Meet Our Team
Darcy Providente
I am the owner of Chagrin Yoga – a wife, mom, dog mom, & orchid enthusiast who is passionate about yoga. Yoga saved me and opened up a practice that is a journey where I get to learn every day. I love teaching fun power flows with warm & gooey temps; using blocks (blocks are for masters!); and empowering each soul through kindness with a mix of challenges, modifications, and assists. I teach to all levels, from high school students to seniors, and my approach is simply to be me – leave the drama at the door. If you want, you can pick it up on the way out.
In my personal practice, I like everything from Therapeutics to Buti to Power, and through daily practice, I keep learning how to preserve my physical body and maintain a clear, open mind.
Over 30 years ago, I started offering in home training through word of mouth and something divine led me to my first yoga class. What happened in that first class amazed me – I cried tears of joy and fear and asked myself what was that?! I was hooked from day one…
I am so blessed to teach & be a part of this incredible space. Over the years we’ve built a wonderful community of students, teachers, and staff who are all rooted as a family at Chagrin Yoga.
Douglas Millard
Studio Manager
I came to find the practice of Yoga at 32 years old and at a point in my life where I was in pain and had allowed that pain to take over my life. The yogic motions, stretching, strengthening, mindfulness, and breathing not only started to heal my body but also my spirit and I began to live my life without the bonds of pain keeping me from thriving in it.
It only made sense to share with others this healing, restoring, life enriching practice of Yoga with others.
Join us…
Cynthia Chylik
My love of yoga started about 16 years ago after the birth of my third child. Yoga was a weekly treat to destress and relax. When my youngest started kindergarten my regular practice started. As I immersed myself in the practice, I became stronger, increased my mobility and grew emotionally and physically. I became a certified teacher in 2013 via Chagrin Yoga’s training and immediately began to teach. I downsized my graphic design business as I started teaching more yoga.
I am registered with Yoga Alliance and have an E-RYT 500 and YACEP. I also am a Reiki Master, MELT Instructor, Prana Flow Certified and Barre Certified. I enjoy teaching many styles of yoga including restorative, slow flow, power, vinyasa and yin. For me the practice includes the connection to the higher self and source. We can lose our way in life but the practice can become the vehicle for that connection back. When I’m not teaching, I’m spending time with my family and animals and most likely outside. I have a fine art background and I enjoy using my hands to create art on paper, canvas, the computer, the kitchen or in the garden.
Elizabeth Silas-Havas
Elizabeth is a Certified Yoga Therapist with the International Association of Yoga Therapists (C-IAYT) and an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance (E-RYT). She has been teaching breath and movement practices to individuals and groups since the late 1990s in Yoga Therapy, Jivamukti Yoga, Ashtanga, Vinyasa, Barre, Strength Training, and Pilates Mat (Classical and Creative). She also trains and provides continuing education for teachers as an IAYT Approved Professional Development Provider (APD) and YA Continuing Education Provider (YACEP).
Ken James
Ken started his yoga practice after age 60. He has been an instructor for over seven years. He enjoys introducing people to the benefits of yoga as a component of wellness and self-care. In addition to basic and power classes, Ken also practices and teaches Acro Yoga which is a combination of traditional yoga poses and partnered acrobatics. Ken’s real passion is teaching whether it be yoga or grad students.
Melanie Tessmer
Melanie has been a yoga instructor at Chagrin Yoga since opening our doors back in 2009 and has been practicing yoga consistently since 2006. Melanie enjoys teaching Power Vinyasa style classes which bring a combination of strength, balance, flexibility, and breathwork to the practice, as well as enjoying a rockin’ playlist!
Melanie works full time as an Occupational Therapist and is also a certified Personal Trainer. She loves to incorporate her knowledge of the human body into her teaching and her practice.
Melanie lives with her BFF/boyfriend Ben and their cat Ace. Melanie loves to read, listen to music, go to concerts, and spend time outside.
Morgan Weber
I started practicing yoga at Chagrin Yoga in 2013 after moving back to Chagrin after graduate school when I, reluctantly, joined my aunt to take my first class. Despite not having a clue about any of the poses, I discovered that I felt at “home” on my mat and began practicing regularly.
I felt called to deepen my understanding of more than just the physical side of yoga and began my 200 Hour Teacher Training with Darcy in August of 2015. I completed my training with two other familiar Chagrin Yoga faces – Katie Dalpiaz and Ken James. In March of 2017, I became a certified Buti Yoga instructor.
Recognizing that my personal practice has changed over the years, I urge students to look inward and adjust each practice to what serves them best that day. My classes focus on strength and mobility through dynamic movements. There is guaranteed to be some unique (and fun!) elements in my classes in which I hope students find the space to feel uninhibited in their bodies.
Off the mat, I work at a college in disability services. When I am not working, I enjoy weightlifting with my husband, Justin, reading, cooking, and spending time with my sweet niece.
Molly Weiss
Molly first discovered yoga in 2010 and became a yoga instructor in 2016. She remembers instantly feeling at home upon walking into Chagrin Yoga for the first time and hopes to cultivate that same welcoming experience for each and every one of her students. Molly teaches a variety of class styles ranging from Slow Flow to Buti Yoga. She strives to lead classes that are equal parts challenging and empowering while offering modifications to ensure the class is accessible to all yogis.
Off the mat, Molly works as a Speech-language Pathologist specializing in Autism Spectrum Disorder. She lives with her husband Norm, their daughter Mila, and their black lab Luna. Molly enjoys reading thrillers, riding the Peloton bike, listening to true crime podcasts, and spending time with her family and friends.
Greta Insolia
Greta has been teaching Bikram style yoga for over 10 years and practicing for 16 years. She invites students to soften into their own somatic awareness using the breath to regulate and guide determination and focus.
Stacie Pavich-Phillips
When I began practicing yoga a decade ago, I immediately gravitated to Bikram hot style. For the past fifteen years, I’ve studied holistic health and wellness, finding solutions to my own health issues through alternative methods.
I want to elevate my students’ health through Bikram-style yoga, which is just one of the ways I express my passion for helping others reverse their ailments through holistic methods. I have a holistic healing page and Facebook group.
Jessica Bowers
Jessica is a 200hr CYT through the Yoga Alliance who has been teaching for almost 4 years. She has a great love for high energy, fluid classes- in particular a love for teaching Buti Yoga, which she is certified in as well as in Buti Sculpt, Bands, and Hotcore. She enjoys the circus arts like Pole and Aerial Hammock in her free time, and is even certified to teach Beginner & Elementary Pole fitness!
Jessica believes strongly in teaching a practice with emphasis on how postures feel vs how they look, and connecting with your body and breath through movement. Jessica is also a wife and mother of two children and two dogs, as well as a hobby chicken farmer who loves to talk about her feather puppies and the trouble they give her.
Katie Dalpiaz
I took my first yoga class when I was in high school and thought I would never try yoga again. I remember feeling unsure and uncomfortable with the slower pace of the gym vinyasa class. After years of running and teaching cycle classes I found myself back on the mat in 2011. This time I was craving a pause from my normal fast paced lifestyle. At first I was drawn to yoga by the calm studio and the challenge of practicing the poses. However, overtime I fell in love with the practice and the space it created in my life. In 2015 I completed my 200 hour yoga teacher training and began teaching. My yoga practice has allowed me to find strength in the connection with my breath and learn more about myself.
I strive for my classes to be a welcoming and safe environment where students are able to learn how to push themselves, as well as how to listen to their bodies and modify when needed. My students can expect fun and energetic classes that link breath and movement.
Off the mat I work as a dietitian in Cleveland. I love spending time with family and staying active outside. I enjoy hiking, paddle boarding and cuddling with my English bulldog, Lucy.
Tamra Moroski
Tamra began practicing yoga over 13 years ago and after navigating through a difficult point in her life, it helped her become more self-aware, compassionate, and present. Deepening her love for helping others, she received her Yoga Alliance RYT-200 certification from Ylonda Rosenthal-Greene’s Awake To My Soul program in 2022.
Tamra’s teaching and movement philosophy comes from her passion for life and adventure. She turns up the heat with a sweaty vinyasa flow, combining it with challenging holds and a slow-burn sequence (plus, a loud playlist!)
Her goal is to get you into your body, fully present, feeling it safely stretch and strengthen as you move. She encourages you to challenge yourself and push past self-limiting beliefs, while always listening to your body and doing what feels good to you.
She’s a true connector at heart and loves seeing how empowered her students feel after class. She thrives on cultivating relationships, growing community, and making yoga more accessible to everyone.
Tamra exposes her own lust for life off of the mat by challenging her mind and body through CrossFit, running, breath work, cold exposure training, and meditation practices. She has two young, active boys that she spends her time with playing sports, enjoying nature, and exploring Cleveland.
Kadecia Ber
Kadecia Ber has been a yogi since childhood, learning her first sun salutation sequence from her father when she was just five years old. Yoga has always been a part of her life, from honing in on her home practice or visiting studios across the country. She was blessed to be raised in a household where getting on the mat every day was routine, and learning to meditate and be present were daily lessons. In her regular studio practice, she enjoys exploring different styles of Yoga including Bikram, Vinyasa, Power, and Buti.
Teaching Bikram-style hot yoga is one of her passions, and she practiced and studied consistently for over ten years. She recommends this style of yoga to any student who can benefit from a deep detox and focused moving meditation.
When she’s not in the studio, Kadecia enjoys going on adventures with her wife and twin boys. Kadecia works in digital advertising and enjoys studying how technology shapes the present and will shape the future. She’s a life-long learner and is always up to try something new.
Aly Woodard
Studio Website & Content Creator
In 2016, Aly started on a path to a healthier lifestyle that led her to yoga. As a corporate techie, she spent long hours sitting and turned to exciting modes of fitness to shift her perspective on health & wellness. A growing passion for pole fitness & strength training led her to Buti Yoga. She instantly fell in love with the movement styles of Buti and signed up for certification along with a 200-HR Yoga Alliance RYT. Aly began with no intention to teach – just a desire to deepen her own practice. Through months of training, she released some deep-seated fears and discovered a voice she never knew existed.
In life & in class, Aly strives to promote health, peace of mind, & self-love while offering a place for all to let go of their egos and fears. She encourages you to tap into your body and challenge the mind with each class.
She has also certified in Buti’s Hotcore, Sculpt, & Deep, Advanced Buti Yoga, and NASM personal training.
Aly loves spending time with her husband and dogs, listening to music, getting muddy obstacle course racing, and reading books.
