Our Team — Grow Prenatal & Family Center

We are a team of compassionate educators.

Childbirth Educator
Morgan is a childbirth educator with GROW and a private doula. She is also the owner and creator of The Postpartum Pantry, a local company providing nourishing products to families in the 3rd and 4th trimesters.
Morgan joined the GROW community in 2017 during her first pregnancy and through prenatal yoga, childbirth classes, and baby yoga, met many parents she is still close with today!
Through teaching and facilitating for GROW Morgan has found her niche, as helping families to prepare for childbirth and parenthood is one of her true passions. Morgan’s goal is to make all families feel welcome, prepared, and cared for as members of the GROW community!

Teacher, Birth Doula
Carolyn is a certified pre & postnatal yoga teacher, PHD candidate, doula, and mother. She is grateful for the support, education, and community she found through GROW during her pregnancy and postpartum journey and is honored to help others in this space thrive.
Carolyn has been teaching yoga since 2017 and has taught in studios, fitness centers, and with private clients and wellness programs. She believes that yoga can be for everyone, at all stages of life. Her classes blend strong, energetic movement with meditative breathwork and gentle opening to leave you feeling balanced, grounded, and powerful. She is a registered 200 hour yoga teacher and trained with Mimi Reiger in Washington, DC. Carolyn is a volunteer doula through the UVMMC Volunteer Doula Program as well as a private doula through GROW. Outside of the birth world, you will likely find her researching sustainable food systems as a PhD student at the University of Vermont, exploring the area on foot, bike, or skis, or puttering in her garden. She lives in Burlington with her husband, daughter and dog.

Yoga Teacher
Kaleigh Mulpeter, Doctor of Physical Therapy, E-RYT has been teaching yoga and movement for over 10 years. As a longtime participant in the arts, Kaleigh holds a deep appreciation for the importance of our kinesthetic experience and movement as a form of expression and communication with self. Her in-depth knowledge of anatomy and the changes that occur throughout and after pregnancy allow her to craft classes that are informed and liberating. Her teaching style is alignment-based and upbeat; her classes are thoughtfully crafted with the highest benefit to students in mind.
Kaleigh owns her physical therapy practice, Renewal Physical Therapy, where she specializes in pelvic and perinatal rehabilitation. After having her own baby this past winter, she feels even more passionately about providing her community with opportunities to feel their best in their bodies. She is thrilled to be teaching at GROW!
Full class schedule and clinic information at: www.renewalptvt.com

Kids & Teen Teacher
Offering yoga specifically to girls and young women is such an honor for Sienna. She is passionate about creating spaces where self-discovery, self-love, and playfulness are centered. She hopes her classes are a stepping stone for participants to move though the world with a deeper sense of calm and ease both physically and emotionally.
Sienna started practicing yoga in middle school and the yogic philosophy presented in those classes supported her in coping with the stress of early adolescence. She felt the transformative power of yoga and knew she wanted to share it with others. Sienna completed her 200hr YTT through Laughing River Yoga at age 16, and has been teaching regularly in the Burlington area ever since.
Sienna is an early childhood educator who loves gardening, walking in the woods with her dog, and paddle boarding. She also supports women as a reiki and bodywork practitioner and as a volunteer doula.

Yoga Teacher, Pregnancy Circle Facilitator
Holidae began practicing yoga in high school and it has been an integral part of her life ever since. Wherever Holidae found herself living, from Spain to Boston to Burlington, she always used her yoga practice to help her build community and feel connection. She completed her 200 hour YTT through Sangha Studio in Burlington Vermont in 2020 with a desire to deepen her practice and also to bring yoga into her 4th grade classroom.
In 2021 she found GROW, first as a student through her pregnancy & then as a yoga teacher. She was immediately drawn to the community aspect of GROW, along with the ease it created throughout her pregnancy.
At GROW you can find Holidae teaching both prenatal/postpartum yoga and strength classes. Throughout her class, she encourages students to listen to their bodies and always offers opportunities to build in moments strength because she believes that a women is never stronger than when she is moving through pregnancy and into new motherhood. Her goal for you throughout class is to feel good moving in your body and feel a deeper connection with self, baby, and the GROW community. Outside the studio, you can find Holidae biking or skiing up mountains with her family, or flower farming at her home in Waterbury, VT.

Weights & Core Teacher
Abby is a certified fitness instructor and has always been passionate about health and fitness. She was born and raised in Middlebury, and grew up playing sports year-round. In college, she played on the tennis team and started teaching fitness classes to other students which was a new found passion of hers - combining fun music with exercise. Abby has taught various types of exercise classes at fitness clubs in Boston and upstate NY including Spinning, Barre, and BodyPump.
After having her first child this past summer, Abby has continued to learn exercises and build fitness routines but through a new lens. Weights & Core in the Richmond studio will focus on low-weight, high-repetition movements to strengthen and tone your full body. Welcome to all fitness levels!
Abby currently lives in Jericho with her husband, baby, and goldendoodle. When not teaching exercise classes, Abby works full-time for a digital marketing agency, and enjoys live music, good food, and being outside with her dog.

Yoga Teacher, Childbirth Educator, Perinatal Wellness Coach
As an integrative wellness coach, yoga teacher, childbirth educator and guided imagery facilitator Claire helps caregivers cultivate self-compassion, presence, and joy in their daily lives. As a mom, she understands the importance of taking time for yourself (and how challenging that can be) and encourages curiosity, compassion, and ease in her classes. Classes weave elements of rest, strength, and breath allowing you to connect with your body and mind from various paths. GROW gave Claire an unmatched sense of community and support during her pregnancy and postpartum journey and she is thrilled to be teaching!
Outside of GROW, you might find Claire gardening in her berry patch, strolling to a local brewery, or exploring a mountain top. She loves cooking, moving her body, and a good pun. She lives in Burlington with her husband, Patrick, son, Max, and pooch, Betty.
In addition to facilitating support groups and teaching yoga & birth classes for GROW, Claire also offers private 1-1 coaching and guided imagery sessions for the perinatal population, helping to explore new ways to integrate care and compassion into your day.

Yoga Teacher
The Yoga practice has the ability to help us learn to accept ourselves for who we are while continuing to grow.
Hope believes that yoga is truly for everyone and every body. She found yoga in her early twenties while she was experiencing severe depression and anxiety after leaving a verbally and emotionally abusive relationship. Her therapist at the time introduced her first to meditation to help quiet and focus her mind. She then encouraged Hope to seek out a yoga class and teacher that inspired her. Hope’s first eye-opening yoga class was a vinyasa yoga class at Zen and Now, in her hometown of Niantic, Connecticut. She left class shocked by how much quieter her mind was. Hope realized that the focus of linking breath-to-movement was the perfect way to get in touch with herself and facilitate authentic lasting change.
Hope began her career in the fields of health promotion and clinical research with a focus on education and outreach. After five educational and rewarding years, she realized that clinical work was not the best gift of her’s to share with others. After an inspiring solo trip to Barbados, lots of reading and soul searching, Hope decided the best thing she could offer the world was sharing the gift of yoga. Hope’s work as a yoga teacher brings harmony, grace and meaning to her life. Hope hopes to extend the light that yoga has offered to her back to her immediate community as well as the global community at large.
With extensive experience in care-giving and mental health education, Hope seeks to help her students deepen their relationship with themselves through self-awareness. Hope’s yoga flows invite practitioners to be introspective and mindful of their own individual needs.
We are all interconnected.
Let us come together in the practice of yoga to deepen our understanding of ourselves in order to connect with others on a deeper level. With the tools yoga has to offer, Hope invites you to a practice that helps us live our lives with more intention and authenticity.

Kids Yoga Teacher
What do mindfulness and Dr. Seuss have in common? Only Becky Groberg and your kids know the secret… Becky has been teaching fun and creative kids yoga classes with us since 2013.
After graduating from Champlain College’s Early Childhood Education program and becoming a Vermont Licensed Educator, Becky worked for Head Start with families and preschoolers for five years. She has always been inspired by children, and loves to help them find inner peace, balance and joy. In order to more fully focus on these passions, she became a ChildLight Certified Yoga Instructor and has been teaching yoga to kids ever since. Becky values her personal yoga and meditation practices as well, and in order to deepen her knowledge, completed a 200 hour registered yoga teacher training with Liberate School of Yoga.
Becky lives in Burlington with her partner and three young children.

Kids Yoga Teacher
Sarayu graduated from Simmons College with a degree in Neuroscience and Behavior and a minor in Early Childhood Education. She has found great joy in working with young children and their families in a variety of settings over the last 15 years. Sarayu’s yoga classes are a joyful exploration of breath and movement using games, songs and storytelling. Informed by her experiences in toddler and preschool classrooms, she believes that children learn best when allowed to explore and express themselves freely!
Sarayu completed a kids yoga training with Coolidge Yoga in Brooklyn, Ma and her YTT with IndeaYoga in Mysore, India & Grace’s Anatomy School. Additionally she is a practicing doula and currently enrolled at Mercy in Action School of Midwifery. She is a licensed foster care provider for the state of Vermont, most recently caring for adorable 1 year old twins!

Yoga Teacher
Brandy has been practicing yoga for 15 years and teaching for 10 years. She is a 500HR certified yoga instructor who specializes in strength-based yoga flow classes. As her long-time yoga friends will tell you, Brandy's classes are not your average yoga class. You can expect fun & funky music, jokes & giggles, and a hearty dose of play mixed into every class. In class you can expect a mix of flowing yoga postures, meditation, breathwork, and even some mantra. When you're doing yoga with Brandy it doesn't matter what you do as long as you do what feels good, have fun, and go out into the world and be nice to other people.
Brandy found the GROW community in 2022 during pregnancy and is now the mama to a beautiful little boy. GROW gave her a physical and emotional outlet during pregnancy and a community of mamas she is still friends with to this day!

Waldorf Teacher
Zoe Elliston has been an elementary teacher at Lake Champlain Waldorf School for the past five years. She has an undergraduate degree in Human Development and Family studies from UVM and an MA in Ecopsychology from Naropa University in Boulder Colorado. She especially loves outdoor education, cooperative games, teaching through visual arts and imaginative stories. Zoe believes that stories live deeply within the child. Her studies at Naropa University have informed her desire to connect children with the nature around them. Over the summer, Zoe and her partner Theo, welcomed their daughter, Leah into the world. After bringing Leah to many yoga classes at the studio, Zoe is excited to offer a Waldorf-based learning experience for the little ones at GROW. Above all else, Zoe believes in having fun and creating deep connections with others. Zoe and her family live in Essex along with their cat Snacks and energetic dog, Felix. One of their favorite activities is taking long walks in the woods behind their house.

Childbirth Educator, Newborn Care Instructor, Birth Doula
Meg Bronz teaches Childbirth Education and Newborn Care Classes for GROW and is also a GROW doula. She has a deep passion for birth work and supporting families throughout their pregnancy, birth and the postpartum period. She is a certified birth doula, pilates instructor, registered yoga teacher, and has a background in social work.
Meg met Susan during her first pregnancy in 2010 and deeply appreciated the nurturing community Susan created. This experience combined with the struggles she encountered in the early days of parenting inspired Meg to follow her passion for supporting people through their pregnancies and beyond. She feels humbled and overjoyed to be sharing her knowledge as an educator at GROW. Meg’s priorities are to create a welcoming environment for all and empower people during their pregnancy and early parenting experience.

Kids & Family Program Coordinator, Baby and Kids Teacher, NICU Project Coordinator
Emily’s experience as a certified yoga teacher, drama therapist, and mamma informs her work. You and your kiddo can expect to play, explore, connect, and get grounded in her classes. As a mother she knows that some days are a breeze and some days are down right hard (often they’re a mixture of the two). She welcomes any and all feelings and is skilled at tailoring a class for the needs of the group. Mindful movement, breathing, and working through-relationship, with those big and small, are the foundation to the practices she teaches.
Emily is a trained ChildLight Yoga teacher, has her Masters in Drama Therapy from NYU, and is a certified yoga teacher having completed her training at Sonic Yoga in NYC. She has taken trainings to ensure her classes are trauma informed and accessible to all.

Kids Music Teacher
Emma Cook (also known as Miss Emma) is a songwriter, instrumentalist, and music educator. She has been leading classes of music and movement for kiddos under 5 since 2018, beginning her work at Music for Sprouts under the mentorship of Chris Dorman (aka the beloved Mister Chris). Since the MFS classroom closed in 2021 she has been bringing kids’ music to local libraries, farms, and orchards to connect with Vermont families.
She is thrilled to be bringing her ukulele to GROW Prenatal & Family Center! After welcoming her daughter in 2022 she feels even more passionate about creating moments of connection for kiddos and parents in community, and is honored to be working with the staff and families at GROW.
During her classes you can expect to explore rhythm and movement through scarf play, call and response songs, special instruments, dancing, and other activities. Her approach to classes is rooted in the Music for Sprouts philosophy of “exploring movement, improvisation, and the seasons in a safe space for kiddos to explore their creativity and connect with one another.” And you can expect ‘traditional’ kids’ tunes, favorites from the Music for Sprouts classroom, and inspired songs written by Emma. Learn more about Emma’s work and music at her website www.ecookmusic.com.

Yoga Teacher
A student of yoga for 13 years, Maggie has been teaching yoga for 5 years and yin yoga for 3 years. Maggie is inspired by using yoga as a way to get to know oneself and practice self-compassion. She has studied with Aiyana Athenian and Krishna Peter Perry of Shivashakti School of Yoga & Healing Arts, Emily Garrett of Laughing River Yoga, and Sagel Urlacher. Maggie graduated from her 200hr yoga teacher training in 2014 and received her certificate to teach yin yoga in 2016.
Maggie became a mother in early 2023 and benefitted both prenatally and postnatally from the community GROW provided. Maggie teaches a class that is well rounded and where students get the chance to be curious about themselves and be present in their bodies, minds, and hearts. Coming from a background in farming and agriculture, Maggie appreciates and honors the benefits and importance as humans of working with your body and brings this to her teaching. She is passionate about the importance of being in your body and the benefits that has for the mind. Maggie also has an additional training in anatomy and physiology through higher education courses. Maggie hopes you can walk away more connected to your body and with more kindness and curiosity for yourself. Sarayu graduated from Simmons College with a degree in Neuroscience and Behavior and a minor in Early Childhood Education. She has found great joy in working with young children and their families in a variety of settings over the last 15 years. Sarayu’s yoga classes are a joyful exploration of breath and movement using games, songs and storytelling. Informed by her experiences in toddler and preschool classrooms, she believes that children learn best when allowed to explore and express themselves freely!
Sarayu completed a kids yoga training with Coolidge Yoga in Brooklyn, Ma and her YTT with IndeaYoga in Mysore, India & Grace’s Anatomy School. Additionally she is a practicing doula and currently enrolled at Mercy in Action School of Midwifery. She is a licensed foster care provider for the state of Vermont, most recently caring for adorable 1 year old twins!

Kids & Teen Yoga Teacher, Summer Camp Instructor
Kelsey Reinhardt is a native Vermonter and currently lives with her fiance and doggo in Jericho. She's been working with children in and out of school settings for over 10 years and got her Bachelor's degree from Goddard College in studying children's yoga and yoga's roots. She has been practicing yoga since high school and completed her 200 hr YTT in 2018 at Sangha Studio. When Kelsey isn't hanging with kiddos or practicing yoga, you can find her in the woods with her dog, cold dipping in the river or drinking a latte at a coffee shop.
Brandy found the GROW community in 2022 during pregnancy and is now the mama to a beautiful little boy. GROW gave her a physical and emotional outlet during pregnancy and a community of mamas she is still friends with to this day!

Teacher
Kristen DeAngelis has been teaching Yoga for 15+ years with a background in Iyengar, Vinyasa, Hatha, Ashtanga, and Yin modalities. She completed her training in 2014 in Iyengar and an additional 200hr RYT in Rishikesh India in Hatha/Vinyasa.
Kristen is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Board Certified Functional Practitioner, Health Coach and an expert in women’s health, hormones and fertility of the past 10+ years. She is the Director of Health Coaching and Education at Vidal, formerly known as Nutrition Dynamic, a virtual 1-1 functional health coaching practice. Her expertise is additionally sought after by emerging coaches in the field of Functional Nutrition through her work with Metabolic Mentor University.
She is originally from South Shore Boston, MA but recently moved to Burlington, VT from Chicago. She is a new first-time mom of her baby girl Georgia, and loves getting outside, staying active, skiing, hiking and loves meeting people! She is thrilled to be a part of the GROW community!

GROW Kids Teacher
Colleen grew up in Huntington, Vermont and currently lives in Williston, Vermont with her husband, five year old son, house bunny, and flock of backyard chickens. She studied Studio Art at Johnson State college and has worked as a Chiropractic Assistant since 2015. Colleen completed her certification with ChildLight Yoga in 2020 after enjoying many sessions of participation with her son. Outside of the studio Colleen is an avid skier, a dancer, and enjoys sunny days on Lake Champlain on the family boat.

VerMamas Facilitator
Marion is a board certified art therapist with advanced training in perinatal mental health and has additional training as yoga teacher, breath work facilitator, Reiki practitioner and journal therapist. She first joined the GROW community when pregnant with her first baby and has been taking GROW yoga classes with and without her children ever since! She is committed to supporting others to build a strong community and support system throughout the wild ride of pregnancy and parenthood. When not at GROW, Marion can be found outside with her husband and two young boys, making art, gardening, and trying to finish a book, for once.

Kids and Family Instructor
Nina Sklar is originally from Massachusetts and moved to Vermont two years ago to study Iyengar Yoga with her mentor.
Nina is a preschool teacher in Richmond at Honeycomb Kids, an outdoor school where they spend their days interacting with nature in a multitude of ways. She loves teaching kids new ways to move their bodies and witnessing the many effects it has- the increase in proprioception, working on their balance, increasing their sense of focus and stillness- the beauty of yoga is endless! Nina also loves exploring nature with children and helping them discover the magic embedded within the natural world.

Yoga Teacher
If you join Teresa for a class you can expect a breath-focused flow, or a quiet introspective practice – she believes in making the practice suitable for your needs that day. Self-exploration and modifications are encouraged! Teresa believes that you’ll find whatever you’re looking for and more; whether that be physical health, exploring different stress management techniques, or to find a connection to something bigger.
Teresa has taken two local 200-hour teacher trainings at Yoga Vermont and Sukha Yoga. She is currently enrolled in an advanced 300 hour training to further her education. She is the founder and lead trainer of Story Yoga – a yoga teacher training for those in recovery from addiction. She is currently training with Susan Cline Lucey in prenatal yoga.
She lives locally with her partner, young daughter, and dog.

After School Yoga Specialist, Kids Yoga Teacher
Taylor is a nationally certified school psychologist currently working at Edmunds Middle School. She obtained her 200 hr. YTT from Sangha Studio here in Burlington and kids yoga training from Flow and Grow Kids Yoga with Laura Hocheiser. Her background in psychology and education has inspired her to create nurturing environments for growth and development for over seven years. Taylor finds joy working in the school setting where she helps students better understand themselves as individuals and learners.
Taylor is excited and grateful to be a part of a community where she is able to introduce kids to the benefits of yoga. In her classes, she provides kiddos a space for playfulness, exploration, breath, and intentional movement to support their growing bodies and minds.
When she isn’t teaching or practicing yoga, Taylor shares time with friends and family, soaking in the sun, staying active in nature, and reading books while snugging her cat, Molly.

Instructor, Dogs & Storks
Lucy is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer and licensed Family Paws Educator. Her lifelong passion for strengthening the relationship between people and their animal companions led her to earn a Master’s degree in Animal Behavior & Conservation at Hunter College and a dog training apprenticeship with Andrea Arden Dog Training in NYC.
After moving back to Vermont in 2017, Lucy started her own dog training company, Dogspeak, and she now helps clients with dog training issues from new puppy potty training to leash reactivity to shy dog confidence building. In her training methodology, Lucy relies on the scientific principles of animal learning/behavior and positive reinforcement.
She’s so excited to bring her knowledge and experience to the families in the GROW community who are looking for guidance in building lifelong safe and positive relationships between their fur & human babies. Lucy lives in Ferrisburgh with her husband, their two dogs, and their toddler. Contact Lucy for private classes or visit her website for more information.