Welcome. I’m Emily.

Emily (Schall) Thomas is a 500-hour certified yoga teacher based in Salem, Massachusetts.  Emily was introduced to the yoga practice by her Mom while grieving the unexpected passing of her older brother. Emily’s profound gratitude to the practice led her to complete a 200-hour teacher training program in her then community studio, The Giving Tree Yoga Studio in Astoria, New York with Anne-Margaret Redding.  Emily recently continued her studies and completed a 300-hour teacher training certification with Boston Yoga Union in Boston, Massachusetts with Emily Tevald, Tim Kelleher and Caitlin Graham Visconte.

Emily’s classes are slower paced and rooted in principles of restoration and healing. She believes that spending longer periods of time in a shape provides the time needed for the body (and self) to unfold. Emily values creating a warm and approachable space for students while remaining true to the integrity and history of the yoga practice.

As a practicing attorney, Emily shares her professional legal skills and knowledge with the yoga community by serving as a reliable resource of information as to the legal and business issues in the yoga industry via her blog, “Dharma Street Journal.”