MALLORY HACKETT (she/her)
Community has been at the center of my yoga practice from the start. Some of my first yoga experiences took place on a borrowed mat in the lobby of my college dorm with a group of people I barely knew. Those moments spent laughing and learning served as the ice breaker to forming some of my closest friendships.
Throughout the rest of my college career, I sporadically took classes but it wasn’t until my senior year and the start of the pandemic that my personal practice took off. With the world shut down, I was left searching for a way to keep my body moving. I turned to yoga and quickly discovered a world of like-minded individuals that I could connect with online. Through the teachings of one virtual yogi in particular, Tim Senesi, my practice grew from purely physical to something I relied on to stay emotionally stable during a period of massive change and unrest.
When I moved from Ohio to Boston in 2020, my yoga practice continued to be a grounding force in my life as I navigated the adult world in a new environment. Eventually, I found JP Centre Yoga and began its workstudy program, which became the gateway for me to integrate into my new community. Both the teachers and students of this studio inspired me to complete my 200-hour RYT in 2021 with School Yoga Institute. My training consisted of a spiritually-driven curriculum based on the Shamanic Medicine Wheel of Peru as well as an in-depth exploration of asana, pranayama, meditation, anatomy and yoga philosophy. Held on the sacred Lake Atitlán in Guatemala, this immersive and healing experience has shifted the way I interact with the world, deepened my personal practice and shaped the way I offer yoga to others.
What You Can Expect From My Classes
My goal as a teacher is to create a non-judgemental and welcoming space for all bodies. A typical class of mine starts with mindful breath and a slow warm-up that builds to a dynamic vinyasa flow and ends with time to cooldown, stretch and reflect. I view my teaching as an extension of my own practice and strive to help students connect to themselves and those around them in an authentic way.