Esthetics

Dorri Michaud, NC#E5618

Dorri's commitment to health and wellness and the environment has guided her passion to the many disciplines related to integrative healing. She has studied and trained in a multitude of holistic healing techniques, including Ayurvedic healing, yoga and meditation in Tulam Mexico, Toronto Canada and Ashville NC. She graduated from the prestigious Aveda Institute in Chapel Hill NC, where she received her certification in estheology. For the past twenty years she has been a business entrepreneur and owner of a successful environmental energy services company-Conservation Station Inc. Recently, her pursuit has been the founding of The Skin E Spa located inside Back Solutions Chiropractic & Wellness Center. Through teachings and experience she believes that our mind, body and spirit work in concert to reveal the true self.It is her mission to apply the many disciplines of integrative healing to refresh, renew and rebuild those components of your true self.

Hypnotherapy

Alan Konell, M.S.W

Alan Konell, M.S.W is a Certified Trainer in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and has been a clinical instructor at the University of North Carolina Medical School. In addition to leading credentialing programs in NLP, he has offered seminars in strategic psychotherapy, hypnotherapy, relationships, emotional healing and personal transformation. Known for his ability to create accessible solutions for seemingly complex issues, he makes the difficult simple while turning limitations into possibilities. Alan’s engaging and entertaining style makes learning easy and fun. He is the author of Partnership Tools: Transforming the Way We Live Together and is currently completing his second book, The Self-Love Cure: The One Thing Anyone Can do to Heal Physical and Emotional Pain . His “Maximum Test Performance” program has dramatically helped many students improve their test scores in class exams, standardized tests and professional boards.

Yoga

Sage Keene, LMBT, RMT

Sage Keene is a healer and a teacher. She is a Reiki Master Teacher in the Usui Rhoyo lineage, a licensed massage therapist, and an instructor of yoga and meditation. Sage has a dedicated daily practice of yoga and meditation, has studied Yin Yoga with master yoga teacher Sarah Powers, and will continue her yoga teacher training with a 2-week intensive training in July 2010.

Her approach to Yoga is primarily Yin (receptive) and her classes are guided by student needs. All classes are small, and classes are offered as a series to better facilitate this approach. Each yoga class includes pranayama (breath control techniques) and relaxation.

Carrie Nielsen, MA of Clinical Psychology

Carrie's approach to movement therapy, including yoga and Pilates, is that of an act of self-care. She practices and teaches a slow, flowing style of yoga that celebrates compassion, gratitude, and kindness, focusing on gentle movements, breath techniques, and meditation. She often incorporating restorative practices into her classes. In the increasingly hectic and fast-paced world wherein we make an endless number of decisions while running on auto-pilot, it is becoming increasingly easy to sacrifice awareness of our thoughts, feelings, and behavior. Through the practice of yoga, we offer to ourselves the gift of slowing down and reconnecting to the rhythms of our breath, body, and mind. In so doing, we sharpen our awareness, replenish our energy stores, and renew intentions to invite joy and ease into our lives.

When not on the mat, Carrie takes pleasure in the laid back pace of life in Chatham. She enjoys dancing, sailing, engaging in new learning activities, and spending time with her family and friends of both the two- and four-legged varieties.