Maggie Fiorella Winter
OTR/L, RYT 200 Yoga Instructor and Owner of Purple Door Yoga
Maggie began her dharma to help others early in life. At twenty-one, she was on a journey as an Occupational Therapist working primarily with children on the spectrum. She had already started her own yoga practice and knew the magical shifts that were happening within. After implementing numerous yoga techniques with these specific children, she noticed a significant change in their level of concentration, body awareness, and overall well being. Because of these profound effects, and her individual growth in her own practice, it inspired her to receive her Hatha Yoga 200hr training as well as specific Certifications to become a Children’s Yoga Teacher, Prenatal Yoga Teacher and a Yoga Teacher for Chronic Illness. Maggie has always had a special interest in children who have sensory processing difficulties and is also certified by Color Me Yoga for working with Special Needs Children and Integrating Yoga and Other Mind/Body Techniques.
Maggie’s own difficulties with Chronic Lyme disease opened the doors to many fantastic energy healers. She knew in order to heal completely, the work that had to be done was not only on the physical plane but also healing our past wounds on an emotional and energetic level. Yoga and energy healing sessions go hand in hand to help support our well-being and to keep us grounded. Maggie loves to give energy healing sessions and is a certified Polarity Therapist, has her Reiki Master certifications, and has taken some workshops on the science of foot reflexology. Together, she combines these healing modalities to provide healing sessions for people.
Maggie loves life and expresses herself through dance, music, art, and yoga. In her classes, Maggie encourages adults and children to explore and feel what is right for his/her body without being afraid to fall or make mistakes. She teaches a fun and lively class to all sorts of people and levels and makes a point to focus on personal growth and truth. She is so lucky to be doing what she is passionate about. She gives thanks and gratitude every day for this opportunity.
Julie Pottier-Brown. e-RYT 200 + RYT 500
Julie came to yoga in 1996 while expecting her first child. Luckily she was already fit as she walked right into the Astanga practice. Her first teacher invited her to start teaching the following year. Julie holds a certificate in Embodyoga® Astanga, earned her RYT 200 credentials through Swallowtail Yoga School in 2010. She earned her RYT 500 in Embodyoga® at Yoga Center Amherst in 2018. Influenced by Body Mind Centering, Astanga, Iyengar, Kali Ray Tri Yoga Flows, and the Sivananda practice, Julie's classes draw from these influences and weave together asana, pranayama & philosophy. Come to your mat to practice. Come to your mat and come home to yourself.
Meghan Holtz, Yoga Instructor RYT 200
As a child, Meghan was introduced to meditation and kirtan by her father, but really began a devoted asana practice in 2000, seeking a renewed relationship to her body after giving birth to twins. She first explored Hatha, Iyengar and Astanga, and as a schoolteacher, she connected to instructors who taught with compassion, rigor, and a healthy dose of humor. In the depths of the pandemic, she finally found both the time and confidence to begin the path to teaching yoga, studying with Hilary McIlvene and Marc St. Pierre through the North Shore School of Yoga and ultimately receiving her 200 hr teacher training through the School of Yoga at the Salty Buddha in 2021. Her classes reflect her joy in the practice, and it is her hope that students will find strength, ease, and connection in their own practice.
Andrew Squier 200 RYT
Andrew began his yoga practice in 2007 while at Tufts University in Boston. He has an athletic, compassionate style that is built on his study of Ashtanga Yoga and various forms of Vinyasa Yoga. His first guru was Elliott McEldowney of O2 Yoga who taught him the importance of effort, intention, and dedication in your yoga practice. Andrew earned his 200 RYT in San Francisco at The Mindful Body (Class of 2013), under the guidance of Maile Sivert and Caroline Kelley. After teaching for three years in San Francisco (at The Mindful Body, Bernal Yoga, Maiden Lane Studios and Just Breathe Yoga SF), and for one year in San Diego (at Yoga One and Grotto Climbing and Yoga), he is now back in the Boston area and teaching on the north shore.
Andrew found yoga through a love of personal fitness, anatomy, and nutrition. After studying physical theater and dance, he spent two years in New York City as an actor and movement director. He uses his substantial knowledge of anatomy and body mechanics to guide his students through asana and to give clear and supportive physical adjustments. Andrew strives to create a meditative environment that allows his students to delve deep within themselves.
Marilyn Whalen, Yoga Instructor RYT 300
RN, MS Health Care
Marilyn has worked more than 30 years in various healthcare settings as a certified Rehabilitation Nurse. Marilyn has received over 300 hours of continuous ongoing yoga teacher training education at Kripalu Yoga Center in Lenox, MA. In 2001, Marilyn became certified as a Cardiac Yoga Teacher. In 2016 Marilyn became certified in Yin Yoga.
Marilyn has taught yoga in a variety of settings throughout her life. She has taught a gentle yoga class at Healthworks, Teaches a class called yoga for a better back at Lynn Union Hospital and has been a teacher at Prana Yoga, now called Green Tea Yoga since 1999. She has conducted numerous community classes and lectures on Yoga for "your health" and has been a guest speaker on cable TV on yoga specifically for senior citizens. Marilyn has over 4000 hours of teaching experience and is an amazing leader and top educator in the field of injury free yoga for everyone.
Angela Maione, Yoga Instructor RYT 200
Angela Maione is an Intuitive artist, spiritual warrior, Reiki practitioner and free spirit. She began her yogic journey in 2005, exploring holistic options to calm her anxiety and deepen her mind/body connection. Angela's yoga path unfolded in various ways, solely practicing Hatha yoga for the first five years. The mind/body connection became her way to calm her mind and physically feel amazing. In 2012, life shifted and so did her yoga practice. Restorative yoga and alignment-based Iyengar became her preferred practice. 200-hour Dharma Coach Yoga Teacher who studied with Kathyrn Whitney. RYT Certified. Received Reiki Mastery in 2018. Currently enrolled in Sagel Urlachers online Yoga Nidra course.
Through creative expression, journeying through the self and learning how to fully embody who she is, her desire to help empower and enrich the lives of others grew. She believes yoga and intuitive painting invites us through practice to transform, evolve and find a deeper connection to ourselves.
Felicia McDonald, Yoga Instructor RYT 200
Hello there! My birth name is Felicia McDonald (she/they). I also use a given spiritual name, Shakti Teja Kaur. Call me Shakti, I love it! I have been a Licensed Massage Therapist and Reiki practitioner for over a dozen years. Experiencing a great deal of the physical body with massage clients and energetically thru reiki, Kundalini yoga pairs perfectly well. In 2020 during the COVID pandemic, I started a virtual Kundalini journey with a few different teachers. Kundalini has changed my life, and the transformations carry on. I was so moved by what I was experiencing, there was a strong call for me to do a teacher training (200 hours) in 2021. This year I started teaching classes, sharing this life-changing yoga practice. An immense amount of gratitude to all the teachers in my life and my own personal experience with Kundalini through daily practices. I will forever be a student, continuously learning. Truly a blessing to be able to connect you all to this knowledge. I can’t keep it all to myself. I like to offer a comfortable, supportive, safe space for all to process and experience what you need to on your personal voyage.
Kirsty Yetter, Yoga Instructor RYT 200
Kirsty has been studying yoga and movement for over twenty years. She received her yoga teacher training in Dharamshala, India in 2011 and began teaching in 2017. She teaches Introduction to Yoga at Salem State University as well as teaches at various studios on the Northshore. Her Master's degree is in Dance/Movement/Therapy, which greatly influences how she sees the body and relates to her students. She specializes in restorative yoga, prenatal yoga, and slow flow, though loves to teach any class. She has three children, owns a jewelry business, and loves to dance.
Cate Broughton, RYT200 RMT
Cate has been in love with yoga since the age of nine. As she began to advance in yoga, her practice ended up providing a spiritual gateway for her in life. She is now a Reiki Master Teacher and studies Astrology..
Cate enjoys practicing an Anusara based style of yoga. With the addition of her Reiki and a deep knowledge of the Chakras, this style of yoga allows her to focus the class on incorporating breath into body movement; which, when properly aligned, creates energetic movement. The greatest joy she has in class, is helping a willing student authentically connect to a posture, bringing about gained wisdom from the experience.
Off the mat, she is a boxing coach and is a loving wife and mom to twin boys. She also is a crystal enthusiast that likes to play in her garden with her plants/herbs and go on long hikes with her dog Petunia!
Kasey Sampson, 200 RYT
Kasey is a 200hr Yoga Alliance certified Yoga Instructor through Soul Culture Yoga School. Kasey first came to her mat in 2007 during her freshman year of college. Here she found deep connection in healing physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. She is a 4th/5th grade teacher and practicing herbalist from the North Shore. Her Vinyasa flow provides strength and stability while focusing on alignment and the body and mind's response to elemental components to support and enhance the practice.