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Tyla is pursuing her comprehensive Pilates certification with Balanced Body under Zayna Gold and works full time as a Pilates instructor.

In Tyla’s fusion class, you can expect a combination of traditional Pilates moves with elements of barre, yoga, stretching, and dance. She offers an invigorating mix of toning, stretching, and core work. She’ll also focus on posture and alignment to keep your body feeling good!

Tyla graduated from Berklee College of Music, so you can expect an amazing playlist with a variety of genres to drive the energy of her classes. Tyla lives in the North End with her rescue pup, Charlie.

Michael was introduced to yoga while working at a start-up where an instructor came on Wednesdays to teach a lunchtime yoga class; he’s been hooked ever since.

He teaches creative yoga sequences that allow practitioners to inhabit the poses and to feel the movement in the body. Michael draws on early experience in gymnastics and other movement modalities to inspire students to test their limits. He believes yoga is endlessly challenging; whether it be learning yogic breathe, respecting the limitations of the body, taming the mind to be where the body is, or simply being less competitive, it offers something new every time you step on the mat.

Michael completed his first 200-hour teaching certification in Vinyasa and Hatha yoga at Frog Lotus Yoga, and did his second 200-hour certification at O2 Yoga. Michael has been quoted in the New York Time and Newsweek on the pitfalls of yoga competitions.

Rachael stumbled on a yoga class while living in NYC and working in the hustle of the fashion industry. In a small studio in the East Village, she found peace and refuge, and began the journey back home to her heart.

For over a decade she has been dedicated to the path of yoga as a teacher and student. She values yoga as a platform to bring us back into connection with our purpose and service in this world. Rachael began teaching yoga on the island of Puerto Rico in 2008 after completing a 200-hr training with Ashtanga Yoga Puerto Rico. In 2009 she began studying Prana Vinyasa with her teacher, Shiva Rea. She loves the rhythm of vinyasa that brings us to resonance and relationship with the diversity of all that we are, and all that we are a part of. She has refined her skill and knowledge with over 500 hours of training. She weaves this with her experience as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Reiki and Polarity Practitioner, and as a mystic of the heart.

Her classes are creative and dynamic, incorporating breath, movement, mudra, meditation, and music for a full-embodied experience. Rachael remains dedicated to supporting social change, healing, and transformation. She is grateful to be part of the incredible yoga community at Soma, spreading the love.

Pronounced Jer- ad -me ("Jera")

Yera is a reiki practitioner, thai therapist, restorative + yin yoga and meditation teacher, as well as a licensed Gyrotonic® trainer.

Teaching slower practices has become Yera’s signature style as she is very passionate about guiding her students to feel calm and rejuvenated through intentional movement and stillness. Her greatest desire is to offer a space for connection, ease and support in your journey. Her classes are for all body types and no experience is necessary. All of the modalities Yera practices are within the breathe, heal, love vision which essentially translates to breath, body/mind + spirit. Integrating the three is her holistic approach to supporting and embodying harmony within.

Yera received her 200 hour certification in 2014 through Boston Yoga School. She is currently studying with Josh Summers to complete 500 hours in Yin Yoga and Meditation. She is also a beginner Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and a Doula in training. Yera hosts and leads annual retreats in Santiago, Dominican Republic where she manages a vacation home year-round.

Nancy is an integrated Yoga Tune Up® instructor, a Roll Model® Method practitioner and teacher trainer, 200-hour ERYT, holds an M.A. in modern dance and a U.S. Coast Guard 100-ton Master license.

In class, she advocates for healthy joints and tissues. She teaches how to create a personal embody map, and that through heightened self-awareness it is possible to reduce injury and perform better in your body.

As an avid blue water sailor and big boat racer, yoga helps Nancy stay agile, strong, focused and calm on the water. She invites her students to bring their yoga into all aspects of their lives as well.

I dabbled in so many forms of movement growing up (skating, dance, volleyball, etc), but it wasn't until a friend dragged me to a yoga class in the early aughts that I was able to fully connect with myself. I remember feeling overwhelmed, inadequate, and profusely sweaty in that heated/branded power class, but I also remember being incredibly tuned into the sensations I was experiencing, and the patterns of my thoughts. Since then, yoga has been a way to center myself during even the most tumultuous times of my life. It reminds me to practice compassion, everyday, for self and for others.

In terms of the physical, I love that postural yoga provides a chance to work all areas of the body, to practice building strength at end ranges, and connects us to the rhythms of our breath and our heartbeat. I’ve taught nearly 3,000 hours since earning my 200-RYT in 2016 with Mimi Loureiro and will complete my 300-RYT in 2022 under Daniel Max and Ame Wren.

My classes are often inspired by the structure and shapes found in the Ashtanga system, and usually center around an area or action of the body. I like to partner strength and mobility work, explore ways to reset the mind-body connection, and infuse a sense of play into sequences. My continued studies usually focus on the anatomy and mechanics of yoga and I strive to convey that knowledge during practice to help students build a better understanding of their own bodies.

Experiencing the way these practices grant access to greater consciousness and a more open heart drives Sandy's dedication to yoga. Sandy (E-RYT 200 YACEP) has studied under teachers including David Magone, Caitlyn Visconte, Nikki Vilella, and Ame Wren, and takes annual holy pilgrimmage in India to renew her connection. Bhakti, or 'yoga of the heart,' has become the center of her personal practice and the inspiration for all she shares. In addition to studio yoga classes, Sandy teaches yoga history & philosophy.

Classes are physically challenging, yet modifiable for a wide range of abilities. Sandy aims to shape an atmosphere that trusts and encourages individuals’ to honor their own experience and to go beyond physical movement. Expect classes infused with traditional yogic teachings, with detailed physical cues and sequencing to help students cultivate and progress their skills.

She sees asana as an opportunity to illuminate and nurture elements of insight, compassion and awareness - to ultimately act in the world with more love.

Haley serves up a playful, creative flow, saturated with mindful wisdom + empowering coaching. Her goal is to help you connect to your heart, regulate your stress, inspire your potential + realize the limitless possibility of You.

Since 2016, Haley has served on the teaching team for courses on Mindfulness + Adult Development at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

She is also a singer-songwriter-writer who created Harmonious Universe- a yoga experience for the child in all of us.

Certifications: Over 1000+ Hours of Yoga and Meditation Training. Her style is inspired by PranaVayu, Jivamukti Yoga, SMART Flow + Yin.

Since 2010 Haley has been a forerunner in bringing yoga + mindfulness into schools as the Founder of FLY.

Inspired by a connection to the natural world and our own cyclical nature, Julianne brings a deep sense of grounding to her classes. She holds space for her students to have a uniquely individual experience while supported by community, and understands the delicate dance between solitude and togetherness.

Julianne became dedicated to her yoga practice while living internationally, and found it to be a grounding force during an unpredictable time. The many years she spent abroad exposed her to various forms of pranayama, meditation, and ways of being that she brings to the mat today. She has had the opportunity to study under wonderful mentors and teachers, all of whom shaped her into the teacher she is now. Inspired by yoga philosophy, anatomy, and Ayurveda, her classes are designed to drop students into their bodies, quiet mental chatter, and invoke a sense of lightness and ease. In addition to teaching yoga, Julianne is also a certified Birth Doula and Prenatal Shiatsu Massage practitioner.

Her hope is that everyone is given the opportunity to dive inward, learn about their own unique and beautiful gifts and, when they are ready, share them with the world. Because, as Howard Thurman so eloquently said: “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”

I co-founded and co-directed South Boston Yoga Studio from 2008 through 2020. I have led classes, workshops, retreats, and over 45 Teacher Trainings in Boston and around the globe. My movement background is extensive spanning 20+ years in Yoga, Martial Arts, Creative Movement, and Personal Training as well as a BA in Eastern Philosophy with a firm foundation in meditation and other internal arts. I teach with a fierce compassion grounded in intelligently creative classes to bring each student to a stronger, firmer understanding of their own body and health potential.

I do not practice or teach any one exclusive ‘style’ of yoga or movement. I filter all of my various influences through my own practice and body exploration to construct my classes. I teach my students to move from their center through fun and creative sequencing, static and dynamic stretching, isometric strength development, bodyweight conditioning and arm balancing/inversion work. I encourage transitioning with grace, articulation and control from one movement to the next to develop whole-body core strength, stable alignment, coordination and a greater range of controlled motion.