Dean
 Yoga Instructors at the Center

Dean Lerner, M.S.:  co-director of the Center and advanced Certified Iyengar Yoga Instructor, has been practicing Yoga since the mid-1970's, teaching since 1980 and in the State College area since 1985. He has studied with Shri B.K. S. Iyengar on numerous occasions both in the USA and in India.  Dean also teaches workshops nationally and abroad.
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Rebecca Rebecca Lerner: co-director of the Center and an Intermediate junior III Certified Iyengar Yoga Instructor, has been practicing and teaching yoga since the 1970's. Rebecca has studied four times in India with Shri B.K.S. Iyengar.  In addition to public classes at the Center, Rebecca conducts private yoga therapy sessions giving students individualized yoga programs to suit their personal needs.  Rebecca has been the resident yoga teacher at the State College Friends School (k-8) since 1992.  Rebecca is also a professionally trained Bradley Method® Natural Childbirth educator
Jean Sanders
 Jean Sanders , an art professor at PSU, has been studying Yoga with Dean and Rebecca and with other senior teachers as well, since 1993.  She began teaching yoga in 1995.  Jean is known as a very competent, generous, and caring teacher.

Kelly Kennedy

Kelly Kennedy is an enthusiastic student of yoga. He has been studying Yoga with Dean and Rebecca since 1994, and has been teaching at the Center and other locations since 1996. He brings a wealth of understanding and insight to his classes.

Becky Rumbel
 Becky Rumbel, a long time student of Dean and Rebecca's and yoga practioner since 1996, brings tremendous practical experience to her classes.   Becky has been teaching yoga at the Center and other locals since 1998.

Kate Marshall-Chase

 Kate Marshall-Chase, MS, CMT, has been a yoga practitioner since 1980, studying with Dean and Rebecca Lerner since 1985. Kate regularly attends teacher training workshops with other senior Iyengar teachers and is planning her second trip to India to study with the Iyengar family. Co-owner of the Center for Well-Being and Director of Massage Therapy, she also enjoys pedaling her mountain and road bikes around Central PA!.