Lindsay Gibson, MS (she/her)
Lindsay Gibson, MS
Lindsay Gibson is the founder of Majestic Yoga Studio in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which she has successfully run for the past three decades. She is also the visionary behind Majestic Community Wellness, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing yoga, mindfulness, and holistic wellness education to marginalized communities.
A sought-after yoga and mindfulness expert, Lindsay has designed and implemented wellness programs for prestigious institutions, including Mount Auburn and Emerson hospitals, Harvard Business School, and Athena Health. Her retreats and mindfulness programs have transformed countless lives by integrating ancient yogic wisdom with Western modalities of therapeutic movement, biomechanics, Pilates, and Somatics.
Lindsay's innovative Movement Therapy method stems from her cutting-edge research during her M.S. in Applied Anatomy and Physiology and her expertise in advanced therapeutics. As a lifelong student of the ancient yogic teachings of India, she seamlessly blends empirically derived knowledge with Eastern wisdom traditions to create transformative healing experiences.
Driven by her belief that wellness should be inclusive, accessible, and diverse, Lindsay has dedicated more than 15 years to training and mentoring BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and marginalized individuals to become yoga teachers and wellness leaders. Discouraged by the wellness industry's exclusionary focus on a largely white, heteronormative, and well-to-do population, she pioneered an inclusive mentorship program to break down these barriers.
In 2024, Lindsay founded Majestic Community Wellness to expand her mission beyond the walls of Majestic Yoga Studio. The nonprofit partners with community leaders to make yoga and wellness available to all, regardless of age, body type, ability, ethnicity, or income. Through Majestic Community Wellness, Lindsay continues to train the next generation of wellness leaders, providing them with the tools to serve their communities and inspire meaningful change.
Angela F. Allen, PhD (she/her)
For nearly 30 years, Angela F. Allen, Ph.D., has been a career educator and leads a small Massachusetts Charter District serving most underprivileged students. As a woman of color and certified yoga instructor via Yoga Alliance, Angela is inspired to provide access and equity to yoga to marginalized communities. About 15 years ago, she began to incorporate yoga into her running routine to enhance stability, flexibility, and strength. As her body matured and prevented more knee damage, Angela hung up her running shoes, but not her insatiable appetite for being grounded and connected to the earth. She commenced her fifth decade with a commitment to being grounded, guided by faith, to continuously learn, grow, and, yes, age gracefully toward an ever-evolving journey. Subsequently, she became more intentional and invested in yoga in an integrated, holistic way to connect mind, body, and spirit. For the past several years, she has practiced yoga at Akasha Yoga and has begun to study the discipline. In 2024, she traveled to Bali to practice yoga and deep meditation, earning her 200-hour YTT certification through Breathe For Change along with her Social Emotional Facilitator certification. She also serves on the Majestic Community Wellness Advisory Board.
She is excited to warmly invite those new to yoga and curious about it to join her on the mat to get grounded, be present, and in the moment with a beginner's flow in a safe and inclusive environment. In this beginner flow, you will learn the foundation of yoga, including proper alignment via a sequence of poses linked with breath. This slow flow emphasizes gentle movements, breath awareness, and a focus on building a foundation of body awareness. We will hold the poses longer to allow students to build up stamina and create a strong foundation for the rest of their yoga journey.
Kayla Clark
Kayla is a young yogi who recently completed her first 200 hour yoga training and proudly graduated this year 2025. After rediscovering yoga while doing shadow work, she realized its potential to support women in their spiritual healing and reclamation of their wellness.
While she is still discovering her focus she prioritizes respecting yoga’s cultural background and true origins of in India as a spiritual practice. For this reason she only practices yoga related to Patanjali’s 8 limbs, with a focus on Pranayama and Asana (breath and movement).
Kayla utilizes an intersectional lens as a teacher and aims first to make each class as accessible and empowering as possible for everyone. This is reflected by the restorative nature and consistent focus on groundedness in most of her yoga flows. She is also inspired by astrology and sometimes connects the energies of current moon phases to her practice. For her day job, Kayla works at Massachusetts Historical Society.
Caia Lee (she/they)
Lyv Norris, MPH, (they/she)
Lyv is a public health practitioner whose work is rooted in the belief that wellness is a fundamental human right. With a background in reproductive justice, health equity, and community care, Lyv brings a trauma-informed, invitational approach to their classes, creating spaces where people can reconnect with their bodies on their own terms.
Lyv first came to yoga as a grounding practice during the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic and has since cultivated a relationship with yoga as a way of returning to themselves-- again and again, in all ways. For Lyv, yoga is not about perfection or performance, but about presence, curiosity, and care. Their teaching is shaped by the values of bodily autonomy, compassionate inquiry, and community connection. They believe yoga can be a tool for collective healing and liberation, and aim to offer practices that nourish, empower, and honor the wholeness of every person who shows up on the mat.
Selena Isles (she/her)
A yoga practitioner in the Hatha yoga tradition, co-founder of Legendary Yoga & Wellness , E-RYT 500, Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT), and certified Clinical Ayurvedic Practitioner, she runs 200/500 Yoga Trainings. She has more than a decade of Meditation, Ayurveda, Hatha Yoga and Ashtanga Vinyasa training from masters in India as well as 500 hour Ayurvedic Certification from Kerala.
Linda Sparrowe (she/her)
Linda is a writer, editor, speaker, and mentor in holistic healing, with a special emphasis on women’s health. She is the former editor-in-chief of Yoga International magazine and past managing editor of Yoga Journal, as such she has been instrumental in bringing the authentic voice of yoga to thousands of practitioners and teachers. Linda is also on the advisory board of the Yoga and Body Image Coalition. Linda co-leads the Courageous Women, Fearless Living retreats for women touched by cancer. She also gives talks and provides workshops for women who are facing any number of challenges, including body issues, pregnancy, anxiety, depression, menopause and more.
Merline Sylvain-Williams (she/her)
Merline Sylvain-Williams, a free spirit, she takes most pride in being a nurturing mama of 3 amazing children. She’s also a “Glamma” A.KA grandma to her two sweet grandchildren whom she’s head over heels for. Mrs. Williams being in love with babies her whole life, and leading with her passion to support children and families, have led her on this path to wholeheartedly support all families for over 25 years in the Cambridge and Boston area. She’s a creative Entrepreneur with a background in Early Childhood Development and Human Services. Not only it is her passion supporting families, she says “ it’s her calling.”
Mrs. Williams also loves and enjoys being a Birth-Postpartum Doula: supporting women, people and families during pregnancy, labor, birth, delivery and postpartum. Attending to their needs during their most precious and vulnerable moments. A Certified Infant Massage Instructor, fierce Black Maternal Health Advocate, with a strong commitment in improving Black Maternal Health and infant outcomes.
Most recently, Merline became a Certified Yoga Instructor—a natural extension of her nurturing spirit and dedication to holistic wellness. She empowers women, mamas, papas, and individuals to prioritize self-care through mindful movement, breath, and presence. Her yoga classes reflect her belief that healing happens in community and that wellness should be joyful, inclusive, and accessible to all. Whether on the mat or in everyday life, Merline holds space with love, wisdom, and deep intention.
Michelle Cassandra Johnson (she/her)
Michelle Cassandra Johnson is an activist, social justice warrior, author, anti-racism consultant and trainer, intuitive healer, and yoga teacher and practitioner.
She has led dismantling racism work in many settings for over two decades and has a background and two decades of practice as a clinical social worker.
Michelle’s work centers on healing from individual and collective trauma, coming back into wholeness and aligning the mind, body, spirit, and heart.
She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of William and Mary and a Masters degree in Social Work from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
She has worked in several non-profits and served as an elected official and on many non-profit boards of directors. She has led Dismantling Racism Trainings with large corporations, small non-profits, and community groups, including the ACLU-WA, Duke University, Google, This American Life, The Center for Equity and Inclusion, Auburn Seminary, Kripalu, Yoga Alliance, and Lululemon, and many others.
Michelle published Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World in 2017, and Finding Refuge: Heart Work for Healing Collective Grief in 2021. In 2023, Michelle released two books, We Heal Together: Rituals & Practices for Building Community & Connection and A Space for Us: A Guide for Leading Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Affinity Groups. Her latest book, Illuminating Our True Nature: Yogic Practices for Personal and Collective Healing, published by Shambhala Publications is available now. She teaches workshops in yoga studios and community spaces nationwide and is on the faculty of Off the Mat, Into the World. She was a Tedx speaker at Wake Forest University in 2019 and has been interviewed on several podcasts in which she explores the premise and foundation of Skill in Action, along with embodied approaches to racial equity work, creating ritual in justice spaces, our divine connection with nature and Spirit, and how we as a culture can heal. In 2020, she created her own podcast, Finding Refuge, which explores collective grief and liberation and serves as a reminder about all the ways we can find refuge during unsettling and uncertain times and of the resilience and joy that comes from allowing ourselves to find refuge.
Katia Powell-Laurent (she/they)
Katia Powell-Laurent is an award-winning nutrition and wellness expert, a practicing Holistic Nutritionist, Yoga Teacher, Birth Doula, Maternal Health Researcher, Childbirth Educator (CBE), Lactation Counselor, and a policy strategist. As the founder of HUED Mamas Co., Katia is leading innovation in reproductive health by integrating culturally aligned nutrition, predictive health algorithms, and policy to improve fertility outcomes for Women of Color. She is a distinguished member of the MIT linQ Faculty, a Servant Leader at the Greater Boston Birth Equity Coalition, and a Co-Lead Member of the Massachusetts Doula Coalition.
To date, she has helped her current and past clients lose over 100,000 lbs. She has been featured in Essence Magazine, People Magazine, Boston Business Journal, NECN, WBUR, personally lost 200lbs, is a Robert Woods Johnson Scholar, completed five years of doctoral studies in nutrition/health policy and has 25+ years of expertise in nutrition, maternal health, health equity, food justice, public health and medicine.