E-RTY-500, YACEP

Founder and owner of Earthly Bodies, Annakathryn has been a yoga teacher for over 12 years and a teacher trainer for 5. She is endlessly fascinated with the human body. She completed her first yoga training in the Iyengar yoga method and has since completed over 500 more hours of training in biomechanics and therapeutics. She draws on her creativity and broad experience to compose classes that meld form and intuitive flow. Her precise somatic cueing and intelligent sequencing offer a therapeutic and balanced practice to guide each practitioner to their fullest potential. Anna gently asks that her students be aware, intentional, curious, dedicated and open.

C-IAYT, E-RTY-500, YACEP

Pam has been teaching yoga and yoga therapeutics since 1998. Her classes are precise and heart-centered, with a rich blend of therapeutic alignment, pranayama, and meditation. Attention is paid to the breath to focus and quiet the mind, creating greater inner body awareness. Each class is themed and draws from yoga philosophy and life's daily highs, lows, and wonders. Pam’s teachings draw from decades of ongoing training with Todd Norian, Christina Sell, Bo Forbes, Doug Keller, Ellen Saltonstall, Baron Baptiste, and John Friend. Pam believes yoga's precious gifts lead to a more harmonious, peaceful, and mindful way of living.

E-RYT-500, YACEP, REIKI MASTER

Kelley came to yoga & meditation in her 20's while living on the west coast and traveling to ashrams, experiencing the yogic lifestyle in an intentional community setting. She fell in love with the classic style of Integral Hatha Yoga that is a blissful balance of asana, pranayama, relaxation & spirituality. She began her training in 2006 and has continued her study since. Drawing from her wealth of experience, Kelley’s intuitive approach offers what is needed in the moment for the people in front of her. Her classes are a melding of somatics, sun salutations, restorative & yin postures, pilates, pranayama breathing practices and deeply nourishing relaxation. Kelley believes yoga is a sacred experience and is honored to share the practice that has helped heal anxiety, chronic pain & addiction in her own life.

E-RTY-500, REIKI MASTER, PSYCHOTHERAPIST

Deana entered into the journey of yoga through her enthusiasm for physical, mental and emotional wellness. As a Holistic Psychotherapist, and Reiki Master, she embraces the relationship between the mind, body and spirit. Deana’s practice has increased her sense of connection with total being, breath, and movement. The yoga style she teaches is uncomplicated; most influenced by Vinyasa, Restorative, and Yin Yoga. Deana’s practice has given her perspective, balance, and most importantly gratitude and respect for life. It is her hope to share this gift with students guiding them through their own path.

E-RYT-500

Tim's teaching emphasizes the primacy of breath, the cultivation of a moving meditative state, stability, enduring strength, and function over form. He considers sound, and silence, to be a key part of his classes as well as a sense of humor for the tough bits. He encourages his students to practice self-compassion while on the mat and a whole-hearted approach to living beyond it.

Tim's study of yoga started in the Ashtanga/Vinyasa tradition but soon widened to incorporate learning from many styles of meditation and movement. He feels especially aligned with the traditions of Himalayan Institute and Viniyoga. He is certified E-RYT with well over 1000 hours of formal training in yoga, meditation, shamanism, mantra and other approaches to human movement and health. He is also a certified personal trainer and health coach. His formal study of the body/mind connection is ongoing and ever-expanding.

E-RYT-500, YACEP, LMT, REIKI MASTER, BIRTH DOULA

Hilary has been a teacher of yoga for over ten years and a student for almost twenty. She offers several modalities such as alignment based vinyasa yoga, yin yoga, and restorative yoga. Hilary is also a licensed massage therapist. Having studied the body from both a bodywork and movement perspective, she has a unique teaching approach, incorporating an understanding of functional movement and skeletal variation. Her classes are intent on cultivating internal awareness to create strong and healthy individuals. Come approach the practice with light heartedness and devotion

C-IAYT, REIKI MASTER, PERSONAL TRAINER, EFT COACH, SOUND HEALER

With over 20 years experiences, Elaine’s compassionate and joyful teaching style encourages you to be fully present in all aspects of life. She recognizes that the beauty and the challenges of life are there to help us grow, how obstacles can be looked at as opportunities. She draws from her own life-threatening experience of Crohn’s Disease, many surgeries and living with an ileostomy as a way to inspire others and herself! Having a good giggle is tops on her list and being light-hearted is part of her nature!

E-RYT-200, REIKI MASTER

Chrissy began her yoga journey in her early twenties, eventually coming to teach in 2014. Journeying deeper into yoga and holistic healing modalities, such as herbalism and energy work, she gained a new sense of connection and expansion, with a better understanding of the self. As a student, she is endlessly curious about movement, patterns, and the energy we cultivate in our lives. A scientist by trade, her fascination and desire to explore only increases with time. As a teacher, she aims to share her healing practices with her students in a holistic and nurturing way, honoring their rich origins, while also empowering the individual to explore, be present, and to honor the self as part of the greater whole. With a deep reverence for the natural world, the goal of her classes is to weave a story of connection within the body and mind to the universe beyond.

E-RYT-200

Jackie’s journey on her mat started in 2004. After a few years of practice she took the leap to teacher in 2008 in San Diego and has been teaching since. She has studied with a variety of styles including Vinyasa, Ashtanga, Iyenger, Hatha, Restorative, Acro and Aerial including 100 hour training focused on Prenatal, Therapeutic and Kids yoga. In Encinitas, California, Jackie helped develop and implement yoga curriculum in public schools for Kindergarten through 6th grade. Jackie recently moved back to Massachusetts and is excited to share this journey of yoga with each student that enters on their mat.

RYT-200

Allison began her yoga journey in her early 20s. What started as a purely physical practice quickly became much more. Through her experience she has realized that yoga is a practice where you are always working towards finding a balance between effort & ease, both physically and mentally. She views yoga as meditation in motion, helping us to find peace within ourselves. Allison began teaching yoga in 2017 with the goal of sharing this amazing practice with everyone. Allison's classes are strong and meditative, while focusing on alignment and pranayama.

E-RYT-200

Jaime Robbins Soucy has been teaching yoga since 2012. Her classes give students space to breathe, sweat, move, and potentially find some clarity within themselves. She sequences her poses to provide a full body stretch and strength, and pairs her class with music. Outside of Earthly Bodies, Jaime is a retreat chef, caterer, and a cook for weekly private clients. She is a wife, mother, and an enneagram 8. Jaime is insightful, creative, and is often found with some sort of smirk on her face.

RYT-200

As a tomboy who grew up in Gloucester Massachusetts, Francie’s love of movement began in her early childhood. In 2002, she found yoga at Yoga for Health with Janet Green Garrison. She loved it immediately. Unsurprisingly, Francie was first drawn to yoga for its physical benefits. But over time, her practice became an expression of her truest self and a way for her to nurture her emotional wellbeing. Francie completed her 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training at Treetop Yoga Studio with Annakathryn Carlson. She has a genuine love of the body’s capabilities, loves being upside-down, arm balances, and getting lost in the music during a vinyasa flow class. She has felt the power of silence in a room full of practitioners. Francie is honored to be a part of the Earthly Bodies community where building connections with others allows us to show up, be seen, and share a love for yoga together.

RYT-200, REIKI MASTER

Madison found yoga at 19. She was first drawn to yoga for physical reasons only; moving the body, building heat, and breaking a sweat. The more she began to practice the more she noticed the impact yoga had on her mind, leaving each class feeling clear and calm. This is the feeling that ultimately brought her back to the mat each time. She found that linking breath with movement opens space for a deeper connection to oneself and creates room to transform not only physically but mentally and spiritually. That is the experience she aims to cultivate in her classes.

“I took my 200hr training with Annakathryn with no intentions of ever teaching, I just wanted to deepen my personal practice and learn more. Shortly into the training I realized if I can create and share this experience with others then there is nothing that brings me more joy, purpose or passion.”

RYT-200

Pat’s appreciation for movement began as a child in southwestern Pennsylvania near the Laurel Highland Mountains, where she felt a connection of her mind and body by being in nature with her horses. During her 40 year career as a psychotherapist and child victim services investigator, yoga became a sanctuary to release stress and trauma from her work. She found the same empowerment through yoga as she experienced running with the horses as a child. Pat began teaching in 2022, after completing Annakathryn Carlson’s 200 hour YTT. In her classes, Pat strives to foster empowerment and peace by combining the benefits of stress release through movement, the healing power of pranayama, and the safety and support of the community built by practicing together.

RYT-200

Nora grew up in Beverly and has been a yoga practitioner for over 25 years. She has explored yoga with teachers across different parts of the globe, learning about yoga as a meditative and spiritual practice, and she loves the community she finds through yoga. She completed her 200 hour training at Boston Yoga Union and her teaching and practice are rooted in Vinyasa, Ashtanga and Rasa yoga. In her classes she loves to find a balance of playful movement and stillness by incorporating a fluid flow and approach where people feel safe to explore movement in a way that feels good in their body, mind, and spirit.