Lead Instructor, RYT 500, Certified Sound Healer, Trauma Informed, Licensed Mental Health Counselor & CEO of Golden Hour Counseling

Primary Focus:

Asana, alignment, and movement systems

Sequencing and class design

Teaching methodology and communication

Nervous system and trauma-informed approach

Practicum and real-time feedback

Role:

Leads the structure and progression of the training

Bridges technical skill with teaching application

Sets the standard for class delivery and leadership

brings 15 years as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, School Adjustment Counselor, and Registered Yoga Teacher. She is also a 500-hour yoga teacher with extensive expertise in trauma-informed approaches, inclusive teaching, and life-changing yogic philosophy.

CEO RISEilience, 200 RYT, & Reiki 1, Certified in Breathwork, Meditation, & Mindfulness

Primary Focus:

Program structure and integration

Meditation foundations and breathwork

Personal practice development

Professional development and business insight

Role:

Holds the overall container of the program

Connects all components into a cohesive experience

Supports students in applying the work beyond training

combines sixteen years of professional experience in human resources, communication, psychology, and community leadership with her yoga background and the lived reality of building RISEilience.

Wellness Operations Manager, RYT 200, Reiki I, Prenatal Yoga Certified

Primary Focus:

Functional movement and deep stretch methodology

Yoga history and lived practice

Application of yoga in everyday life

Role:

Grounds the practice in accessibility and real-world use

Supports understanding of how yoga shows up beyond the mat

Priscilla’s yoga journey began with recovery. After two ACL injuries as a collegiate lacrosse player, she turned to yoga for strength, pain relief, and mindful connection. She completed her 200 hour training in Thailand during a seven month solo backpacking trip and now focuses on supporting women’s physical, mental, and hormonal wellbeing. Her classes empower students to build strength, mobility, and inner calm through accessible, intentional movement.

Primary Focus:

Anatomy and injury prevention

Musculoskeletal system

Role:

Provides clinical and structural understanding of the body

Ensures safe and informed movement practices

Caitlin is a North Shore–based yoga teacher, clinical massage therapist, and strength and conditioning coach devoted to movement as medicine.

Nature-Based Practices 1000HR RYT

Primary Focus:

Subtle body practices (bandhas, mudras, kriyas)

Breathwork and energetic systems

Nature-based practices

Role:

Expands students’ awareness beyond physical practice

Introduces energetic and experiential dimensions of yoga

is a cultural educator, community herbalist, and somatic practitioner whose work integrates plant medicine, movement traditions, chant, and botanical adornment as embodied pathways of healing and ecological relationship. With formal graduate training in Indigenous policy and cultural diplomacy (M.A., George Washington University) and choreography and dance therapy (M.F.A., UCLA), she brings academic rigor, lineage-based practice, and over two decades of global field experience to her teaching. Her work bridges Hawaiian hula, lei as medicine, herbal formulation, hydrosol distillation, yoga, and cross-cultural ritual practice, offering retreat participants both intellectual depth and lived, sensory experience.

Reiki Master, 200HR RYT

Primary Focus:

Reiki and energy work

Role:

Introduces hands-on and energetic healing practices

Supports students in understanding subtle body work

an Usui Reiki Master with two master certificates, guides you in Reiki, sound, breathwork, and meditation inside the salt room.

Ayurveda Foundations & Dosha

Primary Focus:

Ayurveda and lifestyle

Role:

Connects yoga to daily habits, digestion, and seasonal alignment

Entrepreneur, author of The Gut Health Revival book, the creator of the MyGutGirl MethodTM, a certified Ayurvedic Health Practitioner, a gut health educator, and a Pilates/Yoga instructor with decades of lived wisdom around fitness, energy, and women’s wellness. Her warm, grounded teaching style blends: ✔ modern gut science ✔ ancient Ayurvedic principles ✔ simple nervous-system tools ✔ realistic lifestyle habits for modern women She has guided hundreds of women toward calmer bellies, steadier minds, and more energized lives — not through restriction, but through movement, warm food, breath, rhythm, and ease. Students describe her approach as relatable, uplifting, and truly life-changing. Author of The Gut Health Revival, Ayurvedic Practitioner, Certified Gong Practitioner, Certified Master Pilates Instructor, Certified Yoga Instructor, MBA

20+ Year Yoga Instructor

Primary Focus:

Hands-on adjustments

Integration practices (habit building, ritual, astrology)

Role:

Bridges physical practice with personal integration

Supports students in creating sustainable routines

I first encountered yoga as a teen via my well-traveled great aunt. She showed me a book of women in unfamiliar positions, but as a tomboy who preferred climbing trees to ballet, I wasn't interested. My path took a darker turn through a strict upbringing and anorexia; an unorthodox treatment caused a rapid 30-pound gain that crushed my weak spine, leading to scoliosis and a shattered body image. By my twenties, doctors offered only painkillers or surgery. I refused both. It wasn’t until my son was born that I sought a change of pace and found yoga again. It gave me the peace, calm, and strength my body craved, breaking down deep-rooted knots.

500-hour RYT trained in Baptiste Power Yoga

Primary Focus:

Advanced sequencing

Role:

Develops higher-level class design and peak sequencing skills

Joint Mobility, Recovery & Fascia

Dr. Tim's philosophy and treatment rationale is based on the body moving as a whole. Certain joints in the body are meant to be mobile, while others are meant to be stable. In his opinion, most injuries, pain, and limitations come from a disruption in this philosophy.

Primary Focus:

Tarot and intuitive practices

Role:

Introduces reflective and introspective tools for self-awareness

Primary Focus:

Sound healing

Yoga Nidra

Restorative practices

Role:

Guides deep rest and nervous system down-regulation

Introduces non-movement-based healing modalities