Our Teachers
Katie Cavic
Studio Owner & Instructor
When creating Bryony & Birch, I dreamt of a home for our yoga, fitness and wellness classes. I am so excited to now have that home located in beautiful Exeter NH. When I am not behind the chair styling hair in our Hair loft in Amesbury MA, you will find me In Bryony Body helping run the studio and getting to know the members of this wonderful community.
Jessica Sunshine
Co-Manager, Instructor | Reiki Master
Jessica is an E-RYT 200 with a diverse repertoire of yoga instruction experience. She is dedicated to providing safe, accessible, and transformative yoga practices for people of all ages, genders, and ability levels. Teaching intuitively and from the heart, she creates empowering spaces where students feel genuinely supported in their practice.
Rob Pruyne
Co-Manager, Instructor
Rob first met yoga and mediation as a way to focus as a wrestler and football player. Many years later as part of his weight loss journey, he came back to yoga in a more formal manner.
Ashley Roy
Personal Trainer & Instructor
Ashley Roy started her journey into training after completing her Associates Degree in Exercise Science and has been an ACE certified trainer since 2016.
Becky Kollmorgen
Instructor
Becky Kollmorgen is a licensed physical therapist with 25 years of experience in the rehabilitation and wellness industry. As an ACSM certified group exercise instructor and YA-certified 200 hour RYT, she teaches a variety of classes through the Seacoast.
Allison Parks Dugas
Instructor
Allison Parks Dugas began practicing Classical, vinyasa and Ashtanga style yoga in 1999 and viewed her practice as a “meditation in motion”. She was drawn to the benefits of physical practice, connecting the mind and body through the breath, becoming more present, gaining strength and flexibility and reducing stress.
Jennifer Freeman
Instructor
Jennifer Freeman has been teaching yoga around the Amesbury area since she moved to town in 2010. She feels strongly that yoga should be accessible to all people.
Gail Picillo
Instructor
Gail Picillo began her yoga practice about 20 years ago when she recognized her body needed love while being a rigorous athlete as a semi-pro beach volleyball player. What she discovered was that the practice of yoga not only helped heal her body, but also guided her back to a positive emotional and spiritual well-being.
Jessica Gutstein
Instructor
Jessica Gutstein has been practicing yoga since 2002 and began teaching Vinyasa Yoga in the Boston area in 2007 after completing her 200 hour yoga teacher certification.
Caroline Robitaille
Instructor
Caroline found yoga during her first year of college as a way to relax at the end of a long day. The more she practiced on her mat, the more she was drawn towards yoga, deepening her practice and learning how to incorporate yoga into her life on and off of the mat.
Kristina Lafiosca
Instructor
Fascinated by the unique combination of mindfulness and movement, I am drawn to the opportunity yoga creates to access presence & self-knowledge, and build a strong mind and body through disciplined practice.
Brittany Bullock
Instructor
In 2023, Brittney enrolled in the 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training at Bending Bodhi School of Yoga, and has experienced so much growth in her yoga practice and day to day life. Brittney believes that yoga is all about connection. Connection with the body, the mind, and the world around you. Yoga is not just what happens on your mat.
Carolyn O’Connor
Instructor
Carolyn is a second grade teacher by day and lover of yoga any time in between! In fact, yoga is often sneaking into her classroom as a movement break throughout the day. Her love for yoga began in 2012 after a back surgery that left her in a lot of pain and with limited mobility.
Jolie Yonker
Instructor
Bio coming soon!
