In 2020 Leslie Kaminoff, Lauri Nemetz and Lydia Mann joined forces to create movement-focused human anatomy dissection labs. With backgrounds in yoga, dance, bodywork, art, as well as anatomy and dissection, they bring the irreplaceable experience of exploring human forms as they relate to our moving, breathing bodies.
KNMLabs is aimed at yoga educators, movement & fitness professionals, bodywork & massage therapists. Our learning environment is designed with embodiment as a primary value so student interests guide our dissection sessions.
Our August 2026 labs just finished up with terrific feedback from our students.
It was the first year we held a 2-day pre-lab for experienced dissectors. It was fun and satisfying to get deeply into anatomical exploration as we produced a clean model for the new students to follow and expand on during the subsequent 5-day Layered Lab.
That hands-on, human anatomy lab attracted adventurous learners from diverse disciplines. If you’ve ever thought of learning more about your own or your clients’ anatomy, even if you’ve never held a scalpel, you will be provided with the support and training to skillfully immerse yourself in the endlessly amazing world of human anatomy.
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Lab Leaders
Laurice D. Nemetz, MA, BC-DMT, LCAT, ERYT500, C-IAYT
Lauri is an Adjunct Professor at Pace University, Visiting Associate Professor at Rush Medical and 2020 President’s award recipient for Outstanding Contribution. She is also a licensed Creative Arts Therapist, a member of the American Association for Anatomy, a board-certified member of the Academy of Dance/Movement Therapists, a certified yoga teacher at the experienced 500-hour level, a Stott Pilates instructor, a certified yoga therapist and an occasional kayak guide! She is a past president of the Yoga Teachers’ Association (YTA) and has taught international workshops in movement, yoga and anatomy for over two decades. Lauri graduated from Wellesley College (Art History and French), earned a Master’s degree in Dance/Movement Therapy (Psychology) from Goucher College, and has extensive postgraduate anatomy education.
She specializes in myofascial anatomy as well as being a lead dissector for the international team of the Fascial Net Plastination Project. She was past faculty for Anatomy Trains ® and assistant for AT Dissections ® (2011-2021). She regularly presents at conferences including the American Association for Anatomy, Experimental Biology, the Fascia Research Congress, the American Dance Therapy Association, and Movement: Brain, Body and Cognition Conferences (Oxford University; Harvard Medical), and loves teaching in yoga teacher training programs. Her workshops in both anatomy and movement have included locations in Canada, Brazil, Germany, England, Costa Rica, and across the U.S. She has a chapter on dance/movement therapy in the Creative Arts Therapies Manual and has published several articles throughout the years. Her book for Handspring Publishing, The Myofascial System in Form and Movement, is now available.
Lauri’s work and passion explores all aspects of movement and anatomy from the historical, practical to crossing disciplines. More info can be found on www.wellnessbridge.com
Leslie Kaminoff
Leslie is a yoga educator inspired by the tradition of T.K.V. Desikachar, one of the world’s foremost authorities on the individualized, breath-centered application of yoga for healing. Leslie is the founder of The Breathing Project, a New York City nonprofit organization dedicated to the educational enrichment of the yoga, movement and embodiment communities. An internationally recognized specialist with over 43 years’ experience in the fields of yoga and breath anatomy, Kaminoff has led workshops for many of the leading yoga associations, schools, and training programs worldwide. He has also produced and helped to organize international conferences and has actively participated in the ongoing national debate regarding certification standards for yoga teachers and therapists.
Kaminoff is the founder of the highly respected yoga blog e-Sutra, co-author of the best-selling Yoga Anatomy, and creator of a wealth of digital content, including the highly successful online courses at yogaanatomy.net. Leslie and his work and life partner Lydia Mann travel and teach together, residing in both New York City and Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Leslie’s personal website is yogaanatomy.org and his online educational community can be found at breathingproject.com.
Event Producer and Lab Assistant
Lydia Mann
Lydia is a multi-hyphenate worker: artist, designer, technologist, event producer, teaching assistant, and illustrator with a particular interest in human anatomy and how things fit together. She has studied dissection under Gil Hedley, Lauri Nemetz, and Leslie Kaminoff, as well as designed training materials for YogaAnatomy.net’s online Fundamentals course.
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The Myofascial System in Form and Movement, by Lauri Nemetz
In The Myofascial System in Form and Movement, Lauri draws from her extensive background in art history, myofascial movement, anatomical dissection and more to weave together the many facets of this evolving area in a visually rich and thought-provoking book.
Yoga Anatomy, 3rd edition, by Leslie Kaminoff and Amy Matthews
Since its release in 2007, Leslie Kaminoff and Amy Matthews’ Yoga Anatomy has sold over a million copies in over 24 languages and has been a valuable resource for practitioners and teachers of yoga and all other forms of healthy movement.
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