The Yoga Loft Board Members, Consultants, and Key Volunteers
The board meets as needed, usually once a month.
Meet the Board Members
 Shelby Connelly Fisher, board president, 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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 Pat Glover, 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. |
 Art Palmer, board secretary, is a native of Long Island. He 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. |
 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. |
 Ruth Kreuzer, 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 an avid student of Yoga at the Yoga Loft for many years.
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 Patrice LeClerc 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. |
 Sarah Scafidi-McGuire serves on the Board 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. |
Meet the Consultants and Key Volunteers
 Rebecca Pickens, administrative consultant, answers your phone calls and emails and provides administrative support for the Yoga Loft. Rebecca moved to the North Country in 2005. She is an herbalist and owner of Mind’s Eye Farm and Herbary where she and her husband produce organic herbal goods. Rebecca has studied with herbalists Rosemary Gladstar and Dr. John Christopher. She is a member of the New England Herbalist Association (NEHA) and United Plant Savers (UpS). She is the mother of two boys, Elias and Josiah. |
 Alison McGinn is the program consultant for the Yoga Loft. She 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.
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 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 Yoga Loft Web Administrator. 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 taken classes from several of the wonderful instructors. 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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