Meet Our Teachers

I started practicing yoga in 1999 during a period of debilitating anxiety and panic attacks. Yoga, particularly the breath work, brought me back to life quickly and I have practiced ever since. My classes focus on the function of asana over form and how to use the body and breath to connect to the mind. I believe in living in alignment with nature and the Ayurvedic clock. I believe in the teachings of Krishnamacharya; that anyone can practice yoga, yet not all styles of yoga are right for everyone's unique bodies.

My current passions are fascia release and acupressure to free up tension in the physical body and any blockages in the energetic body. I have 3 teenage children who melt my heart, 2 labradoodles and a loving guru of a husband. I am very blessed to have a wide band of yogis and ayurveda peeps that I call family.

Are you passionate about yoga and looking to share it with others? My yoga teaching courses are in depth and spread out over 6+ months so you can learn, assimilate and ultimately teach what you have learned.

Yoga has been a part of Kristin's life for 15 years, and service has always been at the heart of what she does — from her time serving in AmeriCorps to working at a local studio. Becoming a 200-hour yoga teacher fulfilled a lifelong dream of serving others through yoga.

She strives to make yoga accessible to all and deeply resonates with T.K.V. Desikachar's teaching that yoga must be adapted to the individual, not the individual to yoga. Yoga is a personal practice, one that looks different for everyone.

Her own healing journey led her to explore yoga's connection to well-being. Through mindful eating and restorative yoga, she supported her body into remission from an autoimmune condition. She has a passion for self-development and enjoys studying meditation, the Emotional Freedom Technique, energy work, Ayurveda, yoga philosophy, and astrology.

In her classes, Kristin aims to create a welcoming space where students can honor their unique path inward and experience the heart of yoga.

Tricia Glynn has been teaching yoga since 2009. Her 200-hour certification was with Maureen Spencer of Finding Inner Peace. She teaches hatha, vinyasa, restorative yoga, and meditation. Recently, she completed her 100-hour yin yoga training.

She has a true all-levels approach to teaching and feels it is important to welcome beginner and advanced yogis in the same space. Her classes are highly structured, but fun. You will be encouraged to breathe, feel, laugh, and let go.

Tricia is a licensed massage therapist offering therapeutic massage, deep tissue massage, Chinese cupping, and reflexology at Unplug. She also offers private and group sound and vibration sessions. She has a small yoga retreat business, Namaste Yoga Retreats, running small group trips to Costa Rica, Peru, Bali, and Panama.

Marcela earned her Bachelor's degree in Physical Therapy at the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports in Prague in 1997. She then worked in in- and out-patient clinics for approximately 12 years, specializing in orthopedic and sports medicine.

In 2007, she received her 200-hour Hatha Yoga Teacher Training through Shambhava Yoga School in Hawaii and has been instructing yoga for over 10 years. Her certifications also include Pilates mat, Evolve and Balancepoint Barre. In the summers of 2016 and 2017 she studied Thai bodywork in Thailand, receiving her 90-hour certification. More recently, Marcela completed her 100-hour Yin Certification Program through Unplug & Be Mindful Yoga YTT.

Her specialties also include Prenatal, Postnatal, Mom and Baby Yoga, Chair Yoga, and Barre classes for moms with their babies.

Jen has practiced yoga locally for over 20 years and is a 500 RYT graduate from Unplug and Be Mindful Studios. She teaches Yoga Sculpt, Vinyasa, and Hatha at the studio. She feels her purpose is to help others bring kindness and an unconditional awareness to their minds and bodies.

She is very excited to share her passion for yoga and meditation with others through private training and wellness retreats through her small business, Whitewave Wellness. Jen loves anything fitness related, having competed in fitness competitions in the past, and has devoted many years to running, having completed 7 marathons.

Off her mat, Jen loves to cook and spends time engaging in her children's activities. She lives in Marshfield with her husband, Dave, two children, and two golden retrievers.

Susanne's welcoming and grounding presence fosters a sense of community in her classes, where students are embraced regardless of their level of yoga experience. A dedicated yoga practitioner and a lifelong learner, Susanne began teaching yoga in 2006 and remains committed to deepening her practice and knowledge of yoga to share its profound benefits with others.

Her passion for yoga goes beyond the physical postures, with teachings that delve into the philosophy and wisdom of yoga to create classes that seamlessly blend movement, breathwork, mindfulness, and thought-provoking insights.

Susanne's extensive training includes 200 hours with Open Doors Yoga, 300 hours with Jacqui Bonwell's Sacred Seeds Yoga School, and 300 hours with David Vendetti's Yoga Liberation Front. She also holds certifications in Yin Yoga, Yoga Nidra, Clinically Informed Restorative Yoga, Reiki I and II, and Breathwork and Meditation. A graduate of Mass General School of Nursing, Susanne also holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Master's in Education.

Tara has been a yoga practitioner since 2005 when a persistent injury from running and triathlon training led her to explore different mediums of movement. Yoga and breathwork have been a grounding presence in her life ever since.

Tara is a graduate of the Unplug 200-hour Teacher Training program with Melissa, although she never expected her journey would lead her to teaching. Learning about yoga beyond asana deepened her love for the practice and her desire to share it with others. Tara's classes are approachable for all levels and taught with a hearty dose of fun and laughter.

Tara's favorite classes to teach are Hatha and Yoga Sculpt, where dance breaks are always encouraged. In her spare time, Tara can be found playing in the mud in her flower garden.

After enjoying her personal yoga practice for over 10 years, Erin took the leap into yoga teacher training with Melissa at Unplug and Be Mindful Energy Center — and hasn't looked back. She has recently leveled up to RYT 500-hour through the teachings at Unplug & Be Mindful YTT.

Guiding inclusive classes for all levels in Hatha, Gentle Hatha, and Yin Yoga means everything to her. In class, you will breathe, move, reflect, and laugh. Also filling her heart is her husband, her three children Olivia, James, and Ronan, and the best dogs ever, Cooper and Enzo.

Join Erin and open your heart with breath, movement, and love.

Katherine encountered yoga while completing her BFA at RWU. She began to study the art of yoga and found herself spiritually and philosophically connected. As she applied the practice to her life, she began to see improvements physically and within.

It was her yoga practice that Katherine relied on throughout her career in Human Services, and after many years she decided to embark on a new journey — one that allowed her to fuse her desire to help others with her passion for yoga. At one point, she moved abroad to beautiful Costa Rica, where she taught yoga and meditation at a Retreat & Wellness center — an incredible experience that transformed her life, practice, and teaching.

Katherine's style has been influenced by all of her teachers and experiences; her classes urge strengthening, surrendering, and continuous exploration.

By day, Courtney is an archaeologist working remotely for a company in New Mexico. The rest of the time she is on a journey to awaken mind, body, and spirit through yoga and meditation — and hopes to share with others what has helped ease so much in her own life.

She moved back to the South Shore in 2020 to be close to family after 15 years away, and was instantly drawn to the Unplug & Be Mindful Yoga Studio. She completed her 200-hour yoga teacher training in 2023 at Unplug, originally taking the course to learn more about yogic philosophy and to help build a stronger personal practice.

She is grateful to the community for allowing her to be part of it so she can share and grow alongside. Reiki I attuned, Courtney is currently working on completing a certificate to assist others in meditation journeys to access the Akash, and has recently completed her fifth 1-hour 40-day Kundalini Meditation.

Her other loves are astrology, animals, spending time with her lab Hulk, and spreading good vibes.

Having been through a difficult period of grief and separation, Celeste needed something beyond the traditional healing therapies available. Without knowing yoga was exactly that, she walked into her first yoga studio in 2012 — and it changed her life. She felt like she had found home.

In 2022, she completed the 200-hour YTT, and in 2025 she finished the 300-hour YTT — both amazing experiences. The best part was finding a community of loving, beautiful, and kind people. She had found her yoga family at Unplug and Be Mindful.

Celeste is passionate about sharing all that yoga has brought to her life. Her purpose is to bring the love, joy, and passion for life that she has been so blessed to find to everyone that crosses her path. Her classes are about you — incorporating yoga asanas with sound, silence, readings from ancient texts or modern interpretations, mantras, meditation, and more to assist you in creating alignment of mind, body, and soul.

So that you can experience stillness and expansion, clarity and inner peace. Looking forward to being with all of you. Namaste.

Using my knowledge of human anatomy, fascia, chakras, meridians, Ayurvedic lifestyle, breath, and spirit, I strive to create safe, fun, and calm introspective classes. I love to weave different forms of pranayama, mudras, mantras, meditation, healing vibrations, and hands-on techniques into every class.

In high school, during a summer diving camp at Harvard, I was introduced to Yoga Nidra and became hooked on yoga. I am currently finishing my 500 RYT certification at Unplug, which has been an amazing journey. I have certifications in Barre and Yoga Nidra and have taken The Roll Method for myofascia. Additionally, I am a Reiki Master Teacher, having become certified to complement my MRI career. For many years, I have been using meditative breathing techniques and Reiki to calm and relax claustrophobic patients.

I am the happy mother of three lovely children and although they are grown adults now, we still enjoy spending time together going to the beach, boating, skiing, and traveling!

LeeMarie's not-so-graceful foray into yoga began nearly 15 years ago as an experiment in stress management and an escape from the winter blues. After trying out numerous styles of yoga, she fell in love with the deep release she experienced in hot power vinyasa, and received her 200-hour certification with Health Yoga Life studios in Boston in 2017.

Since then, LeeMarie has received her RYT-500 and YACEP certifications, served as a lead faculty member in numerous 200-hour Yoga Teacher Trainings, a mentor for new yoga teachers, and has taught hundreds of hours of all-levels yoga classes in an Iyengar-based approach.

LeeMarie infuses honest humor, Vipassana meditation and active breath work into accessible-but-buildable yoga sequences, ensuring there's something for everybody in her classes — from brand new yogis to advanced practitioners, prenatal participants, athletes, people working with chronic health issues and anyone with a willingness to step onto a mat (or into a chair).

Above all else, LeeMarie is a student of yoga herself, and a chaser of deep, cleansing breath and the quiet mind that comes from a good savasana.

As an accountant for 30+ years, if someone had told me years ago that I would be practicing and teaching yoga, I would have thought they were crazy. But now I could not imagine myself not. In 2023, experiencing a period of uncertainty and stress, I was introduced to Melissa by my friend who took teacher training at Unplug, initially for Ayurvedic health counseling.

Melissa encouraged me to try Yin yoga to help with stiffness and chronic pain. As a life-long weight-lifter, I had never taken a yoga class. I had doubts. Honestly not only doubt, but fear. I had total misconceptions about what yoga truly was and what 'practicing' meant. However, the more I worked with Melissa and took Yin classes, the more I became aware that 'yoga' was what I needed and Unplug was where I needed to learn it.

I began taking other classes, Hatha, restorative, even sculpt! Heck, after a few Reiki shares, and massage/Reiki workshops at Unplug, I was hooked and began my journey to become a Reiki Master. Looking to continue to learn and explore my purpose, in 2025, I enrolled in the 200 hour YTT program at Unplug. Everyone working at Unplug is always so incredibly encouraging, supportive, and most importantly authentic. I consider all of them family. Unplug feels like home.

It is an honor to teach and share with the community at Unplug. I decided I wanted to teach not only to continue my growth, but to help demonstrate how much 'yoga' can help; that whatever aspect resonates, it is not about perfection, it is not so much about change necessarily, but about connecting within, being authentic with what we are under all of our 'stuff.' It's always a practice.

I am so happy I found Unplug and Be Mindful Yoga, or it found me. I went through my Yoga Teacher Training in 2025 at Unplug. I was not planning to teach, just learn more about yoga and deepen my own practice — I was hooked and now I'm teaching some classes.

Yoga and meditation has been very helpful to me in many ways — being more present, mindful, aware, grateful, and patient. I like to offer those themes in my classes, slowing down and noticing what is happening 'NOW'. I enjoy teaching Hatha, Vinyasa, and helping out with the restorative workshops. In the future I would love to teach more Restorative classes.

Just a little about me — I am married to my husband Mark, I have 2 children, Braden and Lilian, and we have a 7 year old Goldendoodle Bailey. We have been residents of Marshfield for 17 years and love it here.