Yoga in the loft doesn't get any better in my mind. Be.yoga overlooks Talcott Mt and the Heublein…read moretower. Classes are taught with care and creativity. Offerings include rise n shine, yin, gentle, core, slow flow, vinyasa, healing circles, meditation and workshops. Sounds occasionally arise from the eatery below yet the focus, space and view outshine any slight distraction. Kristin's (the owner/chief yogini) teacher training (YTT200) incorporates anatomy along the way of the coursework with an optional YTT100 personal development program, only attending the first half. The latter is good for those looking to grow in the understanding of their practice without the commitment to a full six months, or with no inkling to teach. Kristin organizes yoga immersion trips annually. This year Peru and Bhutan. Next year Italy is back on the schedule. Check out a class, join a workshop or visit for Scott's healing circle, no yoga experience required. You will be even more grateful!

I love this studio! It is so welcoming and the teachers are really attentive to you in class. They…read moredon't just stand up in front and lead. They really help everybody to have correct form.

great appointment. excellent care - traditional chinese medicine is amazingly helpfulread more

Dr Wu and his team work miracles that western medicine medicates! Just walking into Wu healing…read morecenter brings peace to let the healing begin. Also being there, I learn so much from all who attend and teach about healthier living and remedies.

I have been a student of the Light Source Center for many years and it has helped me transform my…read morelife. That's not an exaggeration. At the Light Source Center the classes are about us as students. These are not one-size-fits-all classes. The guided visualization meditations always feel perfect for me and what I need. And the classes are very affordable. I've received more tools to help me in my life and navigate the world around me than I ever could have asked for in the time I've been a student.

Being a student of the Light Source Center is a journey through meditation, which has affected my…read morewhole life on all levels. I moved across the Atlantic Ocean to study with the founder, Natlie, more than ten years ago. Among the many positive changes this work has brought me, the most important is that I have experienced connectedness and love, which I did not even know existed. The "tools" that I learned and continue to learn through this work have helped me answer my most burning questions: "Who am I? Why am I here? What's my purpose?" I developed the ability to trust myself, find my truth, and differentiate between what's good for me and what's not. Teachers in the Light Source Center have taught me by example what it means to love and be loved unconditionally, which helped me learn to love myself and accept others. I found home in my heart and also caring friendships in the LSC community.

Looking for an amazing massage experience? Or perhaps a special gift for someone who loves massage…read moreand is looking for the right LMT? My massage and reiki experience in Simsbury with Erika Lange this past weekend, was simply amazing. Erika's paperwork, private & confidential conversation, intuition and experience, captured what I desperately needed: a gentle, intentional, skilled, quiet, 90 minute massage - no talking, just being. I FELL ASLEEP - this was a first! And then I experienced reiki. The warmth of her touch in areas I have experienced injury, stress, trauma and tension, simply melted away. This is the gift of an intuitive, trained, practitioner. I left in a dreamlike state. Relaxed, peaceful, calm. All the errands that felt so important when I set out that morning, were put aside while I enjoyed a slow drive home, feeling centered, with a quiet mind. Here are a few photos I took to share. Please share with your local friends - they'll thank you. Erika, I'll be back soon. Thank you!

I am grateful to the team at Journey of Yoga. As an athletic 65 year old who never really learned…read morehow to stretch, I am convinced yoga here has kept me mobile.

I am a frequent student at JOY and the friendly feeling as you step into the studio is apparent…read more Light streams into the large windows from the Eastern and the Western directions, hence the Sunrise and Sunset Studios. The instructors are prepared, informative, and ready to modify sequences if students arrive with injuries. Students are encouraged to go to their "edge" and try poses, albeit listening to sensations within the body is also important to prevent injuries. After the 75 minute class relaxation is the sensation students feel. Then the teachers are available to answer questions or concerns. Vinyasa, Trauma, Yin/Yang, Gentle, Restorative, Meditation, Workshops, and Kid and Family classes are all available. I recommend this gem of a studio in the center of Simsbury. Pat

I've been using Ada Rios for years now, I first met her at a small trade show during the time she…read morewould travel Connecticut spreading the wealth! Her products have helped me manage my eczema, and keep my family healthy ( It's a great feeling to say all of my body products are 100% natural and organic!) Since then I've been very happy to hear she's opened up a shop on Park St, she deserves it!

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I've only been twice so far but after my first session I already noticed a change in my thoughts…read more Any person can listen but I needed someone who would give me tips and ideas on how to change my behavior/reactions to things. I feel a huge sense of relief to have found someone who can make such a difference for me in such a short time.

This therapist called DCF to investigate us. The DCF worker asks my husband why I said my stepson…read more"B.G." eats like a dog. My husband lowers his face into a plate and asks "how do you describe this?" The DCF worker says "Eating like a dog. I don't know why that's on there." The DCF worker dismissed the case without talking to BG until the mandatory 45-day follow-up. How we got here: For years, BG refused to learn basic behaviors like using soap, eating like a human, doing school work, and worse things that don't belong posted online. We tried punishments and rewards, compliments and lectures, bribes and modeling behavior. So we got him therapy. One year and 1,600$ later, he still eats like a dog, etc and this therapist insists to me that our parenting (lecturing) is ineffective. I demanded more effective alternatives, but all she had was "but it's ineffective!" and we should stop. The kid is smart and not disabled, but we should just stop teaching the kid to use soap and utensils because it's ineffective and makes him sad. After BG stopped improving, we decided to stop seeing her. At the start of the last session, she said BG's depression was cured because one week earlier he said he wasn't sad. At the end of that same session, she said BG is a deeply disturbed child who will need therapy for life and will never be ok again. Because that day he was a "ball of tears" in her office. My husband wanted to ask her about this, but she wanted to talk to my husband about how the way I spoke to her (the day I fired her) was unacceptable. She also said she didn't need us and good luck finding another therapist, the wait list is a year. Then she called DCF on us. Her therapy is a purist form of CBT. This means wrong thoughts, like catastrophizing, "should"s and value judgments ("stupid", "evil" etc) are removed. But... "should"s and value judgments are moral values! To her, ethics are a pathology. Unsurprisingly, she's not a member of the APA, which is a set of voluntary ethical guidelines for therapists. Her parents argued a lot when she was a kid, so she doesn't tolerate disagreement. On her first session, I offered to work my "shoulds" as they concerned BG, but she make it clear all my shoulds had to go or she won't work with me. My father was a dissident in Russia -- his moral values made him shelter Christians from communists during the time of the KGB. My values are not so heroic, but they tell me it's a mother's job to teach her kid not to eat like a dog. BG did not do any of the homework the therapist assigned to him -- ever. She says "He can tell you he's going to do it but it doesn't mean he's going to do it." Disagreeing with her therapy is not ok, but simply not doing it is fine. On the first session, she said she didn't understand why anyone would go see the same ineffective therapist for years, just because that therapist was a nice person. On the last session, she said BG needed a therapist for life because he needed a 'safe space' to talk about his feelings because he will never be fully healthy. She became deeply offended when I asked if she was saying BG should keep seeing her for 100$ an hour just because he saw her as a friend. "I am a professional! How dare you imply I am his playmate!" I reminded her she told him she was his friend in their first session, which is why he thinks that. She said it's all part of her therapy and "I don't care what he thinks!" She also told me she didn't care about his behaviour. It would have saved me many work days spent detailing his behavior (instead of working) if I'd known sooner that she really doesn't care that he eats like dog, doesn't use soap, or do his school or CBT homework. She told me CBT needed to work on "specific things" so I spent a year telling her his behaviors. Then DCF got a complaint about my complaints. At the time we both suspected he was autistic. (He wasn't). I told her I didn't think he understood her parables. She said "I don't care!" that he didn't understand, that's the way her scientifically proven therapy works. Still, I was willing to forgive her everything -- because I thought she was effective. After the last day of therapy BG became a normal boy, speaking in full sentences and using forks and spoons! Then BG pointed out, as if it were blindingly obvious: "Haven't you noticed I started getting better when Grammie died?" Grammie died a few weeks after we started therapy. Grammie had been telling BG that his daddy and I didn't love him. That's was why our parenting was ineffective. We did not discover this in therapy. When my parenting is ineffective (because of Grammie) I should stop it and let his self-destructive behaviors continue. Yet when 1,600$ of therapy is ineffective and we try to stop it, we get a call to DCF.