Lori Batcheller Email and Phone Number

With over 20 years of experience, I offer individualized sessions for stress and pain reduction designed to bring body/mind/spirit back into alignment. Modalities and certifications include Swedish massage, expert level the John Barnes Myofascial Release Approach, medical massage, Upledger CranioSacral Therapy, Usui Reiki energy balancing, positional release therapy, and Jones Strain/Counterstrain.

Design and teach writing workshops to foster creativity, health, and well-being throughout the country including at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, whole health expos, wellness centers, cancer support groups, women's shelters, continuing education programs, and libraries.

Write articles and for magazines, trade journals, newspapers, marketing firms, and Web sites specializing in health and wellness, yoga, seniors, disabilities, and travel. Also write public relations materials including press releases, fact sheets and Q&A's. Credits and clients include Accent on Living Magazine, Advance for Physical Therapists, Advance for Occupational Therapy, Advance for Recreational Therapists, Be Magazine, Brain & Life Magazine, Colorado Editor, Delicious! Magazine, Delmar Publishing, Disaboom.com, eMedicine, FitYoga, InMotion Magazine, Inspiring Times, Juneau Empire, Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, Longmont Daily Times-Call, Loveland Daily Reporter-Herald, Medscape, Neurology Now, New Mobility, Perform, Physical Therapy Magazine, Physique Smart, and Yoga Therapy Ireland. Author of Alpine Achievement: A Chronicle of the United States Disabled Ski Team (1st Books Library, 2002), Journey to Health: Writing Your Way to Physical, Emotional and Spiritual Well-being (Writers Club Press, 2001), and Rosa Blooms (Mother's House Publishing, 2015).

Teach all levels and beginning yoga classes based on Kripalu Yoga--the yoga of compassion. Also teach chakra balancing and yoga workshops.

Taught guest yoga classes and R&R workshops in Journal Writing for Health & Well-Being and Intentional Collage.

Wrote freelance articles on alternative health and recreational activities for people with disabilities

Served as editor and copywriter for Shambhala Mountain Center publications including bi-annual catalogs, marketing brochures, postcards, fliers, and advertisements. Wrote blogs about yoga for Web site.

Provided writing and proofreading services on a full-time then contractual basis. Wrote, edited, and proofread a variety of publications, including program guides, Web site content, advertisements, brochures, bi-annual reports, and professional school materials. Wrote and produced monthly employee newsletter using Mail Dog. Developed Kripalu's editorial style guidelines and instructed employees in their implementation.

Managed the concept, design, and production of publications for nonprofit healthcare provider including newsletters, annual reports, invitations, brochures, advertisements, stationery, and business cards. Produced publications and other visual materials using desktop publishing and graphic design computer software, scanners, and employed service bureaus as appropriate. Performed layout, wrote, and edited content of monthly newsletter. Proofread written materials. Served as agency photographer and maintained a library of images, artwork, and photographs for use in agency publications and visual media. Ensured a high standard of quality and cost efficiency with all agency publications.