Meet the Founder

Martha DeVries started practicing yoga while living in Hong Kong and working at an international school. Upon returning to the US, she continued practicing and set her sites on teaching yoga after retiring from a 35-year career in education.

She has earned a 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training Certificate, a 40-hour Trauma-informed Yoga Teacher Training Certificate, and a 200-hour Avita Yoga Teacher Training Certificate.

Joyful Gatherings Yoga is the culmination of her training, goals, and desire to help others experience the joy of slowing down, breathing, bending, stretching, and resting.

She is married to her life-long love, Mike, and they have two adult daughters and four grandchildren who keep her busy when she is not on the yoga mat (and sometimes when she is).