Twin Pond Holistic Health Retreat: Health Practitioners

Health Practitioners at Twin Pond

Jennifer Steckler Jennifer Steckler teaches yoga and meditation classes in her private studio at Twin Pond Retreat. She runs Twin Pond Retreat, Personalized Holistic Health Retreats in Brookﬁeld, Vt. Jennifer created Twin Pond Retreat because she appreciates the value of holistic care. She aims to create an environment where a person’s entire being is nurtured to experience peace, harmony, and optimal health. Twin Pond Retreat is a place to rejuvenate and relax and also a place to address speciﬁc health needs. Jennifer aims to create a very personalized retreat experience for one to enjoy. Jennifer Steckler, given the name Jyotidhara by her yogic teacher, has been studying yoga and practicing meditation for 10 years. She has trained with teachers from around the world and did her intensive training with a yogi monk in Mexico where she studied aspects of astaunga, hatha, tantra yoga and meditation techniques. Jennifer teaches yoga for self-transformation. This practice explores the powerful effect yoga can have on the mind, body, and spirit. Biopsychology, the science of the mind-body connection, is an integral part of her yoga style. She teaches a gentle form of yoga which focuses on the breath and the inner effect of these postures on the body. A deep state of relaxation and rejuvenation can be experienced from this practice. Yoga asanas prepare the mind for meditation, elevating the mind so that we can experience a peaceful state of being. Jennifer teaches a simple meditation practice which uses visualization and breath to help guide the mind into a relaxed state of being. [show less] Jennifer Steckler teaches yoga and meditation classes in her private studio at Twin Pond Retreat. She runs Twin Pond Retreat, Personalized Holistic Health Retreats in Brookﬁeld, Vt. Jennifer created Twin Pond Retreat because she appreciates the value of holistic care. She aims to create an…[read more]
Dr. Christopher Hollis Dr. Hollis received a Bachelor of Science in Psychophysiology from Pennsylvania State University. After college he completed a six-year nationally accredited medical program and received a Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine and Master of Science in Oriental Medicine from the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon. Dr. Hollis treats acute and chronic illness utilizing western and Chinese herbs, acupuncture, homeopathy and clinical nutrition. A specialist in complementary and alternative medicine, he addresses a wide range of conditions in his general practice and is certiﬁed in Wilson’s Thyroid sydrome protocols. He has studied homeopathy in India and Chinese Medical Theory and Qigong in China. [show less] Dr. Hollis received a Bachelor of Science in Psychophysiology from Pennsylvania State University. After college he completed a six-year nationally accredited medical program and received a Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine and Master of Science in Oriental Medicine from the National College of…[read more]
Anjali Budreski Anjali Budreski has been in love with yoga since taking her first yoga class in 1994. Anjali’s practice blossomed from doing yoga on a small Southern Vermont farm in a one room cabin to teaching at a Burlington yoga studio. Passionate about sharing her love of yoga with others, she enrolled in Kripalu’s 200 hour teacher training, where she met Todd Norian, who later introduced her to Anusara Yoga. Since then, she has trained and practiced with a wide variety of Anusara teachers, and has completed a comprehensive 200 hr. Anusara Yoga Teacher Training with Deb Neubauer. She has studied Rajanaka Tantric Philosophy with Douglass Brooks and Paul Muller-Ortega. Anjali’s classes are powered by the beauty, potency, and alchemy of nature. Her sessions are both grounding and soul-lifting, guiding students to safely deepen their practice and open their hearts. [show less] Anjali Budreski has been in love with yoga since taking her first yoga class in 1994. Anjali’s practice blossomed from doing yoga on a small Southern Vermont farm in a one room cabin to teaching at a Burlington yoga studio. Passionate about sharing her love of yoga with others, she enrolled in…[read more]
Lisa Mase Lisa Mase is one of our wonderful cooks at Twin Pond Retreat. She is also available for cooking consultation during your retreat. [show less] Lisa Mase is one of our wonderful cooks at Twin Pond Retreat. She is also available for cooking consultation during your retreat.
Sandra Lory SANDRA LORY Sandra is a Folk Herbalist, Food Educator and Garden Consultant. At this time of important earth changes, she believes in the importance of locally sourced food and medicine, community education and empowering health care. Sandra received a Bachelor’s degree in Urban Social Ecology and Political Art from Hampshire College. Since moving back to Vermont in 2001 she has undertaken a rigorous ‘independent graduate’ study of healing the body with living plants and holistic care. Much of this learning has come, not always easily, through her body’s own illnesses and imbalances. Sandra has worked at Sage Mountain Herbal Retreat Center in Orange, VT for 7 years, and has a growing herbal practice in Barre, Vermont. Sandra’s primary teachers are: Folk Herbalist Luiza Maria Antao, Sandra’s grandmother from Goa, India; Rosemary Gladstar, Herbalist and Author; Amy Goodman Keifer, Herbalist; Guido Masé, Herbalist; Hadar Sarit, pracitioner of Five Element Japanese Acupuncture and Shiatsu; Josephine Spilka, Practitioner of Classical Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture; Atmo Abram, Astrologer and Herbalist; Rocio Alarcon Traditional Healer, Ecuador; Ms. Beatrice Waight, Traditional Mayan Healer and Midwife, Belize; Susan Grimaldi, Shamanic Healer; and of course, the Plants themselves. Sandra treats chronic and acute ailments using: Stress Relief Treatments of warm herbal oils, pastes, baths or steams; Astrological transit consultations; Healing Art; Recommendations of Whole Foods and Herbs; and Spirit Care using traditional healing techniques such as Plant Spirit Medicine and brushing with herb bundles. Plant Spirit Medicine is the old fashioned way of healing with herbs- an aware, reverent, direct and profound hands-on approach. We may sit and talk with a particular plant to ask for its guidance and healing. Interacting with the plants in this way goes beyond the daily dose of a plant from a bottle or jar. It opens the heart and senses so we may see the larger and deeper picture. Plant Spirit Medicine is often used in tandem with experiencing an herb through ingestion such as tincture, tea or capsule. I also offer Mandala Botanicals organic and wild crafted herbal remedies and/or teach you how to make your own for follow up care. Contact Sandra Lory: 6 Mt. King Run Barre, VT 05641 (802) 522-0243 mandalabotanicals@gmail.com www.vermonthealers.org [show less] SANDRA LORY Sandra is a Folk Herbalist, Food Educator and Garden Consultant. At this time of important earth changes, she believes in the importance of locally sourced food and medicine, community education and empowering health care. Sandra received a Bachelor’s degree in Urban Social…[read more]
Lydia Russell-McDade Lydia Russell-McDade is a certified Anusara-inspired Yoga Teacher, as well as a practicing herbalist and whole foods nutrition educator. She has been practicing yoga since 1996 and since 2001 has spent many hundreds of hours studying with various renowned Anusara teachers. Deeply influenced by Tantric yoga philosophy, as well as by the shamanic traditions of her own European ancestors, Lydia’s heart-opening teaching style is rooted in the cycles and rhythms of the Earth, and is a celebration of the delicious gift of embodiment. A poet and story-teller, Lydia uses her love of words, nature, and myth to illuminate her students’ asana practice as she weaves a web of rich metaphor and imagery to support and guide each student’s unique journey. Through a blend of precise alignment instructions and fluid posture flows, her playful, community-oriented classes inspire the student to discover his or her own potent source of grace, power, and radical freedom. [show less] Lydia Russell-McDade is a certified Anusara-inspired Yoga Teacher, as well as a practicing herbalist and whole foods nutrition educator. She has been practicing yoga since 1996 and since 2001 has spent many hundreds of hours studying with various renowned Anusara teachers. Deeply influenced by…[read more]
Emily Harvey Emily Harvey has been practicing massage for 5 years. She had her training in Integrative bodywork at the Green Mountain Institute for Integrative Therapy in Bennington, Vermont and the Algarve, Portugal. Integrative Bodywork addresses and integrates the physical, energetic and emotional levels. Many of the strokes are related to Swedish massage but acupressure and energy balancing techniques are also applied. On the physical level it releases muscle tension, increases circulation of blood and lymph and improves muscle tone. This creates a feeling of lightness and space in the body and increases ease of movement. The practitioner takes special care to always remain focused and truly present, creating a safe environment for healing and personal well-being. Emily has also had training in Miofascial Release, Thai Yoga Massage and Deep Tissue Therapy. The combination of these modalities translates to a massage that is simultaneously deeply relaxing and quite invigorating, with the added beneﬁt of targeted deep tissue therapy for speciﬁc ailments or injuries. Thai Yoga massage, which is a form of practitioner-assisted stretching, is often brought into a session allowing the client to feel a sense of lengthening and opening. The goal is allow the body to relax, heal and to attain a sense of ﬂowing wholeness. Emily also enjoys working with new mothers pre and post-partum, as well as helping mothers become comfortable with infant massage. [show less] Emily Harvey has been practicing massage for 5 years. She had her training in Integrative bodywork at the Green Mountain Institute for Integrative Therapy in Bennington, Vermont and the Algarve, Portugal. Integrative Bodywork addresses and integrates the physical, energetic and emotional levels….[read more]