Lanita Varshell - E-RYT500, YACEP, C-IAYT - is a Certified Yoga Instructor, Trainer, Therapist, Writer, and Motivational Speaker with leading-edge yoga experience since 1996.

She has pioneered healing, life-changing yoga philosophy, and soft, gentle, joyful movement to people of all sizes, ages, and abilities.

Lanita is known for her expertise in working with people new to yoga, large bodies, trauma survivors, and those with hidden or life-threatening diseases.

Her specialties are helping people create a balanced, peaceful life despite what is happening in their lives and bodies.

Whether you find it hard to sit still or have a bigger, slower, or older body, Lanita can guide you toward health, hope, and joy.

(Photo: Right: Lanita Varshell - Founder of A Gentle Way. Left: Amy S. Johnson - Actress & Certified AGW Yoga Teacher)

We are yoga teachers, yoga therapists, and fitness experts who love to work with individual students and small groups to help you create a joyful, effective life practice.

Our small group classes, private sessions, and retreats help you with your thinking, habits, goals, and dreams through breath focus and life-changing yoga philosophy.

We specialize in helping those who are new to yoga, aging, larger or inflexible bodies, trauma survivors, and those with chronic or life-threatening diseases.

Senior Teachers Lanita Varshell and Diane Ambrosini mentor yoga students, helping you customize a practice for your lifestyle and body.

We guide yoga teachers who need to learn how to slow down, balance their lives, or seek assistance in building a new business.

We have over 55 years of combined experience in starting, building, and successfully owning and managing small yoga studios, as well as teaching thousands of classes and private sessions.

We can't wait to get to know you!