At CAPY we all teach together as a team.

Sometimes we sub for each other so that our lives can stay relaxed and so that you can get to know the whole team. We're all teaching the same thing, we all trained together, and we're all on the same mission - your growth and transformation are our highest reward. Come to class whenever you can, we promise you'll love it and you just might find your new favorite teacher!

“Elizabeth has been transformational for me as a yoga teacher.  Her instruction is rigorous but patient and encouraging, strength-building but centered and rejuvenating, and challenging but accessible at any stage of one’s practice.  Rather than reduce the practice to accommodate specific students’ issues, she gives those students tools to address their problems directly and build toward being able to do every piece of class without impediment.  I would refer anyone to her class.” Austin D.

Elizabeth Huntsman DeAngelis

OWNER, FOUNDER, DIRECTOR
E-RYT 500 Yoga Alliance
1200hr Tier 3 Certified Baptiste Influencer

Elizabeth has been teaching yoga since 2000.  She has trained extensively with Baron Baptiste, has been a full time teacher at the Baptiste studios in Boston, and has worked closely with Baron on his world renowned Bootcamps and Teacher Trainings. Coming right from classic yoga and real science, Baptiste Yoga is fresh and fun. In addition to taking classes and trainings with Big Names, Elizabeth has taken the Baptiste Institute’s Level 1, 2, 3, and FIT to Lead (twice) trainings.

Elizabeth has a B.A. in Psychology from Brown University, an education which brings depth to her understanding of yoga philosophy.  Elizabeth has also been riding horses her whole life, spending the last thirty years coaching and competing show jumpers. This intensive study of sports fitness, sports psychology, and active biomechanics provides a solid foundation for her commitment to classical yogic traditions.  Honest work, at a level appropriate to each student, brings physical, emotional, and spiritual fitness and flexibility. 

Kathleen Miller

RYT 200 Yoga Alliance, Level 1 Baptiste Power Yoga Instructor

Kathleen began practicing yoga in college and immediately noticed the results. The practice balanced her active lifestyle as a runner and helped her to take a more mindful approach to fitness. The mental effects were even more noticeable- she developed a clearer, more calm attitude when she practiced. But, it wasn’t until 2013, after the loss of a loved one and a struggle with health problems, that her practice began to deepen. What had been a hobby became a lifestyle. She practiced regularly, and more intentionally. Yoga deepened her understanding of herself and what she needed to heal. In 2014, she took Elizabeth’s Teacher Training, and began teaching. Kathleen has worked as a Mental Health Therapist. This background enhances her ability to connect with students and guide them through a healing practice.

Kathleen is also a full-time artist, living and working in Rockport, MA.
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Joel Kalinowsky

Level 1 Baptiste Power Yoga Instructor

Joel is an avid surfer, CrossFitter, adventurer, and outdoorsman. He has found that a strong yoga practice lets him to pursue his other activities with ease, and that allows joy to flow freely through us all. 

Joel did his teacher training with Marc St. Pierre in 2015. That training gave him a strong understanding of alignment and sequencing which he brings to Cape Ann Power Yoga's Baptiste style practice. When you take Joel's class you'll ride a line between familiar ground and fresh insight. That zone - where we're comfortably uncomfortable - is where we grow.

Melissa Abbott

Level 1 Baptiste Power Yoga Instructor

I started my yoga journey with a Hatha Yoga class in 1970 at age 17. After Art School and travel, I became a resident at Shree Muktananda Ashram in upstate NY where I studied Siddha Yoga meditation practices. I am a disciple of Gurumayi Chidvilasananda and the Siddha Lineage Of Swami Muktananda and Bhagwan Nityananda. At the ashram I became acquainted with Shaiva Tantra Meditation from Kashmir and studied with with many resident swamis and teachers.

I have studied Tibetan Buddhist Practices of the Sakya Lineage with Luding Khenchen Rimpoche. I have a 40+ year meditation practice receiving many initiations and transmissions from many great contemporary teachers. Since 2017 I have been studying with Sanskrit Scholar Christopher Wallis, Phd, covering The Recognition Sutras, Vijnana Bhairava, Spanda Karikas, and Tantraloka.

On the mat I’ve studied Iyengar Yoga with Karin Stephen and Patricia Walden, and Anusara Yoga with John Friend. At 56 I took my first hot yoga class and got hooked, I became a Raja Hot Core Hatha Yoga 500 hour Teacher in 2016 training with Craig Villani, a Master in the Calcutta style hot yoga. I have taken the Jimmy Barkan Method Level 2-3 Hot Vinyasa Training and Adi Westerman’s 26/2 Plus Training.

In 2020 I took the Baptiste Level 1 training with Baron and I am a Level 1 Baptiste Power Yoga Instructor.

I’ve been a Reiki Master for 27 years, specifically a Usui Shiki Reiki Ryoho Master. I’ve studied with several great 20th century Reiki Masters, including Grandmaster Phyllis Furumoto and Julia Carroll and I lead Reiki 1 & 2 Trainings.

With Hatha Yoga History workshops I bring my experience to yoga teacher trainings including American Indian indigenous people’s trainings on Canadian and US reservations.

Please check out my Visionary Tantric Meditation & Yoga Nidra podcast called “Melissa Abbott Yoga & Meditation” on Spotify, YouTube, ITunes, and Podbean.

Dave DeAngelis

David knows that yoga works. His introduction to the practice was with the matriarch of the dance program at UMASS Amherst. There he learned that yoga's many different styles all lead to the same results of health and happiness. A few years later when he met Elizabeth, who challenged him to practice 6 times a week, for a year. That commitment dropped stress and high blood pressure. Years of contact sports, hard work, and hard living were unwound. Yoga opened his heart to the possibility that there is a better and more generous way to live. 

Working in both the construction and horse industries for the past 10 years David has met many wonderful people who suffer from stiffness, soreness, and grumpiness. These people eventually just believe that's how they have to feel, that it's a natural part of aging. Seeing the effects of yoga first hand, David has seen that there is another way to live - in health, ease, and good cheer.

David has had the chance to take class with some of the best yoga teachers in the world, participate in Cape Ann Yoga School teacher trainings, specialized trainings across the country, and amazing yoga retreats. David is lucky, grateful, and couldn't be more excited for his opportunity to share his enthusiasm and perspective with you and the good people of Gloucester. 

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Anneliese Brosch

Anneliese Brosch's true love for yoga began after her colligate field hockey career. It proved to be a great non-competitive outlet that helped keep her muscles moving. After years of practice and studying, she’s found freedom and deep connection in both her body and mind.

Anneliese co-owns Cape Ann SUP where she teaches public and private stand up paddle board yoga classes in Essex and Gloucester. Anneliese trained Mark St. Pierre, for her 200hr certification and was SUPYoga certified by Julie Roach in Orlando, FL.

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