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Matt Lerner
Level 3 Yoga Teacher Badge Level 3 Yoga Teacher

Hudson, OH

Matt has been training students & teachers of Yoga & meditation since 1976. He is a direct disciple of Swami Rama of the Himalayas. In 1984, he was certified by Yogiraj Behramji, a senior student of Iyengar. He has also studied Kundalini Yoga & many other traditions & lineages.

Current influences

Ram Dass
Swami Rama of the Himalayas
Yogiraj Behramji (Behram Guard)
Swami Veda Bharati
Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati (SwamiJ)
Dr. Allan Ajaya
Larry Terkel
Swami Shantanand Saraswati
Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach

Credentials

Bio

Matt is one of Ohio's most experienced teachers of Yoga and Meditation. He has been teaching Yoga and meditation since 1976 and has been certified since 1984. He loves teaching traditional Yoga mediation, Yoga Nidra, as well as traditional asana classes. He equally enjoys introducing new students to the magic and joy of Yoga, training aspiring teachers at his center's Yoga/Meditation Teacher Training program, and providing continuing education to experienced teachers and serious students.

Matt is an E-RYT-500 and is the Chairman of the Spiritual Life Society, (a 501c3 religious/spiritual organization), the parent organization of the Main Street Yoga Centers in Hudson, Ohio (www.AUM.org), Madison, Wisconsin, (www.MainStreetYogaCenter.org), and Stoughton, Wisconsin (www.MainStreetYogaStoughton.org). He is also currently serving as Chairman of Elevate Yoga, the organization that host the Elevate Akron Yoga Festival, one of Ohio's leading Yoga festivals (www.ElevateYoga.org), as well as the sponsor of many other local Yoga/meditation programs.

My mentors

Swami Rama
Master Yoga Teacher Badge Master
Behram Guard
Master Yoga Teacher Badge Master

My mentees

Jessie Lerner
Level 1 Yoga Teacher Badge Level 1
Jo Temte
Level 2 Yoga Teacher Badge Level 2