Wisdom Keeper:
Marion (Mugs) McConnell, E-RYT500, IYTA, YA
Mugs has been practicing yoga for over 50 years, teaching yoga for 46 years, and training yoga teachers since 1995. She is the co-founder with her husband Bob, of the South Okanagan Yoga Academy (SOYA) and the SOYA Yoga Teacher Training program.
Mugs trained extensively with Dr. Hari Dickman, Swami Vishnudevananda, Dr. Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani, Namadeva Acharya, and Erich Schiffmann. She is the author of Letters from the Yoga Masters: Teachings Revealed through Correspondence from Paramhansa Yogananda, Ramana Maharshi, Swami Sivananda, and Others, published by North Atlantic Books copyright © 2016 ISBN 978-1-62317-035-6.
South Okanagan Yoga Academy is a Registered School with Yoga Alliance.
In 2025, we will celebrate 30 years of training yoga teachers!