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Lotus Palm Thai Yoga
Often described as assisted Hatha Yoga, this well-respected and proven healing art born in the temples of Thailand has roots in both the ancient healing traditions of Ayurveda and Thai Buddhism. Using his or her hands, feet, arms, and legs, the practitioner gently guides the recipient through a series of yoga postures, creating a harmonious and therapeutic “dance,” which leads to greater physical awareness, grace, and spiritual energy.
60 minutes: $90
90 minutes: $120
Practitioners:
Annie Foster
A lifelong Southern belle, Annie moved to New York several years after earning her B.A. in theater from Christopher Newport University. She found herself delving deeper and deeper into her personal Yoga practice as a way to navigate post-college life and achieve balance, spiritual awakening, and flexibility of body and mind. In 2010, Annie discovered the Lotus Palm Thai Yoga Massage school and began studying under and assisting Jyothi Watanabe at Integral Yoga, eventually receiving her essential certification. Annie also holds a 200-hour certification through Sonic Yoga, a Kids Yoga certification from Shari Vilchez-Blatt and Karma Kids Yoga, and a Prenatal certification from Karma Kids’s Prenatal/Postnatal expert Juliana Secches and has, most recently, been certified to teach Postnatal and Baby Yoga through Esther Jyothi Larson’s “Yoga Mom, Buddha Baby” program. A resident of Astoria, Annie is thankful to be spreading the metta-ful practice of Thai Yoga Massage at IYI, her Thai Yoga Massage home.
Buffie Roseanne Gilbert
Buffie Roseanne Gilbert has been practicing Yoga for the past 15 years and received formal training in Hatha and Ashtanga Yoga in Maharashtra, India, at Yoga Vidya Gurukul, in 2007. Her love of Yoga, meditation, and compassionate touch led her to begin her study of Thai Yoga Massage, in 2010, at the Lotus Palm School of Montreal, via Integral Yoga. Buffie is also an actively performing musician, writer, and multimedia visual artist.
Kimberly Ross
Kimberly Ross is an ARCB-certified reflexologist who has successfully introduced and practices the holistic arts in the corporate world as well as in her private practice. She is also an Usui Tibetan and Karuna Reiki master and a Thai Yoga practitioner.
Masami
Originally from Japan, Masami encountered Yoga while living in New York City and working in the fashion industry. Although her lifestyle was hectic, she learned that the practice of Yoga gave her a sense of calm and peace that she had been unable to find elsewhere. She completed her teacher training with Yoga to the People to augment her knowledge and practice of Yoga. Then she discovered Thai Yoga Massage at Integral Yoga Institute. She had a profound experience and became acquainted with something from her inner self known as metta, or “loving-kindness.” Now, as a Yoga instructor and Thai Yoga Massage practitioner, she offers people a simple message that often seems difficult to comprehend: deep love and peace exist within each of us.
Shizu Homma
Shizu experienced benefits and enjoyed partner stretching while studying Body Weather, a Japanese method for preparing the body for dancing. In 2008 she began to study Lotus Palm Thai Yoga with Jyothi Watanabe at IYI and was certified in 2009. She is also a student of Ohashiatsu and Yoga, as well as a Yoga instructor, certified in 2006 by Sadie Nardini and in 2007 to teach Yoga to children and teens K‒12 by Asana Alphabet. Shizu is a believer in noninvasive healing methods and body‒mind practice.
