Marianne Wells

For more than thirty years, Marianne Wells has been teaching yoga around the globe. Her numerous training retreats have inspired thousands of dedicated students and instructors, now in 65 countries.

Born and raised in the yoga lifestyle, Marianne is a natural teacher. Her parents instilled in her the benefits of a healthy and holistic existence. From a very early age, she was encouraged by her father to meditate daily and by her mother to practice nightly headstands and other postures through the day.

Integrating her yoga upbringing and her formal training into a positive and compassionate teaching style, classes are tailored to fit the needs of each and every student. Marianne's classes are said to be "deceptively strenuous, yet surprisingly gentle" as she blends the principles of body alignment into a mindful yoga awareness. Her approach is to offer a warm, comfortable space to enhance everyone's experience.

Marianne is a graduate from Indiana University, with deep yoga studies under the supervision of various leaders in the yoga world, including Iyengar, Desikachar, Pandit Rajmani Tigunait and Gurmukh. Ayurveda study with Dr. Vasant Lad, and the study of Eastern Philosophy at the University of Saint Thomas.

It is her steadfast belief that yoga is for everyone. All are welcome to flow and grow in their practice with Marianne.