About M

M Camellia, E-RYT 200, RYT-500 & YACEP, is a fat, queer, non-binary yoga teacher and accessibility advocate in the Washington, DC metro area, called to create profoundly inclusive spaces for self-inquiry and the inward journey by integrating spiritual teachings and accessible, trauma-informed movement practices with the spirit of social justice. M believes that the goal of yoga, as of life, is collective liberation, and in turn challenges contemporary yoga practitioners to dismantle the oppressive systems and beliefs, within themselves and society at large, that hold us all back. They’ve been called a “tour-de-force of encouraging radical self-love” and listed among the “top thinkers and activists in the field of body positivity.”

In addition to teaching group and private yoga classes, M offers workshops that explore queer identity, body image, desire, pleasure, and agency. They continue to serve as an expert adviser on diversity, accessibility, and ethics and currently work with Accessible Yoga to help bring their teacher trainings and conferences to an ever-growing list of cities internationally.

M is described by students as a welcoming, intuitive, and adaptively challenging teacher. Peers and mentors describe them as highly knowledgeable in their teaching, dedicated in their personal practice, and committed to their students. M’s classes often include functional movement practices alongside more traditional alignment-based postures and flow elements that link breath and body.

Foundational Training:

  • 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training: Capitol Hill Yoga, 2016
  • 300-Hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training: Circle Yoga, 2020-21

Noteworthy Continuing Education:

  • Science of the Private Lesson Primer with Francesca Cervero: Circle Yoga, 2018
  • TCTSY – Yoga for Trauma & PTSD with David Emerson: Wilmington Yoga Center, 2018
  • Yoga for All Teacher Training with Dianne Bondy & Amber Karnes: Online, 2018
  • Yoga Meets Science: Biomechanics and Breath with Jules Mitchell: Willow Street Yoga Center, 2018
  • Accessible Yoga Teacher Training with Amber Karnes: Integral Yoga Center Richmond, 2018
  • Yoga Deconstructed Training Weekend with Trina Altman: Willow Street Yoga Center, 2019
  • Surviving Assault: Yoga Therapy as Early Intervention Following Assault or Trauma (Modules I & II) with Diana Tokaji: Willow Street Yoga Center, 2019
  • The Nervous System, Yoga, and Mindful Movement & The Kinetic Core Canister with Diana Zotos Florio: Circle Yoga, 2020
  • Yoga Biomechanics: Stretching Redefined Guided Book Club with Jules Mitchell: Online, 2020
  • Livestream Integral Anatomy Dissection Lab with Gil Hedley: Online, 2020
  • Exhale to Inhale’s Trauma-Informed Teacher Training with Julie Fernandez & Sophia Holly: Circle Yoga, 2020
  • Buddhist Peace Fellowship’s Build, Block, Be Training with Katie Loncke & Annie Mahon: Circle Yoga 2020
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