Lerna has been offering training in dance, improvisation, creativity development, choreography production, and creative dance instructor training to various age groups in schools, art workshops, and artist residency programs in Turkey and worldwide since 1997. Throughout this time, she has joyfully observed that participants’ relationship with dance has led to the development of their physical potential, mental well-being, and ability to connect with life, further enriching this relationship over time

In doing so, she has come to realize that a different approach to dance and dance education is possible—one that transcends the class-based, social, and gendered stereotypes dominating traditional perspectives, such as the notions that talent is mandatory, dance is exclusive, or that it is inappropriate in certain contexts. To share the benefits of her work with a wider audience, she began offering instructor training programs in 2015 and established a formal institutional presence by founding Mudita dans/moves in 2019. Throughout this journey, she continues to collaborate with like-minded instructors and artists.