Kaye Thomas-Hogan

Kaye Thomas-Hogan, owner of Balanced Innergies, is a multi-talented instructor/therapist in the ancient healing art forms of Yoga, T’ai Chi and Massage.  She has been a student of Yoga since 1971, became a certified instructor in 1981, a Golden Lotus Yoga Teacher in 1991, and a Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapist in 1993.  Kaye is a member of the Yoga Association of Greater Detroit (since 1981) and is a Registered Yoga Instructor/500 with the Yoga Alliance, an internationally recognized professional organization.

Kaye has instructed special yoga classes in various fields such as cardiology, cancer, mental health, multiple sclerosis and fibromyalgia, and has worked at colleges, high schools, yoga studios, hospitals, churches, retreats, seminars, community centers, health camps, fitness centers, health food stores and more.  In addition to being a local presenter, Kaye has organized her own classes, workshops, seminars and retreats throughout Michigan, Ohio and Canada.  Besides her classes in Grayling and Lewiston, she is offering hatha sessions with the Song of the Morning Staff.

The first contact with yoga was with Swami Satchidananda’s Integral Yoga through Kaye’s Comparative Religion Class at Wayne County Community College.  After attending classes with the Integral Yoga Institute of Detroit for ten years, Swami Amarananda encouraged her to become a yoga instructor and then began training her.  The one-on-one tutelage was an invaluable experience in both the physical and spiritual aspects of yoga.

Soon after becoming a teacher and then starting her own classes in Dearborn, Kaye “stumbled” upon Song of the Morning Ranch while camping across the street in the Pigeon River Forest Campground.  After hiking many of the trails in the area, she decided to go to the ranch to “check out the horses” for something different to do.  Much to her delight she discovered “A Yoga Retreat of Excellence”.  After following the back road to the office, a lovely young lady (Sandi Jones) came out to take her on a tour.  Since Kaye had her dog with her (oh, no!), she just asked for some brochures and promised to return.

Return she did!  Year after year with increasing frequency Kaye returned to the ranch, often with friends or students.  She began the Self-Realization Fellowship lessons, eventually received Kriya Initiation from Yogacharya, then certification as a Golden Lotus Yoga Teacher.  From there she became one of the teacher trainers, President of the Golden Lotus Yoga Teachers Association, and even went on staff in 1994.  And return she will because husband, Ray, and Kaye have a lot in the Clear Light Community at the ranch just waiting for a home to be built.

In the meantime Kaye continues to teach yoga and T’ai Chi and is a massage therapist.  Kaye’s interest in the complimentary fields of massage therapy and T’ai Chi Ch’uan emerged in 1982 and 1983 respectively.  Once she began her study of yoga, it seemed a logical and natural step to pursue the others, as the three sciences all deal with the natural healing techniques of the body, mind and spirit.  She has studied with world renowned teachers, yogis, swamis, doctors, masters, therapists and health practitioners to increase her skills in her areas of interest.

In the field of massage Kaye is proficient in many modalities such as Swedish Massage, Hot Stone Therapy, Raindrop Technique, Repetitive Use Injury Therapy, Dry Brush, Acupressure, Polarity, Therapeutic Touch, Reiki, Chakra Balancing and other energy work.

Kaye’s study has taken her down several different avenues of T’ai Chi.  She is trained in Yang Style long form, T’ai Chi for Arthritis, T’ai Chi for Diabetes, along with numerous short routines of various styles, and Qi Gong.  She is affiliated as a presenter with Cloud Hands Michigan, a large T’ai Chi organization that offers 4 workshops annually throughout Michigan.

In her spare time, Kaye enjoys crocheting, knitting and using her spinning wheel.  For a few years Ray and Kaye raised llamas so she has enough fiber to keep her out of trouble for several years!  She lives in a quiet forest home in Frederic, Michigan with her husband Ray, 2 dogs, 4 cats and their ring neck turtle dove.