Facilitated Healing Center - A Yoga and Massage Studio in Cromwell, CT


	Laurie Sabourin (Kamala) is the owner and director of Facilitated Healing Center, and has been studying and practicing yoga since 1983. She has been a certified Kripalu Yoga instructor and a certified Shiva Rea Vinyasa Flow / Power Yoga instructor since 1996. Her years of experience has lead her to create her own unique style of yoga utilizing precise alignment techniques, some of which are her very own. Her teaching is very detailed to offer a safe yoga practice to her students. She also offers a structured progressive program so that students can progress from beginner level to Power yoga. Laurie is a member of the Kripalu Yoga Teachers Association and a Licensed Massage Therapist.

	Patricia DiFazio (Divya Jyoti) has been practicing yoga for 25 years and has been living a yogic lifestyle for the last 15 years. (She is a strict vegetarian, lives a simple lifestyle, follows the eight-fold limbs of yoga and does regular seva or selfless service) Patty has studied yoga with many of the great yogic masters of India. She has traveled to India seven times where she lived in an ashram. She was certified as a yoga instructor through the Yoga Institute in Houston, Texas and also through the Atma Vidya Ashram. Patty continues to study with her teacher Swamini Lalitanada of the Atma Vidya Ashram. It was her guru Swamini Lalitananda who gave Patty her spiritual name Divya Jyoti which means Divine Light. This personal, in depth spiritual teaching has prepared Divya to teach yogic philosophy and meditation techniques as well as lead asana.

Photo Coming Soon. . .	Lisa Eberhardt is a certified Kripalu yoga instructor. She also has completed a chakra yoga teacher training with Todd Norian. Lisa continues to pursue her love of yoga by taking several workshops / trainings each year. Her teaching style is influenced by the Anusura yoga style and encourages her students to be present in their bodies.

	Cleora Scott has been studying and practicing Hatha styles of yoga for over ten years. Starting with Kripalu style yoga before switching to Svaroopa (r) yoga, Cleora is registered as a 200 hour yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance, the national certifying organization for yoga instructors. She is more than half way to her 600+ hours Svaroopa(r) yoga instructor certification. Cleora is also a certified Reiki practitioner who specializes in healing therapy for companion animals, including use of Reiki, T-Touch and animal communication techniques. In addition to her weekly class, Cleora is available by appointment for private yoga and therapy sessions.

	Gia Khalsa has developed her own unique style of artistic expression using a spiritual, emotional, and eclectic blend of the ancient art of Middle Eastern belly dancing. She has studied ballroom and country western dance. Since 1996 she has studied belly dance from various teachers, workshops and videos. Because of her 30 year background in yoga, she resonated to this discipline and began teaching in 1997.