Our Teachers

anne esguerra

Anne (she / siya / niya) is the founder and owner of Integrative Life Therapy. She is a IAYT Certified Yoga Therapist, Group Facilitator, Life Mentor, and Consultant based out of Portland, Maine. Anne has been present throughout the evolution of Sea Change Yoga which began as part of the 2015 Yoga Behind Bars training where our co-founders and founding teachers met and began to dream about what would eventually become Sea Change Yoga. She was already mentoring and teaching yoga as a volunteer at Long Creek Youth Development Center (LCYDC) brought in by SCY’s former Board Vice President, Nicole Chaison which transitioned into building a collaborative relationship between SCY and LCYDC. 

Anne has long served as a member and teacher representative of the Program Committee, contributing to the development, implementation and evaluation of our programs and teacher development. In 2020, Anne became the Co-Chair of our new Beliefs and Values Committee, as well as our Lead Consultant on the Here to Be grant focusing on centering racial and social equity at Sea Change. At the heart of this choice in partnership, Anne has ensured that part of her work aims to repair harms that have occurred throughout the evolution of SCY & ensure the continued growth expands to incorporate community values, culture & history. Always moving toward knowing better in order to do better.

In 2021, Anne began to serve as a mentor for our Yoga Teacher Training Scholarship recipients. In this role, she has been a valuable resource for our scholars to integrate what they are learning, process what becomes present for them, and support the navigating of being a Person of Color within a dominant white culture.

We are always learning from Anne as an embodied advocate for the principles of yoga and trauma-informed care, and are deeply grateful for her patience, energy, and teachings along our messy path to our shared vision.