Our Team & Instructors

Co-Founder & CEO

Nicole

Nicole Best has been a Registered Nurse for almost 30 years.  She loves working with people and bringing people together working Army and Civilian medicine focusing on health, wellness and goal setting.

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Co- Founder & CEO

Kim

Kim Bauer is a retired nurse practitioner and Army Veteran. Since her teen years, her hobby has been in horticulture. Kim has a passion to raise, propagate and nurture plants of all kinds.  Plants offer a kind of therapeutic relaxation and mental wellness. She is a Master Gardener through Cornell Cooperative Extension.  

Dharma Yoga Certified Yoga Instructor

Betsy

Betsy brings 50 years of personal yoga practice to the yoga studio. She offers yoga classes for any ability from beginner to advanced, in addition to meditation and restorative yoga instruction.“Yoga is for everyone, no matter how young or old, how flexible or stiff; yoga movement benefits everyone.” For her, yoga is only part of a healthy lifestyle, along with a clean plant-based diet and other regular exercise such as walking, biking and gardening. But, it is a large part! “My yoga practice has saved me more than once from unnecessary suffering; always serving to remind me to return to my breath and to be present no matter the chaos going on around me.”

Certified Sound Healer 

Michelle

Michelle is a certified sound healer with singing bowls, turning forks, and other instruments and a Happiness Advantage Practitioner. Her expertise also includes Rahanni Energy Healing and Functional Nutrition Education. 

Michelle is currently working on becoming certified as a Neural Linguistic Practitioner and a Life/ Health coach. 

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Certified Reiki Instructor

Doris

Reiki (ray-key) is a healing modality in which the trained practitioner focuses the Universal Life Force Energy that is all around us through the hands to the client from head to toe.  

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Tai Chi Instructor

Betsy M

Betsy is a certified Tai Chi Instructor ​

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Yoga Instructor

Jean

Jean is a Breathing Deeply yoga therapist, Kripalu yoga teacher, Breath, Body, Mind teacher and an Experienced/Registered yoga teacher with the National Yoga Alliance.  Jean specializes in accessible and therapeutic yoga.  

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Health & Wellness Instructor and Life Coach

Tom Coloney, ACSM, NASM

Thomas Coloney is a certified personal trainer and corrective exercise specialist. With a passion for sports, weight lifting, and a love of cooking, Thomas has many years of experience creating routines that actually work! 

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Visit His Website: Bones Nutrition & Training

Botanical Dip Dye & Eco Printing Instructor

Susan Haldemam

I have a crazy love for textiles. After thirty years of working in the textile art industry, I continue to explore traditional and sustainable ways to incorporate texture, pattern, and color with natural fibers. I gain inspiration from a combination of teaching, wonderful people in my life, my obsession with antique fabrics and objects, and my interactions with the natural world surrounding me. Settling in NNY and Sackets Harbor provides me with an endless supply of beautiful materials growing outside my back door…it doesn’t get better than that!

Day Yoga Instructor

Kate

Kate completed her RYT 200 training in 2011 and has been teaching yoga since then both in North Carolina and New York.  Her desire is to inspire students by creating an inviting, energetic vibe that enhances yoga practice on and off the mat.

With her passion for Yoga, as well as a lighthearted sense of humor, she hopes that her students will gain increased strength, flexibility, and pain relief. She strives to develop a deeper connection with self, Yoga and the present moment that can be applied on and off the mat. 

Her light and caring approach, eases and inspires, ultimately cultivating a community of laughter, kindness, strength, and joy.