LONNIE DESORCY

Trained as a social worker in the 1980s, Lonnie later transitioned into IT management consulting. As she started a family in the mid 1990s and in the wake of a series of personal tragedies, she took great consolation in her yoga practice. She decided to dedicate her time to practicing and sharing yoga with others. At first this yoga was alignment-oriented in the Iyengar tradition. Meditation in the form of mindfulness and insight followed. A number of years of experience convinced Lonnie that individuals have differing needs and that yoga needs to be tailored to suit the yogi. Since then she has focused on therapeutic yoga applications. Specifically, she works with people who have or had complex medical issues including cancer, persistent pain, chronic degenerative illness, mood and energy dysregulation, as well as their caregivers and those who simply desire to wholeheartedly embrace life.