Our Teachers
Meet Hollie
Hollie is the founder and lead teacher at Brooklyn Yoga, a heart-centered studio devoted to movement, mindfulness, and meaningful connection. In addition to completing her 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training, Hollie has extensive training in Trauma Informed Yoga, Restorative Yoga, Yin Yoga, Hands-On Assisting, and Cognitive Behavior Therapy. Hollie has a Bachelors Degree in Special Education, a Masters Degree in Education, and a second Masters in Counseling. She recently retired from her profession as a high school counselor and plans to revisit her private practice as a state certified Licensed Professional Counselor.
Her journey as a yoga student began in 1997 and over the years, Hollie has blended personal healing with professional training to develop a teaching style that is warm, grounded, and accessible. Whether guiding students through energizing flows or restorative practices, she creates a space where individuals of all levels can feel supported, empowered, and deeply connected.
At Brooklyn Yoga, Hollie has cultivated more than a place to practice yoga—she’s built a community where everyone is welcome. Her classes emphasize breath awareness, alignment, and the freedom to explore one’s own path to well-being.
When she’s not teaching, Hollie finds inspiration outdoors—kayaking, soaking up the sun, and reconnecting with nature’s rhythm. That same connection and joy are infused into every class she leads.
Students describe Hollie as authentic, intuitive, and deeply present—a teacher who meets people where they are and invites them into their own journey of transformation.
Meet Janene
Janene has been practicing yoga for over 20 years and finds it to be the perfect balance in her active life. She is certified through Yoga Fit and enjoys all styles of yoga, especially classes that can stoke that inner fire.
After teaching high school English all day, she definitely appreciates the need for self-care and is excited to a part of the yoga community in Brooklyn.
Meet Valerie
She has been practicing yoga for over 15 years and completed her 200 hour RYT in 2015. She is a true believer in the power of mindful breathing and movement and is committed to this practice both on and off the mat. Her classes are designed to offer a combination of grounding, balance, and mindful flows of movement paired with breath to help students spend more time in the present moment and achieve more peace and harmony in their bodies and minds.
In addition to guiding yoga classes, Val is a K-12 administrator at North Adams-Jerome Public Schools.
Meet Brooke
Brooke's started teaching yoga in 2016 after completing her training through YogaFit. She believes greater self-awareness is where we start to become the best versions of ourselves both physically and mentally. In her yoga classes, she enjoys blending her occupational therapy background of functional movement and self regulation with mindful breathing and compassion to guide people towards a deeper personal awareness and mind-body connection. She lives by the idea that the mind and the body are constantly communicating and thus determining how we show up in our daily lives. Some days we may need more body based techniques while other days greater mental awareness can help us move through things easier. It’s not one before the other but rather together and this is the foundation of the yoga she practices and leads.
Outside of teaching yoga she writes for her lifestyle blog, enjoys fixing up her lake cottage and sews pieces for her home decor business.