Heidi MacEwen
Heidi is the owner of Total Body Yoga and Pilates. She offers a wide range of classes at her studio, and invites you to share her passion for fitness!
Heidi’s qualifications include:
- Group Exercise Instructor through the Aerobics and Fitness Associates of America (AFAA)
- Certified NASM Personal Trainer
- Graduate of Mama Nirvana’s New Yoga 200 hour teacher training program
- Divine Sleep Yoga Nidra teacher training progam by Jennifer Reis, held at Kripalu
- Graduate of Embodyoga® 300 hour teacher training program
- Certified instructor for the Balletone Sole Synthesis program
- Master Balletone Ambassador (MBA) status as a Sole Synthesis Instructor
- Certified instructor (MBA) status in Balletone Standing Flow
- Certified BARRE above (TM) Instructor
- Certified BOSU Instructor
- Certified PiYO Live Instructor
- Team Beachbody Health & Wellness Coach
Lisa Helpa
Lisa is a Group Exercise Instructor certified through the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA). Lisa is a certified CIZE Live and Barre Above instructor. She has also completed a number of BOSU certification classes and is a Team Beachbody Coach.
Lisa enjoys bringing her knowledge of health and wellness into all aspects of her life including being a Certified Track and Field Official and working full time in the Insurance Industry.
Annie Stackhouse
For more than 35 years, Annie Stackhouse has been teaching people how to move, dance, and align their bodies in a way that helps them to achieve better health. Creator of the Stackhouse Technique™ – Annie utilizes yoga, Pilates, modern dance, functional anatomy and fun to help people achieve better posture alignment, freedom from chronic pain, and an improved sense of well-being!
As a Movement Educator, Annie embodies a rich history of training, practice, and research around movement and posture alignment and how proper attention to both can optimize health.
Michaela Driscoll
Michaela has practiced yoga for four years. She has been an avid exerciser for many years. She completed her 200 hour yoga certification at Mama Nirvana’s teacher training in 2021 of traditional Hatha Yoga. Michaela began yoga as a way to increase her flexibility in comparison to her traditional strength and conditioning training. She found a passion for yoga and wanted to deepen her knowledge.
Michaela offers a strong, energetic class focusing on strength and movement, yet inclusive for all abilities and levels. Expect a sequence of yoga postures designed to align, strengthen, stretch, and balance the body, mind and spirit. She also works for the Westfield school systems.
Dory Pelletier
Dory Pelletier has been teaching yoga and movement therapy for decades as a yoga instructor and occupational therapist. She received her 500-hour yoga certification in Embodyoga at Shraddha Yoga, Amherst, Massachusetts. She has experience working with people of many sizes, shapes, and abilities. Her practice is guided by the belief that with appropriate support, inquiry, and self-compassion, we can participate in yoga and movement at our own current level of ability, improve performance gradually, achieve a more self-loving relationship with our bodies, and nurture our deepest selves. Dory is a gentle guide who uses body, mind, and spirit to help each person look within and find their own just-right challenge. Dory is also a retired occupational therapist, proud Grandma, gardener, and nature lover.
ABBY SOLEIMANI
Abby took her first yoga class with Heidi when she was 9 years old. She was on and off the mat during her teenage years, but has really deepened her practice ever since she has grown. Now, she is in her early 20’s, and practicing Mindfulness and living Yoga has become one of her greatest passions. She just completed her 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training with Shraddha Yoga in 2025, and wants to share her passions with the rest of her community. She is a lover of the sun and nature, and you can always find her hammocking under a tree or dancing under the stars.
Abby’s class offers a warm, inviting space to look inward and explore the beauty of our mind, body, and soul. Whether you’re new to yoga, or want to deepen your practice, Abby will be there with open arms to help lead you to serenity. Everyone is always welcome, and she is looking forward to building a radiant community and sharing her love with you all.