Teachers

	Vicki Evarts: Certified yoga teacher, RYT instructor,and co-founder of On the Mat Vinyasa Power Yoga, Inc. Vicki, a long-time committed athlete and marathon runner, discovered yoga 10 years ago and has become a dedicated yoga practitioner. She has pursued her teacher training with Baron Baptiste of Baptiste Power Yoga Institute, Shannah Green of the Nantucket Yoga Room, Tara Rachel Carey, and at Kripalu, where she completed her 200hr certification with Joseph Le Page of Integrative Yoga Therapy. On-going training includes workshops with Anna Forest, Manju Jois, Steven Cheng of Dharma Mitra NY, Rolf Gates, Sean Corne, Desiree Rumbaugh, The Primary Series, and Beryl Bender Birch of The Hard and The Soft Astanga Yoga Institute as well as working privately with several Boston instructors. She is a registered yoga teacher with the California Yoga Alliance.Vicki also manages three grown daughters and a career as a realtor. vicki@onthematyoga.com
	Bar Littlefield: Co-founder of On the Mat and yoga instructor, Bar has pursued her interest in Hatha, Iyengar and, in particular, Astanga yoga for many years. She has trained with Mimi Loureiro of 02 Yoga and Baron Baptiste of Baptiste Power Yoga Institute and at Kripalu where she completed her 200 hour certification with Joseph Le Page of Integrative Yoga Therapy. On-going training includes workshops with Edward Clarke of Tripsichore Yoga Theatre, Cindy Lee of OM Yoga, Manju Jois, The Primary Series, Beryl Bender Birch, Rod Stryker, as well as studying privately with several Boston area instructors. She is a registered yoga teacher with the California Yoga Alliance. bar@onthematyoga.com
	Pilar Caso: Having been practicing yoga now for over 11 years, along with 6 years of teaching experience, Pilar is truly grateful to have been introduced and inspired by Baron Baptiste, the power yoga practice, as well as by her teachers. It is in fact her own life experiences and challenges that have allowed her to become closer and better connected to her students, as her many dedicated teachers have done so for her. Pilar has attended bootcamps in Costa Rica, Maya Tulum, Mexico, and Montana, as well as completed Level I and II Teacher Training with Baron Baptiste. She is a Registered Yoga Teacher and has been teaching in and around the greater Boston area, beginning with *On The Mat Yogain Concord, Ma., The Yoga Spot* in Wellesley, and H.Y.P studios located in both Needham and Wellesley Massachusetts. Pilar has also instructed seminars on self-esteem for middle-school teens at The Nashoba Brooks School as well as Lawrence Academy in Groton. She enjoys helping these young adults discover the benefits and support yoga can offer. A mother of both a teenage daughter and son, Pilar dedicates herself and encourages her children, like her students, to maintain positive outlooks and healthy lifestyles. She has recently begun teaching and helping underserved and homeless women of domestic violence and substance abuse recovery for the non-profit organization of YogaHOPE. Pilar’s love and compassionate heart shines through, as she guides her students through this high energy Power Vinyasa Flow. She encourages all to be “internally empowered and eternally inspired.”
	Hilary Finnegan (RYT) comes to yoga with a long history of athletic competition, but it is yoga’s dance between mind, body and breath that truly inspires her. Yoga bestows strength and flexibility in the body and mind while allowing for a deep recognition of the essential self and that is a wondrous thing to share. To that end, Hilary completed her 200-hour teacher training with YogaWorks under the careful guidance of Yoga Journal’s Natasha Rizopolous. She looks to incorporate precise alignment with heat and energy, allowing the breath to lead students through a rigorous but balanced and thoughtful asana practice. Sharing her life with a husband, three teenagers and three labs, Hilary deeply understands the need for balance in this increasingly busy world.
	Susan Florio came to yoga after years of dance training, aerobics, and running, and found that yoga brought her body and mind to a place of balance. Susan has studied under many wonderful yoga teachers who continue to inspire her and she completed a 200 hour teacher training program with O2 Yoga's Mimi Loureio. Susan enjoys the creativity inherent in teaching and likes helping people conquer their fears and push through their boundaries. She loves to see the joy on a student's face when they find a pose for the first time. Susan is former lawyer and software technical writer and now enjoys spending time with her husband and playing with her daughter Greer.
	Pam Gaither (RYT):Pam began teaching yoga in 1998. She offers a dynamic Anusara –inspired yoga™ class that integrates Universal Principles of Alignment ™ , balanced energetic action and a celebration of the heart. Her precise teaching style is infused with playfulness and authenticity. Pam is highly trained in yoga therapeutics, a mind-body system of healing that focuses on alignment, breath work and meditation, fully targeted toward the individual needs of a student. She studies extensively with John Friend, the founder of Anusara Yoga®, Anusara certified instructor Deb Neubauer, and Bo Forbes, founder of Elemental Yoga and The Center for Integrative Yoga Therapeutics™. The richness of Pam's teaching is inspired by her awesome teachers, her personal dedication to yoga, and her commitment to a spiritual path of transformation and healing. Pam's genuine desire to inspire others to discover their inner radiance will find its way straight to your heart.
	Shannah Green of Nantucket Yoga Room has studied and practiced yoga for the last 13 years and is a registered teacher certified at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health and through Tom Gillette at Eyes of the World Yoga in Providence, RI. Her teaching synthesizes the various styles of yoga she has intensively studied, including Kripalu, Iyengar, Ashtanga, Vinyasa and Anusara. She is honored to have studied with many wonderful teachers including Tom Gillette, Richard Freeman, Erich Schiffman, Shiva Rea, David Swensen, and Patricia Walden. In addition to owning,directing and teaching at The Yoga Room, she currently studies with, and teaches for Tom Gillette at Eyes of the World Yoga Center in Providence, RI.
	Linda Malcomb took her first teacher training in 1999 where Deb Neubauer came to lead an Anusara class. She was deeply moved and inspired by the alignment cues relating to the physical and also the inner body. After years of a vigorous practice leading to a plateau without much progress, she saw the transformative power of the Anusara method which reaches into the heart of the practitioner, finds the longing to remember our deepest power and glory, and calls this Truth out into expression through the physical practice.She has since deepened her exploration of the Anusara method with another year-long teacher training with Deb, and various retreats, workshops and immersions with Deb and other Anusara teachers acrosss the country,including the founder, John Friend.
	Cathy Mandrioli, Registered Yoga Teacher. Cathy has practiced for 15+ years on her own , but took her practice to a much deeper level when On The Mat opened. As she discovered the pleasures and benefits of practicing yoga in a group setting she became hooked and a regular at On The Mat. Cathy completed David Magone’s Prana Vayu Teacher Training in the spring of 2006, and with the encouragement of OTM owners Vicki and Bar completed her 200 hour teacher training with Devashi; Steven Hartman and Megha; Nancy Buttenheim at the Kripalu Center in Stockbridge , MA. Workshops include David Magone, Rolf Gates, Don Staplteton and his wife Amba. Cathy especially enjoys sharing her love of yoga with new students. Based on her personal experience of supplementing her treatment for a serious medical condition with asanas, she is also committed to helping others evolve their practice of yoga to take care of their bodies and their spirits. Cathy is registered with the California Yoga Alliance.
	Ori Munson has been practicing yoga since she was three years old. She was first introduced to yoga at the Iyengar Institute in Montreal, Quebec, Canada with Gary Bello. She grew up in a household where both parents practiced and taught yoga, meditation and philosophy. At age ten she traveled to the Himalayan Mountains to study the eight limb path of yoga at the International Meditation Institute where she was trained in the guru tradition. She studied vedant philosophy, Patanjali Yoga Darshan, Bhagavad Gita, Sanskrit, mediation, stotrams, chants, and yoga asana through varying styles, pranayama, ayurveda, public speaking, Dhyaan yoga, Bhakti yoga, and Raj Yoga. She received a Masters of Meditation when she was 16 years old, and taught Patanjali from the age of 13. She has been teaching yoga ever since. She has studied Hatha, Iyengar, Tibetan and Vinyasa Yoga. Ori is also trained in myofascial and deep tissue massage and aromatherapy as well as a children's yoga teacher. She is the mother of two daughters and an accomplished triathlete.
	Tamara Nuenighoff: RYT, has been a regular teacher at OTM since its inception. She has been a teacher and a student of yoga for almost a decade. Tammy received her certification through Frog Pond Yoga Centre in Princeton Ma, and is continually adding to her training and knowledge. She is greatly inspired by Shiva Rea and has completed two teacher training programs with her. Tammy has also studied with Ana Forrest, Seane Corne, Bryan Kest, and locally with Elena Case and Daniel Orlansky. Tammy has also completed a certificate program in Chakra Psychology, the energy system of yoga. Tammy has a unique and creative approach to her teaching style. She intuitively adapts class flows to the energy and level of students and is able to challenge intermediate students without intimidating new students. Her style is fun, upbeat and heart centered. Tammy has a great depth of knowledge and joyfully shares it with her students.
	Molly Powers brings power, grace, and enthusiasm into all of all her yoga classes. She leads a powerful vinyasa flow and her humor is infectious. Molly has been teaching yoga for over 6 years and truly believes yoga can changes lives. Her ability to bring a sense of lightness into a challenging moment is all part of her charm. Her gift to bring healing to others is one of molly’s true passions in life. Through her own healing , she has realized yoga’s powerful potential to transform lives both heart and soul. Ms. Powers holds a Masters Degree in Education in Mental Health Counseling. She has worked with various populations facilitating groups and also worked with clients on an individual basis. She has trained with various yoga teaches, Rolf Gates “Vinyasa Yoga”, and Todd Norian with whom she completed a two hundred hour “Hatha Yoga” certification program. Molly believes there many facets of healing along with the practice of yoga. Molly also is the owner of an alternative healing business. Molly works as a Medium doing readings connecting to spirit and she is also a Reiki Master and works as a hands on healer. Please feel free contact Molly at molly@powersofhealing.com.
	Juli Sample discovered yoga after years of competing in sports, running and being an overall gym rat. She realized that her body needed a gentler way to "work out" After practicing with many styles of yoga including Bikram, Baptiste,Tias Little, Shiva Rea, Shaun Corne ,Steven Cheng of Dharma Mittra, she realized that Forrest Yoga was a perfect fit. "Nobody challenges the mind, body and spirit like Ana not to mention her sequencing!" She completed her FTT in April of 2009. A mother of four, Jules loves the balance that yoga can bring to anyone regardless of age, career,body type and physical or mental injuries. Jules uses high energy, heat, music, and hands on assisting to bring her student's to work to THEIR edge. She teaches with Ana's voice in her mind "Don't bore your students!"
	Ramsay Trussell, RYT, began practicing yoga nine years ago at Baron Baptiste’s studio, where she was drawn to the strong, physical practice of yoga. The unexpected bonus was that this physical practice also brought about a peaceful mind that other athletic endeavors had not. Being a mother of three young children, this peace is good! Ramsay has attended several workshops with re-owned yogis like Ana Forrest, Shiva Rae, Rodney Yee, Seane Corn and Rolf Gates. In 2008, Ramsay completed her 6 month/200-hour teacher training with Natasha Rizopoulos of YogaWorks, based in NY and LA. Ramsay’s classes combine the heat and flow of Ashtanga with an emphasis on alignment that comes from Iyengar. As a former TV producer, Ramsay enjoys the challenge of planning and producing a safe but challenging sequence for each class… with a deep appreciation that every student is different and that each day is different. Be Present and Be Patient. As the great Pattabhi Jois said, “Little by little, all is coming”.
	Annie Vigne (Veen) has been a loyal student of On The Mat since its opening. She is a registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance and has completed Teacher training with Baron Baptiste, David Mangone and MiMi Loureio. Annie brings a sense of fun and challenge to her classes at OTM.In addition to teaching adult yoga, Annie teaches teen yoga at OTM and is the yoga coach for teams at Middlesex School in Concord. Annie is an "ex-hockey/lacrosse mom" of two grown sons, Billy and Andrew. She holds a Masters in Education and is currently attending Lesely University forfurther study. Next year, Annie will be an Adjunct Professor and Teacher Leader. Within these roles, she will train other teachers to become Reading Recovery Teachers. Annie's love, respect and appreciation for people of all ages is present on and off the mat.
	Sarah Wieland Growing up, Sarah studied classical ballet with Jacki Cronsberg from the Boston Ballet and was a competitive swimmer in college. Sarah turned to running in her 20’s and found half-marathons physically challenging, but was looking for more of a mental challenge. After the birth of her identical twins, Sarah turned to yoga and found increased energy and clarity after each yoga practice. Sarah completed her 200 hour training with Mimi Loureiro from O2yoga in 2009. Sarah has experienced the invigorating but calming effects of a steadfast yoga practice and is committed to sharing this with students through a challenging but creative sequence of poses. Sarah is also certified in Wonderbarre which is an infusion of yoga, pilates and ballet and offers private sessions in both practices. Sarah lives in Concord with her husband and 5 year old twin girls.

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