The Yoga Loft Board Members, Consultants, and Key Volunteers
The board meets as needed, usually once a month.
Meet the Board Members
 Shelby Connelly has been practicing acupuncture in the North Country for almost seven years. She has a private practice and also treats patients at the Claxton Hepburn Medical Center and at the St. Lawrence County Addiction Treatment Center, both in Ogdensburg.
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 Cindy Cubley, a native of northern New York, has lived in Potsdam since 1981. She has been the Library Media Specialist at McKenney Middle School in Canton since 1983, and in the Norwood-Norfolk School District for two years prior to that. Cindy has two children: Joel, a doctoral student in Geology at the University of Calgary, and Erin, an Environmental Conservation major at the University of New Hampshire. Summers are happily spent at the family camp at Lake Ozonia. Cindy began Svaroopa yoga with Betsy Bommer and now attends classes with Rebecca Rivers at the Yoga Loft. |
 Tara Freeman came to the North Country in 2000, and began practicing Ashtanga yoga here in 2001. She has studied with several teachers and now practices Ashtanga primarily with Sarah Scafidi-McGuire. In addition to her yoga practice, Tara loves being in the outdoors, especially to go biking, cross country skiing and snowshoeing. She works as St. Lawrence University's photographer. Tara and her husband, Jeremy, live in Colton. |
 Pat Glover, secretary-treasurer of the board, is a long time resident of Canton. She completed her Certified Financial Planning studies through the American College, Bryn Mawr, PA. Prior to becoming a financial counselor, she worked as an arts administrator with Associated Colleges of the St. Lawrence Valley and the Community Performance Series. |
 Bruce Kenna has been a resident of the North Country since 1983. He teaches psychology, has worked in mental health and has been an individual, child and family counselor for nearly 30 years. He is the father of a daughter Ashley who practices counseling in the Capital District. Bruce has been doing yoga on and off for many years and found it beneficial to physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. He believes the Yoga Loft and its teachers to be an important resource to the community and would like more people to experience it for themselves.
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 Ruth Kreuzer , board vice president, is enjoying her retirement from St. Lawrence University where she taught Russian and courses on Russian literature and culture. She now offers workshops and courses for SOAR, a lifelong learning group sponsored by SUNY Potsdam. Ruth enjoys using her technical skills to create web sites and photo projects. She loves cats, digital photography, traveling, and family vacations with her husband, Jerry, and her two grown sons, Rob and Jon. Ruth has been 0
an avid student of Yoga at the Yoga Loft for many years. |
 Alison McGinn is program consultant for the Loft. She has taken yoga classes with a variety of teachers practicing a variety of styles for over 10 years. Recognizing the therapeutic qualities inherent in the practice of yoga, Alison began searching for a style of yoga that addresses the mind-body-spirit connection in a more direct way. This search led her to Phoenix Rising Yoga, a one-on-one process that combines elements of classical yoga and contemporary talk therapy based in "client-centered" principles of RogerianTherapy. She is now a certified Yoga Therapy Practitioner and Phoenix Rising Yoga Teacher. For more information about the Phoenix Rising approach visit www.pryt.com |
 Art Palmer, a native of Long Island, has taught high-school English at Brasher Falls for the past twenty-one years. He first practiced yoga with Betsy Bommer in the early nineties, and works with Rebecca Rivers now. He's looking forward to retiring, when he can indulge himself in his love of music and books...and whatever else may come his way.
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 Valerie Summer, board president, came from New Jersey to live in the North Country in 1973. She learned about life here as a dairy farmer and yogurt maker, first at Birdsfoot then at Meadowsweet Farm. In 1996 Valerie became a Licensed Massage Therapist and since then she has maintained a practice in Canton. Having done yoga in some form since high school, she is very happy about having a yoga center right here in our little town. Check out Valerie's web site at www.summermassage.com |
Meet the Consultants and Key Volunteers
 Sarah Scafidi-McGuire, Yoga Loft administrative consultant, receives phone calls and emails, keeps business records, and handles lots of other details for the Yoga Loft. She works closely with the teachers, board members and participants to help the Yoga Loft fulfill its mission smoothly and successfully. Sarah has been practicing yoga for more than fifteen years. She currently teachers Vinyasa and Gentle Flow yoga classes. Sarah's other passions include outdoor adventure and environmental education. She lives in a straw-bale house in Canton with her husband, Matt, and son, Griffin. |
 Suzan McDermott is the Yoga Loft volunteer coordinator. A native of Houston, Texas, Suzan has lived in the North Country for over 10 years. She is trained and attuned in both traditional Usui Reiki and in the non-traditional style founded by Diane Stein. She received much of her training through the WebPATH Center in Clyde, New York. She also received training with various Masters in Egyptian/Seichim Reiki, Kundalini Reiki, and Money Reiki as well as Full Spectrum Energy Healing. Suzan teaches and see clients at Our Greener Home in Potsdam and at the Yoga Loft. For more information, check her web site at www.thereikihealingcircle.com
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 Ellen Beeler maintains the Yoga Loft web pages. She has been involved with the Yoga Loft since it first opened, taking classes from several of the wonderful teachers. She began teaching at the Loft in 2007 after retiring from her job at the SUNY Canton computer department. |
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