Mary Gaye Bumgarner is a Haywood County native with a true love for yoga. Teaching 1998, she is the founder & director of the Mountain Yoga Center. A registered yoga teached with over 600 hours of teacher training.

Currently she is in a five year track of study with the BKS Iyengar program. She is a member of the National & Regional Associations & attends teacher training program, workshops & conventions. Teachers she has studied with include Cindy Dollar of Asheville, NC *** Campbell of Nashville, TN & Aadil Palkhivala of Seattle, WA.