About Us

Karen has been a practitioner of yoga for many years, and in 2016 decided to go for her 200-hour certification through Heart Space Yoga under the guidance of Andrea Thibodeau. She then began teaching classes in her community regularly. In 2017 she traveled to Barcelona to become a certified Trapeze Yoga teacher through Yogabody. In 2020 she became a certified yoga coach. In 2021 Karen became a certified Aromatherapist and in 2022 earned her 300 RYT through the Kaivalya Yoga Method. She has taught classes in gentle yoga, chair yoga, all levels yoga, trapeze yoga, gravity coaching, and restorative yoga. She also teaches mindfulness classes and offers aromatherapy consultations.  Her dream of owning her own studio became a reality when she opened Sweetwater Studios in East Burke in the fall of 2022.

 Morgan first discovered her love for yoga and meditation through nature. Whether it was sitting on top of a mountain taking in the view or taking a walk on a cold winters morning, deep breathing and stretching seemed to come naturally. The two go hand in hand to achieve the ultimate mind-body connection. So when she began a mindfulness meditation group with Karen in 2020, she instantly fell in love with the peaceful art of yoga! After 3 years of practicing trapeze yoga on her own and taking Karen’s classes, she finally grasped the opportunity and became a certified trapeze instructor through Yogabody in January 2023. She is so excited to meet new people and teach the thrilling venture of trapeze yoga!  

 Nicole can't tell us how she felt about her first yoga experience but does recall sitting in the corner of her mom's class playing with toy horses for the entire hour. She grea up resistant to the idea of yoga (so she gets you, man!) and although she practiced growing up, she didn't catch the "yoga bug" until she left for college.

The Baptiste practices changed her right before her very eyes. She still finds it challenging to look back and recall that part of her adolescence before she began exploring her practice. 

In 2019 she traveled to Thailand to participate in Baron's first training in Asia. It was there she became a certified level 1 Baptiste instructor. In 202 she took a second Baptiste Teacher course with Leandra at Lumi Power yoga in London. In the spring of 2022, she had the honor of studying under Brandon Sommers, who led her through an inspirational 200-hour yoga teacher training.

  A yogi since childhood, Madeleine began the formal study of yoga in 1999 and began teaching in 2004. 

Madeleine has been engaged in the healing dimensions of the spiritual world from a young age, attending large outdoor mediation retreats as a child and participating in a solo wilderness vision quest at age 17. 

Madeleine’s primary teacher is Shiva Rae, founder of Prana Vinyasa Yoga. 

Prana Vinyasa Yoga draws on the wisdom of the Shakti (feminine) lineages that focus on the subtle body and energetic alignment. Prana Vinyasa classes are themed with the elements of nature and offer the full spectrum of yogic arts, engaging your body, breath, heart and mind. 

Madeleine is also a Rostered Psychotherapist in the State of Vermont and Registered with the Yoga Alliance as E-RYT 200 (teaching 1000+ class hours) and RYT 500 after recently completing a 300 TT and Soulful Wellness Certification. 

Classes may include Tantra-Hatha based mindful breathing, movement mediation, one-breath one-flow movement patterns, dance and kriya. Some workshops may also include journaling and life navigation or rituals to honor the seasonal transitions, such as the lunar cycle. Madeleine’s teaching empowers students to learn practices they can do at home to cultivate their own wellbeing.

Martha trained in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) at the Center for Mindfulness ( 2003-2008). MBSR was of interest because it is a secular program created to address chronic stress and pain and to tame the mind through meditation. She has led many MBSR programs with groups and individuals in local community wellness programs.

She has had the good fortune to study and practice many types of meditation in Buddhist

traditions with Tibetan teachers such as HH the Dalai Lama, Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche, H.E. Garchen Rinpoche and, Lama Zopa Rinpoche (1983-present)

She is a retired VT Educator living in Sutton, VT.