Cat Mallone

Cat is a 200 hour certified Vinyasa Flow teacher and Level II Reiki practitioner. She received her training in India at Sampoorna to deepen her own practice and returned with a renewed sense of purpose to share the gifts of yoga. She encourages her students to embrace yoga as a lifestyle, an access point to daily habits and mindsets of joy and love, and real self-care.

With an emphasis on breath expansion, her classes are designed to build both outer and inner strength and flexibility. Her intention is to inspire deeper awareness, healing, and connectedness to others.

Classes: Mindful Vinyasa Flow and Gentle Flow Yoga

Erica Tetro-Langer

Erica is certified by Kripalu Yoga Center and Yoga 4 Cancer with Tari Prinster, and many years of experience teaching yoga for MS. The compassionate and non-judgmental roots of Kripalu yoga are a foundational part of Erica’s classes along with the intention to increase awareness of body, breath and mind for students of all levels with respect for everyone’s unique journey.

The healing benefits & integrative nature of yoga practices continue to inspire Erica to learn, grow, and share through teaching yoga. Sharing the tools of yoga to support people through cancer treatment and beyond is a privilege and a meaningful part of Erica’s work.

Classes: Moderate Yoga Settling & Awakening Practice

Glenda Rorick

Glenda has been practicing and teaching Pilates for over 17 years after earning her certification from Merrithew Pilates. She began to focus on Pilates after teaching group fitness classes and discovering the mind~body connection with Pilates is unique. Glenda’s training also includes certifications in Mat, Reformer, and Injuries and Special Populations.

Glenda focuses on strengthening muscles while preserving joint movement and flexibility. She wants clients to love their bodies and maintain vitality. Her classes are designed to challenge while being invigorating and relaxing at the same time.

On the personal side Glenda moved to the United States from Costa Rica in 1997 and is fluent in Spanish. She began her fitness journey in 2000 and has taught classes in a wide variety of disciplines at most of the major fitness clubs in Fairfield County.

Classes: All-Level Pilates

Jeannie Hughes

Jeannie Hughes is a seasoned wellness professional with over 18 years of experience. As a 200-hour certified Yoga instructor, Fitness Trainer, Health Coach, and Life Coach, she offers comprehensive support for holistic well-being. Jeannie's yoga classes blend mindfulness with physical practice, promoting strength, flexibility, and inner harmony. She also specializes in guiding clients towards their health and fitness goals through motivational coaching.

Jeannie’s expertise extends to emotional intelligence and creativity enhancement through her certification as a CIJ Clarity Catalyst trainer. Originating from Stanford University, this transformative course equips clients with practical tools to reduce stress, enhance creativity, and improve performance, which is seamlessly integrated into her yoga classes.

Jeannie is dedicated to empowering individuals to achieve optimal health, happiness, and fulfillment. Through her compassionate approach and personalized strategies, she continues to positively impact the lives of her clients, fostering lasting lifestyle changes and profound transformation.

Classes: Zen Flow Yoga

Sara Merrick-Albano

Sara, C-IAYT, is a yoga therapist who specializes in working with low back pain and autoimmune conditions. Yoga therapy sessions are one-on-one. She works with you to develop an individualized yoga practice that might include postures and movement, breathing, meditation, and philosophy. These practices help you build nervous system resiliency and bring you into a grounded state of awareness, facilitating the healing process.

Sara provides individual guidance and a customized yoga practice using the tools yoga offers in ways that will be best for the client. She accounts for injuries, current and past health issues, and above all the client’s goals for the yoga practice and their life. Sara’s teaching is pragmatic and non-dogmatic and does not hold to a specific lineage. Instead, she focuses on what works for the individual. The result is a client-driven practice that invites balance in the body and mind, both in the practice and in life off the mat.

A 500-hour Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance, Sara has been practicing yoga for over 15 years and has over 1000 hours of training and over 2000 hours of teaching experience. She’s passionate about using yoga to help people restore balance to their lives. She has completed further trainings to hone her practice, including working with fascia, positional therapy for chronic pain relief, yoga for osteoporosis, sacroiliac joint care in yoga, pranayama and yogic meditation, and Ayurveda. She is a guest educator (YACEP) and mentor for yoga teachers-in-training.

Classes: Gentle Yoga for Joint Mobility & Stability; Private Yoga Therapy

Sheryl Fatse

Sheryl (she/her) is known for her compassionate healing approaches that revolve around Self-love. Trained as a Multicultural and Diversity Inclusive, Integrative Somatic Parts-Work Coach, she has earned certifications from The Embody Lab, Kripalu, the Trauma Center of Boston, and the IFS Institute. Her deep empathy for others' well-being stems from her personal journey of embracing vulnerability during a prolonged period of chronic pain and surviving trauma related to injury. Sheryl now shares coping strategies and somatic healing techniques for self-discovery and overall well-being with her clients.

Specializing in somatic coaching, trauma-informed somatic parts-work (IFS), mindfulness coaching, trauma yoga, special needs yoga, and integrating animal-assisted therapies, Sheryl is also a Reiki intuitive healing master and a certified therapeutic Divine Sleep Yoga Nidra® meditation guide.

Continuously learning in the field of healing arts, Sheryl draws inspiration from poetry, music, nature, animals, and gardening, all of which play a role in her practice. With over 35 years of experience in the creative arts and mind-body fields, she currently coaches, teaches, hosts circles, and conducts workshops at local wellness and spiritual centers. Additionally, she organizes retreats in Connecticut and Costa Rica. Sheryl offers a range of services including Intuitive Guidance, Somatic (IFS) Parts-Work Therapy, Reiki, Somatic Movement Therapy, Integrative Yoga Nidra Rest Therapy, and Therapeutic Art Integration. She has offices in Sandy Hook and Trumbull, CT, and provides virtual sessions. Read more about Sheryl at her website sherylfatse.com

Tammy Kershaw

Tammy is the creator of A Wellness Life, A Body, Mind & Soul studio. She is a health, fitness & wellness expert who is a certified Personal Trainer, Pilates & Yoga Tune Up instructor, Reiki and Mindfulness and Meditation practitioner and coach. Tammy educates and motivates her clients from athletes to elderly folks and everything in between by creating simple "soul-lutions" to find and maintain their own "wellness life!".

Classes: Pilates, Barre, Yoga Tune Up & Personal Training