O2 Yoga Teachers

Mimi has been living and breathing her dream of being a full-time yoga teacher since she created O2 Yoga in 1998. O2 is a system she believes is like no other for changing and improving body, mind, and spirit. She has a BS in nutrition, a BA in psychology, and an MS in exercise physiology. Feeling centered, grounded and peaceful involves all facets of the physical and energetic body. Yoga is a natural extension of this belief. “Yoga represents a way of harnessing all the good energy, focusing it on one point, to create a more harmonious individual and therefore a more peaceful world,” she says. Her infectious enthusiasm and love for teaching comes through in everything she does. She specializes in strong anatomical focus, adjusting the body to better align and strengthen the spine and therefore create better posture, better mood, better interactions with the world, and a more centered and quiet mind.

Mimi’s creation, O2 Yoga, is a unique system that draws from the philosophy of the eight-limbed path of Patanjali. O2 Yoga is athletic, empowering, energizing, and life-changing. O2 Yoga is a community of teachers and students who believe in the connection to all living beings and therefore our responsibility to be conscious of all of our actions, words, and intentions. O2 Yoga encourages a proactive interaction with the world.

Mimi has been thrilled to receive many “Best of” awards including both Somerville and Cambridge Scout’s Honored several years in a row, just to name a few! Most importantly, she is inspired every day by her husband, Steven, her two boys, Dylan and Deven, and her family’s ever-increasing number of animals, including their dog Mate and their pig Ender. Mimi runs teacher training and retreats locally and internationally. She is also incredibly joyful and passionate about vegan cooking, home schooling, animals, traveling with her family, and sailing on their family’s antique sailboat.

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As a lifelong dancer, Dawn was thrilled when she discovered that her brain processes a yoga sequence the same way as choreography. From her first class at O2, she’s been hooked on the joy and sense of calm that yoga brings. Since leaving for California a few years ago, O2 Yoga is the one thing she’s missed the most, and being able to reconnect with O2 through virtual classes has been one of the brightest silver linings during a really challenging period of time. She loves learning something new every time she’s on her mat, and hopes to bring that same spirit into her classes balanced with the playfulness that makes O2 so much fun.

Jimena is the director of the Dance program at The College of the Holy Cross and faculty at Berklee College of Music where she teaches movement for musicians. She has been a dancer (modern/contemporary) her whole life. Throughout the years, she tried different types of yoga and it just never “clicked”. It was either too hot or too preachy or it didn’t feel safe for her body, but once she tried O2 Yoga everything changed! She likes the athleticism, anatomical awareness, and fun sequencing that O2 classes offer, and in 2021, she completed the O2Teacher Training program. Jimena likes a yoga class that is fun, clear, and challenging. As a teacher, she hopes to bring these qualities to her classes. She loves cats, music, art, food, and above everything, spending time with her son.

Barrett Lauck Reinhorn (Certified Yoga Teacher [CYT], 500 hours) has been teaching yoga since 1998 throughout the metro Boston area. She teaches beginner through advanced vinyasa yoga, and specializes in prenatal/postnatal yoga. Trained in Astanga Vinyasa yoga and Interdisciplinary Yoga, Barrett melds asana, breath, music, philosophy, and rhythmic improvisational movement into her vinyasa sessions. Every class of Barrett’s is different, combining the energies of sun (dynamic warmth) and moon (calming cool) so that students are deeply rooted in their bodies and yet light and free in spirit. Additionally, Barrett teaches prenatal and postnatal teacher trainings. She brings to her teacher training extensive training in yoga for the childbearing year along with experience as a doula, childbirth educator and mother.

Read more about Barrett here in her January 2018 Teacher Feature.

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With a background in ballet and modern dance, I had always dabbled in yoga as a complementary physical practice, but it wasn’t until I joined the incredible community here at O2 that it became a cornerstone of my life. Aside from the obvious physical effects, I found yoga changing me in emotional and spiritual ways I had never expected and while initially they seemed contradictory, I soon realized they were in fact complementary- I was becoming simultaneously stronger and more flexible, both more focused and taking myself less seriously, increasingly patient and quicker. I soon realized this quest for balance was what I had been(and continue) searching for. Each time I come to the mat I discover something new about myself and others- I always leave feeling better than when I arrived. I am thrilled to be teaching, in the hopes that I can share some of the amazing benefits that I have gained from yoga with others.

Learn more about Kate here in her November 2017 Teacher Feature.

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Stumbling into O2 on a cold January day in 2013, I soon found myself much warmer with a smile on my face. My yoga journey started back at Wellesley College, where I took yoga to fulfill a PE requirement. I didn’t dive in until I found O2. Yoga has taught me slow down, breathe deeply, and stay focused – lessons that have helped me both on and off the mat. I completed my teacher training in the fall of 2015, and I’m excited to share my love for yoga with others. See you on the mat!

Read more about Toby here in her Mid-March 2017 Teacher Feature.

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One steady constant that has remained through life is being an athlete. I grew up playing year-round soccer and continued playing through college. After transplanting to Boston and looking for a change, I began to train and competed in powerlifting, where I hold a New England squat record. Yoga never struck me as ‘athletic’ until I took my first heated Power Yoga class. I was immediately hooked, later stumbling upon O2 and their upcoming teacher training. O2 was like a breath of fresh air: unique sequences, hands-on adjustments, specific alignment cues, and community. I greatly appreciate and admire the foundations of the O2 yoga style. Since graduating from the 2016 O2 Teacher Training, I completed Prenatal Teacher Training with O2’s very own Barrett, as well as trainings in baby, toddler and children’s yoga with ChildLight Yoga. Off the mat you can find me working in dog rescue, traveling and gardening.

Read more about Tina here in her Mid-February 2018 Teacher Feature.

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