JoAnn Lyons
Disability Program

JoAnn Lyons began her study of yoga over 35 years ago in Indiana with Lorrie Collins. She then completed yoga teacher training programs with Bobbi Goldin and Sam Dworkis in Florida in the early 1990’s.  In 1991 she began teaching yoga in Vero Beach, Florida.  

At the age of 51, she closed up her life in Vero Beach, rented her house, stored her stuff, packed her dog and cat in her Honda Accord and drove to Oakland, California to participate in the first Advanced Studies Program at the Piedmont Yoga Studio with Rodney Yee in 1996.

JoAnn holds an Advanced Relax & Renew Trainer Certificate, from well-known yoga teacher and author, Judith Lasater, and is one of a select group of Senior Teachers assisting Judith. Since 2000, she has assisted Judith at her annual retreat at the Feathered Pipe Ranch, in Helena, Montana, among other retreats and workshops.

She credits her current teachers, Donald Moyer of The Yoga Room in Berkeley, California, and Judith Lasater with helping her put herself back together again from a very old injury that left her dealing with chronic pain for several years.

Since 1996, she has been sharing her love of yoga in classes for people with disabilities.  Her teaching is grounded in her observation and knowledge of the body, and her intuitive awareness of both the needs and potential of her students.  JoAnn offers workshops and apprenticeships on teaching yoga to people with disabilities as well as private sessions and her public classes.

(510) 261-8165
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