Lori Batcheller RMT, MPT, MA, CYT-500 is a registered massage therapist and certified Kripalu Yoga instructor with over 5 years of experience offering customized massage. Prior to establishing her practice in Boulder, CO she worked in the Healing Arts Department at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health–the nation’s largest and most established center for yoga and health–where she took dozens of workshops and trainings with world-renowned teachers in yoga and healing modalities including Somatic Mind/Body Therapy, Medical Intuition, Positional Release Therapy, Yoga Therapy, Chakra Yoga and became a Reiki Master in the Usui tradition. She studied CranioSacral Therapy through the Upledger Institute and is certified in Medical Massage for the neck and back. She served as a teaching assistant for Kripalu’s School of Massage and taught massage as part of Fort Morgan Community College’s Physical Therapy Assistant Program.
Lori received her initial massage therapy instruction at Hahnemann University in Philadelphia (now Drexel), where she graduated with a master’s in physical therapy in 1986. She practiced in traditional medical settings for 10 years before shifting her direction to massage, bringing an extensive understanding of the body/mind to her holistic practice.
Lori is on the faculty at Kripalu Center and teaches yoga through Boulder Parks and Recreation. Also a freelance writer, Lori has written about disabilities for www.Disaboom.com, yoga for Fit Yoga magazine, and physical therapy-related articles for Advance for Physical Therapists and Assistants. She is author of several books, including Journaling for Health: Writing Your Way to Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Well-Being and the forthcoming book Real Yoga for Real People: How to Make Any Yoga Practice Your Own, with Mark Whitwell.