Meet Our Staff

Mike Curtis - Founder, ERYT-500

Mike Curtis is an E-RYT-500, meaning that he is highly experienced, highly trained, and is certified to train other teachers. He founded The Yoga Place in 1995, and Yoga Central came later. With nearly 30 years of experience, The Yoga Place & Yoga Central are some of the longest running Yoga studios in Ohio, and many teachers in the Northeast Ohio area are diaspora who have been trained by Mike.

He has attended many Yoga teacher trainings as a student, has supervised many Yoga teacher trainings as a teacher, and has practiced Yoga in many countries. Mike believes that Yoga is an incredible tool for everyone’s spiritual journey, and that a regular Yoga practice is an enormous asset in self development. For Mike, learning is one of life's greatest excitements, and learning together is even better. Many adore his lighthearted, gentle, and accepting nature.

Mike is also very passionate about the arts, music in particular. He brings many musical performances to the studios, creating a community space to showcase all types of art, and he loves to integrate creativity into his classes.

Bob Bratton - RYT-500

Bob is a lifelong resident of Massillon. He attended Kent State University and graduated with the degree Bachelor of Fine Arts with a major in Studio Art - painting, drawing, and printmaking. He still paints and submits work to local shows. Bob began practicing yoga in 2001 at Sampoorna Yoga Center. He has completed three 200 hour teacher training certification programs, a 300 hour certification program, and is certified to teach chair yoga. Bob has been instructing Yoga classes since January 2009. He currently teaches a gentle/moderate level class at The Yoga Place at 9:30am on Tuesdays, three classes a week at the Massillon Recreation Center, and he teaches at both the David YMCA in Jackson Township and the Schalmo YMCA in Canal Fulton. From May to October, Bob offers a donation-based outdoor yoga class at Witwer Park. Bob does not teach with goats, cats, alpacas, or any other animals.

Carol and Chet Lenartowicz - Registered Yoga Teachers at Yoga Central, Canton, Ohio

Carol & Chet Lenartowicz - 200 RYT(s), Restorative, Partner, Yin, and Akasha Yoga certification, Reiki Master certifications

Carol and Chet are a husband-and-wife team dedicated to fostering holistic wellness through yoga and energy healing. Both 200-hour registered yoga teachers, they specialize in a variety of different types of yoga including Restorative, Partner, Yin, and Akasha. With a shared passion for guiding others toward balance and inner peace, Carol and Chet also hold Reiki Master certifications, allowing them to integrate powerful energy healing techniques into their teachings. Together, they create a nurturing space where students can explore gentle movement along with deep relaxation to help restore balance to both body and mind.

Off the mat, Carol and Chet have both held careers in education for over thirty-five years, and today they enjoy spending time with their three adult children. They also enjoy traveling, walking hand-in-hand, and appreciating life!

Corinne Zellers - ERYT-500

Corinne has been practicing and teaching yoga for over 20 years. Her very first yoga experience was at The Yoga Place in a vinyasa yoga class. She was hooked, and found herself attending class whenever she had the chance. She
completed her 500-hour yoga teacher training with Mike Curtis. Her favorite style of yoga to teach and practice is vinyasa. She enjoys sequencing yoga poses together, moving from one pose to the next with each breath. While she tends to teach more of a moderate flow vinyasa class, she offers modifications so that each student can make the class their own.

In addition to teaching yoga, Corrine is the Program Director of a Medical Laboratory Science program at Stark State College. She received her Master of Science degree from Akron University, and her undergraduate degree from KSU. While she enjoys teaching her profession to students, her greatest love is teaching yoga to all ages.

Donna Bishop - RYT-200

Donna Bishop describes herself as a recovering “stress-junkie.” She credits Mike Curtis and “free class” advertised on a sign as she drove by the Yoga Place as changing (maybe even saving) her life. She has found that yoga has brought the calm back to her life, especially during the busy times. She loves Hatha and Vinyasa Yoga the most as they keep her busy mind focused on the breath, body alignment, and in the moment. She has been a Yoga Place student for many years, and was in the very first class ever held at Yoga Central with Bob Bratton. She is a graduate of the 2018 class of 200-hour teacher training. Donna holds a doctorate of organizational leadership. She is a retired school principal, teacher and teaches future teachers and principals as a professor at the University of Mount Union. When not teaching Donna is doing something outdoors, reading, or spending time with her husband, pets, and family.

Jody Sivy - RYT-200

Jody is a resident of Louisville, where she and her husband raised 3 daughters. They enjoy “farming” on 5 acres, growing many vegetables and fruits, and raising their own chickens.

She attended college at Mount Union, where she received a degree in Medical Technology. She worked for 40 years in Laboratory Medicine, and now is the Hematology Supervisor at Salem Regional Medical Center.

Jody's love for science is balanced by an equal love for movement. Ballet was her passion, but she enjoys learning many forms of dance. She began teaching dance at age 16. Also, she was a floor coach for the gymnastics team for many years.

She was introduced to yoga and The Yoga Place in 1996. Yoga remains a mainstay in her life. In 2018, she completed the 200-hr Yoga Teacher Training program at The Yoga Place. Jody says, "What I have come to appreciate most is that yoga is a constant evolution involving body, mind, and spirit, and that it is adaptable to any person and any physical challenge or situation."

Jody’s style would be classified as Beginner/Moderate with a sense of gentle flow. The use of various props may be incorporated to aid in stability, flexibility, and sometimes even creativity! Her classes are accessible to all skill levels while still allowing freedom to explore some challenges.

Kathy Kelley-Zanzig - RYT-500

Kathy has been practicing yoga since 1998 and teaching since 2015. Her first class focused solely on breath practice, bringing a sense of peace and calm, and allowing an inward connection to true self. This is still her favorite aspect of a yoga class. Her yoga classes are a blend of styles, often incorporating mudras, breath practice, massage and somatics with asana, and exploring the qualities of the elements. She wishes for her students to leave class with bodies open, minds free, and hearts at peace.

Kathy has 500+ hours of training, including two 200 RYT trainings, Prajna Yoga with Surya and Tias Little, Five Element Yoga with Jennifer Reis, Divine Sleep Yoga Nidra with Jennifer Reis, and Restorative Yoga with Judith Hanson Lasater. As a lifelong learner, she is always evolving as both a student and a teacher.

Kathy is a retired engineer and expat. She has lived in Europe (Luxembourg) and Asia (Shanghai) and traveled to 25 countries. She loves being outside gardening, hiking, kayaking, paddle boarding, and blending an outdoor yoga practice with many of those activities. She also enjoys cooking, reading, museums, and concerts.

Kedric Wolfe - ERYT-500

Kedric Wolfe has been practicing, studying and teaching yoga for 35 years, and over that period of time has developed his own unique approach to both practice and teaching. His style is eclectic with strong influences of Hatha and the Ashtanga tradition, which he introduced at the Yoga Place upon his return to Canton from Los Angeles in 1996 after having stepped away from a long sojourn as an actor. His enjoyable classes are both gentle and challenging with no small measure of humor mixed in along the way. He likes to say, “Let’s begin with the bodies we’re in and go from there.” It is also worthy to note that he is the inventor and developer of the Great Yoga Wall, prominently featured both at the Yoga Place and now here at Yoga Central, as well as many other studios and homes throughout the world.

Kelly Senzarin-Kulik - RYT-200

Kelly has been practicing yoga for more than twenty years. Intrigued with developing a deeper
understanding of the practice and philosophy, she enrolled in 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training in 2019.
Kelly was introduced to much more than she could have ever imagined and realized she had so much more to learn. Kelly did not enter the training with the intention of teaching, but fate guided her to a new chapter of her life. She left her career in the steel industry and began teaching. She says she traded in her steel-toe boots for a Tibetan singing bowl. Kelly lives in Uniontown with her husband, son (when
he’s home from school at UC), and dogs Nike and Nugget.

Kristie Comsia - ERYT-500

Kristie blends her love for classical yoga and functional anatomy with a modern creative vision that goes far beyond the mat. Introduced to yoga at the age of four via her Mother and The Yoga Place, she’s spent decades practicing its principles. Kristie committed to the life of a full-time yoga professional after completing her degree in Education from Walsh University in 2011 and went on to study in Kripalu Methodology, Asheville Yoga Center, Shakti School of Ayurveda, Integrative Somatics, Mindfulness, Yoga for Youth and more. She is first and foremost a student and is currently training in Neurogenic Yoga and Trauma Releasing Exercises (TRE). As a mother, wife, friend and enthusiastic educarer, Kristie brings a practical, playful and wholly sincere approach to yoga teacher training.