Missy Brown E-RYT 500, E-RCYT, YACEP is a seasoned yoga and wellness practitioner with over 40 years of personal practice and 25 years of joyful teaching. Missy enthusiastically shares her open heart, wisdom, passion, and personal experiences by embodying and transmitting love throughout her teachings. She encourages her students to live a joyful life with their whole heart, and offers strategies and tools to navigate those “things” in life that can make the road a bit bumpy. Her open and gentle approach allows others to find their own inner teacher and awaken to their infinite possibilities. She is committed to providing opportunities where all people can discover, explore, and embrace their true, limitless selves.
Missy continues to be gratefully inspired by the guidance of her many mentors as well as the lessons she learns from her students who are her best teachers.
Missy has trained and received certifications from: Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, Prana Yoga, Creative Kids Yoga & Movement, Yoga Ed, Zumba Dance, Restorative Yoga, Usui Reiki, Kidding Around Yoga, Stretch What Matters, Hope After Loss Bereavement, Let Your Yoga Dance, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, Pranotthan Yoga, Amrit Method Advanced Yoga Nidra, Sound Meditation Healing, United We Om, The Healing Hearts Project, I AM Yoga Nidra for Kids, Acharya Advanced Spiritual Teaching, Internal Family Systems and Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness and is a Shamanic Healer.
In addition to offering Deep Play for Kids trainings, Missy is a teacher in the Pranotthan School of Yoga, an Intro to Creative Kids Yoga trainer, Assistant director of Let Your Yoga Dance trainings and is Co-Director for Let Your Yoga Dance for Kids and Teens. Missy is on faculty at Kripalu Center for Health where she leads innovative programs for kids, families and adults as well as offers classes and workshops on the house schedule.
Missy created a product line of yoga and meditation tools that have been used across all ages, from kids to the elderly, and in settings such as home, school, health care facility, workplace, and more.
She is registered with the Yoga Alliance, is a Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Partner, and serves as a wellness consultant for health and education professionals with support on how to incorporate the tools of mindfulness and yoga into their work and lives.
Missy is privileged to have spent countless hours in service and continues to be devoted to this as a priority on her path. She wears the hat of volunteer, student, assistant, practitioner, counselor, teacher, trainer, mentor, facilitator, educator, and consultant. She continues to work with people of all ages on their journey to navigate life with ease.
Missy is the proud momma of 3 amazing sons, 3 delicious grandchildren, and several bonus sons and daughters. She resides in Fairfield CT with her beloved partner Joe and numerous 4 legged furry family members. Her unwavering belief in people’s innate goodness allows her to vibrantly be in the fullness of life with humility and grace. She truly wakes each morning with humble gratitude for all that lies ahead. Her love of family, friends, cooking and nature keep her heart overflowing. Missy carries the honor of her Sanskrit given name Maitri – referring to her goodwill, benevolent, compassion and friendly loving kindness to others. Whether we have met, or not, may you be blessed. May we travel this path of love together.