Mary McCallum is an E-RYT200, Curvy Yoga, and Yoga for All certified yoga instructor who is passionate about making yoga accessible to everyone. Mary loves teaching how yoga can work for you and dispelling common yoga myths. Her goal is to create a fun, inclusive, supportive, and non-intimidating environment for others to practice yoga as a way to connect and tune into the wisdom of the body.

Sarah came to yoga for the physical aspect and found a deep emotional and spiritual connection to the practice after taking a 200 hour teacher training with Yess Yoga in 2018. She fell in love with yoga’s deep cultural roots, spiritual teachings and philosophy. Her love for learning led her to pursue a 500 hour teacher training and a massage therapy program, both of which she is currently working on.Through yoga and massage she hopes to encourage people to foster connection, trust their intuition and activate the teacher within. She believes that yoga is for everybody and every-body and that a yoga practice can begin without ever stepping foot on a mat.

Laurie has been practicing yoga for over 20 years. Her love for yoga and it's healing effects have taken her to India and Indonesia to deepen her practice. She is Yoga Calm certified, completed her 200 hours yoga teacher training, and a practicing psychologist. She creates classes that build strength and openness in the body. Holding postures a little longer and slowly stretching the muscles. Her hope is that you will experience a challenge and deep relaxation in her classes and have a few moments of stillness both in the body and mind.  She supports her students with gentle guidance. Laurie wants to bring the healing effects of yoga to individuals who may not traditionally seek out yoga as well as the experienced yoga practitioner.

Sara's yoga journey started over 10 years ago while looking to add movement to her life in a way that felt sustainable. While it began as only a physical practice, it grew to become a lifestyle, correlating with her passion for holistic wellness. After being called to a change, she left her job as a clinical dietitian in 2021 and traveled to Bali to complete her 200 hour yoga teacher training. She continued to travel and live abroad and has taught in Portugal, the Bahamas, and Tulum, Mexico over the last 1.5 years. She incorporates not only asanas but also pranayama and meditation as a way of introducing the multifaceted principles and 8 limb approach to yoga with her students. She truly believes in the transformative power of yoga and holding space for all practitioners to feel safe, connect, and to grow. Now a resident of Minneapolis, she looks forward to being a part of The Yoga Room community. 

Having grown up dancing, Julie was first drawn to the movement of Vinyasa yoga, but quickly became enveloped in the breath and mindfulness aspects of yoga, noticing them showing up in her life off the mat. A “forever student,” after completing her 200 hour yoga teacher training in 2019, she has gone on to complete an advanced kids yoga teacher training, become a certified Ayurvedic nutritionist as well as a mindfulness coach and is currently working to complete a 300 hour teacher training.  When she’s not practicing or teaching yoga, Julie can be found spending time with her two boys, husband, and plethora of pets. 

Nadia is E-RYT 200, RYT 500, and YACEP, she took her first yoga class in 2015, since then she has maintained a daily practice of the asanas, meditation, and pranayama. Her personal practice evoked a deeper understanding of yoga philosophy and the wisdom of yoga teaching. Nadia enjoys teaching yoga to groups of all ages and experience levels. She perceives yoga as a manual to a good life, and a path of learning the nuance of the human experience through movement and meditation.

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At first coming to love the physical benefits of yoga many moons ago, Nina found the mental and spiritual benefits during her transition from military service. Seeing the healing power of yoga and the community it fosters, she decided to complete a 200-hour teacher training. Nina brings her mellow energy, playfulness, and love for music to her classes. She aspires to share yoga in a way that can be beneficial on and off the mat.

In love with the concept of balance, Alicia first saw yoga as a natural counterpart to high-intensity interval training (HIIT) workouts in 2011 and hasn’t looked back since.  Alicia completed her initial teacher training in 2017, a 30 hour advanced sequencing training in 2018, and a 75-hour advanced level training called “The Art of Teaching Kula Style Yoga: or deconstructing creative alignment based flow with intelligence and precision” in 2019, and Firefly’s trauma-informed yoga teacher training in 2020.

Her approach to yoga is focused on developing a symbiotic relationship between movement and breath. Allowing space for the body to work as a whole is near and dear to her heart. An exuberant and inquisitive individual, Alicia strives to bring both characteristics into her classes. In addition to yoga, Alicia also loves contortion, rock climbing, reading, HIIT, and tennis. She is thrilled to be teaching and hopes to see you soon.

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