Mara Jasmine Pike, who is one of our substitute teachers, has been teaching yoga for the past 10 years. She runs her own studio, Jasmine Yoga, also known on Oahu as the North Shore Yoga Co-op.

Mara moved to Hawaii in 2003 from Somerville, Massachusetts where she was head teacher at O2 Yoga. She has been involved in movement studies, including gymnastics and ballet, for most of her life. She has a BFA in Dance from NYU, taught dance and performed with Ballet New England.

Her first four years of yoga studies – in Vinyasa and Ashtanga – were with Mimi Loureiro. She also completed a one-year Shadow Yoga teacher training with Glen Butcher, as well as training in Pregnancy and Mom & Baby yoga with Cathy Louise Broda.