Deanna has been practicing yoga for more than twenty years, and teaching for over ten. She earned both her 200 hour and 500 hour level certifications at the Yoga Loft of Bethlehem where she also served as the director of teacher training for several years. She has additional training in restorative, yin, somatic, partner and children’s yoga. A former librarian, she is passionate about literature, philosophy, music and poetry and often incorporates these into her classes.  Her passion is helping her students be their best selves through the practices of yoga.

Several years ago, she discovered the modality of somatic yoga – a practice which helps practitioners recover from tension stored in the body in the form of trauma, stress and injury.  Somatic yoga is a gentle form of yoga which asks students to go inward, focusing on sensation with awareness and mindfulness.  This style of yoga helps release sensory motor amnesia – when our muscles are either locked into contraction or non-engagement.  The overall effect is one of deep relaxation and calm, as well as renewed energy and purpose.

In 2020, Deanna embarked on opening her own yoga studio with her two partners. Awaken yoga is currently on hold due to the covid-19 pandemic.

A mother of two, Deanna resides in Coopersburg with her children and partner, Brian, a local glass artist and yoga teacher.