Tracy Blasioli

Tracy Blasioli, LCSW, CRT-500, offers Vinyasa and Yin Yoga classes, Outdoor Yoga, Ayurveda and Asana Series, Yoga Nidra workshops, Yoga and Hiking, and Mindfulness Retreats at Blissworks.

Tracy fell in love with yoga over twenty-five years ago when she popped her first Rodney Yee video into the VCR. Since then, yoga has been a personal tool for healing, self-discovery, and overall wellness. Tracy completed her 200-hour YTT at Kripalu in 2012 and 300-hour Advanced Teacher of Therapeutic Yoga training with Integrative Yoga Therapy in 2016.

Tracy's teaching blends a variety of traditions and contemplative philosophies that weave intention, compassion and mindful curiosity into the practice of inner listening. Utilizing her passionate energy and humor, she offers a thematic class of self-observation exploring the delicate dance between posture, breath and presence.

Tracy has advanced training in Yoga Nidra, Restorative Yoga, Ayurveda and Asana, Sensory-and Trauma-informed Yoga, Mindfulness and Compassion-based meditation, and Yin Yoga. She is also a Holy Fire III/Usui Reiki Master, who trained at Blissworks with Heidi Waddell.

Tracy is a clinical social worker who integrates yoga & contemplative studies and embodiment practices into her private practice. She is a graduate of Nalanda Institute’s Contemplative Psychotherapy Program and a Compassion-Based Resiliency Training instructor.

Tracy loves spending time outdoors, whether she is hiking, running, paddling or simply exploring - especially with a four-legged friend.

Sheri Shamblin

Sheri Shamblin, RYT-200, offers Morning Flow classes at Blissworks.

Sheri started practicing yoga in 2000 in a gymnasium at a local high school with little expectation, other than to satisfy her curiosity. From that point forward, yoga has played an important part in her life. Sheri completed her 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training at Blissworks with Trish Reyburn in 2015.

Practicing yoga and connecting mind to body through the breath made Sheri aware that, at times in life, the physical body can go through the motions while the mind is elsewhere. Through continued practice of yoga, Sheri learned to be present, to better witness the natural beauty of the world around her, to maintain focus on the task at hand, and to connect more deeply to others.

Sheri's classes are based on Hatha Yoga infused with the teachings of Anusara Yoga. She strives to help each student find their own optimal physical alignment and find an opening that leads to discovery of the true self. Sheri hopes that each student will carry the lessons from their mat into the real world.

Sue Bernier

Sue Bernier, CYT-200, offers Yoga Basics classes at Blissworks.

Since completing her 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training certification at Blissworks in 2013, it has been a privilege for Sue to share her love of Yoga with a community that shares a common goal - creating peace.

Her classes focus on principles of alignment and linking breath and movement as one. She brings attention to the benefits of moving with a slower flow and strives to teach that when we move mindfully, we can learn to bring this practice into our daily lives.

Sue believes that as we work to create a life of greater balance and peace then we are one step closer to living in harmony with our surroundings and with one another. Sue has been settled in Mystic, CT since 1986 where she feels a strong connection to the beauty and healing powers of nature.

Mike McAndrew

Mike first practiced yoga in his mid-twenties and truly enjoyed it. He remembers how it made him feel great both physically and mentally. He let the practice slip away as he got busy with parenting and an active drinking life.

When he got sober at age 41 he found himself spiritually starved with lots of time on his hands and remembered again his old yoga practice. He found his way to a class at the Mystic Y that began to change his life in a most positive way and took up yoga as his new addiction because of the emotional release he found with the practice. After 10 years of practicing with many local teachers around the area, he found his way to Blissworks and felt right at home. Eventually, the desire arose to share with others the benefits that he received as a student and he completed his 200-hour teacher training in 2012.

Yoga continues to be a daily pleasure for Mike and he finds that sharing that gift with others (especially new students to yoga) is one of the greatest joys of his life. Mike lives in Pawcatuck with his wife, Liz, and his two peaceful pups, Bella and Grace.

Bronwyn Hughes

Bronwyn Hughes, RYT-200, leads classes and workshops at Blissworks.

Bronwyn’s first experience of yoga was as a child following her grandmother and mother’s instructions, however, it was a number of years later when she began a more mature practice. Yoga really came to the forefront of her life when she shifted away from regular, long distance running and was seeking a replacement soul-searching, contemplative physical activity. Over the years her practice has strengthened, expanded, and become a wonderful accomplice in life. She completed her 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training at Blissworks with Trish Reyburn in 2023, and now teaches regularly.

Bronwyn views her teaching yoga as advocating for healthy body and mind, heart and soul. She sees each yoga practice as an offering made to spending time with yourself, a journey of discovering how it truly is to be you, in a kind and safe space supported by other yogis and kindred spirits. With light heart, she leads opportunities to experience, contemplate, listen to and acknowledge what is expressed in the physical body, the breath body, the energetic body, and emotional body through the use of movement and stillness. It is the wholeness of a yogic practice that she values so much, the richness that percolates to many of life’s corners. She finds it an honor and delight to provide support for the path each student embarks upon by joining in a yoga community and practicing.

Based predominantly on the alignment principles, as taught by Trish Reyburn, the asana practices she offers also draw upon other disciplines, for example, Kundalini and Baptiste Power Yoga. She aims to make classes interesting, varied, and fun by incorporating her growing knowledge of yoga techniques and philosophy. Bronwyn sees yoga as being about mindfully exploring and learning; just giving something a try, giving some attention, some awareness. She adopts the same principles for other activities in life too, be it building boats, drawing, hiking, rowing, gardening or playing tennis. She has witnessed that what is embraced in a yoga practice can echo through all life experiences. Yoga is always there.