Yoga Lab

Tonight!!! Thursday, July 2 at 6 p.m. at the Palmer Museum of Art - Gallery Conversation with “Dreaming American Futures” artists!

Join us in the galleries for a special community reading and gallery conversation with “Dreaming American Futures” artists and Yoga Lab Co-founder Jeremy David Engels, Liberal Arts Endowed Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences and author of “On Mindful Democracy: A Declaration of Interdependence to Mend a Fractured World” (Parallax, 2026). The conversation will also include Assistant Director Joyce Robinson.

This special event at the Palmer is in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and includes artwork from 50 contemporary artists chosen from the Penn State and local communities.

Let’s build the mindful democracy we deserve. We’re all in this together.

📸 Pics from Jeremy’s event last night in Washington DC at Busboys and Poets.

New class with Mari starts this Sunday!!!

“Align & Recharge” (Level 1-2)
Sundays 5:30-6:30pm

This level 1-2 Sunday evening class invites you to engage in mindful yoga practice grounded in functional anatomy & movement, with options to level up or down.  At a comfortable pace, it guides you through a sequence designed to build integrated core strength and stability while simultaneously increasing mobility and flexibility, allowing you to flow through each posture with intention. Together, we will move with purpose & self-care to realign our body and feel recharged for the upcoming week.

About Mari mari haneda
Yoga has been a part of Mari’s (MAH-ree) life for many years, helping her maintain equilibrium particularly when facing trying circumstances. As a cancer- and transplant-survivor, she appreciates how movement can promote mental and physical well-being and resilience. Initially certified as a Vinyasa yoga teacher (2020), she has suffered from yoga-induced chronic pain. Yoga Lab’s functional movement-informed yoga teacher training (2024-25) fundamentally transformed how she understands and envisions what yoga can be. It taught her how to practice yoga in a biomechanically safe manner based on functional anatomy, enabling her to pursue yoga pain-free. It also informed her of the importance of compassion to the self and others and of infusing mindfulness into the mat and beyond. She loves the freedom, strength, and creativity that the Yoga Lab method embodies and is eager to share it with others. Mari brings her transnational, culturally and linguistically rich experiences into the mat and strives to create a safe, joyful communal space to practice yoga together. Outside the mat, you will find her running, dancing, doing strength-training, and being an academic.

Sign up now for this great new class with Mari!!!