our team
Juliet Loranger
Founder & Director
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(she/her) Lover of coffee, figurative art, pasta, rocknroll and existential conversations.
In the last twenty years Juliet has discovered a passion for communication with yoga and physical movement as a medium to express inwardly and outwardly what she knows and what she feels. Yoga is a focus for engaging with oneself and in the world around us. This is a root inspiration in all of Juliet’s endeavors. Her passion has been fueled from years studying and practicing with some of the most well-versed teachers of yoga and philosophy. Her dedicated training and practice began in New Orleans in 2003 with an Iyengar teacher in a small makeshift studio and has now become a sincere way of life in which she teaches to others. She actively chooses to communicate the aspects of agency and negotiation more so than using didactic methods. This is so others can find the idea of yoga to be functional, approachable, and meaningful for them. Juliet is also a field hockey coach at a local high school.
visit goodcompanycollective.co
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Business:
• 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training at Kripalu 2006
• Turned to learning the Ashtanga Vinyasa series with a mentor, Michal Brisson; 2007-2010.
• Opened first studio, Yoga on Union, in New Bedford MA in 2009
• Started and continues to study yoga philosophy with Dr. Douglas Brooks in 2013
• Finished 300 hour with Noah Maze in Los Angeles in 2015
• Weekly attendance with Linda DiCarlo for Level 4 Iyengar Yoga since 2016
• Assisted as a trainer with Noah Maze, two 200 hour courses in LA 2016-2017
• Started a 4 year advanced training with Noah Maze in 2017
• Closed Yoga on Union, opened 2 new studios in 2018
• Created School of Yoga New Bedford as a place for education and communication
• Created Good Yoga NB as a place for daily practice with shorter classes
• Designed my own 200 hour YTT. Successfully graduated 175 people
• Designed my own 300 hour training. Successfully graduated 60 people
• Attended a mentorship course on mechanics with biomechanist, Jules Mitchell in Jan 2021-current
• Designed smaller trainings and workshops topics such as restorative yoga, sequencing, pose study, pedagogy, philosophy, yin yoga, applied anatomy
• Has collaborated with Mass Audubon (2009-2025), New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford Whaling Museum, Southcoast Health
Non-Profit:
• Yoga for Trinity Day Academy students began in 2017 - current
• Started to design our methodology in 2018
• Began mentorship for four Trinity Day Academy graduates in 2019
• Received first local funding from the Wicked Cool Places/ New Bedford Creative in 2021
• Ran first cohort of youth mentors, supported by MassHire 2022
• Employeed 3 youth to teach in public and private schools such as Friends Academy, Our Sisters School and Trinity Day Academy
• Since 2022, there have been 4cohorts and about 30 youth that has trained and studied at Good Company NB
• Good Company has youth teaching at 5 schools in the area
• Every summer we lead classes at camps at New Bedford Parks & Rec, Girls Design, Y.O.U., and Little Peoples College
• We are beginning a program at two youth detention centers, bringing similar course work to detained youth
• After 4 years of slow development we began a new project that is a performance art piece based in movement, voice and interpretive dance
• From 2023-2025 created survey for data collection and research
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Katelyn Roberts, MAT (she/her)
Trainer, Public Speaking Resource
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Melissa Caisse, MSW (she/her)
Social Emotional Resource & Support, Developer
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Amanda Glinski, J.D. (she/her)
Board Member, Trainer [CV]
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Judith Kolb Morris PhD, LICSW (she/her)
Board Member, Lead Developer for Elementary Age Yoga Curriculum
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Blaine Bacchiacci, MFA, MEd (she/her)
Board Member, Lead Art Resourse & Developer [CV]
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Robin Petering, MSW, PhD (she/her)
Trainer, Resource for Outreach and Research [CV]
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Megan Pierce (she/her)
Postnatal Yoga Trainer, Early Childhood Development Resource
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Jae'Lynn Williams (she/her)
Prenatal & Postnatal Yoga Trainer
Youth Teachers & Mentors
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Jaeda Walker
Lead Mentor, Asst. Trainer, Teacher, Developer for Move Back Home
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Emma DeLoia
Lead Mentor, Asst. Trainer, Teacher, Developer for Move Back Home
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Nevaeh Greene
Teacher, Developer of Prenatal & Postnatal Yoga
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Katherine Rivas
Lead Mentor, Teacher, Studio Caretaker
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Tatiana Desjardins
Lead Mentor, Teacher, Asst. Trainer, Researcher
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Janelle Garcia
Teacher
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Taya Carvahlo
Mentor, Teacher, Researcher
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Leticia Paiva
Teacher
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Jesse Walker
Teacher, Developer for Move Back Home
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Johannah Wilkinson
Teacher
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Kyleigh Dupont
Teacher, Asst. Trainer, Anatomy Developer
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Maia Todman-Holley
Mentor, Teacher, Artist
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Kennedy Johnson
Cohort 2023-2025
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Evan Caetano
Cohort 2022 -2024
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Rachelle Williams-Faucher
2019-2024 Administration
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Cadence Harris
Cohort 2021-2023 Teacher, Artist
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Natasha Demello
2019-2022 Cohorts, Prenatal Teacher in Training
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Shamica Matthews
Cohort 2023
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Virginia Dasilveira
Cohort 2023
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Soraya Dasilveira
Cohort 2023
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Analyz Morales
Cohort 2023
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Sahnya Adorno
Cohort 2023-2024