We are a collective of independent yoga teachers collaborating together in one studio space to share wellness practices and grow our shared yoga community in Midland, MI.
All of our teachers operate independently yet together under one roof: sharing our resources, expertise, and skills in order to help each other and all of our yoga students thrive - on and OFF the mat!
5 core teachers
rotating guest teachers
~40 combined years teaching experience
Leader of Midland Yoga Collective
Hot Forrest Yoga
Yoga Remix
Yoga for Core & Pelvic Floor
MyoYin Yoga
Yoga Nidra
Sarah (E-RYT200) is the leader/owner if MYC and specializes in Forrest Yoga, Yoga Tune Up ®, and Roll Model Method ® myofascial release, as well as other mindful movement and meditative practices. Her goal as a yoga teacher and dharma as a human is to support and inspire others to feel more at home and empowered in their own bodies, and to hold space for her students to cultivate curiosity about their own inner experiences and facilitate a nourishing mind+body+spirit connection.
Sarah has been practicing yoga since 2011 and teaching since 2016. She is a huge anatomy nerd and loves to educate others about their bodies, so her classes are often infused with functional movement and embodied exploration of the body’s inner mechanics. You can expect to be given choice and autonomy, use plenty of yoga toys, learn a little somethin’ about yourself, and maybe giggle a little with (or at) her terrible corny jokes. Sarah's teaching style is from a functional approach, and is always inclusive, body-positive, and trauma-informed.
On a personal level, Sarah is a Florida girl at heart, an animal lover, nature enthusiast, and creative spirit with a background and degrees in architecture. When not teaching and practicing yoga, she can often be found spending time outside exploring Michigan’s abundant natural beauty with her husband or working from home in her plant-filled mid-century modern house – probably with a cat snuggling in her lap.
For more information about Sarah's classes, please visit her website sarahnelsonyoga.com or email her at Sarahlissanelson@gmail.com
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Slow Flow
Yin/Gentle Yoga
Gentle Yoga
Yoga for Better Health
Akiko began her personal practice and study of yoga in 2003 after she moved from Japan. She has been teaching various styles of Yoga in the Tri-Cities area since 2009. With more than 3000 hours of teaching experience and continuing to take additional training, she creates a friendly environment and provides individual attention with care to her classes.
Akiko's classes emphasize alignment, mindfulness, balance, and a gentle approach for increasing body awareness, safe and sustainable practice for every body. She completed a 200 hour YTT, and is a certified yoga teacher for Restorative Yoga, Yin Yoga, and Yoga For All (body positive inclusive yoga for all).
For more information about Akiko's classes please email her at Akikodyk@gmail.com
Beginner Friendly Yoga
Gentle Stretch & Restore
Restorative Yoga
Care for Your Back
Yoga for Neck & Shoulders
Julie Pierce received a M.S. in Physical Therapy in 1993 from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and practiced clinically for 13 years. She is a Certified Yoga Teacher (YTT-200, YogaRenew) and Group Exercise Instructor (Athletics and Fitness Association of America) with nearly 25 years experience instructing a wide variety of class formats. For the past 17 years Julie's focus has been leading fitness classes for older adults (age 50+), including mat yoga, chair yoga, balance/fall prevention, SilverSneakers, Pilates, low-impact aerobics, step aerobics, cardio kickboxing, and strength intervals, although her passion rests in YOGA!
Julie and her husband, Jeff, moved to Midland from South Carolina in July 2021. They have one adult daughter who is married and works as an RN in Nashville, TN. Julie's mission statement: to glorify God and honor Jesus Christ by promoting peace and wholeness through exercise for body, mind, and spirit. All are welcome in Julie's classes. Her "word" for 2023 is "GENTLENESS", and she has applied that approach to life on and off of the mat. Julie believes that by sowing gentleness in our lives, as we take care of ourselves and as we relate to others, we reap lasting benefits.
Yoga is a PRACTICE in which we can grow toward being the best (NOT perfect) versions of ourselves. Come and see how GENTLENESS promotes PEACE.
For more information regarding Julie's classes, please email her at: julieannpierce69@gmail.com
Yoga Flow Vinyasa
"Hi I’m Fern. My mission statement is to honor all bodies. Helping you feel empowered, uplifted, and connected to your inner selves. I encourage the safety of self exploration in my class. It is one of the most rewarding joys to guide you closer to your inner connection with body, mind, and spirits. Yoga has been a tool that helped me overcome my addiction, pain, heartbreaks, and many more.
My other name is Prommasorn Seemarit. Prommasorn translates to voice from heaven. Seemarit is the power of colors. I was born and raised in Bangkok, Thailand. I moved solo to California when I was 19. Michigan here in 2016. In 2013, I got hit by a car. I bought myself a first yoga mat and practiced on the Lime Ridge hill in Concord, California. There, I found a sense of belonging where I never felt so alive and connected.
I had the privilege to grow up in Thailand where meditation was included in the elementary curriculum. I have seen the benefits first hand. It has improved my quality of life, especially on how I raise my kid. I mainly share my practices with my son Chance and my dog Bundance (Abundance.) It is my honor and privilege to share my practice and be a part of your journey. "
For more information regarding Fern's classes, please email her at: secretsacredwellbeing@gmail.com
Gentle Yoga
"WHO I am: I am a registered yoga teacher (trauma-informed RYT200) and RN with a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing. I have over 25 years experience in healthcare, nutrition, and wellness education. My qualifications also include accessibility, inclusiveness, and trauma-informed applications. I have personally been practicing Hatha Yoga and meditation for over 30 years and Ashtanga Yoga for 10. I am a wife, mom, friend, and Yogini
WHAT I do: I break through barriers and myths surrounding yoga and meditation. These practices are for all ages, sizes, and abilities. I am a dedicated lifelong learner and a registered member of Yoga Alliance. I incorporate breathwork and meditation in all shared experiences and opportunities.
WHY I do it: I believe in wholistic healthcare and wellness for the individual and families. My vision has developed unity crossing generations, ethnicities, and developmental stages. I value compassion, community, and connection."
For more information regarding Dana's classes, please email her at: dana@danakyoga.com
Shelly King is certified as a Reiki Master, Hypnotherapist, and Sound Healer. She is also an Intuitive Guide and Medium facilitating messages with Goddess Oracle and Angel card readings. She has been attuned to Reiki since 1996 and has been practicing and teaching Reiki since 2015. She has additional Reiki certifications in the Angel Realm and Animal Reiki. Shelly has led group meditations and spiritual workshops for over 10 years.
She is a medical intuitive with certifications in Herbs, Muscle Testing and Nutrition and can provide guidance on how to listen to your body and to decipher what it needs to aid the healing process.
Many people that have received services from Shelly have found her to
be a gifted spiritual advisor resulting from her own inner work, re-
programming, and spiritual growth that she gained through her own
life challenges and experiences.
For more information about Shelly’s events and services, contact her at
wholebody@rocketmail.com or www.wholebodyhealthstore.com or
YouTube Channel Shelly’s Sacred Space.
Amy Phoenix is a seasoned mom of five, artist, Mindfulness facilitator and Trauma Recovery coach offering gentle yoga practices as a way to cherish the body and nurture the soul. She has been exploring the benefits of yoga since 2002 during her second pregnancy to support an empowered birth, planting a seed to someday become a teacher to share yoga with people of various ages and abilities. Following that dream, Amy has completed YT 200 hour training with Keri Kenney, Yoga to Transform Trauma teacher training with Catherine Ashton, and Well-Bean Children’s Yoga & Mindfulness teacher training with Jen Rapanos.
Amy's style of facilitating yoga focuses on gently deepening the ability to care for ourselves, our bodies and each other with courage, awareness and compassion. She has a passion for supporting moms, families and youth, people who have experienced trauma, and those with physical or mental health challenges. Amy aims to support people in unburdening from stresses that weigh them down, so they can tap into their strengths and values to deal with life’s challenges and live fulfilling lives.
For more information about Amy's events, please email her at
Gina Anayana is an intuitive healer
She is also a: Certified Reiki Master
Certified Angel Card Reader
Certified Shamangelic TM Healing Practitioner
Certified Shamangelic Breathwork Facilitator
Certified Holographic Sound Healing Practitioner
Certified Advanced Theta Healing Practitioner
Certified Akashic Record Reader
Gina is the Founder and Owner of Goddess Intention, she is an intuitive healer who incorporates different healing modalities to form her unique healing practice called Inner Sensory Healing to guide individuals to their heart center, activating healing and transformation journey within.
For more information about Gina's events, please visit her website innersensoryhealing.com or email her at
Dr. Ashley Ghose is a physical therapist who has become a Transformational Coach and Mentor. Dr. Ashley realized her patients were most successful when they benefited from her combined physical therapist skills and her knowledge of personal development practices.
As a Transformational Coach and Mentor, Dr. Ashley's focus is guiding working moms to discover balance, purpose, and confidence without sacrificing their wellbeing. Dr. Ashley is a #1 bestselling author of Transforming Trauma Inspiring Stories & Powerful Tools for Manifesting Peace, Hope and Healing.
In her role as a member and Lead Assistant with the Midland Area Wellbeing Coalition, Dr. Ashley gets to promote wellbeing throughout Midland County.
When Dr. Ashley is not working with clients or with the Wellbeing Coalition, she is spending time with her family, husband, and her two children.
For more information about Ashley's events, please visit her website ashleymghose.com or email her at
We believe that we can be better together, both as yoga teachers and as part of our yoga community as a whole.
We believe in collaborating together to create an equitable union of yoga teachers, while also celebrating and respecting each of our unique skills, strengths, perspectives, backgrounds, beliefs, and expertise as individuals. By coming together as a collective, we can better uplift each other to help all of us grow and thrive, as well as individually earn what our expertise is worth.
We believe that cultivating community is vital for overall health and wellness. Feeling supported by others and being part of something bigger has huge impacts on mental wellbeing - community care is self care. We are so grateful to have the privilege and responsibility of caring for and serving our people to the best of our abilities and with our whole hearts.
We believe there is a place for everyone at MYC, and welcome all people regardless of age, body type, ability, race, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, belief system, and experience level.
We believe that yoga is for EVERY body, and that there is a yoga practice out there to suit the unique needs of every person. That's why we do our best to make our individual classes accessible and inclusive for all, and are honored to offer a wide variety of yoga practices to suit a wide variety of bodies, needs, and preferences.
We believe in creating a yoga community where everyone feels safe, cared for, seen, and at home in our studio space and in their own body, mind, and spirit.
We believe that the practice of yoga and its benefits go much deeper than the physical level. We strive to create an environment where each person feels able to find inner connection with themselves and supported in that introspective and mindful exploration.
We believe in connection with each other in community - there's nothing like the energy and kinship of a shared yoga practice experience. YouTube yoga ain't got nothin' on that!
We believe in working together toward our shared goal of serving the yoga community in Midland and creating a caring and welcoming space for all who seek the practices of yoga. By not only sharing our skills and teaching expertise, but also combining our resources and sharing the responsibilities of running a yoga studio, we can create a collaborative studio environment that better serves our community’s needs.
We believe in being committed to taking care of our students and doing our best to guide our yoga community in their yoga journeys. We aim for consistency in our class schedule as much as possible, because consistency is key to committing to a regular yoga practice.
Are you interested in becoming part of our collaborative teaching team? Looking for a home studio for your yoga, meditation, and other wellness offerings?
Join the MYC Teacher Collective!
Opportunities for weekly classes as well as monthly special events are available.
Midland Yoga Collective
705 Bayliss Street, Suite 200, Midland, Michigan 48640
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