Balance Yoga

Hi! My name is Abbey, and I have been practicing yoga for the past 7 years. I am currently in the YTT program through Sangha Studio in VT, graduating in early June 2021. Yoga enriches my life deeply, and helps me cultivate a healthy mind and body. I believe yoga is beneficial for each and every being, and I strive to incorporate my love for the practice in all of my classes. I grew up in Southern Vermont, and graduated from the University of Vermont in 2018 with my Bachelors in Nursing. I have been honored to share teachings from the yoga practice with my coworkers and patients, and am so excited to now teach at Balance Yoga. 

Lynn, co-owner of Balance Yoga, 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 the Himalayan Institute, Trainings in Singing Bowls and Gong including Gong Summit Master Classes, Dig Deeper Studies (exploring sound) and 9Ways Academia Gong Camp, 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.

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. 

Ginger like her name is a spicy, multifaceted yoga therapist with an insatiable desire to serve others. She is a teacher of Universal truths and holds teacher certifications in multiple lineages and styles.  Ginger’s classes are designed to help people find their strength, balance and inner peace. She draws upon her deep knowledge of yoga, her keen observation skills and her heart-felt desire to help others to create classes that improve both physical and emotional health. Ginger was the first yoga teacher to work in Behavioral Health as a contractor in the U.S. Army.  Through personal experiences and working with individuals who have experienced trauma, she learned that yoga can be utilized to push through, soften into, and to let go so that people can be their best selves. After years of watching others awaken and heal as a result of yoga, Ginger became a registered school with Yoga Alliance and now offers 200-hour teacher trainings.

Ashley Hodgetts is a registered nurse, certified health coach and certified breathwork facilitator with a mission to shift the way we look at health. Since becoming a nurse eight years ago, Ashley has worked with patients to be reactive to their health concerns and diagnoses. Over the past three years, she has made the shift to helping people proactively pursue their health.

As a health coach, she meets clients where they are at, and guides them to where they want to be in regard to the pillars of health. She coaches clients through movement, fitness plans, nutritional guidance, stress management and behavioral changes. She integrates guided breathwork as a modality for healing, self-awareness and expansion. Ashley believes you’re your health deserves a holistic, individualized approach to optimize the power within you. 

When she isn’t coaching or guiding people through their breath, you can find Ashley outside playing with her two little girls, hiking or biking with her husband or on the roads training for a race. 

By working with Ashley, you can expect support, accountability, compassion, fun, growth and expansion. True transformation happens at the intersection of pain and love, let’s do it together!

Interested in knowing more? Check out her website: www.fittogetherwellness.org

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’s classes will inspire you with deep teachings of yoga philosophy skillfully woven throughout her classes. She compassionately guides you so students feel welcomed, supported, safe and valued, keeping the teachings accessible to a wide variety of students. 

Joann has been teaching Hatha Yoga and Yin yoga since 2017. She is a  E-RYT® 200 hour, RYT® 500 hour, YACEP® Certified Yoga teacher. Joann also brings 16 years of Personal training experience, specializing in pre & post rehabilitative work, to her instruction. She holds an ACE Personal Training certification and is a Balanced Body pilates instructor. 

Joann’s work with people who want to grow from stress and injury calls her to regularly increase her knowledge. She continues her studies in pain science; yoga philosophy; trauma healing; fascia studies; biomechanics and neurobiology. Joann is also a certified TRE provider (Tension & Trauma Release Exercise) and assists at TRE® provider Level 1&2 certification training programs. 

Joann has 3 teenagers and enjoys foraging in the woods, paddling, and anything in the snow and cold (including yoga)! 

In her words, “Yoga is my path for growing myself up. By cultivating awareness, acceptance, and aligned action, I am better able to care for my heart, body, and mind and I aim to share these gifts in my teaching. When I first began yoga in my 20s it was for the challenging movement practice and included some weird breathing. Although I thought yoga was exercise, I now see how incredibly diverse, healing, and accessible yoga can be.”

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.