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Art and Soul Space Instructors
Certified Yoga Teacher and artist
Jackie Kilroe
"It is wonderful to feel the wind, the ebb and sway of nature, and the vibrations of
the great old earth. It is in nature that I feel most at home and most at peace. This natural flow of the elements and the feeling of freedom when exposed to them is something I continually work to capture in my yoga practice and combine with my background in gymnastics, dance, and Pilates. In doing so, I create a space of gentle encouragement and challenging ease where we can ‘just be’ in the moment."
After practicing yoga for many years, Jackie completed her Hatha yoga certification in 2007 from Finding Inner Peace Yoga School and is currently pursuing her advanced certification. Her teaching focuses on Vinyasa flows ranging in level from beginner to advanced.
In addition to her passion for yoga, Jackie is equally driven to create art. Learning to paint from a young age under her father's guidance, she found inspiration in nature. Trained in oil painting at Walnut Hill School for the Arts she continued working in this medium throughout college while pursuing her degree in Anthropology and Literature from the American University of Paris. Currently, her work is with a range of mediums including acrylic, watercolor, pastels, and oil pastels to create abstract visions of flowers, landscapes and figures.
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Meditation teacher and psychotherapist
Lauri Klein
Lauri Kein, LICSW, is a Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience in psychotherapy and teaching. She has a private psychotherapy practice in Hingham, Massachusetts, where she works with individuals, couples and families. She has a subspecialty in Maternal Mental Health working with women expereincing Postpartum Mood Disorders, Miscarriage and other reproductive related issues.
Lauri Holds a certificate from "The Center for Mindfulness and Psychotherapy" based in Newton, Mass. She has also participated in workshops with Alice Domar, PhD, a pioneer in mind/body medicine for infertility.
She has been teaching Mindfulness Based Classes since 2003 and is practiced at creating a safe, supportive, and deeply engaging learning environment.
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Registered Yoga Teacher
Linda Storm
Linda became interested in yoga about 10 years ago, while working in Corporate America. She had always exercised to help relieve the stress and tension from her job, but as time went on her normal routine was not working. She constantly suffered from neck, shoulder, and lower back pain and often felt fatigued and depressed. Though massage therapy worked temporarily for her ailments it did not help her chronic conditions. After taking her first yoga class Linda noticed an immediate difference in how she felt both mentally and physically. As her practice continued her symptoms of stress slowly begin to fade. It was her yoga practice that motivated Linda to return to school where she received her M.Ed. in Health Promotion with a concentration in Exercise Science. When her current job situation changed, she decided to pursue her dream of becoming a yoga teacher and completed her 200 hour teacher training at Finding Inner Peace in 2007.
Linda has also studied with internationally known instructors Seane Corn and Richard Freeman. Her yoga education is on-going through the Kripalu Center in Lenox, MA.
She looks forward to helping you bring balance into your life through yoga and meditation.
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Certified Yoga Teacher and physical therapist
Marcela Heffron 
Marcela is happy to share her knowledge of yoga and Pilates with us. A native of the Czech Republic, Marcela also continues her physical therapy work here in the States. She also holds a Bachelor's Degree in Occupational Therapy. In 2003, she received a Pilates certification, which led her on to explore yoga. "I realized how much we need yoga as a way of life to keep our body and mind in balance."
So, as a way to deepen her practice and further her knowledge, Marcela went to the Big Island of Hawaii for a month to train for her 200-hour certificate through the Shambhava School of Yoga, a Yoga Alliance certified program. "Practicing yoga in Hawaii was such a gift, an amazing learning experience where I grew spiritually and physically." She brings this knowedge to her teaching, and further draws from her P.T. and O.T. therapy experience by modifying of varying postures, thus allowing beginner and advanced students alike to reap the full benefits of their practice.
Marcela also holds a specialty Certification in Prenatal Yoga.
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Certified Yoga Teacher and Reiki Master
Paula Parker
After attending her first yoga class two days after September 11, 2001, Paula had been suffering from post partum depression and anxiety. For that one hour in class, she escaped what was going on in the world and was able to relax, "just be", and center herself, with all that was going on around her. She emerged from class a calmer and more focused person: hooked on yoga and the mind/body connection.
"I continued practicing in a weekly class, but soon was seeking more time on the mat and more time learning about this fascinating method of mind/body/heart connection. Yoga also helped me, my siblings and family cope with caring for my mother when she was terminally ill, and in the aftermath of her death at a young age of 66." That summer, near a milestone birthday, it became clear to her that her life's purpose was to train as a yoga/meditation teacher and share this gift with as many people as possible.
Paula teaches a variety of classes each with week many different students, helping them bring peace and good health to their lives. At the 'Space, Paula teaches Pilates and Gentle Yoga. In 2005 she became certified to teach yoga through the Finding Inner Peace program. She has studied energy healing and earned her Reiki Master Level certification in May of 2007.
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