Our Instructors

Emily Harvey Dooley is the founder of True Center Yoga. She received her YTT200 and YTT500 from Honest Yoga in Burlington Vermont. She began her journey of wellness and balance first though her work as an Integrative Bodywork Massage Therapist. She has offered bodywork and massage for the past 21 years and continues to be passionate about this work. She also practices Polarity Therapy and Jin Shin Jyutsu. Her newest passion is Somatic Movement and she is weaving this new work into both the massage and yoga offerings.  She began teaching yoga in 2015 and loves to share this life changing practice with the community. 

www.ibodyworkmassageandyoga.com

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As a long time massage therapist Sylvie gained deep knowledge of the workings of the body/mind and has been teaching yoga for 30 years. With teacher certifications in Kripalu Yoga, Iyengar Yoga, Body Systems Integration, Anusara yoga, and Partner’s Yoga she brings a depth and a well-rounded approach to her teaching. Thread through Sylvie’s class is Non Dual Saiva Tantra philosophy, a heart oriented focus that is uplifting and helps us befriend all aspects of ourselves and celebrate individual creativity.

Sylvie is an alignment junky, leading students to explore habitual patterns of posture and movement in order to establish improved habits, freedom and efficiency in their yoga poses and daily life. Humor, safety, compassion and a spiritual context are thread through Sylvie’s classes.

“I practice, study, and offer yoga to others because it has been an anchor in my life since the mid-nineteen-eighties. Like a best friend, yoga continues to help me make sense of my life experiences and has helped me befriend, heal, and transform aspects of myself and a past that were fragmented. Won’t you join me in this playful exploration?” 

www.sylviedesautelsyoga.com

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Hello my name is Deonne Myrick and I am a runner, passionate telemark skier, wife and mother of four children. Yoga brings joy to my life through regular asana practice but more importantly it gives me the opportunity to be more present in my daily life.

I took my first yoga class to fulfill a PE credit as a student at UVM 25 years ago and I have been practicing yoga ever since. Yoga has sustained me through four pregnancies, the demands of motherhood, and the recovery of knee reconstuction. It has helped me to learn to listen to my body and mind and find balance amidst the chaos of life.

I am a graduate of UVM Yoga School under John McConnell. I am registered and insured through Yoga Alliance. I teach an alignment based Vinyasa Yoga that focuses on using your breath with movement. My goal is to help my students find joy in their practice and connect to their inner goodness. My classes will help stretch, strengthen and rejuvenate both body and mind. I work hard to make my classes accessible to all levels of students by offering modifications and options to meet my students where they are at. Teaching yoga and seeing my students smiles brings so much joy to my life!

www.deonemyrickyoga.com

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After teaching vinyasa yoga for over 10 years, Miss Amanda now uses the tools of Kundalini Yoga, the Yoga of Awareness, to go deeper in her practice and teaching. Her classes focus on developing present-moment awareness during and after dynamic movements and holding poses; connecting to our fundamental goodness and strength; and group chanting as a means of understanding our interconnectedness.

Miss Amanda was certified to teach Vinyasa Flow Yoga in 2008 at an immersion training in Italy, and certified to teach Kundalini Yoga in 2017 in Sedona, AZ. Her passion is sharing the philosophy of yoga, and has studied numerous types of yoga and meditation during her three trips to Mother India. She also practices Thai Yoga Massage to help her clients free up energy and enjoy greater range of motion. As well, Miss Amanda leads CBD & Yoga workshops, Yoga Hikes, and Yoga Retreats throughout the Upper Valley. She looks forward to meeting you on the mat!

www.innerliftyoga.com 

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In 2011, a friend invited Leanne to her first yoga class. She found the practice cleansing and couldn’t wait for more. From there, she explored various styles of practice, ranging from Yin to Ashtanga. After years of practice and exploration, in March 2021 she graduated from the YOUARELOVE Yoga School RYS 200-hr Kalinanda Yoga Teacher Training program, led by the school’s founder, Heather Anderson Boll. Her enthusiastic teaching style combines energetic movement with thoughtful meditation and connection to the ancient roots of yoga as she prioritizes serving students through supportive hands-on assists and encouraging cues for all bodies.

I started going to yoga classes in the 90’s as a way to stay “Fit”. What I noticed was for that hour I was more present and less in my head. With a busy life and small children it became a welcome addition to my life. Through some very difficult times yoga became a life line to sanity, a healing tool and a spiritual practice. I did my my teacher training at Laughing River Yoga in Winooski, Vermont in 2015 and then my teacher enhancement program in 2016. I continue to take workshops as it is equally important for me to remain a student as well as share this practice as a teacher. I have had the privilege of mentoring a teacher training this past year and found it so rewarding. My classes are mindful and somatic in that you are invited throughout the practice to stop and feel and shift. I give attention to alignment and breath as we move and find stillness. I live in Chelsea along with my Partner , Fran and our two fur babies. I am the proud mama of two amazing women and 3 precious grandchildren. I am a meals on wheels driver and volunteer in the schools. I have done hospice work and enjoy working with seasoned folks as well as new ones. I will always be grateful for this practice of yoga.