Dean Cilley began his yoga studies in 1993 and practiced several styles of yoga before discovering the bliss of Svaroopa® Style Yoga.
Dean suffered low back pain from working as a guide. His recovery from several compressed and “ruptured” disks was influential in his understanding of the mind-body connection and its effect on healing. The ‘core release’ from Svaroopa® Yoga gave his body a new lease on life.

He began teaching Svaroopa® at Jai Yoga in Brunswick in 2006, and was certified as an Embodyment® Yoga Therapist in 2007. He opened a Yoga Therapy studio in Yarmouth later that year with his wife Sue, also a Svaroopa® style yoga teacher and Embodyment® Yoga Therapist.

Dean’s past careers include retail manager, outdoor guide and communications specialist. He has served as volunteer editor/co-author for two editions of The Guide to the Appalachian Trail in Maine. He is currently a Marketing Analyst at L.L.Bean and continues his advanced study of Svaroopa® Yoga with founder, Rama Berch, at the Master Yoga Academy in Malvern, PA.

Dean may be contacted by email at: dcilley@verizon.net

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