is not on her mat, Rachel enjoys spending time in the wild. With a passion for hiking and rock climbing, she has found steadiness of mind, even in physically and mentally challenging scenarios. She attributes her mental strength as she scales 300-foot rock walls to her yoga practice, which has both humbled and informed her on and off the mat.

A yoga practitioner in the Hatha yoga tradition, co Founder of Legendary Yoga & Wellness , E-RYT 500, Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT), and certified Clinical Ayurvedic Practitioner, she runs 200/500 Yoga Trainings. She has more than a decade of Meditation, Ayurveda, Hatha Yoga and Ashtanga Vinyasa training from masters in India as well as 500 hour Ayurvedic Certification from Kerala.

Ali grew up attending yoga classes. For her, practicing yoga brought her comfort. During college when Ali decided to take her practice mostly off the mat, sometimes she would forget how to tap into the comfort feeling of mind-body-soul harmony. After graduating college, she decided to take a much-needed break from the go-go-go world in which she lived, and focus on yoga to help lead her in the right direction. In the course of this detour period, Ali earned her 200 hour Kripalu yoga teaching certification at Kripalu School of Yoga and Health. In choosing to take this detour to slow down, it helped her to fully come into her true self. Ali came back home to herself - her body being in alignment with her mind and soul. During this chapter, Ali's teachers became Larissa Hall Carlson, Kari Harendorf, Marilyn Whalen, Sally Millice, and Maggie Fiorella Winter. Since this chapter in her life felt so good, she wrote the chapters after to have the same character lead her life in this same feel-good way. Ali has dedicated her life to learning about all things yoga. When Ali is not teaching, she is taking science courses to learn more about anatomy and physiology to help in her teaching and personal practice. Ali's style is slow and steady. Some describe her practice as being very water-based, involving experimental free-flowing movements and breath. Her soft voice and gentle presence help to create a peaceful practice for students to genuinely turn inwards. Ali's goal is to share the wisdom and power of yoga with all people. Through this, she aims to support students in their healing journeys to discover their true, soulFUL, and loveable selves.

Tara Rachel’s journey into yoga and mindfulness began in 1991, while studying to become a Montessori Educator. Maria Montessori stated that the “inner life” of the teacher was the key ingredient to human-education. While writing her thesis on Peace and Education, Tara Rachel encountered the profound benefits of mind-body practices. As an Educator, Children’s Yoga Teacher Trainer, Parent Coach, Zen Shiatsu Practitioner and Adult Yoga Teacher, her path and style of instruction, weaves the wisdom of ancient teachings, with present day mindful awareness. She has completed multiple yoga teacher training courses since 1996. Tara Rachel’s teaching is known in the Boston area, as she was both a student, and teacher, under Boston’s Master Teachers, Baron Baptiste, Barbara Benagh and Arthur Kilmurray. Her passion and interest in embodied anatomy and yoga led her to study infant developmental movement and somatic anatomy/yoga with the founder of The School for Body Mind Centering, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, who’s work remains a central axis in her approach with students of all ages. She has studied extensively (since 2000) with Prajna Yoga, founded by Tias and Surya Little, and continues ongoing trainings with them. Tara Rachel’s classes are unique and flowing, yet, formed and detailed in postural alignment with breath. Rooted with inspiration of her studies, Tara Rachel guides a practice rich in subtle depth, and tailored to meet the student’s needs individually, and collectively, as a class.

The practice of yoga is not about the picture perfect poses on the mat, but more about how we interact with the world (and ourselves) off the mat and how we allow our practice to change and deepen with age, allowing us more access to what’s inside. Alignment within each asana is crucial to keeping aging bodies safe and this allows a sense of freedom, in both body and mind. Jennifer's classes are different each week but usually include some sitting, standing and balancing poses, with some core thrown in here and there. Jen holds a Masters in Education from Lesley University, both 200 & 300 hour Certifications from Down Under Yoga, trained by Natasha Rizopoulos, Jen’s mentor. In her spare time, Jen enjoys walking her dogs at Fresh Pond and volunteering for the Hydrocephalus Association and the Cambridge Tennis Club.

Catherine utilizes creative sequencing and soulful playlists to guide students through an embodied practice, one that cultivates a sense of inner awareness, self-compassion, resilience, and ease. Trained as a family nurse practitioner at Yale University and a four-time marathoner, yoga has been a powerful antidote to the discipline of her everyday life. Catherine completed her 200-hour yoga teaching certification with Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health and is actively pursuing her 300-hour certification with Down Under Yoga. She holds a BA in Theology from Boston College and loves when she gets the question of what this has to do with patient care—to which she warmly replies, "everything." She envisions a future in which healthcare and burnout are no longer coupled terms, and seeks to use her unique skill set to explore this frontier further. In addition to yoga, Catherine loves running, cycling, writing, and poetry. She looks forward to greeting you on your mat soon.

Sarah has recently moved to Cambridge from Rockport, Maine where she lived for twenty five years. She has a deep connection with the natural world and weaves this into her yoga practice and teaching. She completed her 200 hour certification in 2001 with Patricia Brown, founder of Rolling Meadows Retreat. Over the years, she has danced back and forth between teaching in a Waldorf School, instructing yoga classes and care-giving for her elderly parents. Their passing was a profound experience and sparked her interest in grief yoga. Sarah was drawn to exploring new ways of processing her grief. In the spring of 2022, Sarah completed a grief yoga teacher training with Paul Denniston, founder of Grief Yoga in CA. Sarah’s classes are gentle, meditative and calming for the nervous system.

Kate Greer Dickson is a student and teacher of Hatha Yoga for twenty years, a committed Vajrayana Buddhist practitioner, and an apprentice Dharma teacher under her teacher, Lama Tsultrim Allione. She is completing her PhD in Depth Psychology, founded by Carl G. Jung, and is a certified Feeding your Demons teacher and facilitator. She is a mother to two sons who rock her world.

Cadine Navarro (French-American, born and raised in Japan) is an artist and designer (cadinenavarro.com) whose work has been enhanced by her experience, practice, study, and teaching of Kundalini Yoga since 2009.

Michelle Cassandra Johnson is an activist, social justice warrior, author, anti-racism consultant and trainer, intuitive healer, and yoga teacher and practitioner.

She has led dismantling racism work in many settings for over two decades and has a background and two decades of practice as a clinical social worker.

Michelle’s work centers on healing from individual and collective trauma, coming back into wholeness and aligning the mind, body, spirit, and heart. 

She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of William and Mary and a Masters degree in Social Work from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

She has worked in several non-profits and served as an elected official and on many non-profit boards of directors. She has led Dismantling Racism Trainings with large corporations, small non-profits, and community groups, including the ACLU-WA, Duke University, Google, This American Life, The Center for Equity and Inclusion, Auburn Seminary, Kripalu, Yoga Alliance, and Lululemon, and many others.

Michelle published Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World in 2017, and Finding Refuge: Heart Work for Healing Collective Grief in 2021. In 2023, Michelle released two books, We Heal Together: Rituals & Practices for Building Community & Connection and A Space for Us: A Guide for Leading Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Affinity Groups. Her latest book, Illuminating Our True Nature: Yogic Practices for Personal and Collective Healing, published by Shambhala Publications is available now. She teaches workshops in yoga studios and community spaces nationwide and is on the faculty of Off the Mat, Into the World. She was a Tedx speaker at Wake Forest University in 2019 and has been interviewed on several podcasts in which she explores the premise and foundation of Skill in Action, along with embodied approaches to racial equity work, creating ritual in justice spaces, our divine connection with nature and Spirit, and how we as a culture can heal. In 2020, she created her own podcast, Finding Refuge, which explores collective grief and liberation and serves as a reminder about all the ways we can find refuge during unsettling and uncertain times and of the resilience and joy that comes from allowing ourselves to find refuge.

Anjali Rao (she/her) offers insight into the teachings of yoga with a multi disciplinary approach in integrating yoga philosophy and history, with storytelling, imagery and poetry.

She is an Indian American immigrant, a cancer survivor, and is on the faculty of many continuing education yoga programs.

She serves as the President of the Board of Directors of Accessible Yoga, and is the host of The Love of Yoga podcast that connects to the expansiveness of the teachings of yoga through thought provoking conversations with yoga scholars and activists on the frontlines of liberatory movements. scription goes here

Linda is a writer, editor, speaker, and mentor in holistic healing, with a special emphasis on women’s health. She is the former editor-in-chief of Yoga International magazine and past managing editor of Yoga Journal, as such she has been instrumental in bringing the authentic voice of yoga to thousands of practitioners and teachers. Linda is also on the advisory board of the Yoga and Body Image Coalition. Linda co-leads the Courageous Women, Fearless Living retreats for women touched by cancer. She also gives talks and provides workshops for women who are facing any number of challenges, including body issues, pregnancy, anxiety, depression, menopause and more.escription goes here

Olga has pivoted her career to energy healing due to a simple, and profound reason: it has shown her over and over again that the impossible is actually quite probable.

As a previously left-brain dominant being, She spent many years observing ego-driven behavior (including her own!) in the corporate sector and ultimately learning that the root of distress, disease and disorder lies in the energy one carries in their subtle bodies (what is unseen beyond the physical plane). She excelled at connecting the dots and solving problems in this environment, satisfying the ego-mind, yet saw that such fixes were temporary and still attached to much trauma & drama in the collective consciousness.

Energy medicine allows her the same opportunity to bring order to chaos, yet from a much more harmonious, conscious, and heart-centered space. On the premise of trusting that we are all invited to manifest our greatest and highest Selves in this lifetime, it is with great honor that she offers a tool to make this possible.

Learn more about her offerings here: https://nourisharmony.com

Nikki Myers is an accomplished speaker and teacher, MBA, E-RYT 500, Yoga Therapist, Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner, Addictions Recovery Specialist, and Ayurvedic Specialist. Born from her struggles with addiction and work with countless students, Nikki is the founder of Y12SR, Yoga of 12-Step Recovery. Based on its theme ‘the issues live in the tissues’, Y12SR is a relapse prevention program that weaves the art & science of yoga with the practical tools of 12-step programs. 

Y12SR meetings are available internationally and the curriculum has rapidly become a feature of addiction recovery treatment centers.

Nikki’s work has been featured in the New York Times, Black Enterprise, The Huffington Post, Origin Magazine, CBSnews.com, and countless podcasts.  She is honored to be a co-founder of the annual Yoga, Meditation and Recovery Conferences at Esalen Institute and Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health.  Nikki has been featured as a keynote speaker at the International Association of Yoga Therapist (IAYT) conference and the International Conference on Integrative Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She was named a Yoga Journal Game Changer and is an honored recipient of the esteemed NUVO Cultural Visionary Award.

I am a writer, educator, digital strategist, and equity-inclusion facilitator specializing in culturally competent marketing and LGBTQ+ Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging (DEIB) training and consulting. My intention is to share this work with an anti-oppression and intersectional lens.

I was named one of the game-changers in yoga by Yoga Journal magazine in 2021 and I spent several years serving on the Board of Directors at Accessible Yoga before the non-profit dissolved in early 2024. My clients are at the forefront of creating more access and inclusion in the yoga industry with social media audiences of 20k and above; many of them have been featured in NPR, the New York Times, NBC, and USA Today, and have worked with companies like Google, the Met, and TikTok.

I’m honored to facilitate equity-inclusion work in yoga spaces and beyond, and I’ve worked with organizations like Portland Public Schools, HubSpot, Stanford University’s YogaX program, Northwest Harvest, Breathe for Change, Williston Northampton School, and many more.

As a longtime student of social movements and social justice, my work centers on values-focused content development, the exploration of power, privilege, and oppression, and the intersection between solidarity and marketing.

Omkar Hegde is a dedicated yoga teacher with deep roots in India, embracing a holistic approach that transcends the physical aspects of yoga. Trained in traditional Ashtanga Yoga from its birthplace in Mysore, along with Hatha and Vinyasa Yoga from the world’s yoga capital, Rishikesh, Omkar is passionate about guiding students on a journey of self-awareness. He encourages his students to explore their physical capabilities while embarking on a transformative spiritual path toward mental clarity and self-mastery.

Omkar’s teaching philosophy centers on the therapeutic power of yoga for both body and mind. He views asanas as a pathway to release emotions. He believes that, through asana practice, we "massage" our internal organs in a way that is unique and unparalleled by any other form of exercise, cultivating a profound internal harmony. His holistic approach emphasizes yoga’s detoxifying effect, which not only purifies the body but also calms the mind and clears thoughts, fostering a balanced and peaceful state of being.