From Golden Glove Boxer to Yogi

Tommy Mack is a highly regarded and sought after yoga teacher (E-RYT® 500) and Yoga Alliance certified Yoga Teacher Trainer in the metro Detroit area. 

After teaching yoga full time since 2010, Tommy opened his own yoga studio, Practice Yoga Studio, in March 2019.

As a former Golden Gloves boxer, Tommy has been involved in physical training and exploring the mind-body connection for over 20 years. With over 12 years of yoga teaching experience, Tommy has a well-earned reputation as a patient, compassionate, inspirational, and highly energetic teacher with an uplifting style of teaching and approachable personality. He is also widely recognized as having a gifted ability to create dynamic and transformative vinyasa flow sequences, often emphasizing a series of dualities, in the spirit of honoring the balances of life. Strength + Flexibility. Intensity + Compassion. Energy + Calm.  Movement + Stillness. Inhale + Exhale.  Tommy’s genuine love of yoga and sharing the benefits of a regular yoga practice is evident from the first class you take with him.

Classes are both therapeutic and challenging, awakening the healing power of breath to allow the body and mind to find true balance through the fluidity of movement. Tommy brings an abundance of energy to each class and is able to effortlessly connect with each student, regardless of age, gender, or physical fitness level.  Students are nurtured in a way that helps them build confidence and grace on the mat while pursuing their own limitless boundaries. His training as an athlete gives him an innate understanding of the physicality of the mind-body connection allowing him to safely make the necessary adjustments to help students customize postures to best fit their limitations. Tommy's genuine love of yoga and sharing the benefits of a yoga practice is evident from the first class you take with him. 

Tommy teaches classes weekly in metro Detroit at his studio, PRACTICE YOGA STUDIO, in Birmingham, Michigan. He enjoys teaching asana(energizing and upbeat classes as well as calming styles), pranayama and breathwork, sound healing sessions, calming meditations, Qigong, and helping others grow there practice. He is often in demand and asked to host workshops at various studios, both locally and regionally, along with leading many large-scale community yoga events.  He is always happy to share his love of yoga through workshops, special events, private sessions, group classes, and retreats.