Mare Louise Rubin
Mary Louise Rubin (Mare) is a 500-hour certified yoga teacher (RYT-500) trained in the ISHTA Yoga lineage. During her training with ISHTA – an acronym for Integrated Science of Hatha, Tantra, and Ayurveda – Mare transformed over 25 years of yoga practice into a second career. Just before the pandemic, Mare took the opportunity to explore her practice more deeply. Once she began to understand the ancient philosophy and practices beyond “asana” (the physical side of yoga), she quickly realized she wanted to teach and share the benefits of yoga with other curious practitioners.
Before teaching yoga, Mare’s career was in marketing and brand management, where she oversaw brands across a diverse range of categories, from paper products to cleaning supplies to food brands to paint. She possesses extensive experience in developing brand strategies, launching new products, and creating insights, positioning, and messaging for major consumer goods corporations, including Benjamin Moore, Reckitt, Mondelez, and Pinnacle Foods, among others. She is currently a consultant to small businesses and emerging brands, creating brand identities and developing strategies, messaging, and marketing plans. Additionally, Mare is an entrepreneur and small business owner; she co-founded, along with her husband, the NYC-based boutique music studio and rock band school, Replay Rock School. She holds a BA from Connecticut College and an MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business