Kusum Institute

Specialties

Ashtanga, Mindfulness, Yin, Yoga Nidra, Meditation

History

Established in 2008.

Kusum Yoga Saco first opened in 2008 by Penny Clum as Saco River Yoga. This studio was the first location, inspiring the growth of the Kusum Institute into a new location called Kusum Yoga Scarborough. This warm and welcoming space will always hold a piece of our hearts. We offer yoga and workshops that enable you to live life with more ease — body, mind and spirit. All of our teachers practiced here as students and we offer several styles of yoga including Ashtanga, Mindfulness, Yin and Yoga Nidra. Come relax with us… there is a class for everyone!

Meet the Business Owner

Penny C.

Business Owner

Penny Clum’s background in engineering, biochemistry and education has fostered her interest in the connection between mind, body and spirit as well as holistic healing and Ayurveda. She fell into yoga as the result of a running injury and has been practicing and teaching ever since. Penny is fascinated by the overlaps in things that are typically considered opposites… science and spirituality, outer and inner experience, the physical and nonphysical and she loves sharing what she has learned with people.

Penny holds graduate degrees in both Chemical Engineering and Biochemistry and spent 16 years as an educator. She is registered with the Yoga Alliance as an experienced yoga teacher at the 500 hour level (E RYT-​500) and her yoga school is accredited with Yoga Alliance to train teachers at the 200 hour level. She has studied with David Swenson and Shelley Washington, Richard Freeman, Beryl Bender Birch, Nicki Doane, Dharma Mittra & Yogi Amrit Desai (Gurudev).