Our Pilates Team

Lisa Spencer 

 

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From a very early age, before I had a reason to believe that I was anything that mattered in this world, I KNEW that I was a healer and a mover.  While my explorations often incorporate both of these things, my passions are varied.  Things that I am unreasonably excited about: Food!!!  TRAVEL!!  Good socks.  Stimulating conversation. Courageous and reflective growth. Peeling back layers.  Rising up.  Recognizing, and stepping into opportunities.  Helping.  Light, Shadow, and the hidden spaces between.  Patterns. Conflict resolution.  Successful communication.  LOVE.  My children and animals are everything to me.  Doing Deep Work, and participating with others who are also doing Deep Work is important to me.  I value dance and authentic movement in bodies of all kinds.  I find healing when immersed in nature. I believe in the importance of relationships and relating. These things fill my life and keep me going.

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Both of my children are now in college, and I am trying to explore the edges of the space that this has left in my life.  My love for my children has led me to break trauma cycles.  I have become willing to sit with my discomfort.  I am dedicated to my truth enough that I do not settle, and I believe there is something more.  I would like to continue to dive deeper into my own healing while also holding space for others to heal, grow, and reach.  I would like to create and model an authentic life, lived intentionally and passionately.  I am a Craniosacral Therapist. I have completed CST 1 and 2 training, as well as somatoemotional release 1 through the Upledger Institute.  I am a Pilates instructor with  Balanced Body reformer 2 training, completed with Zayna Gold, in Boston. In 2020, I completed death doula training with Anne-Marie Keppel.  

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I have a fire in my belly, but without the support I have received from others, it would be embers. It is from a place of deep gratitude that I want to create opportunities, and connect those opportunities to members in the community, others who have fires burning, or maybe just embers. With this in mind, I have a vision of building a wellness cooperative here in Vermont, and I am dedicated to the practice and learning that goes with it. I live and heal on unceded Abenaki land.