Brittany Petty is an O2X Yoga & Resilience Specialist who teaches yoga, mindfulness, and yoga nidra (E-500HR RYT, YACEP) to her students and as a lead instructor in Yoga Teacher Trainings. She has been teaching yoga since 2012 and has been a Yoga Alliance Certified Education Provider since 2015 (E-500HR RYT, YACEP). She attended the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in New York City to complete her Health Coaching Certification (IINHC). Brit went on to receive her Masters of Clinical Social Work (MSW) from Boston University in order to continue to tie her life’s work together; body, mind, and breath. She has teaching and clinical work experience with a range of ages and life experiences, from working as a counselor in the public school systems, to teaching yoga to professionals in the tech space. As she earned her license as an Independent Clinical Worker (LICSW), Brit worked in outpatient therapy and milieu settings with peer support. In June 2023, Brit opened her own Private therapy practice located in Central, MA but serving all of Massachusetts. Brit builds relationships with children, adolescents, and adults coping with anxiety, depressions, mood lability, life transitions, grief, trauma, and other forms of emotional pain. She utilizes many techniques including, but not limited to insight oriented therapy, cognitive behavioral treatment, dialectical behavioral, and yoga therapeutics. Brit’s husband is a Marine OIF Veteran and a Lieutenant in the Worcester Fire Department; they love spending their free time with their two kids. She and her family enjoy being involved in their community; she is a founding board member of the 365Z Commitment to Kindness Foundation. The mission of the foundation is to perpetuate the spread of kindness within Central Massachusetts by its member’s commitment to conscious acts of kindness, providing guidance and services to local schools, infants and children, elderly, and veterans.