Meet the Instructors

In 2015, I took my first Vinyasa yoga class at a Brooklyn YMCA! Not long afterwards, I accompanied my husband to India where we were fortunate to have a week of personalized sunrise yoga sessions at Bodhi Yoga Institute. Consequentially, 5 years later, I completed my 200-hour certificate with Chakra Flow University at the U.S. National Whitewater Center with Victoria Martinez during the 2020 yoga pandemic. At the same time, I was working full time as a lead Montessori Infant/Toddler teacher in Dilworth. I had been an early year’s educator for over 20 years, but previously, I had served four years in the United States Air Force. Since I was a child, I have always been very active, particularly with outdoor sports. So, obviously, in 2021, I went to train as a Standup Paddleboard Yoga Instructor with Longwave Yoga in Wilmington, NC. Since then, I teach Stand Up Paddleboard Yoga at the U.S. National Whitewater Center and will be offering weekend yoga retreats across their sites in North Carolina starting April 2023. Consistently, for over a year now, I have been leading chair yoga sessions for small groups in a 55+ community in Charlotte through Fit Group USA. I am so grateful to be able to reach a variety of different age groups in helping to make yoga inclusive for all people! In April 2022, I was so fortunate to become an ambassador at I Shine Yoga and Wellness! I am grateful to have been a substitute for many instructors and have led a weekly slow flow class for nearly a year! Most recently, I was able to complete an inspiring 300-hour advanced certificate with Rolf Gates, which has led me to follow my love for doing what I love to do. So naturally, I hoped at some stage to teach children peace education, which would embody mindfulness and movement! Being an educator and a mother of three adults, I have always been passionate about working with children, as it has been a big part of my life! I am grateful for the experiences that I have had of being able to facilitate children’s learning across various settings and countries. For many years, I have explored, taught, and witnessed the effect that music and movement, mindfulness and yoga have had with infants on up to adulthood. As a Montessori Infant/Toddler teacher; I had learned the importance of beginning peace education with the toddler cohort. The children at this age are in a stage of development for love called ‘the sensitive period.’ Victoria de Lilla, once said, that “children who are exposed to giving and receiving, acts of kindness, empathy and sympathy can express love to others and work cooperatively in a group…by placing value, creating the context, in which peace is a priority, children can be free of fear, criticism, prejudice, control..., blame, all elements of conflict and instead reside in peace and love.” I am aware that my skills of patience, love and understanding are the qualities needed for working with the little ones, older ones, and all the in between ones. Peace, love, and happy days! If you’re ever in the Instagram neighborhood, take a peep at stacymcleodyoga please.

Denver & Mt Holly