The Align Team
Alison Burke
Align Founder, E-RYT 500, YACEP
ITN Wellness Coach
Alison started practicing yoga at 17 and immediately fell in love with creative vinyasa. She loves blending different strength-based modalities and fitness-inspired movements with yoga and breathwork to help students feel strong and centered. Passionate about all aspects of health, she is a Certified Wellness Coach through The Institute for Transformational Nutrition, a co-founder of organic market Simply Sublime and Align Yoga Hamptons.
Tracey McQuade
Yoga Instructor, E-RYT 500, YACEP
Tracey Twomey McQuade is a mama, writer and yogi who loves to chant and go upside down. She is passionate about curating new flow sequences that encourage freedom and joy while also honoring time-tested alignment principles. (In other words, her flows are fun and safe!)
A devoted practitioner of yoga and meditation, Tracey has taught at Yoga Shanti for over a decade and is lead faculty on their 200HR and 500HR teacher trainings. Tracey loves to help modern yogis bridge the gap between the ancient teachings of yoga and life in the modern world.
Barbara Martin (Bam)
Yoga Instructor, Pilates
Bam began teaching yoga in NYC a decade ago and has continued her movement and mental health education through advanced yoga training in India, a pilates certification and a Masters in Social Work. She aims to integrate her knowledge of movement, mental health and social justice to expand the accessibility of therapeutic practices. She believes in the power of physical movement to facilitate mental, emotional and spiritual transformation. Her classes include challenging yet accessible flows and moving meditation set to mix of musical genres.
Seamus Tyson
Yoga Instructor, E-RYT 500
Seamus enjoys the balance between city and coastal life, splitting his time between NYC and The Hamptons. He has spent many hours studying and practicing the full spectrum of yoga disciplines, all leading to his love for vinyasa.
Seamus's classes are as fun as they are challenging with heavy emphasis on sequencing, alignment and flow.
IG @seamus1320
Roya Pourshalchi
Yoga Instructor, Ayurveda Health Educator
As a yoga teacher and Ayurveda Health Educator, Roya empowers others with the tools of ancient wisdom to support a life of stability, continuity and inspiration.
Her classes are always linked to the changing seasons, inspiring students to connect to their inner realm.
Obsessed with all things unseen, Roya loves energetics and astrology, meditation, and philosophy, and weaves these principles into her classes.
Taylor Pearl
NASM, CPT SFC, CFSC, Barre
Taylor is a certified fitness trainer based in East Hampton and is a passionate believer that fitness should be enjoyable, sustainable and fun. She always reminds her clients to be grateful for everything that they are that fitness should be a positive experience that can transform bodies and lives.