Education is my guilty pleasure. Here's a few:

• MOT: Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy from Texas Woman’s University

• B.S.: Bachelor’s Degree in Rehabilitation Services from Florida State University

• NASM C-PT: Certified Personal Trainer via the National Academy of Sports Medicine

• FMS Level 1 & 2 Certified via Functional Movement Systems

• C-IAYT: Certified Yoga Therapist with The International Association of Yoga Therapists

• E-RYT500: Experienced, registered 500hr yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider

• Strength and Performance Coach via Brookbush Institute (100 credit hours - in progress)

• Human Movement Specialist via Brookbush Institute (60 credit hours - in progress)

• MENOPAUSE

  • Menopause Health and Fitness Certificate of Specialization via Carla Digirolamo M.D.

  • Menopause 2.0 Next Level Training for Optimal Performance via Stacy Sims Ph.D

• BONE HEALTH

  • BoneFit™ USA Trainer via the Osteoporosis Foundation

  • Bone Foundations MasterClass via Dr. Doug Lucas

• NUTRITION

  • Nutrition and Healthy Living Certificate via eCornell

  • Food as Medicine Certification for Health Care Professionals via Pesi (in-progress)

HELLO AND WELCOME!

I’m Rae Lynn. My professional passion for 30+ years has been occupational therapy and teaching yoga, blending together the eastern and western wellness worlds.

A Bit of Backstory...
My OT career began in Florida (1993), at an in-patient rehabilitation hospital working with adults experiencing neurological, cardiac, and orthopedic conditions and then into pediatrics. Always an anatomy and research geek, I also taught evening Kinesiology classes at Palm Beach Community College.

In desperate need of effective tools to balance the stressors of my full-time career, plus becoming a new mom, I did a deep dive into yoga and meditation, and like any good wife, I effectively nagged my husband, Jeff, along.

Our experiences of increased mental and physical well-being, combined with our spirit of adventure, led to a cross-country road trip to San Fran, with our 3-year-old son, for multiple yoga teacher trainings, followed by a move to York, Maine, and the opening of Yoga On York in 2002. 

Yoga On York was the perfect venue to integrate my rehabilitation experience with the holistic modalities of yoga, providing a variety of classes for ALL levels, plus teaching 200hr & 500hr Yoga Alliance teacher trainings and private OT sessions.

After 13 wonderful years running Yoga On York, we passed the torch of studio ownership in 2015, and I returned to traditional, clinical OT………… until the pandemic……….

………. in August 2020, with a worldwide pandemic in full swing, we took a massive leap of faith! We sold everything, bought a boat, and sailed the (often) high seas for seven months learning en route! Whew!
Then we sold the boat and world-traveled for a year… all while homeschooling our teenage daughter…..