OUR TEAM
EMILY GILMORE
Yoga Teacher
Emily owns and manages Dillsburg Yoga. After practicing and studying yoga for many years, she traveled to Vancouver Island, British Columbia to complete her yoga teacher training. She lived and camped on a small herb and vegetable farm, while immersing herself in the study of yoga and natural living. She honors the practice of yoga and its ability to influence our lives for the better. With true intention, positive change is possible. Emily sees yoga as a deeply nourishing and connective practice.
Emily also has an academic background in science and philosophy; in particular with human physiology and integrative approaches to health. She is a certified biology & environmental educator with teaching experience in local public schools and at a Montessori school. Emily has had a variety of experiences in her life, from living & exploring the magic of the island of Oahu, Hawai'i, working at the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History botany department, supporting and experiencing work on a small, sustainable vegetable farm and more, but she feels most at home studying, practicing and sharing yoga! ​
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Emily looks forward to working with you- in hopes of sharing the wisdom of yoga and growing through slowing down, gaining presence and learning yoga in a fundamentally holistic way.
DIANNE DUSMAN
Pilates Fusion Teacher
Dianne has been a fitness instructor for over twenty years. She retired from the Office of Attorney General in 2013, after twenty-five years of consumer advocacy. Self-taught at first, she practiced traditional Pilates in the 1990s, then progressed to three levels of the Jonathan Urla series (known as “Yogilates”) which fused aspects of Yoga and Pilates, in the 2000s. In 2015, she became certified in the Eve Gentry technique.
SHERRA ZAVITSANOS
Yoga Teacher
Meet Sherra, a yoga teacher on a mission to make yoga accessible to anyone who wants to give it a try. With a passion for helping people develop a supportive and effective yoga practice, Sherra has been teaching yoga since 2011. Her dedication to sharing yoga with individuals who may feel hesitant to join a class due to self-perceived limitations such as weight, inflexibility, age, or injury is truly inspiring.
Sherra's journey with yoga began in 2003 when she sought to alleviate the pain and dysfunction caused by a back injury. Determined to make progress, she began taking weekly private yoga sessions with Tina Stroh. Through consistent practice, Sherra saw remarkable improvement and committed to a year of regular private sessions and home practice.
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Sherra's dedication and commitment to yoga led her to earn her 200 hr certification through Just Plain Yoga. Additionally, she studied extensively with certified Iyengar teacher Dale Hails from 2009 until 2015. Today, Sherra is passionate about empowering others to find their own yoga journey, no matter their background or perceived limitations. Whether you're brand new to yoga or a seasoned practitioner, Sherra is here to support you every step of the way.
LYNDSAY PENNINGTON
Yoga Teacher
Lyndsay is a yoga & meditation teacher, healing arts practitioner and spiritual seeker. A former media executive and event producer for nearly two decades, Lyndsay used yoga and meditation to help cope with a high-stress corporate environment. After finding deep healing from anxiety and depression through her own practice, she went on to study Yoga & Healing Sciences at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. Since then, it has been her intention to help others heal and connect with their true nature. Her teaching style incorporates meditation, yoga, breathwork and sound healing to honor and support each individual’s spiritual journey.
Whether holding space for expectant or new moms, seasoned yogis or beginner practitioners, Lyndsay’s classes create a safe and accessible environment to explore, reconnect and uplift. Her goal is to meet others wherever they may be in their path to help develop personal discovery and a deep connection with their soul.
In addition to teaching and supporting others, Lyndsay is a mother and previously served as the Executive Director of Meditation Mount, a non-profit spiritual center in Ojai, California. After living in California for nearly ten years, Lyndsay recently relocated with her family back to Pennsylvania where she grew up. Always a student herself, she continues to learn and grow on this upward spiral of spiritual evolution. She has so much gratitude to her teachers, mentors and guides during this incarnation.
ADRIANNE BARGER
Yoga Teacher
Adrianne came to the mat early in high school, gravitating towards a very active practice of arm balance and inversions. At the start of 2019, she started a practice of Acro-yoga. After diving deeper into the practice of yoga, she quickly learned that it is about much more than a physical practice and is to be practiced off the mat.
Adrianne completed Om My Yoga's 200 hour teacher training during the spring of 2019. She has experience teaching both in and out of a studio setting. Adrianne is constantly growing and evolving as a teacher, but the heart of her teaching has always been about serving others. She strives to teach yoga in a way that includes everyone, seeing as though everyone’s practice is unique to them. By offering a balance of breath work and mindful movements, her classes offer an opportunity to connect with the physical and energetic body.
JENNIFER RABENSTEIN
Yoga Teacher
Jennifer is a spiritual healer who blends in artistic ways of promoting self growth and healing. She offers a variety of healing modalities such as Reiki, sound healing, shamanic work, art, and yoga! Jennifer utilizes her practiced modalities for private sessions, group gatherings, public classes, and sacred celebrations and rituals. Jennifer loves the art of holding space for everyone's you-nique spiritual healing journey.
In 2019, Jennifer completed a 200 hr yoga teacher training with focuses on making yoga accessible for all. This means that she supports anyone who wants to practice yoga, no matter their body type, experience, or any other obstacle they may face. Because she is vision impaired, losing her sight to Stargardts, Jennifer learns to practice and guide others in yoga through verbal cues and having people build up their awareness of their bodies. To Jennifer, yoga is not about what it looks like, and is all about what it feels like. Jennifer enjoys leading a variety of yoga flows such as accessible flows with modifications (using chairs, props, wall, ground), gentle flows (focusing on the feelings being in the poses), and restorative flows (using props to hold the body in poses). She has also trained in Tai Chi and enjoys blending it into yoga classes. Any time she leads yoga Jennifer puts out invitations for others to follow along, and ultimately encourages them to listen to their own needs to do what they feel is flowing for them in the moment.
MEREDITH ROUSE
Yoga Teacher
Meredith is a bird-mom of two cockatiels, a twin, and an avid crocheter. She works full-time as a mental health therapist to K-12 students. She has been practicing yoga since her teenage years, but more seriously for the last three years when she needed a gentle movement practice that she could tolerate with chronic pain.
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Meredith was born and raised in NJ, but moved to Lancaster to pursue her degree in marriage and family therapy. She recently moved to Dillsburg in December of 2023.
Her passion for teaching yoga lies in helping others learn how to listen to and be gentle with their bodies. She believes that yoga is not only a practice that improves physical health, but also mental health. She looks forward to growing together.
AMY KIMMEL
Yoga Teacher
Amy is a Dillsburg native, and while she’s lived here most of her life, she loves traveling to gain new perspective and inspiration to bring home to share. She studied Hatha Yoga, with an emphasis on authentic teaching from the heart, at Yandara’s Yoga Institute in Baja California, Mexico. There she received her 200 hour certification and training. She is particularly drawn to Yoga’s healing qualities, having used it as a form of movement medicine on her own health journey. Trained in meditation, philosophy, and breath work, Amy loves to teach mindful movement which sparks a deeper connection to self while opening communication between mind and body.
Amy studied Sustainability, Public Policy and Art in school and has been working with PAIRWN, an immigrant and refugee nonprofit in Harrisburg for the last few years. Amy is always pursuing a new passion, whether on her yoga mat, whipping up nourishing dishes in the kitchen, reading, writing, or creating art. Amy values spending time with friends new and old and loves to connect on a deeper level through yoga.