Ann began with YogaFit Certification, a yoga fitness system that combines Hatha yoga with fitness movement.  Ann has also studied and practiced other forms of yoga including Ashtanga, Restorative, Vinyasa and Kundalini and has a strong sports background. 

Ann is also certified to teach Hatha Yoga.  Hatha is a system of yoga introduced by Yogi Swatmarama.  Hatha is what most people in the Western world associate with the word yoga and is most commonly practiced for mental and physical health.

Ann has managed restaurants for fifteen years, is raising two teenagers and understands the pressures of everyday life. She began Breathing Space Yoga because she recognizes the need for balance and rejuvenation. She has a genuine desire to teach the benefits of yoga and encourages students to go at a pace that is right for them.

Ann is honored to bring in teachers from all over to present master classes and specialized workshops in yoga, nutrition, wellness and holistic healing arts.

Lauri Bissonnette is a Certified & Registered Yoga Teacher (CYT & RYT) as well as a Reiki Master/Teacher & Shambalha Level II Practioner. 

Lauri began studying and practicing yoga in 2000.  As a wife and mother of two boys - the younger in little league, the older in college, Lauri welcomed calmness & balance yoga brought to her busy life.

By 2009, Lauri knew she was ready to deepen her yoga knowledge and bring its myriad benefits to others.  Combining her training as a Reiki Master/Teacher and Shambalha Level II Practioner, with her Hatha Teacher Certification, Lauri offers students a well-rounded understanding of yoga and energy-based healing arts, as she continues to deepen her personal practice and expand her studies of Shamanisn & Sufi philosophy.

Reiki & Shambalha modalities work primarily with the seven major chakras (spinning wheels of energy along the spine) that pulse within the physical body. Practitioners have awakened the ability to amplify and direct universal life-force and use it to assist others to heal.  Healing energy is transferred to a person by the light placing of the hands on various parts of the body. 

Treatment is safe, non-intrusive, and non-manipulative; no substances are applied to the body and the recipient remains fully clothed.  During a full session, the practitioner directs healing energy to several areas of the head, the upper body, from neck to pelvis, and the back, from shoulders to tailbone. 

Call Laurie for more information or to schedule an appointment.