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About Us
Breathe Joy Yoga is Sharon's only yoga studio! We are conveniently located near Lake Massapoag and Sharon Center. Our teachers are highly trained and are all certified through the National Yoga Alliance. Devoted to yoga, our staff is comprised of some of the most inspiring and gifted instructors in the Greater Boston area (scroll down to read teacher bios).
"Our mission is to offer mind/body classes that will enhance your life - from the inside out. From the moment you enter the studio, you will instantly know why I decided to call it Breathe Joy. The serene environment sets the tone for the next hour - a special place where you can simply "breathe joy." Hatha yoga, an ancient healing art that links the breath to movement, has brought joy to my life. I hope it will do the same for you" -- Robyn Parets, director of Breathe Joy Yoga
Breathe Joy teachers:
Robyn Parets, E-RYT, Certified Yoga Teacher, Director of Breathe Joy Yoga, Founder/Creator of Pretzel Kids
Robyn Parets, a certified Hatha yoga teacher, was formerly a journalist (www.robynparets.net) with many well-known publications, including the Los Angeles Times, Inc. Magazine Group, and Investor's Business Daily. After years of stressful deadlines, Robyn's life was interrupted by a neurological disorder. She stumbled upon yoga as a way to build back strength. Yoga helped her regain her health, yet the illness left her weakened, depressed, and suffering from panic attacks. Robyn turned to yoga again and found that a dedicated yoga, meditation, and pranayama practice helped her rediscover her inner-strength and innate ability to heal. Now devoted to yoga, Robyn inspires students to tap into their own healing potential (physical, mental and/or spiritual).
Her classes are taught flow style and are both uplifting and joyful. Often taught to rhythmic world music -- and sometimes pop & soul! -- classes with Robyn inspire students to open their hearts and deepen their yoga practices.
In 2004, Robyn launched Pretzel Kids, which incorporates Hatha yoga postures with fun, imaginative games and relaxation techniques for children and teens (www.pretzelkids.com). Robyn also runs the 200-hour registered Yoga Alliance teacher training program at Breathe Joy Yoga and is a featured guest teacher at New Age Health Spa in New York, one of the nation's top destination spa resorts.
Robyn, a Reiki II practitioner, is also certified in Meridian Yoga and is an Ambassador for Off the Mat, Into the World. Her own practice consists of many yoga styles but is grounded in vinyasa yoga, a flowing creative yoga style rooted in breath awareness. Robyn is inspired by many yoga and meditation teachers, including David Vendetti, Diane Lagadec, Seane Corn and Daniel Brown. But she is most grateful to all those who have taught her to follow her intuition to live a life fulfilled. These teachers include her children, her husband, her parents, her students and her own heart. For Robyn, yoga is a life-changing, joyful practice and she aims to instill a sense of well-being and happiness in her students of all ages.
Meagan Krasner, RYT, Studio Manager
Meagan Krasner graduated from the Breathe Joy Yoga 200-hour teacher training program and is honored to now be a regular teacher at Breathe Joy Yoga and part of the BJY teacher training staff. She has been practicing for several years and knew that learning more about yoga and teaching yoga was a path she must follow. Discovering yoga changed her life. After having her third child, she needed an outlet to find inner peace and yoga provided this. Her goal is to help others find the joy and peace that yoga brings to life, both on and off the mat. She looks forward to continuing to educate herself and learn from additional yoga masters. In addition to teaching yoga to adults, Meagan is a certified Pretzel Kids instructor.
She was one of the first to finish this course and is now on the PK training staff, specializing in teaching children with special needs. Meagan holds an M.S. in Genetic Counseling and enjoys playing with her children, cooking, and reading. She adores her three children and is an avid animal lover.
Sylvia Mignon, RYT, Meditation and Yoga Instructor
Sylvia I. Mignon has practiced yoga for 24 years and is a 2008 graduate of the Breathe Joy Yoga Teacher Training program. Sylvia’s teachers include Donald Peccerill, Barbara Benagh, and Fern Ross Israel. She especially appreciates yoga in the Iyengar tradition for its emphasis on precision and attention to detail in poses. Sylvia wants to spread the word that everyone, regardless of health status, can benefit from yoga practice. Over the past year she has taught the monthly pranayama/meditation class at Breathe Joy and in 2009, Sylvia joined the faculty of the Breathe Joy Teacher Training Program.
Maggie Anderson, Certified Yoga Instructor, Reiki Master Teacher, Soul Coach
Maggie has practiced yoga for over seven years and is a 2010 graduate of the Breathe Joy Yoga Teacher Training program. Yoga played a key role in her triumph over losing more than 90 pounds. It is Maggie's passion to empower others through yoga and healing. Offering tools to help inspire others, she especially enjoys vinyasa flow yoga as well as gentle flow. Movement of the body is amazingly powerful and healing. "I love the way I feel during and after yoga; creating space for peace and well-being to enter. It is my passion to watch the spark in others awaken. Yoga is an amazing place for inspiration and healing to occur." Her certificates include: Usui & Karuna Reiki Master Teacher, Soul Coach(r), Past Life Coach, Hypnotherapist, Yogafit level I, Breathe Joy Yoga 200-hr. Please see her website for more: www.SpiritualCompassConnection.com.
Michelle Connolly RN, Certified Childbirth Education and Certified Yoga Teacher
Michelle Connolly, our amazing prenatal yoga teacher, has been a nurse since 1993, has practiced Hatha yoga since 1995, and has taught prepared childbirth classes since 2005. She was originally drawn to yoga along her path of self-discovery by its unification of the mind and the body. Yoga has been a constant in Michelle's life ever since; through pregnancy, personal crisis and surgery. Michelle wanted to become a certified yoga teacher for many years and graduated Breathe Joy Yoga's teacher training course. She considers the 200-hour teacher training program at Breathe Joy Yoga to be "the best gift" she's ever given herself.
"Our mission is to offer mind/body classes that will enhance your life - from the inside out. From the moment you enter the studio, you will instantly know why I decided to call it Breathe Joy. The serene environment sets the tone for the next hour - a special place where you can simply "breathe joy." Hatha yoga, an ancient healing art that links the breath to movement, has brought joy to my life. I hope it will do the same for you" -- Robyn Parets, director of Breathe Joy Yoga
Breathe Joy teachers:
Robyn Parets, E-RYT, Certified Yoga Teacher, Director of Breathe Joy Yoga, Founder/Creator of Pretzel Kids
Robyn Parets, a certified Hatha yoga teacher, was formerly a journalist (www.robynparets.net) with many well-known publications, including the Los Angeles Times, Inc. Magazine Group, and Investor's Business Daily. After years of stressful deadlines, Robyn's life was interrupted by a neurological disorder. She stumbled upon yoga as a way to build back strength. Yoga helped her regain her health, yet the illness left her weakened, depressed, and suffering from panic attacks. Robyn turned to yoga again and found that a dedicated yoga, meditation, and pranayama practice helped her rediscover her inner-strength and innate ability to heal. Now devoted to yoga, Robyn inspires students to tap into their own healing potential (physical, mental and/or spiritual).Her classes are taught flow style and are both uplifting and joyful. Often taught to rhythmic world music -- and sometimes pop & soul! -- classes with Robyn inspire students to open their hearts and deepen their yoga practices.
In 2004, Robyn launched Pretzel Kids, which incorporates Hatha yoga postures with fun, imaginative games and relaxation techniques for children and teens (www.pretzelkids.com). Robyn also runs the 200-hour registered Yoga Alliance teacher training program at Breathe Joy Yoga and is a featured guest teacher at New Age Health Spa in New York, one of the nation's top destination spa resorts.
Robyn, a Reiki II practitioner, is also certified in Meridian Yoga and is an Ambassador for Off the Mat, Into the World. Her own practice consists of many yoga styles but is grounded in vinyasa yoga, a flowing creative yoga style rooted in breath awareness. Robyn is inspired by many yoga and meditation teachers, including David Vendetti, Diane Lagadec, Seane Corn and Daniel Brown. But she is most grateful to all those who have taught her to follow her intuition to live a life fulfilled. These teachers include her children, her husband, her parents, her students and her own heart. For Robyn, yoga is a life-changing, joyful practice and she aims to instill a sense of well-being and happiness in her students of all ages.
Meagan Krasner, RYT, Studio Manager
Meagan Krasner graduated from the Breathe Joy Yoga 200-hour teacher training program and is honored to now be a regular teacher at Breathe Joy Yoga and part of the BJY teacher training staff. She has been practicing for several years and knew that learning more about yoga and teaching yoga was a path she must follow. Discovering yoga changed her life. After having her third child, she needed an outlet to find inner peace and yoga provided this. Her goal is to help others find the joy and peace that yoga brings to life, both on and off the mat. She looks forward to continuing to educate herself and learn from additional yoga masters. In addition to teaching yoga to adults, Meagan is a certified Pretzel Kids instructor. She was one of the first to finish this course and is now on the PK training staff, specializing in teaching children with special needs. Meagan holds an M.S. in Genetic Counseling and enjoys playing with her children, cooking, and reading. She adores her three children and is an avid animal lover.
Sylvia Mignon, RYT, Meditation and Yoga Instructor
Sylvia I. Mignon has practiced yoga for 24 years and is a 2008 graduate of the Breathe Joy Yoga Teacher Training program. Sylvia’s teachers include Donald Peccerill, Barbara Benagh, and Fern Ross Israel. She especially appreciates yoga in the Iyengar tradition for its emphasis on precision and attention to detail in poses. Sylvia wants to spread the word that everyone, regardless of health status, can benefit from yoga practice. Over the past year she has taught the monthly pranayama/meditation class at Breathe Joy and in 2009, Sylvia joined the faculty of the Breathe Joy Teacher Training Program. Maggie Anderson, Certified Yoga Instructor, Reiki Master Teacher, Soul Coach
Maggie has practiced yoga for over seven years and is a 2010 graduate of the Breathe Joy Yoga Teacher Training program. Yoga played a key role in her triumph over losing more than 90 pounds. It is Maggie's passion to empower others through yoga and healing. Offering tools to help inspire others, she especially enjoys vinyasa flow yoga as well as gentle flow. Movement of the body is amazingly powerful and healing. "I love the way I feel during and after yoga; creating space for peace and well-being to enter. It is my passion to watch the spark in others awaken. Yoga is an amazing place for inspiration and healing to occur." Her certificates include: Usui & Karuna Reiki Master Teacher, Soul Coach(r), Past Life Coach, Hypnotherapist, Yogafit level I, Breathe Joy Yoga 200-hr. Please see her website for more: www.SpiritualCompassConnection.com.Michelle Connolly RN, Certified Childbirth Education and Certified Yoga Teacher
Michelle Connolly, our amazing prenatal yoga teacher, has been a nurse since 1993, has practiced Hatha yoga since 1995, and has taught prepared childbirth classes since 2005. She was originally drawn to yoga along her path of self-discovery by its unification of the mind and the body. Yoga has been a constant in Michelle's life ever since; through pregnancy, personal crisis and surgery. Michelle wanted to become a certified yoga teacher for many years and graduated Breathe Joy Yoga's teacher training course. She considers the 200-hour teacher training program at Breathe Joy Yoga to be "the best gift" she's ever given herself.