Ingrid
Miles,
co-founder of The Well Being and OM Pleeze WellSpa, is registered
with Yoga Alliance and a member of the International Kundalini
Yoga Teachers Association. She is a KRI Certified instructor
trained in Kundalini Yoga and Meditation as taught by Yogi
Bhajan, including certification for Prenatal and Postpartum
Yoga The Khalsa Way and is a licensed BreathWalk Fitness Instructor
with over 20 years of experience in these complementary therapies.
She has traveled to Nepal and India and has practiced and
studied with Vimala Thakar of India, Yogi Bhajan, Gurucharan
Singh Khalsa, Mahan Singh Khalsa, masters in the tradition
of Kundalini Yoga, Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa (Khalsa Way), Swami
Chidananda - Integral Yoga Institute and Minister Dorothea
Harvey studying Comparative Religion. Ingrid’s spiritual
name given by Yogi Bhajan, Master of Kundalini Yoga, is Arjan
Kaur, “the princess warrior who sacrifices herself to
God.” She was a Corporate Officer/Senior Systems Consultant
for BankBoston and Vice President, Finance & Administration--Officenet
Inc. While volunteering two (2) years as Assistant Director
for Friends (Quakers) School in Ramallah, Palestine, she taught
yoga at the Jerusalem YMCA and in Ramallah that included teaching
yoga to the Palestinian Dance Troupe. Ingrid has completed
a number of workshops in New Mexico including Women’s
Camp at Ghost Ranch, The 81 Facets of the Mind, Numerology,
Sat Nam Rasayan and The Miracle of Healing Hands.
She uses the process of yoga and meditation as a sacred practice
and teaches intuitively from her developed understanding of
the human body and psyche. She believes that happiness is
your birthright independent of the circumstances of life.
She came to yoga by way of a life threatening car accident
that resulted in paralysis. Ingrid has shared this sacred
practice with students in British Columbia, Israel, Palestine
and Turkey in addition to her base of Ipswich, MA leading
workshops, retreats and classes.
She was published in the Winter 2001 issue of "Aquarian
Times", a magazine for yogic wisdom and real life, entitled
'Yoga Unites Arabs and Israelis', a reflection on 911 and
her two (2)-year volunteer efforts as the Assistant Director
of the Ramallah Friends (Quakers) School in the West Bank
town of Ramallah just north of Jerusalem.
Ingrid
has also taught advanced yoga and BreathWalk at the annual
3HO Summer Solstice Yoga Retreat in the Jemez Mountains north
of Santa Fe. Over 1000 yogis from around the world attend
this retreat each year.
Joan K. Arsenault,
co-founder of The Well Being and OM Pleeze, is a certified Kundalini
Yoga Instructor, certified Reiki Master/Teacher and Intuitive
Counselor and has over 25 years of experience in complementary
therapies.
Studying
under Gurucharan Singh Khalsa and Hari Kaur Khalsa, Joan became
a certified Kundalini Yoga Instructor as taught by Yogi Bhajan
in 2005. She received her Reiki Master/Teacher certification
in 1995 in the Usui System of Natural Healing and her Polarity
Therapy certification in 1996. While the Assistant Director
of Speech Pathology at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH),
she was an invited member of the Mind Body Medicine Group
founded to promote and educate physicians and health care
providers to the benefits of alternative medicine. She has
lectured on alternative medicine at MGH as well as the Mass.
Speech & Hearing Association State Conferences.
Joan
is also an intuitive counselor who uses a variety of methods
(readings, past life regression, spirit channeling) to provide
insight into relationships, health, business and all aspects
of life’s journey. She has provided intuitive readings
individually and at the corporate level. She is a featured
reader at the Annual Indian Head Resort Psychic Weekend. Joan’s
spiritual name given by Yogi Bhajan, Master of Kundalini Yoga,
is Hari Atma Kaur, “the princess who is the divine soul
of God.” She holds a Masters Degree in Speech Pathology
from the University of Memphis and is a certified and licensed
Speech-Language Pathologist. Joan has been working with children
and adults in medical settings for over 25 years to improve
communication and swallowing skills.
Steve
Miles, S.M., MIT, KRI Yoga Instructor. Has been a student
of yoga and meditation for over 20 years. Steve is a web services
consultant and consults for major communication carriers in
his daily work life. He has lived abroad since his early childhood
and has enjoyed international work and travel. This has contributed
greatly to his sensitivity and understanding of humanity.
Steve is dedicated to being of service whether at work, at
play or to his family.
Cindy Dudgeon,
Cindy is a licensed acupuncturist with a Master's degree in
acupuncture from New England School of Acupuncture. She carries
a Diplomate in Acupuncture and is also a Certified Craniosacral
Therapist. Cindy often combines both modalities in treating
her patients. She uses her training to treat a wide variety
of ailments, with a special interest in women's issues. She
is trained in both Chinese and Japanese styles of acupuncture,
as well as non-insertive techniques.
As a patient herself, Cindy has
used acupuncture to relieve allergies and asthma with excellent
results. As a child, she suffered from chronic respiratory
illnesses that often limited her activities. As she grew older,
Cindy felt that there must be a way to strengthen the body
without the overuse of medicines. She began to explore
alternative therapies as a side interest until she finally
found acupuncture. The positive results she saw from
her treatments brought her to the path that she now follows.
Through her training, Cindy learned to view the body in
terms of balance versus imbalance, and she strives to share
this perspective with her patients. She is able to approach
her patients from a place of compassion, empathy and sensitivity,
and she holds firm to the belief that given the right tools,
we all have the ability to help and heal ourselves.
Emily Keough,
LCMT, is a state licensed and nationally certified massage
therapist. Graduated from the Polarity Institute in Ipswich,
MA, she combines this educational experience with more than
a dozen years of working as an Occupational Therapist in schools,
hospitals, and homes, specializing in pediatric, geriatric
and rehabilitative care.
Part of her connectedness with the
therapeutic usages of massage surely stems from her own struggle
with Post Polio Syndrome and her quest to win a happy, healthy
and productive existence despite this condition. She is a
wife, mother of three, and active grandmother of two young
children. Emily enjoys kayaking on the various waterways of
Ipswich and surrounding communities at whatever chances the
tides provide. She also dabbles with the art of beading and
creations can be found at many local shops.
Her massages encompass well-being
in its totality, intended not only for the healing and restoration
of the body, but also and equally important, for the attention
of a strong and balanced mind and a fulfilled and vibrant
spirit. Emily practices Swedish Relaxation, Deep Tissue, Myofascial
Release, Prenatal and Infant, and Trigger Point massage therapies.
Song of Affirmation:
May
the long time sun shine upon you,
All love surround you,
And the pure light within you,
Guide your way on
Yoga401K instructor, Ingrid F. Miles, is a member of the International Kundalini YogaTeachers Association (IKYTA) (http://www.kundaliniyoga.com/) and is a registered teacher of the Yoga Alliance national organization.