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Denyse LeFever, MBA, C-IAYT


Denyse is a certified yoga therapist and holds a certificate for 1000 hours of comprehensive yoga therapy teacher training. She is also certified in iRest® and I AM™ Yoga Nidra. Additionally, she holds certifications in Chair Yoga and Chair Yoga Dance through Sherry Zak Morris, Therapeutic Yoga for Seniors at Duke IM, Yoga of the Heart and Cancer through Nischala Joy Devi, and ARPF’s Brain Longevity Training Program.

In 2020, Denyse took her yoga teaching online and has been teaching chair yoga, chair yoga dance, restorative yoga, and Yoga Nidra classes on Zoom to a global community across the US and Europe. In 2022, Denyse was invited to offer weekly bedside yoga therapy to cancer patients admitted to Inova Fairfax Hospital and to outpatients undergoing chemotherapy at Inova Schar Cancer Institute. Through Inova’s Life with Cancer Program, cancer survivors, caregivers, family members, and hospital employees have enjoyed an occasional chair yoga dance with Denyse. She also serves on the Yoga Special Interest Group for the Society of Integrative Oncology.