Mariam Gates is a passionate and inspiring teacher with over 20 years of experience working with young people. Through the Kid Power Yoga Program she has combined her dedication to teaching yoga with her skills as an educator to guide children in accessing their own inner source of strength, confidence, problem-solving and creativity.

Mariam Gates on Vinyasa: "I knew right away that this form, this flow, was both asking me to move past my perceived limitations and giving me the means to do so at the same time."

It did not take long for her to understand how powerful this work would also be for children. "It is never to early to deepen your relationship to your body. It is never to early to say 'I can do it!" In KidPower Yoga we encourage students to expand both physically and mentally to see their own truly great potential as human beings.

The Kid Power Yoga Program has been taught in the Boston and Lexington Public Schools and as a Professional Development Series for public school teachers: (YOGA 101)Yoga off the Mat: Bringing Yoga into the Classroom Setting-with a waiting list for all sessions. Mariam is in the process of piloting a wellness program for teens and pre-teens that will be turned into a "self-help challenge" book for that age group and she has completed the manuscript for her Kid Power Yoga book that targets 4-8 year olds. Kid Power Yoga Teacher Trainings are now being offered nationally and now through the Online Kid Power Yoga Teacher Training Course.

Mariam and her husband, author and teacher, Rolf Gates (Meditations from the Mat: Daily Reflections on the Path of Yoga) owned and ran Boston's Best Yoga Studio for three years before relocating to NYC in the spring 2006. The Gates', who now happily call Santa Cruz CA home travel regularly with their two children throughout the United States and abroad offering workshops, teacher trainings and week-long intensives in Vinyasa Yoga and the principles of alignment.

Mariam received her Masters in Education from Harvard Graduate School of Education in 1997. She taught in the Boston Public Schools and directed the Citizen Schools program in Dorchester, MA, a nationally recognized enrichment program for 9-13 year-olds.