Lyn Gerfin (Kehoe)
Owner

read about Lyn here!

~LKPY TEAM LEADERS~

All LKPY Leaders have either trained or studied with Lyn.
They represent and embody the core values and philosophy of LKPY. 

Charlotte Ray-Biancone
Charlotte Ray-Biancone has been teaching vinyasa flow/power yoga for 12 years and has been practicing yoga for 25+ years. She was initially inspired by David Swenson. Charlotte then went on to study with Helena Mertens, Lauren Hanna, and most recently, Lyn Gerfin.

Charlotte graduated from a 200-hours teacher training certification program from Sonic Yoga in New York City in 2007. After a brief hiatus, she returned to study and graduated from the Lyn Kehoe Power Yoga 200-hour training certification in 2020.

Charlotte has workshopped with Shiva Rea and Sean Corn. Charlotte teaches a breath centric, deliberate vinyasa flow style with a focus on safe alignment. Her class is designed to encourage students of all levels to connect breath with movement and poses, and to not take the practice too seriously. Charlotte believes it’s ok to laugh and it’s ok to fall, but it’s never ok to give up on the breath.

Claire Walker Moffat
Claire has been practicing yoga since the late 1990s, beginning with Iyengar; she also explored vinyasa before finding power. Claire completed her 200-hour power yoga certification through Lyn Kehoe Power Yoga in 2017. She completed the in-person training for the LKPY 300-hour advanced training program in the spring of 2023, and is in the process of finalizing the self-study requirements.

Claire is a mom of two and a former suit-wearing executive. She has a BA in Anthropology and an MA in Public Administration. Both degrees provide her perspectives on how an individual’s background and history shape their relationship with health and wellness.

Claire received her training as a Health Coach from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition’s cutting-edge Health Coach Training Program. She focuses on bio-individuality as the primary guide to help her clients find their unique path toward health. The power in power yoga teaches us how to apply yoga on and off our mats, and bio-individuality similarly serves her clients – leading them to find their authentic self already inside to foster the healthiest version of themselves that they can be. She studied over 100 dietary theories and practical lifestyle management techniques with some of the world’s top health and wellness experts. Her teachers included Dr. Andrew Weil, Dr. Deepak Chopra, Dr. David Katz, Dr. Walter Willett, and Geneen Roth.

Claire finds inspiration from all of her teachers but has found a deep appreciation for Lyn Gerfin Kehoe’s authentic style that challenges you to apply your yoga off your mat with your eyes wide open. Claire brings this kind of compassion and commitment to her yoga classes, creating a supportive community for her students by putting the breath at the center of the practice while still challenging the mind and body.

Dr. Fanta Waterman
Having practiced yoga for twenty years, beginning with hatha yoga and exploring vinyasa, yin, and power, Dr. Fanta Waterman completed the 200-Hour Lyn Kehoe Power Yoga teacher training in 2023. She enjoys teaching in the Vinyasa yoga style, influenced by the approaches of Hui Lan Zhang and Lyn Gerfin Kehoe. Holding a Master of Public Health in Community Health Education and a PhD in Public Health, Fanta works full-time as a consultant and clinical assistant professor in Public Health Leadership. She also consults with healthcare organizations to increase community access and representation in healthcare evidence, literature, and leadership.

Grateful for how the principles and practice of yoga have influenced her personal experiences, as well as her leadership journey, Fanta believes that yoga principles and practice can help with reflection, decision-making, and execution – and incorporates this ideology into her work with social entrepreneurs, health leaders, and her yoga students.

Her teaching style is inclusive and places an emphasis on achieving lightness in movement, exercising patience, and adapting a learning mindset. Fanta is committed to expanding access to yoga for underserved communities, and leads practice with heat and provides vocal instructions along with alignment cues during class to support focus in students’ practice and personal goal attainment.

Jean DeVoe
Jean DeVoe came to yoga years ago as a mom of three in need of a peaceful space. Through the quiet practice of yoga, she found many tools for bringing authenticity and self-renewal to her life.

Jean found power yoga after years of studying Ashtanga yoga and currently practices at Lyn Kehoe Power Yoga. Yoga has been so integral to her well-being that she completed her 200-hour teacher training at LKPY in December of 2021 so that she could share this knowledge with her community. She is currently completing her 300-hour advanced training certification.

Jean has a dance and choreography background, with a BA in Dance and English from Hofstra University, contributing to her knowledge of anatomy and integrity of movement. Jean spent many years working in the non-profit sector, both as a dance instructor for children of various ages and abilities and as a Development Director overseeing all aspects of fundraising. For five years, Jean choreographed musicals at Barlow Mountain Elementary School here in Ridgefield.

Jean enjoys teaching a process oriented, multi-level power yoga class focusing on compassion, mindfulness, and self-appreciation.

Lessley Burke (photo coming soon!)
Lessley Burke has been a teacher for over twenty years, just not a yoga teacher! She is an artist and a goldsmith and has taught all aspects of designing and creating jewelry. Along with being a small business owner, she is a mother and a wife.

Two years ago, she came to her mat for the first time, looking for a way to regain her sense of self both physically and mentally after facing open-heart surgery. The experience was so powerful that she decided to train as an instructor so that she could share the strength and sense of empowerment that yoga gave her.

Lessley completed her 200-hour power yoga teacher certification at Lyn Kehoe Power Yoga in January 2018.  She completed the in-person 300-hour advanced training in the Spring of 2023, and is in the process of finalizing the self-study requirements. She continues to practice power yoga daily. She teaches classes in which students of all levels will not only find their physical strength but their mental strength as well.

 

~LKPY TEEN TEAM LEADERS~
Meet our teen team leaders!
Our teen leaders are high school or college students who discovered the benefits of yoga and wanted to share it with others.
They have either completed their 200-hour certification requirements or are in the process of completion. You will find them leading other teens in our special Teen Series yoga classes… and on the regular schedule helping out their fellow LKPY team!
If you are a teen interested in getting certified, the LKPY online self-pace, self-study program is the perfect place to start: Visit The Online Platform

Ava Malagisi
Ava is a senior in high school where she plays soccer and track, and is looking to run track in college. She is a young, passionate yoga teacher who started yoga to help her cope with the Covid pandemic and has now been practicing for 3 years. Yoga changed Ava’s life by helping guide her through teenage stressors, so she became motivated to teach others so that they could experience that same feeling of growth on and off the mat.

She began her yoga teacher training studies heading into her junior year, and one year later at 17 years old, she received her 200-hour certification from her mentor, Lyn Gerfin.  Ava teaches power yoga, emphasizing proper alignment and the importance of breath.

Ava’s mission is to help people connect the body to the breath; and the physical practice to the spiritual/mental practice. She feels that as a teenager she is still learning and growing, so she offers a judgment-free, relatable space to those starting their own yoga journey.

Leila DeVoe
Leila DeVoe is beginning her freshman year at Sacred Heart University and has been practicing yoga for a little over a year at LKPY. Inspired by her mom Jean DeVoe, and the other yoga teachers at the studio, Leila began her own studies to become a yoga teacher during her senior year of high school. She completed all of the in-person requirements this summer, and now is currently finishing up a few self-study assignments and will earn her 200-hour certification with Lyn Kehoe Power Yoga.

Leila teaches a breath based power yoga class that inspires students to look into themselves spiritually and discover who they want to be on this earth. Life is busy and stressful and Leila’s class aims to slow life down so that you can focus on your inner self.

Leila’s mission as a teacher is to empower people to look within themselves and try to focus on the needs of their body and mind. She encourages kindness towards yourself and others through a steady practice of breath based yoga. Most of all, she aims to inspire people to help them overcome struggles and hardships, and support them towards loving themselves and loving others.