Terri McGrath Haller, RYT

Director & Owner
Terri received her 200-hour certification from YOGAspirit Studios. She teaches a vinyasa flow class. Using her Iyengar background, she combines form with strength and breath. In her personal exploration of yoga Terri has discovered the importance of pranayama & meditation to deepen postures. She hopes to help other people in their discovery of yoga.

Bec Conant

Yoga Instructor
Bec started practicing yoga in 1998 while pursuing a career in modern dance in New York. She taught yoga as a supplemental income to her dance career. When an ankle injury ended that career, Bec took the opportunity to dive more fully into her love of yoga and learn as much as she could (a task she continues to this day). She completed the teacher training program at Om Yoga in 2001, and immediately went on to get further certifications in restorative yoga as well as pre- and post-natal. Bec is also certified as a Birth Doula, by Doula of North America. Her experiences have shown her a deep connection between yoga and childbirth—something she looks forward to exploring further.

Beth Grannan

Yoga Instructor
Beth received her 200-hour certification from YOGAspirit Studios in the summer of 2005. Having practiced various styles of yoga for the last six years, Beth finds that her practice brings clarity and strength to her life on and off the mat. Her teaching is influenced by the Iyengar and Anusara styles of yoga. She hopes to guide her students in a direction that will allow them to reach their highest potential.

Kerry Jordan, E-RYT, LMT

Yoga Instructor
Kerry was introduced to yoga as a tool for controlling stress and quickly found a new way of life. She is a dedicated practitioner of meditation and yoga and a wide range of influences from Iyengar to Vinyasa forms her distinctive teaching style. Attention to meditation and pranayama make her classes focused and fluid, while a sense of humor keeps them infused with fun. In addition to her responsibilities at Blissful Monkey, Kerry is a a licensed and nationally certified massage therapist. She holds 200 & 500-hour RYT certifications from YOGAspirit Studios.

Sara Kockanowski, LMT

Yoga Instructor
"I came to yoga because of chronic back pain. Fixing my back was just the first step towards bringing my whole self into greater balance and freedom. My classes focus on using thoughtful sequencing, attention to alignment and breathwork as a map to exploring the wilderness of the self. In my classes I encourage you to find your edge and trust your intuition, while keeping a sense of lightheartedness and curiousity. Having completed teacher trainings with Ana Forrest and South Boston's own David Vendetti, my classes focus both on extended postural holds and fluid vinyasa flow. And abs. I'll teach you to love abs!"

Katy O'Brien

Yoga Instructor
"I come to my mat, and I'm home. Everyday, I am thankful for my practice (on and off my mat.) I cannot justly express the joy, relief and healing that I have gained from my personal practice. I once believed that people don't change. Yoga changed me. This practice has given me perspective, balance and, most importantly, and unconditional gratitude and respect for life."

It is Katy's hope to share the gift of yoga with her students-guiding them through their yoga journeys. Pulling from many styles of yoga, Katy infuses her classes with a fun, challenging flow to strengthen muscles, as well as deep restoration allowing time to truly connect with the breath and open the body and mind. Katy received her 200 hour certification with David Magone studying PranaVayu yoga, a unique style of vinyasa yoga that uses sequencing, skeletal positioning and meditative practices to change the body and free the mind.

Nadja Refaie

Iyengar Yoga Instructor
Nadja has been practicing yoga since 1997 and has been teaching since 2002. After completing her 200-hour certification at Kripalu in 2001, she began to practice and study Iyengar yoga. She completed Patricia Walden’s 2-year Teacher Training program in 2007.  In 2009, she became a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher. She continues to study with and assist Patricia in her weekly classes in Cambridge. Nadja’s thoughtful sequencing and attention to each individual makes her class warm, inclusive and accessible to students of all abilities and ages.

Nina Reis

Yoga Instructor
Nina has a long time passion for physical activity. After nearly two decades of competitive athletics, two surgeries and endless aches and pains, it was time to take a healing and therapeutic approach to her body and spirit.

Nina took her first yoga class in 2002 and since then has completed three teacher trainings. Her classes are inspired by Shiva Rea and her dynamic yoga style; Prana Vinyasa Flow. Nina teaches a powerful class incorporating breath, fluid movement, strength and flexibility. She creates a challenging and light-hearted environment where she encourages her students to work with their creative energy and let it unfold in their practice.

Alison Mehera Rhodes, RYT

Yoga Instructor
Alison has been practicing yoga since 1998, and teaching since 2005. Her classes unite flowing asana with alignment principles, pranayama, and a focus on more subtle dimensions of the practice. She works to create a safe and playful space for students to explore the physical, psychological, and spiritual benefits that yoga practice offers. Alison is certified at the 200 hour level, and her teaching style is strongly influenced by her continuing studies with Barbara Benagh. She is also informed by over 15 years dance training. Off the mat, Alison is working on her PhD in Social Work, with a particular interest in healing after trauma. She has served as a clinician for a diverse client population, and is currently working on several research studies examining trauma and healing, including The Trauma Center's study of a yoga-based intervention.

Nicole Goott

Yoga Instructor
Nicole is certified at the 200-Hour Level in Hatha Yoga and at the 500-Hour Level in Yoga of Energy Flow. She is also certified as a Thai Yoga Bodyworker, Ayurvedic Lifestyle Counselor, Ayurvedic Bodyworker and Reiki Practitioner.Nicole's complementary practice is based on the foundation of compassion and viewing the body as a holistic and dynamic system. Whether teaching a Yoga class or working one-on-one with a client or student, Nicole's focus is to assist in the process of creating healing from within.

Karen DeTemple

Yoga Instructor
Whether it was running, lifting weights, biking, or show jumping, all my life I pushed my body hard. But, something was missing. Then, one day seven years ago, I stumbled upon a Todd Norian Anusara workshop and my yoga journey began.

Before long, I realized that I could still push my body physically but balance it with my mind. Todd calls it the Ah Ha Moment. Whatever it was, I was transformed and my path was changed forever. It led me to PranaVayu Yoga and my current teachers David Magone, Kevan Gale and Lama Migmar Tseten. This yoga practice, based on Tibetian Buddhist philosophy, allows me to be present and blossom and bring my grace and joy to others.

I love to teach and I love to have fun! But I also like to get in deep, open your heart and give you the confidence to do poses that you never thought you could do. So, throw down your mat and come play with me!