Balance Yoga

Christina Lacroix has been a certified Hatha yoga teacher since 2016 and has been a licensed massage therapist for over 10 years. Her classes infuse yoga practices with mind, body, and life integration, while creating a sacred space to open up and let go. Christina’s intention is to inspire those around her with positive energy and guide students to find their inner peace with grace and compassion.

Lynn, co-owner of Balance studio, is a 500 hr RYT with a passion for yoga and empowering students and clients in personal healing / health. Lynn’s practice began many years ago with meditation and was followed by her yoga practice which was self study. Her yoga practice was truly enriched when she went from self study to studio practice. Enlivened by community and strengthened by various teachers whose styles and refinements continued her growth, Lynn views yoga as one of the best forms of health insurance.

Her certifications and trainings include: 200 hour yoga teacher training at Himalayan Institute, Advanced Singing Bowls, Gong Training as well as Gong Summit Master Classes (Mitch Nur, Mike Tamburo, Michael Bettine, Jens Zygar, Sheila Whitaker), Reiki level III, 300 hour teacher training at ShivaShakti, and Tuning Fork training with John Beaulieu,

In addition to her interest in sound work and teaching all levels classes, Lynn seeks to find ways to make yoga accessible to the apprehensive, believing that everyone can benefit greatly from improved balance, flexibility, and relaxation for mind, body, and spirit. She has worked extensively to create chair yoga classes where students get all the yoga with options that eliminate the floor (stress on knees, wrists, and transitions) and keep the standing poses (though allowing options for support if needed).

Lynn's sound therapy work (with singing bowls, tuning forks, gongs and more) includes one on one work,  sessions for 2, and sound immersion for groups.   Contact her at balanceyogavt@gmail.com for immersion events, restorative with sound, and private/group sessions.

As a professional artist, teacher, 200-hour certified Kripalu yoga instructor, and a depth-oriented psychotherapist, Megan Bisbee is passionately dedicated to an exploration of the relationship between creativity, contemplation, the unconscious, and psychological health and wholeness. Megan has practiced yoga and meditation for over two decades, and has taught art, yoga and mindfulness for almost as long. She received a Masters in counseling psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, CA in 2017 and is now licensed in the state of Vermont as a clinical mental health counselor. Along with teaching workshops and making art in her own studio, Megan currently sees clients in private practice in Montpelier. 

Sage believes in the healing power of yoga, through a practice of energy observation and movement. She received her 200-hour teaching certificate through Sangha Studio in 2018. Sage weaves intentional themes, precise anatomical cues, and heart into her classes, and highlights the opportunities to play and explore in the body in a safe and encouraging way. 

Lee has been practicing yoga since 2001. Health issues originally brought Lee to the practice of yoga. She believes the body has the power to heal if we slow down enough to given it a chance.

In 2012, Lee completed her 200-hour yoga teacher training at UVM with John McConnell. She continues to study Principle-Based Partner Yoga™ with Elysabeth Williamson and has completed both Bodhi & Mind Yoga training and Level I Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy training.

Lee enjoys incorporating class themes and great music to help students gently move, flow and let go. She encourages the use of yoga props to ease students into more challenging postures and often adds a partner yoga or group pose to classes for added fun. You can expect a class that focuses on alignment and letting go, incorporating effort and ease as you rest and breathe in a safe place that is most comfortable for you. Check your ego and your busy day at the door!

Besides teaching at Balance Yoga, Lee teaches yoga at “MMU After Dark”. Lee is the original organizer behind the free, annual community yoga event in Burlington, “Yoga On Church Street”. She lives with her husband Luke and her basenji-lab mix Parker in Richmond.

Lauren Goldstein is a yoga instructor currently residing in Vermont. Teaching since 2013, her knowledge and training are based in Vinyasa lineage with growing insight in Yin, Restorative Yoga, guided meditation and Yoga Nidra (yoga sleep). Lauren is also a certified Reiki practitioner.

 Lauren combines alignment-focused sequences with breath work to create a joyful practice. With tapas (determination) and santosha (contentment) any person can experience focus within the body and quiet in the mind. Lauren’s goal is to create these moments, from deep backbends to sweet restorative meditations. She believes in the power of internal work and knows the healing shifts of self-love. By uniting her Reiki training with yoga, Lauren generates healing space for others.

Joann discovered Asthanga yoga in her 20s. She continued practicing in this style until it became unsustainable during her first pregnancy. After the birth of her first child she began her personal fitness business while dabbling in various local yoga classes. Knowing yoga would bring balance to her fitness training and her clients she found an alignment based practitioner trained in the Anusura style. In 2012 a viral illness changed Joann’s life course. Recovery meant leaving her fitness business and she sought refuge in yoga. Anusara’s heart centered and alignment based classes offered a space for healing. When Joann studied Ashaya Yoga with Todd Norian, she found the fuel to boost her healing to the next level. Joann graduated from her 200 hour training with Todd Norian in the spring of 2017. Joann teaches Ashaya Yoga and Yin yoga in Vermont. Joann holds Personal Training certification through the American Council on Exercise and is a Balanced Body pilates instructor. Joann is a TRE provider (Tension & Trauma release exercise). She is a 200 hour RYT Certified and Licensed Ashaya Yoga teacher currently studying for her 500 hour certification.

Page began practicing yoga for the physical benefits of flexibility and strength to compliment her running, but over time her practice has evolved into an exploration of self love. She completed her 200 hour certification in May 2015 with Laughing River Yoga, and is registered with Yoga Alliance. Off the mat Page enjoys hiking, running, reading, and knitting. She lives in Jericho with her husband, Jake, and is studying at UVM to become a nurse practitioner.