Linda Shepard

Linda found the discipline of yoga in 1980 and began teaching in the mid-coast community in 1992. She believes that when we slow down and move mindfully with attention to breath and body, we can awaken deeper levels of well-being. Integral to her teaching is using asana to help us reconnect with the simplicity and joy of movement. Linda has a Body-Centered Therapy private practice at her home in Union. Drawing from several traditions of therapy, Jin Shin Jyutsu, Process work, and Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy, her work is a blending to techniques which support structural alignment, vitality of breath, somato-emotional and energetic balance. More recently, she expanded her study of the transformative affects of bodywork and received certification as an Aquatic Integration Therapist at Lily Pond Aquatic Therapies in Rockport.

Classes: Yoga with Linda Shepard

Lucy Pincince

In May, 2008, Lucy went to Fiji to join a group of thirty Americans, who all received the transmission and training, which enabled them to give the Oneness Blessing, also called the Oneness Experience or Deeksha.

The Oneness Blessing is a transfer of energy, similar to Reiki. It takes only a couple of minutes and has a clear intention behind it; that is, to leave the receiver with a feeling of peace, a letting go of the internal commentary, prior conditioning and anxiety that plagues so many of us.  It has lasting effects. The Oneness Experience does not adhere to any religion, particular belief or spiritual path. Please see www.onenessnorthamerica.org the Oneness Website, to learn more about the Oneness Blessing.

Lucy, who lives in Lincolnville, is a Licensed Massage Therapist, Reiki Practitioner, and, for the longest part of her working life, a Speech/Language Pathologist.

Classes: Oneness Blessing

Mara Crans

Mara is a local certified yoga teacher who also has a medical degree and has a special interest in therapeutic yoga.  She was certified in 2008 at the Shiva Shakti School of Yoga where she currently teaches anatomy and physiology.  She has taught adult classes as well as children’s classes.  When not taking care of her family she loves to swim, bike, run, hike and cook.  She lives in the area with her husband and four boys.

Classes: Hatha Flow Yoga

Marianna Moll

Marianna studied with Yamuna Zake and is a Certified Level II Yamuna® Body Rolling Instructor, Yamuna® Body Rolling Hands-on & Face Therapeutics and Yamuna® Body Logic Practitioner and currently is enrolled in the Yamuna® Body Rolling Yoga Teacher training. Marianna comes from almost three decades of teaching Yoga and is Iyengar certified. She is particularly interested in the healing application of Yoga and Yamuna® Body Rolling combined.

Marianna finds YBR to be a great way to transform one’s body and sees it benefitting her life as well as her Yoga practice: “Using our body weight to sink into the ball we work through layers of tension and enter a state in which the body lets go. Old emotional patterns begin to release and an experiential awareness of our body is developed. To me YBR is a self-care system that enables us to heal old injuries. The work with the balls strengthens, tones and realigns the body while deepening the body-mind connection.”

Since 1992 Marianna is the owner of the Belfast Yoga Studio. She also teaches YBR at two Yoga Studios in Portland, ME.

For more details and/or to make an individual appointment with Marianna Moll, please visit her website www.belfastyoga.com

Marianna is eager to share this effective and easy-to-learn method with the Camden community!

Classes: Yamuna® Body Rolling

Michele DiGirolamo

Michele has been practicing yoga and the healing arts since 1989. She has found wonderful amazing teachers along the way and gleaned jewels of wisdom from many traditions. Michele is a graduate of the New England Institute of Massage, a Kripalu Yoga Instructor and a Reiki Master. She also completed a two year certificate in Energy Medicine with Alberto Villloldo and maintains a practice with her two fabulous Native American spiritual teachers.

Michele weaves elements of these teachings into her class as well as her practice.Michele’s vision is to hold a space of unconditional love and compassion, helping people to find a greater sense of peace. When we bring this to the yoga matt and our daily lives it creates a ripple effect without end, impacting all who come into contact with it.

Classes: Inner Sanctuary Yoga