Our Teachers
Yoga Lab Co-Founders
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Anna S. Engels
Ph.D., E-RYT500, YACEP
YOGA LAB CO-FOUNDER
Anna is a yoga teacher, photographer, clinical psychologist, brain-imaging researcher, fashion designer, and co-founder of Yoga Lab. Her yoga teaching focuses on mindfulness, interconnectedness, sustainability, alignment and functional movement, and compassionate action, on and off the mat. She teaches yoga in the Kinesiology Department at Penn State, where she has earned Teaching Excellence Awards for her yoga teaching. She created Sunny Get Up, an eco-friendly line of yoga clothes with designs drawn from her nature photography, to raise money for environmental charities.
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Jeremy David Engels
Ph.D., E-RYT500, YACEP
YOGA LAB CO-FOUNDER
Jeremy David Engels, Ph.D., is an award-winning scholar and teacher committed to building wiser and more mindful democratic communities that can thrive in a world on fire. He is currently a Professor of Communication and Ethics at Penn State University. He has been studying and practicing yoga and meditation for 25 years, and he brings the insights of his spiritual practice to bear on his scholarship and his scholarship to bear on his spiritual practice.
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Kristen Boccumini
M.S., E-RYT500, YACEP, CES, RPYT, PCES
YOGA LAB CO-FOUNDER
Kristen has been teaching yoga for 17 years. With an MS in Exercise Science and as a Corrective Exercise Specialist (CES) Kristen cares about helping students use biomechanics and functional movement to optimize benefits from yoga to support physical sustainability and longevity. Kristen has a special interest in pregnancy and postpartum, and in addition to her regular group class, is available to work one on one to help women find their way back to themselves and their bodies, while supporting their baby and family.
Meet the Team
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Allie Baczynski
Ph.D., RYT200
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Scott Brown
RYT200, LYT Level 1
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Courtney Latorre
RYT200
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Suzanne Fleishman
RYT200
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Latisha Franklin
Ph.D., RYT200
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Emily Hayne
RYT200
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Cristy Marquez
RYT200, LYT Level 1
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Joshua Maurer
RYT200, Sound Meditation Facilitator
Yoga Lab Co-Founders
Yoga Lab was co-founded in 2016 by Jeremy Engels, Anna Engels, Kristen Boccumini Thwing, Ariel Xu, and Mark Agrusti.
We’re especially grateful to Mark & Ariel, who have now moved on to other adventures in Canada.