LORI FLOWER
Lori Flower is a dedicated and inspiring teacher and bodyworker, whose intuition flows, creating collective harmony through unique sequences. Every class and workshop she teaches is revitalizing and uplifting, sourcing from fountains of wisdom while rooted in the core of experience. She has 20 years experience practicing yoga and has been teaching yoga full time since 2000. Lori was Initiated in Reiki I & II in 1996 and in 1997, studied permaculture in Europe and the USA. In 1999, Lori "Flammer" 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.
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 a new daughter, Aura Zee. Flower remerged in 2011 and became certified to teach Level one Acro Yoga Montreal. In 2012, she completed her Level two training of Acro Yoga Mtl in addition to Level 1 and 2 training in Nuad Bo-Rarn Thai massage, through the Shiva Shakti school of Yoga and Healing Arts. 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. She is currently working on her one arm balances and hands free headstand.
Karmic Connection Yoga continues to evolve as a healing movement that encourages deep reverence for life, nature and interconnectivity through engaging yogic practices that help unravel our karma in uplifting, insightful ways.
