Margaret Nunnelly received her yoga teaching certification from Mama Nirvana’s New Yoga, studying under Ruth Anne Lundeberg and Josh Schumer. She is registered through Yoga Alliance at the 200 hour level. She is also certified by Paul Grilley as a teacher of Yin Yoga. She has been a yoga practitioner for many years, and has been teaching in western Massachusetts since 2007. She is currently enrolled in Georg Feuerstein’s course, The History, Literature, and Philosophy of Yoga.
Margaret’s classes are presented in an informal leadership style, and appeal to students who seek a balance of physical challenge and mental relaxation. She orchestrates classes to include a mix of effective movement, intellectual stimulation, and optionally intense stretch, and ends every class with an extended relaxation exercise. Her teaching incorporates methodologies from several styles of yoga, and she uses myths, stories, anatomical reference and personal experience to explain postures in a way that is meant to be technical, historical, and entertaining. She borrows freely from classes she has had with Suzee Grilley, Mukunda Stiles, Paulie Zink, and Rodney Yee. Her classes increase concentration, clarity and patience both in yoga and everyday life. She directs students to tune in to physical sensations and explore how subtle changes in movement can resonate in a wide variety of outcomes.
Margaret lives with her husband of 20+ years, John, and their 2 children, 2 cats, 6 chickens, and 40,000 honeybees.