Mia received her 200-hour teacher certification in 2011 and her Master Holy Yoga Instructor Certification in 2012. She has over 1200 hours of training, including a 300 hour certification through Inspire Yoga, as well as certifications in Chair Yoga and Touch Training. Mia’s progression as an instructor has been shaped by her students and peers, but she has been blessed to receive most of her training under Brooke Boon and credits her love for anatomy and an understanding that yoga is different in every body to Jonnie Goodmanson. She has also had the good fortune to study intelligent sequencing under Shannon Paige and how to assist organically with Adri Kyser. She considers these trainings pivotal. Through them she discovered her passion for alignment and the nuance of the pose.
Mia is part of Holy Yoga's leadership team and prior to opening gen·e·sis yoga managed a large yoga franchise. She has led teacher trainings since 2014.
Mia has had the privilege of building and participating in teacher training programs that produce intelligent and intuitive YA certified instructors working from Maine to Hawaii.
Mia focuses on teaching instructors how to intelligently sequence classes that make sense to their students and innately to their student's bodies. She concentrates on healthful yoga for various populations and cuing to diversity in anatomy.
Mia believes knowledge begets confident instructors and in turn, their students benefit from safe, intelligent and interesting classes!