Andrew Viselli is a Special Education teacher who has been developing and running alternative programs for the last 24 years. He is also a Hall of Fame volleyball coach, coaching since 1994.

Meditation has been a daily practice since the summer of 2020 and over the course of the last two years, he has completed teacher training for both meditation and breathwork.

Inspired by the transformational practice of meditation, he aspires to guide meditators into their own journey of self-discovery.

Melting the Mind Meditation:

Saturdays 6:30-7:30pm

Chip earned his 200hr RYT certification in November of 2022 and and teaches both Vinyasa and Yin Yoga classes regularly at both MAST and Supta Yoga Nantucket. Chip added a Yoga for Athletes certification to his teaching credentials recently and looks forward to exploring it with his students.

While relatively new to teaching yoga, Chip is not new to Nantucket or to education. He is an island native and has been teaching 8th Grade English at the Cyrus Peirce Middle School for the past 20 years. Before embarking on his teaching career, Chip traveled the globe following one of his many passions, surfing. He's been surfing in Hawaii, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia, Ireland, France, Spain, and Portugal. Chip enjoys the waves of Nantucket year-round and shares his passion with others during the summer months by giving private surf lessons. In his spare time, Chip also loves to read, play guitar, and garden.

In addition to teaching yoga at MAST, Chip is also the Associate Director and handles staffing, programming, and client services. Feel free to reach out to him with any questions or concerns...at any time.

Yin for Energy and Vitality:

Tuesdays 4:30-5:30pm

High Vibe Vinyasa:

Thursdays 4:30-5:30pm

Elizabeth Traina is a New York-born and based visual artist and lightwork facilitator. She creates artwork that explores the intersection of modernism and metaphysics — influenced by a small yet rich lineage of transcendental geometry created by women.

Elizabeth's compositions are made of intricately layered transparent forms, suggesting luminescent multi-dimensional movement. She creates botanical works as studies of the wonderment of the natural world. Her paintings can be used as meditation tools to quiet the mind and stimulate the heart field for multi-sensory awarenesses / awakened consciousness.

In addition to her studio practice, she contributes to the intersection of art within social equity and justice movements. Early in her career, she helped to create youth art programs in Oakland, San Francisco, New Orleans, and Brooklyn. She is passionate about the uplifting effects of public art and utilizes her skills as a muralist to beautify spaces with beloved community joy.

Beginning in 2012, she expanded my education with training in Energy Medicine, Transpersonal Hypnotherapy, and Sound Healing and designed Art & Consciousness Curriculum, an innovative hands-on workshop series. She is pleased to share my methods via seminars and workshops, locally and abroad.

Currently, Elizabeth continues her studies with ongoing metaphysical research, paints in her studio in Brooklyn, and offers custom Lightwork Sessions and events to clients and groups seeking transformational guidance.

Sacred Geometry and the Art of Becoming: Artist Talk and Hypnotic Journey | Guided by Elizabeth Traina

Ieva received her initial teacher training at a Sivananda ashram in India. Additionally, she is trained in Restorative Yoga, Yoga Nidra meditation and is currently enrolled in Kripalu’s School of Integrative Yoga Therapy. She believes in yoga’s profound healing potential and is grateful for the opportunity to share it with you.

Her classes are saturated with mindful awareness of the physical body. Through this physical presence students are invited to journey deeper into their layers of being including the energy body, the psycho-emotional plane, their inner wisdom and spirit. Her teaching style is steady, precise, and playful. She has taught classes and retreats around the world. Ieva is a student of life, an avid traveler, sommelier, surfer, and ocean lover.

Classes

Spacious Being: Release, Refresh & Renew

1-on-1 Sessions

LUXE Sessions

Customized Yoga Therapy

Stacey is a student of life and love and what it means to be well. Through this lens, she has studied Yoga, Meditation, Breathwork, and Reiki and takes a holistic approach to wellbeing.

As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Stacey has mastered the art of holding space for others to explore their own path to healing. Through her offerings, she will invite you to quiet your mind, open your heart and explore what it means to be YOU and what it means to live a great story.

Transformational Breathwork:

Wednesdays 7:00-8:00pm

Fridays 9:00-10:00am

Community Listening Circles

Yoga Nidra

Dr. Gabrielle Francis has been practicing natural medicine for more than thirty-five years. She is a Naturopathic Doctor, Chiropractor, Acupuncturist, and Licensed Massage therapist. Gabrielle practices in New York City as The Herban Alchemist. She also operates Backstage Alternative, which is her natural medicine road show that provides chiropractic, massage, acupuncture, nutrition and herbal remedies to performing artists on tour.

As a holistic physician, Dr. Francis believes in the healing powers of nature. She follows the principles of Naturopathic Medicine, Functional Medicine, Chiropractic, and Traditional Chinese Medicine, all of which place emphasis on treating the individual and finding the cause of disease, not merely treating symptoms.

By restricting the size of her practice, she is able to devote more time to customized treatment, long-term education, and health maintenance to each individual patient. She believes “It is better to know the patient that has the disease than the disease a patient has.”

In her practice, Dr. Francis adheres to the Philosophy and Principles of Naturopathic Medicine:

The Healing Power of Nature

Identify and Treat the Cause

First Do No Harm

Doctor as Teacher

Treat the Whole Person

Prevention

Gabrielle is the author of “The Rockstar Remedy: A rock ‘n’ roll doctor’s prescription for living a long, healthy life”. As a holistic doctor to many of the music world’s elite, she has helped some of the biggest names in rock look and feel great, despite an exhausting lifestyle that both demands discipline and welcomes indulgence. In her best-selling book, she uses the platform of Rock ‘n’ Roll to carry the torch, showing music fans and party lovers around the world that it is possible to maintain a high-octane enjoyable lifestyle—and be healthy too.

Gabrielle and her husband are Founders of Moroccan Elixir, a Beauty Brand that works with Women’s Co-Operatives in Morocco to produce high quality organic cosmetic products. Truly Beauty Beyond Borders!

Dr. Francis is a Medical Expert and Advisor for Love Wellness, Women’s Health Products.

Dr. Francs is a Medical Advisor and Expert for Veracity Selfcare, A Skincare Brand that promotes Skin Health and Hormone Balancing.

Discover the Vital Importance of Hormone Health for Women

Dr. Gabrielle Francis is available for private, virtual appointments through MAST. Please email us at: connect@mastnantucket.com for further information.

Holly Ruth Finigan is an author, meditation leader and chakra healer. She uses her gift of authentically relating to empower human beings to live out their holy truth while remembering who they really are. She does this through breathwork, workshops, one on one work, her podcast and her book Wholeheartedly: The One You Want To Find Is You.

Meditation for New Beginnings and Following Your BLISS

The BLISS Circle Breathwork, Manifestation, and Meditation

The Awakening Series

At age 7 Gerry began practicing Taekwondo on Nantucket under the tutelage of Master Michael Miller, which he continued until the age of 20 and received his first dan black belt shortly before his master moved off the island. The years of Taekwondo ignited a passion for martial arts and movement which brought Gerry to China in 2010-11 where he trained at a Daoist temple and was initiated into the Chun Yang Daoist sect as a 24th generation disciple of Daoist renunciate, master Xing De.

Over the next several years, Gerry dove deep into Chinese Martial arts, Qi Gong and Chinese Medicine, attending YEHS program for Chinese Medicine and Tai Chi in Kunming, China. Later, he studied Chinese Medicine at Pacific Rim College in Victoria, B.C. where a turn in the road revealed a path that would lead him in a new direction.

He began practicing Capoeira there as a beginner and has continued to practice with several schools including Jagube Capoeira in Vermont, Abada Capoeira in Nantucket, and Sinha Capoeira, in Boston. He has traveled to Brazil to practice in Rio De Janeiro and in Bahia, one of the birthplaces of the art, and learned from notable masters such as Mestre Camisa and Mestre Cobra Mansa. In 2017, he was granted permission to teach adults and children by his previous instructor and has been holding Capoeira classes and workshops now for several years on the island.

Gerry continues to practice both Chinese Martial Arts and Capoeira here on Nantucket and practices Taichi and Baguazhang with the Northeast Jing Wu association, headed by Nantucket native, Kristopher Feeney. Gerry has a strong passion and belief in the power of movement and in the spiritual traditions of both Capoeira and Daoism and seeks to share them with others to build strong cross-cultural communities and well-being for individuals and the Nantucket community alike.

Aside from teaching movement-related subjects, Gerry also runs an outdoor-based, after-school program for children at the Nantucket New School, holds weekend workshops based on outdoor skills with his company Indigo Bushcraft, and teaches adult English classes in the evenings. He lives with his wife Laura and dog Blueberry.

Kids Capoeira:

Mondays 3:00-4:00pm

Adult Capoeira:

Thursdays 7:00-8:00pm

Qigong:

Fridays 5:30-6:30pm

Saturdays 9:00-10:00am

Joanna leads the Maria Mitchell Association, founded in 1902 on Nantucket Island as the Executive Director. The MMA honors the legacy of Maria Mitchell, a pioneer in astronomy, a leader on Nantucket, and a woman of science. With more than 25 years of experience in executive management, marketing, and spa operations, Joanna is a passionate brand and wellness activist. Her mission is to inspire wellness and sustainability as both a personal and business practice. Joanna is a certified vibrational sound therapist specializing in integrative healing experiences, has been trained in mind mapping, NLP, and emotional intelligence. A frequent speaker, contributing writer, and host of a weekly radio program on Nantucket’s NPR affiliate, she highlights the people and practices making the world a better place.

Heart Song Sound Bath + Meditation Tuesdays 6:00-7:00pm

I am on a mission to prove that everyone can dance, everyone deserves joy, and everyone can heal. So I use the power of movement, meditation, and bodywork to inspire, educate, and connect people - transforming movement into healing for individuals and communities worldwide.

I am a nervous system and trauma-informed educator certified in the work of Dance, Body-Mind-Centering (pending), Qigong, and bodywork/touch practices.

I am dedicated to creating and guiding safe spaces for people to express, celebrate, and heal.

Contact Improvisation to Help Build Healthy Boundaries

This workshop is a fun and playful introduction to the practice of Contact Dance Improvisation. Throughout this workshop, we will safely learn simple ways to connect to the floor, negotiate gravity, and balance our weight as it shifts through space.

This practice is a wonderful and powerful way to learn how to support your own healthy boundaries. And it is also a beautiful way to build non-verbal communication with other people through the trust and exchange of energy.

Special Note:

Elia Mrak’s offerings are available at specific times of the year, as he is a Practitioner in Residence. Please see the website’s “Upcoming Events” and “Schedule and Booking” pages for more information and upcoming dates.

Liz Feeley has a BA in Psychology from Tulane University, a MA in Social Work from San Diego State University and has been an Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Massachusetts for 19 years. Liz is certified in Akashic Record Reading and pranyama breathwork with David Elliot and is a Master Reiki Practitioner. She has recently completed a 7 month certification program with the Wellness Collaborative of Natick in which she learned multiple healing modalities to work with the energetic body. Liz is passionate about her practice of alchemizing which entails assisting human beings identify patterns of thought and behavior to then un-identify and re-member.

Breathwork & Akashic Healing Sessions

1-on-1 Private Sessions