POSABILITIES

Leah is a guest teacher for The Tula Institute of Yoga - Yoga Teacher Trainings.  Leah Boyd is a certified trainer with the International Center for Nonviolent Communication and holds a BS in Education.  She is a professional mediator, group facilitator and communication skills trainer. With a diverse background including special education, human resources and professional music, Leah brings wide personal experience to her work.

Leah trusts the creative potential that is unleashed when all voices are heard and all needs are considered within a supportive structure, allowing creative tension to become a source of creativity.

In addition to serving private clients, Leah has served as a mediator for the Maine Department of Education as well as the Maine District Court System in Family Matters cases. She has also served on the Board of Governors for the Maine Association of Mediators.

Leah enjoys offering facilitation and training for a wide range of groups and organizations including colleges, associations, boards and workplace

Katey, owner and founder of Posabilities, offers physical therapy services, yoga classes, yoga therapy, and Thai yoga massage at Posabilities.  Katey is also the founder and lead trainer of the Tula Institute of Yoga, and the founder of Sen Thai Yoga.  

EDUCATION and TRAINING

Katey has a Masters of Science, Physical Therapy from Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA and a Bachelors of Science, Physical Education / Sports Management from the State University of New York at Cortland College, Cortland, NY.  Katey has been practicing as a physical therapist for the past 20+ years.  She received her 200 hour Yoga Teacher certification from the Shala Institute of Yoga in Bridgton, ME and her Advanced Teacher of Therapeutic Yoga Certification from Integrative Yoga Therapy.  She is an Experienced 500 hour Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT500), and a Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT) through the International Association of Yoga Therapists.  Katey has studied Thai Yoga Bodywork, and Advanced Thai Yoga Medical Massage with Shiva Shakti school of Yoga and Healing arts in Union, Maine , and the Thai Healing Arts Training Center in Westminster, Colorado.

PHYSICAL THERAPY

As a Physical Therapist of 20+ years, Katey has an aptitude for listening to her clients, working with each client to understand their unique challenges, and supporting them in healing.  To support this healing Katey uses hands-on manual techniques, well thought out home programs and exercises that become each patient’s toolbox for self-care, and education that gives patients the skills to continue to heal themselves between sessions and beyond.

YOGA THERAPY

As a Yoga Therapist Katey recognizes that there are many paths to healing and the benefits of addressing all levels of the individual.  During Yoga Therapy sessions Katey guides clients in observing not only the sensations of the physical body, but also the energy of the breath, and patterns of the thoughts and emotions that may be influencing the challenges that they may be presenting.  Based on clients observations that unfold Katey offers Yogic techniques to promote balance, healing, and an increased sense of ease in mind, body, and spirit.

YOGA

As a Yoga teacher Katey teaches a spectrum of Yoga classes from mindfulness, Yin, and therapeutic yoga to vigorous flow yoga.  In every class, Katey strives to provide an environment where all students feel supported.  Katey uses her in-depth knowledge of the physical body to observe student’s individual needs and keep them safe while finding a balance between offering instruction, and allowing students to feel and explore the postures on their own.  As a result of this guidance and support, Katey’s intention is to enable students the opportunity to experience the many benefits of yoga at all levels of their being. Katey is the founder and lead teacher of Tula Institute of Yoga and is a Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider (YACEP).

I’m Nichole Fairbanks and I’m passionate about helping others feel their best. I discovered yoga many years ago and always enjoyed the elated way I felt during and after each class. More recently, I have practiced yoga to help keep my body, mind and spirit in balance. A few years ago, I realized that I wanted to learn to teach yoga so that I could share this practice with others. Knowing how yoga improved my own life, I wanted everyone to enjoy all the benefits of yoga too.

Shortly after discovering I wanted to teach yoga, I began my 200 hour Yoga teacher training at the Maine School of Yoga with Tisha Bremner in Lewiston, ME and graduated in June of 2019. I have also taken a 20 hour Yoga Nidra certification with Robin Ivy-Patton at Tula/The Breathing Room, and a 30 hour Yin Yoga and Meditation training with Sagel Urlacher at Greener Postures in Falmouth, ME. 

As a Licensed Massage Therapist (LMT) for more than 15 years, I enjoy helping others find ways to relieve stress, tension, pain, and to find relaxation and peace of mind. I love energy work as well, I am Reiki I and II certified by Patricia Keene, at Oakledge Polarity. I’m also a Certified Polarity Practitioner through SpaTech Institute. 

I am looking forward to sharing different forms of yoga with others, such as Hatha, Vinyasa, Restorative, Yin Yoga and Yoga Nidra. I believe yoga can help people discover the amazing healing potential that we all have within ourselves. There is no need to be “flexible” or “perfect” in yoga, every body is structured differently and everyone will be at different levels, and I’m here to say that is OK! What’s most important is that you show up on your mat, take time for yourself, and BREATHE. I hope to make yoga accessible to anyone who is interested in benefiting from this wonderful practice. 

Elizabeth Klose Hartford is an LCSW originally from Red Hook, NY. She moved
to Woodstock, ME from the Augusta area in 2018 and earned her 200 hour YTT
certification this past September. Elizabeth is excited and grateful to teach
yoga locally. She finds peace in nature hiking, gardening and mountain biking
with her husband Lucas.

Susan participated in her first yoga class when she was eighteen.   Through the years her practice was inconsistent until she moved to Virginia in 2012.   When she moved back to Maine, yoga continued to be an important part of her life.  Susan decided to enroll in yoga teacher training and graduated in May of 2018 from the Tula Institute of Yoga.  That was just the beginning...  She has continued her yoga education: ChildLight Yoga ®, Yoga and Mindfulness for Children in Dover, NH, Spring 2018; Certificate of Achievement in Movement in Stillness:  A Restorative Yoga Immersion, October 2018; Curvy Yoga ® certification November 2018.

Susan strongly believes that anyone can do yoga.  Having lived in the Oxford Hills most of her life, Susan welcomes old friends and new to Posabilities Yoga Studio to experience personallythe benefits yoga practice.