Teacher Biographies

ERYT-500, KYT-220, RCYT-95

• 16 years of experience teaching yoga
• Owner of Collegeville Yoga Bar since 2012
• All Levels, Beginner – Level 1, Level 1-2, Level 2+, Hatha, Vinyasa, Kunalini, Yin

Stefania holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in Elementary Education and has a daytime career as a private school teacher. In 2007, her best friend suggested trying yoga, and Stefania became hooked after her first class. In August 2010 Stefania earned her 200-hour Hatha and Vinyasa teaching certifications at Frog Lotus Yoga in North Adams, Massachusetts.

Upon returning to Pennsylvania in September 2010 she began to participate in yoga as both a student and teacher. In February 2012 Stefania earned Level 1 certification in ballet barre at Barre Focus Fitness in Haverford, PA.

In July 2020, Stefania earned her 300-Hour Wisdom Flow Yoga teaching certification at Wisdom Flow Yoga in Maui, Hawaii. Stefania also holds a 220-hr certification in Kundalini Yoga, a 95-hr certification in KAY Children’s Yoga, plus a certification in trauma sensitive yoga.

She is a registered yoga teacher and has taught thousands of hours of yoga. Stefania leads CYB’s 200-hr and 300-hr Hatha and Vinyasa Yoga Teacher certification programs.

She has thrived through a kidney transplant and 3 Cushing’s Disease pituitary tumors.

E-RYT200, YACEP

• 27 years of experience teaching yoga
• All Levels, Beginner – Level 1, Level 1-2

Ken came to yoga in the 1990s for practical reasons. Martial arts was demanding on his body, and he wanted something to balance it. He stayed for a different reason entirely: yoga did not just change his flexibility, it changed his relationship to his own mind. In 2001 he completed his 200-hour Hatha certification, and he has been teaching ever since and is an E-RYT200 and YACEP.

Off the mat, Ken is a licensed psychologist with more than 30 years in mental health and addiction treatment, the author of sixteen books including the international bestseller Manage My Emotions,  and Unshakable. His work has been featured in TIME, NPR, CBS, NBC, and Business Insider.

Students say that background is easy to feel in his classes. Ken teaches alignment and breathwork with real precision, then connects the physical practice to what is happening between your ears: the racing thoughts, the clenched jaw, the stress you carried in with you. His Level 2+ Hatha classes are challenging without being a competition, with accessible options for all levels, and they end with you grounded rather than wrung out.

You will leave with a calmer nervous system and a clearer head. Join Ken on Sunday mornings and Monday evenings.

E-RYT 500, YACEP

• 12 years of experience teaching yoga
• All Levels Restore and All Levels Meditative Yoga

Irma has been teaching yoga for 11 years. Her particular interest includes incorporating yoga philosophy and contemplative meditative techniques into her yoga classes. When Irma isn’t teaching yoga, she enjoys going on walks with her dog and spending time with her cats.

RYT200

• 5 years+ experience teaching yoga
• Level 2+, Level 1-2, Basic – Level 1, All Levels

Debi has been practicing yoga for several years and in 2019 had the opportunity to take teacher training for a deeper understanding of the philosophy and her practice. It was a wonderful journey and she began teaching in the studio after receiving her certification from Yoga Alliance. Her classes bring a full mind body experience while building strength and flexiblity through a slow flow chill practice. She is currently continuing her training by expanding her knowledge of the anatomy of yoga, to pursue her on-going journey to heal the body, calm the mind and liberate the spirit of her students.

RYT200

• 1 year experience teaching yoga
• Basic – Level 1, Level 1-2, Level 2+

Steve has been practicing the wonderful art of yoga for over forty years! Upon retiring as a public school teacher the next step was to become a certified yoga instructor. Sharing the gift of yoga to all is a dream come true. I hope you can join me as we relax and explore our inner nature together!!

CYT200

• 1 year experience teaching yoga
• Level 2+, Level 1-2, Basic – Level 1

Stephanie discovered her love of yoga in 2015. As a former gymnast, she found comfort and strength in asana and discovered the power of quiet mindfulness and meditation. After almost 10 years of personal practice, Stephanie decided to complete her 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training and share her love of yoga with others. When she’s not on her mat, Steph is a 7th Grade Science teacher. She and her husband love to travel internationally and spoil their cocker spaniel, Sadie. Stephanie plans classes for all levels that focus on strength and stability.

RYT200

• 1 year experience teaching yoga
• Level 2+, Level 1-2, Basic – Level 1
• Substitute Teacher

Al has been taking yoga classes since 2018. In 2024, he completed his 200-hour Hatha and Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training at Collegeville Yoga Bar. Al describes his teaching style as calm yet friendly. He looks forward to helping others improve their physical, mental and spiritual health.

RYT500

• 12 years experience teaching yoga
• Workshop Host

Neida started her Yoga path with the goal of “taking 40 by the throat”. She pushed herself through heated Hatha styles of yoga growing stronger and more flexible as her practice grew. Her focus was attaining and holding the perfect posture, maintaining balance and alignment. She began taking tougher and tougher classes at a variety of local and distant studios. With eyes towards becoming stronger and better, Neida studied to become a Certified Yoga Teacher.

It was there that she found a match to the Yang of her practice; the gentle Yin of her teaching. Neida has developed a beautiful style at the boundaries of a traditional Western class. She includes the rituals of mudra, breath, and motion in synchronicity – adapting props to encourage the body into releasing. But don’t be fooled, she still moonlights as the tough one.

RYT200

• 7 years experience teaching yoga
• Substitute Teacher

Barbara began her yoga journey as a counterbalance to marathon training in the Spring of 2016. Quickly learning that there is much more to yoga than asana work, she began to embrace yogic philosophy striving to incorporate all of Patanjali’s eight limbs of yoga into her life. Barbara completed the 200-hour Hatha and Vinyasa certification program at the Collegeville Yoga Bar in July of 2017 and is a member of Yoga Alliance (RYT-200). She earned her doctorate in Education and enjoys incorporating yoga into her work as a music teacher. Passionate about sharing the benefits of yoga with others, especially those new to the mat, she looks forward to seeing you at the studio!