Instructors

Michael Alba teaches our Vinyasa Flow classes.  Certified in the vinyasa and Hatha traditions, Michael enjoys inspiring students to grow and challenge themselves through yoga.  His teaching combines focus, movement, precision and gentleness in a natural and unrushed manner.  
Michael first came to yoga when he took a corporate yoga class at a small law firm.  He built on his earlier gymnastics training to pursue this endlessly stimulating and nurturing discipline.  He has studied extensively with David Magone, Kara Jasinski and Mimi Loureiro and completed his certification at Frog Lotus Yoga, under the instruction of Jacqueline Heisel and Jenn Yarro.   For more information on Michael, visit www.michaelalbayoga.com.

Jeannine’s love of exercise began in 1999 when she tentatively entered an aerobics studio to take her first kickboxing class. She was intimidated and self-conscious, but found she thoroughly enjoyed the feeling of release that flowed out of her during the class … although she couldn’t move for a week after it!   But she came back the next week and found her rhythm, added more power and confidence each week after that, and was soon hooked. Wanting to stay in shape and keep up with the high energy level of her two young daughters, Jeannine began to teach.  She holds certifications in Personal Training, Group Exercise and Kickboxing, as well as Zumba and Zumba Basics 2. Her goal when teaching is to create a class atmosphere that is fun, energetic and challenging, where everyone enjoys themselves. She loves to laugh, sweat and shake her classes into shape – the time flies by and you’ll see the results!

Margaret Richard's Body Electric program first aired on national television in 1984, and is now celebrating its twenty-sixth year on PBS. Margaret’s signature body sculpture technique (multiple repetitions with light weights) promises to create toned muscles, denser bones, better balance, and increased vitality.
The ever-expanding Body Electric catalog includes more than 500 Body Electric television programs, 40 videos and DVDs, and Margaret’s recent book, BODY ELECTRIC: Strong, Toned and Sexy in Just Three Hours A Week (McGraw-Hill; 2008).
Margaret’s 1999 testimony before the United States Senate’s “Special Committee on Aging” helped to highlight the importance of exercise to our health. Her Senate appearance also resulted in a video collaboration with the National Institute on Aging as a companion to their book, Exercise: A Guide from the National Institute on Aging. The National Fitness Hall of Fame inducted Margaret into its 2006 class along with fitness notables Kathy Smith, Jake Steinfeld, and Richard Simmons.
A recent transplant from Buffalo, NY, Margaret invites you to join her at The Brookline Ballet School, beginning Tuesday, November 9. For more information please visit her website at http://www.bodyelectrictv.com

Skye’s ballet and body conditioning work spans over four decades, incorporating time-honored principles of classical ballet technique to create beautifully toned, lithe, graceful, intelligently strong, muscular bodies. She has studied ballet from childhood, both in Boston and her hometown, New York. She is well acquainted with both cecchetti and vaganova syllabi and her teaching is a classic American mixture of both. She performed in companies in Boston and NYC, but ended that part of her professional life after the birth of her children. She says “One of my major ‘eureka!’ moments was the discovery that tip-top fitness can be achieved simply by doing housework on the demi-pointe.” She has taught ballet and floor barre conditioning to all ages, from pre-school to pre-professional. She additionally holds a graduate degree in special education with a specialty in dance therapy, which she practiced for four years in Massachusetts public schools.

Sandra Stone has recently moved to Brookline from Martha’s Vineyard where she has taught Zumba, and Zumbatomic (kid’s Zumba) for the last two years. Sandy makes learning Zumba steps easy with her experience of teaching dance to all ages for many years. As a former dancer of the Paul Taylor Dance Company she toured the world dancing for twelve years, and later staged Mr. Taylor’s works on several Ballet Companies as well as directing Taylor’s Junior Company Taylor 2. She is on the dance faculty of the Boston Conservatory, and is excited to be a part of The Brookline Ballet School.