Fez Aswat (he/him)

Fez has been teaching yoga and meditation in the Boston area since 2000.  He views his yoga practice as both a natural extension of and a pathway back to his meditation practice which serves as the basis of his teaching.  He is a two time cancer survivor, a musician, a husband and a father. Fez has worked closely with his teacher, Tom Alden, for 15 years and has studied extensively with Barbara Benagh, Patricia Walden, Arthur Kilmurray and Jin Sung. 


During his Ashtanga and Vinyasa years, Fez taught at several reputable studios, including Back Bay Yoga and O2Yoga. He later taught for years at Down Under Yoga. For many years, he had the great privilege of subbing classes for his teacher, Barbara Benagh, which remains one of his favorite teaching experiences to date. Fez mentors a number of students and teachers, and has taught meditation and yoga to groups at various institutions and to diverse populations including physicians, med students, college students, dancers, choreographers, writers, musicians, business owners, social workers, cancer patients, trauma survivors and people in recovery from addictions. Currently, he teaches Insight Meditation and yoga at The Arlington Center for Yoga, Asana Charlestown, Bow St. Yoga, Laughing Dog Yoga, and Samara Yoga.

His work with The Lionheart Foundation is most meaningful to him.  Most recently, Lionheart asked Fez to develop a yoga curriculum for prisoners in solitary confinement in the California State Prison System.  The curriculum was sent out to thousands of prisoners and was well received by the men in the program. Previously, Fez led a meditation program for Lionheart's Power Source Video, which was a documentary-style teaching tool for youth at risk, students, staff, and social workers from diverse backgrounds filmed at ROCA in Chelsea, MA.  With Lionheart, he has also led meditations for teenage inmates at the Bay State Youth Correctional Facility.