a Lori Flower is an inspiring teacher and Intuitive Healer and bodyworker. She offers unique flows in her Yoga sequencing. Flower been teaching yoga full time since 2000, having certified in Interdisciplinary yoga with Don and Amba Stapleton. Initiated in Reiki I & II in 1996 and in 1997.
Lori also studied permaculture in Europe and the USA. In 1999, she graduated from SUNY Purchase, with a BFA in Film/Documentary studies. After moving to Vermont and founding Sattva Yoga, Lori served as Yoga Instructor for ; UVM Physical Education and Medical Students, Champlain College, Charlotte Waldorf High School, Renaissance School, General Dynamics, YMCA, Yoga Vermont, Yoga Mountain Center, Montpelier Senior Center, Ayurvedic Center of VT, Sky Meadow Retreat Center, Dreaming Mountain Retreat and Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, Topnotch Spa, Tyler Resort and Green Mtn. Performing Arts Center, & Flynn Performing ArtsTheatre.
In 2004, Lori set sails for India to deepen her study of Yoga and Ayurvedic Massage. Feeling called to a deeper understanding of the natural world around her, Flower immersed herself a nine month Herbal Appreniticeship at Sage Mountain in 2006. After taking a hiatus from teaching in 2008 to immerse herself in homesteading and raising daughter, Aura Zee. Flower remerged in 2011 and became certified to Level 1 & 2 Acro Yoga through Acro Yoga Montreal. Flower also has completed 200 hours of Nuad Bo-Rarn Thai massage training, through the Shiva Shakti school of Yoga and Healing Arts and Lotus Palm School. In 2013, Lori completed Honey Badger Advanced Acro Yoga training, a 5 day residency which held the first ever Acro yoga Olympics, where Flower won first place in the women's category for the longest handstand hold.
Flower participated in the Acrogasm Intensive in Montreal in 2011 and Boston in 2015. In 2014, Flower has taught at Wanderlust Festival, NYC Acrofest and created the first ever VT Acro Yoga festival in July 2015. She Guides Thai bodywork & Acro Soul Magic workshops with Jeff Mandell at the Capital Flight Festival in Washington DC & NYC Acrofest, while and presenting "The Art of Inversions" at the Burlington Yoga Conference. They co-taught, choreographed and performed Acro Yoga dance at the Flynn theatre. They have also offered Community of Play Retreat with Embodiment Activist, Abbi Jaffe, at Dharma Door retreat. In 2017, Flower co founded and ran OM studio: a yoga and bodywork center in Montpelier VT.
Lori has experience in advanced Thai bodywork trainings through the Lotus Palm school, including Anatomy, Pre-natal & Elderly massage. Flower has experience working with kids through a Kids Yoga & Mindfulness Program at Edmunds Elementary School in Burlington. She has mentored for young girls~ "Earth girls" program at Earthwalk VT in the Fall of 2016 and is certified in Wilderness First Aid. Flower guides Yoga and Hiking Retreats in VT through the Green Mtn. Club, plus Acro Yoga retreats in beautiful settings.Flower relocated to Boulder Colorado in August 2018 and now teaches at Movement Climbing and Fitness Center and offers Thai massage at Boulder Nuad Thai Massage spa. She offers private sessions and workshops in Yoga, Acro Yoga and Thai bodywork. Flower is also a graduate student at Naropa, focusing on Wilderness Therapy.
Karmic Connection Yoga lives and breathes as a healing movement of conscious connection where we fully engage with life and each other in present, joyful, creative ways.
Together, We make it happen!
Lori also studied permaculture in Europe and the USA. In 1999, she graduated from SUNY Purchase, with a BFA in Film/Documentary studies. After moving to Vermont and founding Sattva Yoga, Lori served as Yoga Instructor for ; UVM Physical Education and Medical Students, Champlain College, Charlotte Waldorf High School, Renaissance School, General Dynamics, YMCA, Yoga Vermont, Yoga Mountain Center, Montpelier Senior Center, Ayurvedic Center of VT, Sky Meadow Retreat Center, Dreaming Mountain Retreat and Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, Topnotch Spa, Tyler Resort and Green Mtn. Performing Arts Center, & Flynn Performing ArtsTheatre.
In 2004, Lori set sails for India to deepen her study of Yoga and Ayurvedic Massage. Feeling called to a deeper understanding of the natural world around her, Flower immersed herself a nine month Herbal Appreniticeship at Sage Mountain in 2006. After taking a hiatus from teaching in 2008 to immerse herself in homesteading and raising daughter, Aura Zee. Flower remerged in 2011 and became certified to Level 1 & 2 Acro Yoga through Acro Yoga Montreal. Flower also has completed 200 hours of Nuad Bo-Rarn Thai massage training, through the Shiva Shakti school of Yoga and Healing Arts and Lotus Palm School. In 2013, Lori completed Honey Badger Advanced Acro Yoga training, a 5 day residency which held the first ever Acro yoga Olympics, where Flower won first place in the women's category for the longest handstand hold.
Flower participated in the Acrogasm Intensive in Montreal in 2011 and Boston in 2015. In 2014, Flower has taught at Wanderlust Festival, NYC Acrofest and created the first ever VT Acro Yoga festival in July 2015. She Guides Thai bodywork & Acro Soul Magic workshops with Jeff Mandell at the Capital Flight Festival in Washington DC & NYC Acrofest, while and presenting "The Art of Inversions" at the Burlington Yoga Conference. They co-taught, choreographed and performed Acro Yoga dance at the Flynn theatre. They have also offered Community of Play Retreat with Embodiment Activist, Abbi Jaffe, at Dharma Door retreat. In 2017, Flower co founded and ran OM studio: a yoga and bodywork center in Montpelier VT.
Lori has experience in advanced Thai bodywork trainings through the Lotus Palm school, including Anatomy, Pre-natal & Elderly massage. Flower has experience working with kids through a Kids Yoga & Mindfulness Program at Edmunds Elementary School in Burlington. She has mentored for young girls~ "Earth girls" program at Earthwalk VT in the Fall of 2016 and is certified in Wilderness First Aid. Flower guides Yoga and Hiking Retreats in VT through the Green Mtn. Club, plus Acro Yoga retreats in beautiful settings.Flower relocated to Boulder Colorado in August 2018 and now teaches at Movement Climbing and Fitness Center and offers Thai massage at Boulder Nuad Thai Massage spa. She offers private sessions and workshops in Yoga, Acro Yoga and Thai bodywork. Flower is also a graduate student at Naropa, focusing on Wilderness Therapy.
Karmic Connection Yoga lives and breathes as a healing movement of conscious connection where we fully engage with life and each other in present, joyful, creative ways.
Together, We make it happen!
" The yoga you teach restores my body and heart to it's native potential. " - KA
