Gail Cannon:
Gail Cannon is a Kripalu certified Yoga instructor with over 30 years of yoga experience. Kripalu is the yoga of compassion, and deeper awareness. Gail takes this compassion into her Ashtanga practice as well, making it both dynamic and nurturing.
Gail has studied the Ashtanga system (first and second series) with Sri K Pattabhi Jois, his grandson Sharath and his son Manju Jois. She took three months in 2003 to study with Tim Miller in Encinitis, CA. She continues to study with Nancy Gilgoff for a deeper understanding of the healing aspects of yoga.
Gail Traveled to India to study in 2005 and 2006.
Gail was the owner of Acara Yoga in Southboro from 2005-2010. She became the Director/Owner of Earthsong Yoga in November 2011.
She has studied Thai yoga massage and ayurveda with the Lotus Palm school under Kam Thye Chow.
Gail is available for private instruction and on site corporate classes, and offers weekend workshops in Ashtanga yoga and Thai massage for partners. You can also find her on the road every weekend from March til June with Team Acara bike team, raising funds and awareness for MS. Gail can be reached at gail@earthsongyoga.com or at 508-259-2847 .
* Phone: 508-480-8884 * Email: gail@earthsongyoga.com
Where did you grow up?
Woburn, MA
Any careers before yoga?
I was a bartender all through college and beyond. I graduated in 1988 with a BS in Finance and spent the next ten years in mortgages.
Why do you love yoga?
I found yoga in 1984 and it was love at first fold. I love the balance that Yoga creates, the stillness that can be achieved in movement.
Why do you teach?
Short story- I had been practicing for 13 years and one of my regular classes was taken over by a terrible teacher. My yoga buddies began to drop off, and I kept trying to tell them it would get better, and any class was worth it. They suggested I should teach them if I felt so strongly. I went to Kripalu a month later.
What you are working on in your own practice?
Balancing my breath and handstand
Favorite yoga pose
Downward Facing Dog
Favorite quote
“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring Quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien
Favorite movie
It's a Wonderful Life - Jimmy Stewart was an amazing, versatile actor. Guilty Pleasure - Talladega Nights
Favorite TV show
The Walking Dead
Favorite book
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse. Ironically choice #2 is Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Favorite food
Vegan gluten free chocolate brownies
Dream vacation
3 months in India or one month in Maui
