Our Yoga Teachers

Our Instructors are well versed in the many styles of Yoga so our students are able to explore and develop
a practice unique to themselves. Each one of our experienced Yoga and Meditation instructors bring
their unique perspective to their classes, while also sharing their passion to educate, inspire,
and guide their students throughout their journey in the practice.

Marissa McIntyre

Founder of Yoga del Soul

Since a young age, Marissa had always been drawn to meditation and yoga to help ease anxiety while in search of a deeper purpose. She began her journey by teaching herself through many books. Wanting to gain more knowledge, she embarked on a teacher training. Immediately after receiving her 200 RYT she began teaching, wanting to bring the peace and clarity she felt from her yoga practice to others. A few years later she went on to receive her 500 RYT through Sri Dharma Mitra, her practice and teachings then began to evolve into a deeper more spiritual practice. She is forever grateful to share Sri Dharma Mittra's physical and spiritual teachings with others. "Everything is perfect, that is the beauty of yoga; to bring our consciousness to this level." Sri Dharma Mittra

Heather Ell

Heather was pulled to yoga 12 years ago, when she embarked upon a path of recovery from addiction, disordered eating, and anxiety and depression. She fell in love with how the yoga practice takes her on a journey back to loving herself through movement, breathwork, mantra and meditation. She completed her RYT-200 in 2015 with Joell Lanfrank and Erin Peluso, and has been studying Kundalini yoga since 2018. She teaches from the conviction that the yoga system is profoundly therapeutic and nourishing to the mind, body, and soul. Her offerings play with harmonizing strength and surrender, tapping into the divine within, and realizing that every step on our path is useful to realizing who we truly are.

Ong Namo Gurudev Namo // I bow to the divine wisdom in all that is, I bow to the divine teacher within

Julie Albert

Julie is a 200 hour certified yoga instructor e-RYT200, Holistic Health Coach, Massage Therapist, Reiki practitioner and ThetaHealing practitioner. She has a well rounded understanding of how to incorporate natural healing through self care into one’s lifestyle. Julie started practicing yoga while recovering from a hip injury and found a steady hot yoga practice that was challenging yet relaxing, joyful, and meditative at the same time. This is where her love for yoga truly began. Julie teaches vinyasa, gentle, and restorative yoga. She infuses all classes with sound healing elements, whether it be the use of crystal bowls or chanting mantras. She has a great sense of humor and it reflects in her classes which are always playful and fun. They are great for people who like to stay active no matter what age. You will walk away feeling balanced in mind, body and spirit.

Julie Waters

Julie discovered the life changing practice of Yoga over a dozen years ago and has been following the connection of breath to movement ever since. She holds her 200 RYT as well as Advanced Training Certifications in Restorative Yoga, and is a Certified Reiki Level 2 practitioner. A longtime student, she has found the practice to be instrumental in recovery from emotional and physical trauma as well as reveal a deeper understanding of our true selves. Julie teaches the principles of yoga through pranayama, meditation and asana and incorporating these mindful practices into a balanced and joyful life both on and off the mat.

Eleonora Zampatti

Convinced that yoga is much more than just asana, Eleonora encourages her students to accept their vulnerabilities.  She feels that without weakness there can be no strength and without acceptance there can be no healing.

Eleonora's classes are challenging yet accessible as she provides her students with the knowledge and courage necessary to carry their practice out of the yoga studio and into their daily lives. 

Eleonora is a native of Milan, living now in New Jersey.  She is a Body  movement specialist, author, fitnes model, influencer and cover girl.

Pamela McKnight

Health and wellness has always been a huge part of Pam's life. However after the discovery of yoga, she knew she'd found something magical. The physical and emotional bliss after each class could not be replicated in any other "exercise" class. Pam decided to explore this "exercise" and deepen her own yoga practice, Along the way fell in love with the practice of yoga.. Yoga has provided a foundation for Pam to approach life in a positive, balanced and healthy way, "yoga is my rock". . In 2013 she made the decision to pursue her first yoga instructor certification in order to share the gift of yoga through teaching. Everyone can benefit from the healing powers of yoga. Yoga is medicine. She believes that yoga teaches us that everything we have ever needed or will ever need is already within us

Amy Adams

For Amy, yoga is a connection of body, mind and spirit which brings an inner peace and connectedness to all. Amy enjoys the quiet moments of life and comes from a space of continual learning and educating to become a better person for this world. She embarked on a life changing experience and completed 2- RYT 200 hour trainings, that profoundly impacted her entire life.  Yoga is creating a greater connection to your true self through meditation, breathwork and physical movement. From this experience, she sees the world through a new lens and feels a sense of spiritual peace and calm. She believes each person needs to be met where they are, accepts them for who they are and hopes to illuminate the beauty within each individual through yoga.  

Christina Zaccaro

Christina first came to yoga to improve inner peace and overall health in 2012. From the start she was surrounded by very devoted and dearly cherished teachers to help kick start her love for the practice. She pursued a 200hr Vinyasa Training with Younique Yoga to help deepen her knowledge and understanding. A few years into teaching she ventured to Agonda, India to study a 300hr with Sudhir Rishi at Sampoorna Yoga School. In her classes, Christina focuses primarily on mindful breathing techniques, vinyasa movements, and meditation, to design a safe and creative learning environment for everyone. “Yoga is the Journey of the self, through the self, to the self.” -The Bhagavad Gita.

Michelle Schneider

Michelle started practicing yoga as a complement to traditional fitness training and soon found it to be more than a physical practice. Throughout the years and through many different movement practices including martial arts, she always found herself back to Yoga, and she wishes to introduce more people to yoga through fun, functional classes with great music.

Michelle took her 200-hour yoga teacher training with Raji Thron of Yoga Synthesis in 2004, in which the focus was a blend of Iyengar alignment principles and Ashtanga flexibility and strength. Her joy is to share the benefits of practice and looks forward to continuing her education to provide the best experience for others in class.

“Yoga always starts out as a complement to your life, and eventually becomes the blueprint for living it”

Jenny Barnes

After the birth of her 2 kids, Jenny was looking for more, peace of mind, a connection with herself, and a new challenge. A friend of hers lent her a. Yoga mat and told her to try a yoga class. She took her advice and uncovered things about herself that she never knew existed. She found her home.
"Yoga teaches how to treat our bodies with respect joy and acceptance,It resonates at the core."
Jenny learned the true balance of living through the beauty of asana.
In class, we'll shine light on uncovering one's true self.

Mary Schlinger

Mary first fell in love with yoga a few years ago. She was fortunate to have Marissa as a teacher and was inspired to take a 200hr YTT. She wanted to deepen her knowledge of yoga and all it has to offer, and share what she has learned with others. She is grateful and honored to have had Marissa and Brie as her teachers to guide her through this experience that was life changing. “Yoga is the bond between body, mind and breath. Moving through postures while connecting our minds and focusing on the inhaling and exhaling of our breath, helps create a calming environment in and around us.”

Adam Schwartz

Adam Schwartz has been teaching yoga since 2012 at various studios in New Jersey. He has accumulated 1400 hours of teacher training and has studied with internet renowned teachers such as Sri Dharma Mittra, Jared McCann and Yoshio Hama

Jeanann Dorobis

Through dancing, Jeanann discovered a love of movement. It first started as cross-training for her dance career, but quickly turned into an escape and passion. She has  since used yoga as a form of therapeutic movement to not only ground and activate the body but also the mind. Combined with breath work and meditation, she used her practice as a source of healing for anxiety and depression. During quarantine, she turned to yoga as a form of movement when she could not dance and chose to dive deeper into the practice by completing her 200 HR YTT to not only learn more about the practice of yoga, but be able to share her knowledge with others. She continues to learn and deepen her practice every day and plans to share her joy to help others do the same!