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Lori Huett, Psy.D. - Proprietor & Head Instructor
Originally from Madison, WI, Dr. Lori Huett trained on scholarship with Master Teacher, Ms. Charmaine Ristow at Ballet Madison, where she also taught beginning child through advanced adult classical ballet. Lori’s training also includes consecutive summers with the Richmond Ballet in 1989 and New York’s Joffrey Ballet 1990-1992. At age 17, she was awarded a scholarship to join Joffrey’s apprenticeship program. Lori’s extensive performance experience includes regional competitions, guest solos, and a company tour in Russia and Scandinavia in 1988. Her recent performance work in Los Angeles includes cabaret and pole dancing set to orchestrated jazz and live music at Zagat-rated restaurants and lounges.
Following her dance career in New York, Lori pursued three degrees in psychology: B.A. in Forensic Psychology from John Jay College in NYC, and a Master’s and Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Denver. Throughout her academic and clinical training, Lori remained active in exercise and fitness. In New York, she worked as a certified aerobics and fitness trainer at several health clubs in Manhattan and Queens (1992-1996). In Denver, she instructed ballet on a private basis and choreographed for local fitness competitions. In clinical practice, Lori coached and counseled competitive figure skaters, gymnasts, and other athletes with regard to peak performance and mood management. Lori’s formal teaching background includes an adjunct professorship with the psychology department at Metropolitan State College in Denver. Her clinical specialization is in behavioral medicine.
Finally, Lori’s clinical residency at UCLA served as the impetus for her move to California, where she embarked on an intensive seven-year study of Iyengar & Ashtanga yoga, Pilates, Cirque-du-Soleil style acrobatics, belly dance, pole dance, and biomechanics for ballet conditioning. In addition, she completed a comprehensive certificate program in Anatomy, Nutrition, & Shiatsu Body Work from Santa Monica’s Tao Healing Arts Center.
Lori began teaching group and private pole dancing in September, 2005. With over 23 years of professional-level dance training and solid credentials in clinical/counseling psychology, Dr. Huett’s instruction is an integrated blend of existential/Eastern philosophy and behavioral-based learning, informed by the essentials of anatomy and proper biomechanics. In addition to teaching at TranZenDance, Lori instructs individuals with Parkinson's and other movement conditions with the "Rhythm & Grace" series at the Colorado Ballet studios in Denver. She also works with breast cancer survivors to regain mobility and strength through the internationally recognized Pink Ribbon Post-Operative Workout Enhancing Recovery Program.
“My personal mission is for every woman (and person) whom I teach to live fully, completely, and with serenity in her body—because everything that our bodies do on a day-to-day basis (e.g., nurturing relationships, childbirth/childrearing, job/career) is closely tied to our soul’s purpose and work here on this planet. When we do not nurture and stimulate the inherent growth and expansion of the body-mind, we perhaps weaken our most significant relationship... the one we have with ourselves.”
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About Sarah Buller - Instructor (above)
Sarah pursued a Masters in Counseling Psychology in order to live out her passion for human connection, relationship and a desire to promote well-being. Her work includes encouraging self-discovery by creating a safe space for the journey, exploring shadow and light of self and soul, inviting growth and creative expression, turning towards discomfort and pain, and being fully present with whatever experience lives in this moment. Sarah states, “Our minds create stories and judgments that at times are so loud we are unable to hear the speakings of our bodies and allow for stillness. It is in this place of stillness where we can quiet ourselves and connect with the divine love that breathes in each of us.”
Sarah came to Tranzendance in January 2012 seeking a space for self-discovery, to create a new relationship with body and movement, and to find the stillness outside of judging mind while at the same time being challenged physically. Sarah has always been heavily involved in traditional sport (primarily soccer), as a player and as a coach, so venturing into the world of dance has been a new experience. Although pole dancing is not traditionally considered a “team sport”, Sarah has found the community at Tranzendance to be one that honors individual style while promoting cohesiveness and relationship between women. Sarah shares, “The encouraging atmosphere organically creates a space and community in which I can breathe the freedom that comes when stepping beyond the mind and outside of the rules and stereotypes to which society attempts to restrict us.”
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