Meghan Kazanski is a trainer and graduate student in Biomechanics. With experience in martial arts, dance, acrobatics and AcroYoga, Meghan helps individuals establish fundamental movement capacities as part of a conscious, joyful, pain-free lifestyle. Meghan highly regards group and partnership-based practices as fulfilling a critical social component of movement. For this reason, Meghan uses partnership practices to develop elements of trust, enriching connection and non-verbal communication as part of a holistic regard for individual growth.
Meghan will be assisted by Azad Chahal. Azad is a graduate student in Bioengineering. To him, AcroYoga provides balance and conditioning complementary to his academic life. Community and connection continue to motivate Azad to share his love for this practice with others. Meghan and Azad have enjoyed teaching regular AcroYoga classes at Lila Yoga, and support a community of AcroYoga practitioners with scheduled and spontaneous ‘jams’ on Old Main and all around town!
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Meghan Kazanski is an instructor, trainer, and student. She relocated to State College from Austin, TX to continue pursuing her Ph.D. in Biomechanics at PSU. With experience in martial arts, dance, acrobatics, AcroYoga, and general strength and mobility principles, Meghan is most interested in helping individuals establish fundamental movement capacities as part of a conscious, joyful, pain-free. While in Austin, Meghan started a group called ‘Austin Movement Meet-up.’ This group consists of health and wellness professionals, as well as those looking to develop an individual practice,meeting weekly to share approaches to integrating elements of play, creativity and movement diversity to improve patient, client, and personal outcomes. Meghan highly regards group and partnership-based movement practices as fulfilling a critical social component of movement. For this reason, Meghan has intensively studied many dance styles, as well as partnered acrobatics and AcroYoga to render elements of trust, connection and non-verbal communication to her students and clients. Currently, Meghan co-teaches AcroYoga at Lila Yoga with Azad Chahal. Her unique approach to her instruction of AcroYoga draws upon these concepts from many practices to facilitate enriching connections and a holistic regard for individual growth.