Karen Dyer directs the group fitness, personal training, senior exercise, and aquatic exercise programs at the Dayani Center. Karen’s passion is helping people achieve wellness as a lifestyle, from childhood on, and also helping them achieve body acceptance -- realizing that there is no one perfect body size. She received her M.S. in Exercise Science and Health Wellness from Arizona State University. She is certified by ACE, AEA, AFO, and in CPR.

In addition to her role at the Dayani Center, she serves as the fitness director for Girl Force, an adolescent wellness program, an ACE faculty member, and as a national presenter for the AHPERD and ECA conferences. She is a published author and has received more than fifty dance and aerobic awards. Karen was mostly recently nominated by the National American Council on Exercise as Group Fitness Instructor of the Year.