How It All Started
(Hint: It Wasn’t Yoga)
Hey, I’m Emily. I didn’t set out to be a yoga teacher. My path started with my hands.
At 20, I moved to Portugal to study integrative bodywork. I was drawn to the energy, intelligence, and healing potential of the human body. That training lit something up in me that I’ve followed ever since.
When I returned to Vermont, I took over the practice of a retiring massage therapist, something that felt like pure fate. For years, I did deep, intuitive bodywork full-time. But over time, my own body began to ache. My wrists hurt. My shoulder screamed. I knew I had to find a more sustainable way to help people heal.
When Yoga Walked In
Yoga didn’t hit me all at once. It started quietly, through books when I was a kid, then more powerfully in a hot little Bikram studio. I began practicing regularly and immediately thought, My clients need this. Not just the massage, but the tools to support real change from the inside out.
So I enrolled in a 200-hour teacher training. And everything shifted.
Teaching didn’t come naturally at first. Public speaking terrified me. But because I was teaching about something I knew in my bones (healing, energy, embodiment), I found my voice. And I haven’t stopped teaching since.
The Birth of True Center
After completing my 300-hour training, I applied to teach at the only studio within 45 minutes. They turned me down flat.
So I did what any slightly crazy, soul-led bodyworker would do: I opened my own studio. In a dusty old barn. With a box of note cards for scheduling.
That’s how True Center began.
What Makes Us Different
Since then, True Center Yoga has evolved into something much bigger than a yoga studio. It’s a space that reflects everything I believe in: small classes, somatic care, deep presence, and an integrated approach to healing.
What sets us apart is our fusion of yoga and bodywork. We don’t treat them as separate modalities. They work together, supporting your nervous system, unlocking deep tension, and helping you return to yourself in a more holistic, lasting way.
That’s why our Integrative Bodywork offerings are such a vital arm of our studio. They’re not an add-on. They’re part of the core.
What We Believe
We believe healing happens in relationship—with your body, your breath, your space, and with people who truly see you.
This version of True Center is the most honest and aligned work I’ve ever done, and it’s only getting deeper from here.
We’re so glad you’re here for it.
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