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We are fortunate to have a wonderful, experienced, well-trained staff!
Anne Underwood is the owner/administrator of the Yoga Center of Lawrence. She is certified as an Iyengar instructor through the Iyengar Yoga National Association of the U.S. She began practicing yoga in 1981 and attends several senior-level Iyengar workshops each year. Anne has worked as a massage therapist since 1988. She credits her interest in bodywork to her yoga, and often uses her yoga training with her massage clients.
Diane Church began studying at the Yoga Center of Lawrence in 2006. She started teaching at the Center in 2017 and is on the path to Iyengar teacher certification. She is grateful for the opportunity to teach and learn in such a supportive environment. She seizes any opportunity to study with senior teachers. Her favorite BKS Iyengar quote is "Yoga does not change the way we see things, it transforms the person who sees."
Sara Crangle has 500 hours of yoga training, blending Ashtanga and Therapeutics. This combination has led her to grow and benefit from the Iyengar practice. Sara enjoys sharing the benefits of yoga with students of every level, encouraging the basics along with the fun of yoga. She teaches fundamentals to help students build confidence in their practice.
Mary Howe began practicing yoga in 2000. She teaches pranayama and restorative yoga. She also manages Yoga Practice Month (YoMo) for the Yoga Center, with the intention of helping students develop and maintain a strong home practice. Mary is also our website administrator.
Kim Lacy is certified as an Iyengar Instructor through the Iyengar Yoga National Association of the U.S. and has been teaching since 1991.
Kim hopes in her classes students will feel the benefits and possibilities of a yoga practice, learn how to use props to adjust the asanas to their individual needs, and be inspired and encouraged to explore their own practice at home. Read more . . .
Karen has been practicing Iyengar yoga since 2001. Her personal study benefits from the emphasis of precision and alignment in Iyengar yoga.
She brought her considerable art teacher skills to the Yoga Center as an instructor in 2022, has completed her 200 hour RYT certification, and is preparing for her Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher assessment.
As a visual artist, she believes that yoga gives us tools to clear our minds leading to greater concentrated creativity.
Karen believes yoga should be for everyone and inclusive of all bodies, ages, and abilities. She helps her students to increase their strength and flexibility.
Paulette Schwerdt’s yoga journey spans nearly three decades, much of it right here at YCL. She has completed her RYT-200 certification and is currently working towards her RYT-500 certification. Her goal is to create a supportive environment where students can explore their own mind/body/breath connections through basic poses focusing on core strength and restorative poses to quiet the mind. She is grateful to her own yoga teachers and the opportunity to be part of YCL as a teacher; it feels like “coming home”. Read more . . .
Lisa Giroux is certified as an Iyengar instructor through the Iyengar National Association of the United States. She is a non-practicing R.N. who has been studying and practicing yoga in the Iyengar tradition since 1995. She has studied at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute in Pune, India, for a month in 2011 and for two months in 2013. In 2016, Lisa attended the annual Iyengar Yoga Convention, studying under Abhijata Iyengar, the granddaughter of BKS. She credits her mentor, Margaret Carr, for truly starting her on this journey, and her senior teachers, Mary Obendorfer and Ed Marks, with whom she studies regularly.
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