Sophie Lyons (she/they) is a Boston based, Queer woman that specializes in offering trauma informed yoga classes. She is passionate about bringing together the community through the practice of yoga and creating brave spaces for folks to explore agency in their bodies. Sophie is an 800 hour certified Yoga teacher with over a thousand hours of teaching experience. She is trained as a 200hr Kripalu Vinyasa Teacher, a 300hr Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga Facilitator (TCTSY-F), and a 300hr Ignite Yoga & Wellness Institute Instructor. Sophie is also a Level II Reiki Healer, Trauma-Conscious Yoga Guide (TCYM) and an experienced regular yoga teacher (E-RYT). She graduated from Lesley University with a BA in Holistic Psychology and Wellness, specializing in yoga therapy; trauma, eating disorder recovery, and addiction. Learn more about Sophie’s journey to her life calling in this article.

Sophie is currently pursuing a graduate degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with a concentration in LGBTQIA2S+ Mental Health at William James College. She used to work full time as the Senior Virtual Coordinator and a Yoga Instructor for The Phoenix, a nationwide non-profit sober active community that utilizes the power of community to help people in recovery from substance use disorder. In addition to her work with the recovery community at The Phoenix, she was also internal advocate for the Queer community and co-led the LGBTQIA2S+ employee recourse group. Sophie was previously the Executive Director of Community Operations, lead teacher trainer, and Yoga Instructor at MOTA, a Somerville based wellness studio. At MOTA Sophie brought affinity classes to the community facilitating a monthly LGBTQIA2S+ Affinity Yoga Class. She also developed, as well as lead a dynamic 250 hour Trauma Informed Yoga Teacher Training program. Sophie has also previously taught at; Wellness Blueprint, Lesley University, Brooklyn Boulders, Beacon Hill Yoga, the Cambridge Eating Disorder Center, Black Sheep Bagel Cafe, and Lululemon (Prudential and Harvard Sq). She has also guested at Dew Yoga in Stamford, CT, and virtually for Down Under School of Yoga and Namastay Sober. See her weekly schedule for class information.

Sophie’s classes hold a combination of mindful breath and movement that aims to be accessible and inclusive to all bodies. She creates a warm and welcoming environment that allows people from all avenues and levels of practice to feel safe, supported and more in tune with their bodies. Sophie teaches people what feels good in her own practice; it can be intuitive and funky and may not always be a conventional “flow”, but is inviting, restorative, and speaks to the body. With a trauma informed approach, she encourages people to step out of their comfort zone and explore movement in their bodies.

Go to Sophie’s classes with the invitation to experience community, creating home with the self, and cultivating safe space to connect with the body. She invites her students explore the possibility of accepting where they are in the present and perhaps finding movement that feels right to them. You can also practice with Sophie in person, on her YouTube channel, virtually on Zoom or book a one-on-one with her!