The Yoga Loft Board Members, Consultants, and Key Volunteers
The board meets as needed, usually once a month.
Meet the Board Members
 Patrice LeClerc, Board President, teaches Sociology at St. Lawrence University. She has long been interested in health issues, particularly for women, and teaches several courses with health and medicine as the theme. Patrice also writes and teaches about social movements and public policies. In spare (?) times she enjoys hiking and canoeing. Yoga classes and practice keep her sane and de-stressed, as do walks and runs with her golden retriever, Carly.
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 Sarah Scafidi-McGuire serves on the Board as Vice President and also teaches several classes at the Yoga Loft, including Ashtanga/Vinyasa Yoga, Yoga for kids, and Yoga in the Park. Sarah came to the North Country originally in 1996, and returned 'for good' in 2004. She now lives with her family in an energy efficient home in rural Canton. She spends most days with her sons and enjoys the outdoors, especially to rock and ice climb. |
 Art Palmer, board secretary, is a native of Long Island. He taught high-school English for thirty-seven years, the last twenty-three at Brasher Falls. He first practiced yoga with Betsy Bommer in the early nineties, segued to Rebecca Rivers, and now works with Ellie Beeler. Now retired (!), he can indulge himself more in his love of music and books, exercise, yoga, meditation, and further progressions. |
 Pat Glover, co-treasurer, 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.
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 Esther Oey , co-treasurer, was raised in the North Country and returned after teaching middle school science and completing graduate school in Los Angeles, CA. Her first class at the Yoga Loft was Pregnancy Yoga when she was expecting her first child. She continued at various times with Svaroopa Yoga, Yoga for Parents & Kids, Community Yoga and Yoga in the Park while teaching Education at St. Lawrence University and then retiring from SLU to raise her growing family. She and her husband live in Canton along with their three children, who will sometimes enjoy doing yoga with (or on?) their mom before starting the day. |
 Alison McGinn Brant is yoga instructor and yoga therapy practitioner certified with Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy, and near the completion of her Kripalu 500 hour certification. She recently graduated with honors from SUNY Canton as a Physical Therapist Assistant. Professional organization memberships: Yoga Alliance, International Association of Yoga Therapists, Kripalu Teachers Association, American Physical Therapy Association. Insured. |
 Leah Rohlfsen teaches Sociology at St. Lawrence
University. Her areas of interest include aging and health. She has recently taught a social gerontology course that included a community based learning component, a course on women’s health and aging, and a course on sport in society. Leah, her husband, and their two dogs moved from Phoenix, Arizona to Canton two years ago. She enjoys hiking, knitting, camping, and spending time with family. She also had a lot of fun this summer with her first garden. She looks forward to more involvement in the community and learning about yoga and health in the North Country. |
 Jolene Carotenuto, a native of Rochester, NY, came to Canton in 2008. After moving several times in previous years, she is delighted to call the North Country 'home'. As a health educator and Registered Nurse, Jolene has had a long standing interest in women's and children's health care. She is currently pursuing a degree in Midwifery. In her free time Jolene enjoys yoga, running, cross country skiing, knitting and hiking with her partner Matt. |
 Valerie Summer 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
 Suzan McDermott is the Yoga Loft coordinator of volunteers. 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.
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 Ellen Beeler is the Yoga Loft Web Administrator and also serves as Program Consultant. She has been involved with the Yoga Loft since it first opened in 1999. She created the first Yoga Loft web pages and continues to maintain the web site. Over the years she has been a student in many classes at the Yoga Loft. In 2007 she became a yoga teacher herself and now teaches several classes. "Yoga has helped me become a happier, healthier and more balanced person in every respect." |
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