Cathy Mann is the director and founder for The Yoga Studio in Millis, Massachusetts. Cathy has been studying, practicing, and teaching in the yoga, meditation, and wellness fields extensively for over twenty years.  She is a certified Hatha yoga teacher since 1987 and a 500-hour ERYT Registered Yoga Teacher with the National Yoga Alliance. She has studied directly with Patricia Walden for the past twelve years, is a graduate of her Iyengar Yoga Teacher Training Program and a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher.

Cathy has also studied extensively at the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, is a Reiki Master, and a CranioSacral Therapist trained through the Upledger Institute. She is a member of and workshop leader/coordinator for the Oneness Movement, a group dedicated to the transformation of man’s consciousness. Cathy is also a member of the Finding Inner Peace Yoga School faculty.

Cathy is available for private instruction and group classes within any corporate or community setting. She can be contacted at theyogastudio@mail.com.

Jean Greiff
Jean has been practicing yoga at The Yoga Studio for ten years. Being a long-term practitioner of yoga helped her to develop a strong basis for her personal practice and this wealth of knowledge is evident in her teaching.  She became certified through the Finding Inner Peace Yoga School in 2006 and has been teaching at The Yoga Studio ever since.

For the last four years, Jean has been on the staff at Dana Hall School in Wellesley, where she teaches yoga to children and teens.  Jean is also a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. As a result of this training, her classes have a focus on the psychological as well as the physical well-being that comes from practicing yoga. She believes that yoga offers a profound and lasting path toward wellness and considers it a “helping” profession much like social work. 

Perrin LeBlanc
Perrin is a certified Yoga teacher who came to The Yoga Studio ten years ago to cope with a medical condition and found yoga to have far more benefits than simply managing her pain.  She decided in 2008 to begin her teacher training with Cathy Mann through the Finding Inner Peace Yoga School, so she could share the healing power of yoga with others.  She teaches asana with an emphasis on proper alignment and Ramayana as a path to intuitive healing. She is a compassionate, nurturing teacher who inspires her students to new levels of confidences and encourages them to move from within.

Jennifer LeFond
Jennifer was trained through the Finding Inner Peace yoga school and has been teaching Hatha yoga for four years. She currently enjoys teaching people of all ages, and runs the children's program here at The Yoga Studio. Jennifer teaches a Mom and Me class for toddlers and a Children’s class for kids 5 to 11. Her exuberant spirit and sparkling personality makes her uniquely qualified to guide children and adults to find their playful side while improving their strength, flexibility, and focus.  She teaches a gentle class on Monday night and is of the belief that even in a gentle class you can have a great work out that honors your body, relaxes your mind, and lets your spirit soar.

She began her yoga practice in 2000, attending a month-long Holistic Lifestyle Educator training at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. She is devoted to promoting holistic practices that empower others to create a more balanced way of being. She is a certified Yoga Meets Dance TM teacher, Radiant Child Yoga Facilitator, and completed her 200-hour yoga teacher training through the Finding Inner Peace Yoga School. Her classes are held within sacred space where you can nourish your body, rest your mind, and soothe your soul.

Jim Schweitzer
Jim brings to the mat a burning desire to share with others his Iyengar- based knowledge, wisdom and asana's that have been handed down to him by his teacher and mentor, Cathy Mann. He maintains a steady and determined practice while continuing to study the philosophical and historical discipline of Yoga. Jim blends the Eight Limbs of Yoga, emphasizing the Sanskrit language, with 25 years of coaching baseball, to provide the basis for his teaching.

Jim has practiced Yoga for six years and has completed the requirements for the 200-hour level of Yoga Teacher Certification through the Finding Inner Peace School. He is also on the faculty of this school as a teacher of The Business Aspects of Yoga. Jim is also a member of Yoga Alliance and has attained his RYT (Registered Yoga Teacher) designation.

In October of 2008, Jim attended The American Sanskrit Institute immersion class in the Sanskrit alphabet. He continues to study the language of Sanskrit studying with Sanskrit scholars in Ashland, MA. He and his son Jeff operate Northeast Financial Strategies, an accounting and financial services company in Nor wood , MA.