classes, trainings & self care sessions
Certified Naturopath & Functional Nurtitionist Caroline Cayot caroline@riversidefunctionalhealth.com
Reiki & Thai Bodywork Tues, Thurs & Friday with KristineKeegan yoga.with.kristine2@gmail.com
Massage, Cupping, Reiki & Aromatouch Massage with Callie Rogers Tues-Friday goldenhourbodywork@gmail.com
Customized personal & group sessions, Aerial, Yoga, Meditation, Intuitive Readings with Robin leapingwatersyoga@gmail.com
Reiki with Sarah Rose Saturdays sarahrosereiki44@gmail.com
Custom Facials, Reiki & Sound Healing Sundays with Tara Moulton text 207-432-6845
Read more about our practitioners and their services below!
leaping waters team
Robin Ivy Payton, Curator/Creator
Leaping Waters evolved naturally during 2023, expanding on the original vision and values defined when I opened in the summer of 2021. Every teacher, practitioner, training, workshop, and class held here is thoughtfully and intuitively chosen. Each of them is in some way special to me and I want to share their talents and gifts with you. We are now an Aerial & Yoga Spa & Reiki center for South Portland and the surrounding area, with lots of out of state visitors and our local community.
My earlier careers were in radio broadcasting, public school education, and the intuitive arts. I began teaching yoga in 2013 and very quickly expanded into training yoga teachers. Beginning with Yoga Nidra and Restorative trainings, I then founded Maine Yogafest School of Yoga, now Southern Maine Yoga School, with Andrea Gleason and Kristine Keegan in 2018. In 2022, I began offering Aerial Yoga Teacher Training.
I am a Reiki Master attuned in the Traditional Usui Lineage by Kristine Keegan, an E-RYT 500 with Yoga Alliance, and a teacher of various styles of yoga including Aerial, Yin, Vinyasa and the Yoga Wall with Rope and Slings.
I’ve offered tarot & astrology for clients since 1995, & in 1999 started Robin’s Zodiac Zone, an astrology blog & radio broadcast. I continue to offer those forecasts on WMPG, community and college radio at 90.9 FM, here in southern Maine. And yes my voice might be familiar since I did a morning radio show here in Portland from 2000-2013. (so maybe you listened on your way to work or school)
Some of my other passions include Sound Practices such as using tuning forks, chimes, crystal and tibetan bowls to shift vibrations in and around us. I collect crystals and use those for energy work as well. I offer energy balancing sessions & reading as well as private yoga in the Lunar Room and main studio. Email for information.
I truly hope you enjoy your time in the studio. It’s infused with lots of good energy and is a very welcoming and friendly place. For any info, connect at leapingwatersyoga@gmail.com. See my training dates below for YTT or Continuing Education credits with Yoga Alliance
RESTORATIVE YOGA TEACHER TRAINING MARCH 2ND/3RD REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
JARED PAYTON, aerial & yin
Jared earned his 200 Hour Yoga Certification with Boston School of Yoga in 2016 and studied with Muse School of Yoga for Yin Yoga and Trauma Sensitive/All Bodies trainings in 2017 and 2018. After teaching vinyasa and yin for a few years and taking a break during the pandemic, Jared re-started his yoga practice with a return to aerial in 2021, began assisting classes and completed his Aerial teacher training here at Leaping Waters in 2022. Jared also completed Level 1 Sound Training & plays sound instruments including tongue drum and crystal bowls.
In 2023, Jared complete his second Yin Yoga training with Andrea Gleason and Maine Yogafest School of Yoga.
Contact Jared for aerial sessions for beginners, for guys, and for athletes looking for balance in their bodies and minds. Jared’s Yin Yoga for Men series will return in September 2023.
Jared earned an Aikido black belt in 2015 after years of focused training. He lives in South Portland with Robin and their two precious pups.
callie rogers, massage, reiki, cupping
Callie Rogers is a student at Therapeutic Bodywork Learning Center and will complete her 500 hour massage therapy program in October, 2023. In addition to massage therapy, Callie practices cupping therapy, is Reiki II attuned, and is certified in the AromaTouch essential oil treatment. She chose to pursue massage and bodywork as a way to help people connect with their bodies and find peace of mind as they work toward their health and wellness goals. Her overall mission as a licensed massage therapist is to create a welcoming space where people with diverse bodies, backgrounds, and needs can safely experience the benefits of therapeutic touch.
In her free time, Callie enjoys reading, writing, yoga, and spending time in nature. Some of her favorite outdoor activities include hiking, fishing, skiing, and snowshoeing. Callie also loves to explore new places and has volunteered with AmeriCorps and WorkAway while traveling the U.S. and beyond. Callie is a Taurus and practices in the Lunar Room.
Contact Callie to book www.goldenhourbodywork.com
Massage Swedish, Therapeutic & Hot Stone, Cupping & Reiki
KRISTINE KEEGAN, yin, reiki, thai bodywork
Kristine Keegan is an RYT 500 and REIKI Master Practitioner attuned in the Traditional Usui Lineage. Her grandmother also practiced Reiki and Kristine continues the tradition. She offers Reiki I, II, and Master attunements and Reiki sessions for energy clearing and balancing.
Originally receiving her 200 hour yoga certifcation with Sacred Seeds School/Jacqui Bonwell in 2014, Kristine then trained to lead Yoga Nidra with Robin Ivy Payton and also certified to teach Restorative and Yin. She combines these practices in magical ways, including Sound vibration and reiki in many of her workshops and classes. Kristine took her Level 1 Sound Training at Leaping Waters with Kimber Lucier in 2022 and especially feels drawn to using the Sonic Slider tuning fork with clients. Kristine is a Pisces and embodies the empathy and kindness of this Sun sign.
Kristine is offering Yin Yoga with Reiki weekly (lucky us!) and booking private Reiki & Thai Massage sessions, often including sound tools to enhance your session. To book a session at Leaping Waters with Kristine, email yoga.with.kristine2@gmail.com
REIKI LEVEL 2 May 4th & 5th 2024 email to apply/register
caroline cayot, functional wellness
Caroline is a Board Certified Traditional Naturopath and a Functional Nutritional Therapist. Every person is unique and deserves an individualized plan that is sustainable. Caroline’s goal is to work with you to develop an integrated plan to achieve full body wellness - often combining nutrition, herbal remedies, environmental changes, movement, and more.
Using a functional health approach she works to combine progressive and traditional medicine, with a focus on looking beyond the surface in order to understand and identify the root cause of one’s symptoms. Caroline offers Bio-Resonance Health Evaluations & detoxifying Ionic Foot Baths for solo or partner session.
Contact Caroline@riversidefunctionalhealth.com
alicia jeffords, aerial yoga
Alicia found yoga through Aerial. She was instantly hooked on how amazing Aerial yoga made her feel mentally and physically. Her urge to empower others and provide the same love of movement lead her Aerial Yoga Teacher Training at Leaping Waters Yoga. Alicia completed her aerial yoga teacher training in the spring of 2023, one year after her first aerial class & started teaching Aerial Yoga once a week.
Alicia’s love for yoga and desire to learn more and provide more to her students led her to Southern Maine School of Yoga here at Leaping Waters, where she completes her 200 YTT in April of 2024. Alicia will be teaching with the very people who inspired and empowered her at Leaping Waters!
Alicia’s background is in athletics and coaching, specifically Football. Alicia has played, coached, officiated and Managed Women’s football for 17 years. She is a 12 time All American and has coached athletes in the sport for over 10 years. Her experience as an athlete and coach has set the foundation for her to be an amazing yoga teacher. Football was Alicia’s Yang. Her Yin is now Yoga which has balanced her life beautifully. Her heart and passion to guide people through movement shines forth as she brings an energy that inspires people to move.
Join Alicia Tuesdays at 4:30 pm beginning April 2nd and enjoy a strong, joyful approach to Aerial Vinyasa Flow.
Heather zachau, aerial yoga
Heather was introduced to yoga at an early age by her mother. She rediscovered yoga in 2010 and completed her 200 hour teacher training with Boston School of Yoga in 2016. Her intention is to share yoga with students, both young and older, to impart the interconnectedness of mind, body and soul.
Along with her 200 Hour certification, Heather completed a 95 hour course with Childlight Yoga, 500 hour training with The Yin Yoga School, Yoga for Athletes with Sage Roundtree, Restorative Yoga training Aerial Yoga Teacher training, Reiki 1 & 2, Crystal Bowl andLevel 1 Sound training here at Leaping Waters. She teaches Aerial Yoga here and at LL Bean in the employee fitness program and offers yoga to teen athletes.
Heather is a Gemini, an avid biker, hiker, skier, traveler & outdoor enthusiast! She leads 9:30 am Aerial Decompression and is available for private & group aerial or yoga for athlete sessions. Email leapingwatersyoga.com to book with Heather.
caren welker, aerial yoga
Caren has been practicing vinyasa and power yoga regularly since 2016, and started aerial yoga weekly in 2021 while living in Alexandria, Virginia. When moving to Maine in 2022, an aerial yoga studio was more important to locate than the Trader Joes. She was so excited to find Leaping Waters and immediately joined the community as a regular. A year later, she took the opportunity to complete aerial teaching training with Robin and grow her experience further.
Yoga has taught Caren so much about her own body, how it moves (and doesn't move) and what it's capable of. Aerial takes this to new levels, literally, and adds an extra layer of fun as well. Caren's favorite things to do in aerial are climbs and core work - but on harder days, there's nothing like being gently held in the fabric and letting go of that muscle tension. Caren fosters a safe environment of playfulness and small challenges that get you out of your day-to-day headspace to leave you feeling both strong and refreshed.
Caren currently teaches on Mondays at 5:30 pm & specializes in our themed classes, beginner series & intermediate aerial.
Melora gregory, Yoga & Yamuna ball rolling
Melora Gregory has enjoyed passionately teaching alignment based Yoga since 1993 and is registered with the Yoga Alliance as an E-RYT 500. Melora co-created a 2 credit course at USM, which she taught for 5 years, entitled Yoga and Feminism. She is a member of Sea Change Yoga, a non-profit bringing yoga to underserved populations. Melora taught Yoga and Yamuna Body Rolling® for 8 years at a designated Trauma Informed Yoga Studio in Maine and at Portland Yoga Studio for 20 years, owning the studio for 4 of them. Melora has been teaching yoga and mindfulness practices to Seniors at Woodfords Church in Portland since 2015.
Practicing Yamuna Body Rolling® since 2003, Melora certified to teach YBR® in 2009, and was impressed with the therapeutic benefits of the deep tissue release and creation of space in the joints. Inspired to further train in the YBR® method she completed the Foot Fitness Certification in 2011, and the Advanced Ball Certification in 2012. Every second year she certifies in various areas including Pelvic Floor, Organ Systems and Deeper Hip Work and is continually amazed at the pain relief experienced by her clients with this body work.
Melora currently teaches both Yoga and Yamuna Body Rolling® classes online, privately, and in person at Leaping Waters in South Portland. She also gives workshops at various Greater Portland area yoga studios. To learn more go to MeloraYoga.com.
Melora offers a skillful yoga class for all levels on Tuesday mornings and a transformative monthly Yamuna Ball Rolling class monthly Saturdays.
RACHEL RIVERA, SOUND & REIKI
Rachel is an intuitive sound healer & her voice is her primary instrument. She earned her BA in Opera Performance and is currently working on her Master of Fine Arts in creative writing.
In June 2019, Rachel attended a weekend-long sound healing class conducted by Rich Goodhart, where she was able to connect to the intentions of different people and allow her voice to flow the way it needed to for the particular person's healing. This weekend in particular, inspired her interest in the true healing power of her voice.
Rachel Rivera is Reiki I, Reiki II, and Reiki III certified through Brenda Colfer, she also holds a level I certificate from the Sound Healing Academy. She has taken the Awaken the Illuminating Heart class, audited Heart-Centered Therapy Class 1, took a weekend sound healing medicine expansive class with Rich Goodhart at the Omega Institute, an intro to craniosacral therapy and energy work with Kimberly Ann Egberts, intro to mediumship with Richard Schoeller at Lily Dale, dowsing for spirit class at Lily Dale, and classes one and two of awakening your intuitive and mediumship gifts classes with Kimberly Ann Egberts. She is also an elementary school music teacher.
Rachel offers Sound Baths with her beautiful vocals and other instruments. Learn to Play Crystal Bowls with Rachel on Sunday, 28th, 2024.
MEG HALL, aerial yoga
After years of enjoying aerial practice, Meg completed her Aerial Yoga Teacher Training here in 2022 and her 200 Hour Yoga teaching certification with Maine Yogafest School of Yoga in the spring of 2023. Meg was a hip hop dancer dance instructor and brings years of teaching experience to her aerial classes. She is also an LCSW in private practice here in South Portland. Her life experience includes living and working abroad, service in the Peace Corps, and many years as social worker in a healthcare environment.
Meg’s workshops and classes reflect her vibrant, bright, outgoing style and Virgo attention to detail. Meg welcomes all levels & is available for private sessions. She teaches Vinyasa flow & Aerial Yoga & is offering our first 7:00-8:00 am Aerial class on Fridays beginning April 5th, 2024.
sarah rose, reiki
Usui Reiki I and Reiki II certified, Sarah began her Reiki journey while navigating a challenging time in life. Reiki had such a transformative impact that she pursued training to share this beautiful modality with others. An Aquarius, Sarah enjoys working with both people and animals in person and in remote sessions. Her sessions are trauma sensitive, LGBTQ & ally, & size inclusive.
Sarah finds great healing in spending time with her senior dog, walking the beach, surfing, eating her way through the amazing Maine food scene, and building community.
She and a few friends founded a women's surf club called the Salty Souls, a spin off of folx that met through More Women Surf, a Portland-based non-profit dedicated to creating a more inclusive and welcoming surf scene that includes more women, LBGTQ+ and BIPOC surfers
Alongside her Reiki practice, Sarah is a professional writer. She offers Reiki in the Solar Room on Saturdays
Contact sarahrosereiki44@gmail.com
SRI DEVI MELISSA UREY, sound baths, mantra
Sri Devi Melissa has forever been drawn to the union of mind and body in the present moment and the learning that can take place there. Coming from a background in theater and dance, she began sharing this as an important life skill with children of all ages through those mediums.
Finding yoga while in recovery from surgery, she realized that everything she loved most about teaching theater, she could share even more deeply through yoga. She completed her 200HR YTT with Aiyana Athenian and Krishna Perry at the ShivaShakti School of Yoga in 2016 and her 500HR YTT in 2018. She has done specialty trainings in Yoga Nidra, Pranayama and Meditation and Children’s Yoga with ShivaShakti and Restorative Yoga training with Margo Rosingana. A great lover of Sanskrit, yogic philosophy, and mantra she currently studies with Sri Vidya Ramananthan (Samskrita Bharati), Shantala Sriramaiah (Veda Studies) and Prem Sadasivananda from whom she received her spiritual name Sri Devi in 2017.
Sri is also a Reiki Master and Sound Healer and loves integrating elements of these healing modalities into her classes whenever possible. When off the mat, she enjoys writing, walking in the forest, birdwatching and putting her feet in really cold water.
Sri (shree) guides yoga nidra and offers other special events such as sound baths and reiki here at Leaping Waters. Join her spring 2024 workshops on April 21st and May 19th.
Michelle hay, aerial yoga & yoga nidra
Michelle came to yoga in 2019 and it became her daily practice. She found breathwork and yoga to be incredibly effective to reset her nervous system and calm symptoms of chronic stress. She began yoga education with Conscious Life’s “Trauma Super Conference” and was introduced to trauma informed yoga. Soon she began taking aerial classes for women in recovery here at Leaping Waters, thanks to Recovery Without Walls. Inspired by her teacher, Angie Grosso and feeling welcome and connected here, Michelle enrolled in Maine Yogafest School of Yoga 200 Hour Teacher Training and became certifed to teach in 2023. She also did her Aerial Yoga Teacher training right here at Leaping Waters and completed Trauma Sensitive Yoga training with Mindy Muse.
Michelle, a Capricorn, teaches vinyasa flow, yoga nidra & aerial yoga. She’s currently seeking her Masters in Social Work and plans to weave yoga and other embodiment practices into client treatment plans someday. One of her passions is learning about cognitive neuroscience and health.
Michelle is offering Aerial Bliss, a gentle aerial yoga & meditation class for unwinding in the evening. Begins April 4th, 2024 7:00-8:00 pm.
bryson hopkins, aerial yoga
After years of exploring various yoga styles, Bryson discovered heated Vinyasa Yoga in 2009 and committed to regular yoga practice. Initially drawn to the physical benefits and the cleansing heat, she was soon grateful for how the Vinyasa flow helped calm the mind. Her spirit yearned to learn more of the yoga teachings, and with the support of masterful teachers like Richard Lanza, Stephanie Brown-Ford and Jacqui Bonwell, she came to appreciate the true and deeper powers of yoga.
A 2010 graduate of the Open Doors Power Yoga Teaching Training (200 hours) and 2011 graduate of The Sacred Seed Yoga School (200 hours), Bryson went on to take Restorative Yoga and Aerial Yoga Teacher Trainings here at Leaping Waters in 2021 and 2022. Appreciating that we are all just beginners of this magical practice, Bryson teaches an approachable class with a focus on light heartedness. She’s sure to offer you a unique aerial experience with options and postures for both beginners and those who like to try something new. Bryson’s Capricorn Sun gives her a direct, yet caring and compassionate style.
tara moulton, facials, sound baths, reiki
Tara’s background in education, social work, behavior analysis and behavior change informs her services as a Reiki Master, Sound Practitioner, and esthetician. After 25 years of working with families in multiple capacities and treating children with autism, she attended schools for esthetics and trained in energy work as a way to care for and nurture others in different ways. She also became a holistic life coach and completed a 6 month mentorship in intuitive guidance. Tara trained and mentored as a sound healer with Rose Wild Alchemy in Kennebunk, Maine. She believes that every person needs different approaches at different times in their lives and is proud to offer an integrative and personalized approach.
Tara’s magical facial include energy work, cranial massage and sound healing with bowls and tuning forks or other sound instruments, crystals and aromatherapy. She’ll customize this to suit your needs on a given day.
Join our Gemini, Tara, for Sound Baths in studio & one Sunday a month for facials with reiki and sound healing. Book with Tara by texting 207-432-6845
jillene jones, aerial, reiki & bodywork
Jillene Jones, E-RYT 500, YACEP, LMT, Reiki Master & owner of Pure Prana Yoga based in Cornish, brings her magical practice here once a month.
Jillene is trained to guide Meditation Techniques, Yin Yoga, Vinyasa Flow, Iyengar Based Yoga, Restorative Yoga, Adaptive Yoga, Prenatal Yoga, Yoga Nidra, Advanced Anatomy & Physiology, Advanced Sequencing, and Barre. Already experienced in Aerial, she completed her training here at Leaping Waters in 2023.
Join Jillene for her Aerial and Massage workshops or for Herbal Foot Soaks monthly on Saturday. Book workshops on the schedule and arrange a foot soak time for one or two people simultaneiously, in the Lunar Room. Email thepurepranayoga@gmail.com
For Aerial Spa with Massage workshops rsvp on the Schedule, or book a private group by emailing leapingwatersyoga@gmail.com
Jillene’s next Aerial Spa & Massage workshop is May 5th, 2024
erica mullen, aerial, YOGA NIDRA & reiki
Erica took her first aerial class in September 2021, shortly after Leaping Waters opened. She fell so deeply in love with the freedom and lightness she felt, it ignited a passion that has kept her coming ever since. She completed her Aerial Teacher training here in January 2022.
As a marketing professional and designer, Erica has worked at home since 2015, living on video calls. She had been craving a sense of personal connection and community that she was grateful to find in the welcoming arms of Leaping Waters. Erica believes that aerial yoga is the perfect combination of meditation and exercise to release the mind from anxiety and reconnect with the body. She wants her students to explore whatever movement feels right for them in the moment and listen to their intuition.
An Aquarius, Erica is Reiki 1 & 2 attuned and practices sound with crystal bowls. ShE completed her Yoga Nidra Training with Robin in 2023. Erica offers Community Reiki, Aerial Earth and Yoga Nidra and is available for private bookings.
angie grosso, aerial yoga
Angie’s first Aerial Decompression class changed everything for her. She felt so happy, uplifted and compelled to learn this practice. Her original 200 hour yoga teacher training was through Arcana in Portland, Maine in 2018. She followed her RYT 200 with Level 1 Aerial Yoga teacher training in this studio with Lily Dougher Hagerman shortly afterward. Angie is excited to be teaching aerial again at Leaping Waters. Her intention is to create classes that are super fun, inclusive, and allow you to be You. Angie has the grace and love of people Libra is known for, and she loves guiding beginning students, our Recovery Without Walls group, private sessions and bachelorette parties. Email to inquire about private sessions with Angie.