Marlene has been studying yoga since 1991 and teaching since 1998. She has completed more than two years of yoga teaching apprenticeship and continues to study with local and visiting senior yoga teachers. Her teaching inspirations have been Barbara Linderman and Karen Ufer.

After the birth of her first child in 2000, Marlene became inspired to share the benefits of yoga with pregnant women. She completed training in prenatal and postnatal yoga instruction in Seattle in 2001. Marlene's own study and practice of yoga during each of her three pregnancies, births, and postpartum periods have significantly informed her teaching. She is now working towards becoming a certified childbirth educator.

Marlene's experience includes teaching yoga for the University of Michigan Health System's MFit Program and the Lamaze Childbirth Preparation Association. She currently teaches classes at Yoga Focus in addition to her class offerings at Inward Bound.