Lyn Gerfin (Kehoe), E-RYT 500 – AYC CYT-Level 3 – YACEP
Meet Lyn Gerfin
Yoga Teacher | Teacher Educator | Founder of Lyn Kehoe Power Yoga
For more than 30 years, Lyn Gerfin has taught yoga with a simple belief: Yoga is not just about the poses. It’s about what we learn through the practice and how we carry those lessons into our lives.
A pioneer of Power Yoga in the region, Lyn was among the first to introduce the practice to Westchester County, NY, and the surrounding communities of Putnam and Fairfield Counties, including Ridgefield, CT, where she has taught for more than 25 years. Throughout her career, she has built a reputation for intelligent, challenging, and purposeful teaching that respects both the physical discipline and philosophical foundations of yoga.
A Foundation in Movement and Tradition
With a background in ballet and jazz dance, Lyn’s understanding of movement began long before she stepped onto a yoga mat. Her personal yoga journey started at home with B.K.S. Iyengar’s ‘Light on Yoga’ book and eventually led her to Ashtanga Yoga, which continues to provide the foundation for her personal practice and teaching.
Her early studies with David Swenson and Beryl Bender Birch deepened her understanding of Ashtanga’s disciplined approach. At the same time, the teachings of Bryan Kest and Baron Baptiste helped shape her experience with Power Vinyasa Yoga. These influences, combined with decades of teaching experience, helped Lyn develop an approach that balances strength with awareness, discipline with adaptability, and physical challenge with self-inquiry.
Teaching With Intention
At the heart of Lyn’s teaching philosophy is the understanding that movement is not just physical technique, and yoga is not just philosophy. The two are inseparable.
Physical movement patterns teach students how to build strength, skill, and capacity. Mental movement patterns teach them how to approach that process with awareness, patience, discipline, and discernment.
Lyn believes that meaningful progress comes from understanding both. Her teaching challenges students to explore their edge while recognizing that sometimes progress means moving forward, and sometimes it means knowing when to back off. The goal is not simply to achieve a pose, but to develop the skills to make thoughtful decisions, respond to challenges, and become more aware of the patterns that influence how we move through life.
This approach has resonated with students for decades, many of whom have practiced with Lyn for nearly 30 years. Her classes are physically intelligent, mentally engaging, and grounded in real-life experience. She encourages students to look beyond what they want from the practice and begin discovering what they need.
For Lyn, the process is the practice. The pose is simply one tool.
A Commitment to Educating Teachers
In 2008, two students asked Lyn to teach them how to teach – the LK Power Yoga Teacher Training program was born. (Originally offered as Buddhi Mat Power Yoga Teacher Training.) Her 200- and 300-hour Yoga Alliance registered programs became known for their depth, personalized approach, and commitment to developing knowledgeable, capable, and independent teachers.
In 2009, Lyn co-founded Buddhi Mat Yoga Studio in Ridgefield, CT, where she served as Yoga Director and built a community recognized for its qualified teachers and high-quality instruction. She later established Lyn Kehoe Power Yoga, continuing her commitment to education, purposeful practice, and the integrity of yoga’s teachings.
Over the years, Lyn has trained teachers who now lead classes and programs in studios throughout Westchester and Fairfield Counties and across the country. Her influence extends beyond the students she teaches directly to the many practitioners who learn from teachers she has educated.
Today, her work increasingly focuses on helping yoga teachers develop the understanding and skills to teach with greater intention.
Rather than simply teaching poses, she teaches teachers how to understand movement patterns, develop strength and skill, integrate yoga philosophy into the physical practice, and sequence classes that create meaningful progress over time.
Her approach emphasizes understanding the ‘why’ behind the ‘what ’- so teachers can move beyond memorized sequences, prescribed cues, and short-term results to create practices that are physically intelligent, emotionally supportive, and aligned with long-term growth.
Beyond the Poses
Alongside her teaching and teacher education, Lyn has written for both online and print publications. Through her classes, courses, and writing, she continues to challenge misconceptions about Power Yoga and encourage a deeper understanding of what the practice can offer.
After more than three decades, her purpose remains the same: to preserve the connection between the physical and philosophical practices of yoga and to help both students and teachers recognize that what happens on the mat should have meaning beyond it.
Teaching with intention means knowing not just what you’re teaching, but why it matters.
PUBLISHED ARTICLES
Mantra Magazine –
October 23, 2015: Bliss-ings in Disguise
elephantjournal.com –
November 20, 2016: How the Grinch Found Yoga (Again!)
September 18, 2015: It’s Just Yoga
March 1, 2015: Oh, the Places you’ll Go, When you Practice Yoga! (Dr. Seuss Tribute)
November 8, 2014: How the Grinch Found Yoga
August 29, 2014: The Practice of Teaching Yoga: 3 Things Every Yoga Teacher Should Know
July 22, 2014: The Myths & Mindfulness of Power Yoga: Thinking Less, Being More
