Admissions & Financial Aid Manager, comes from a background of Administration. She started with Lexington Healing Arts Academy in 2005 as a receptionist in our clinic. She moved to Office Manager in 2006 and then to Director of Admissions/Financial Aid in 2008 to 2013. She relocated to Nashville in 2013 and was employed by Moltow State Community College, where she worked in the Admission/Records office and the Business Office. She then returned to the Lexington area in 2018. Carol was elected as a Tennessee Promise Mentor from 2014 to 2018. Carol has received training in FERPA, Identity Theft Prevention, GLBA Information Security, Discrimination and Harassment Prevention for Higher Education, Title VI, Title IV Administration, and IT Security.

In her spare time, Carol enjoys hiking and spending time with her family and friends. Carol has two sons and lives in Nicholasville, KY.

Matt is a long-time student of meditation and martial arts. Matt has taught classes in Yoga and Tai Chi at the college level and is a certified qigong Instructor through Rising Lotus Qigong. He has explored perspectives on the relationship between the body, healing, and spirituality from a variety of cultures. Matt brings a passion for teaching and a love for the somatic arts to his various roles at LHAA.

Justin Gibson received his master’s degree in Biomechanics and his Bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology from the University of Kentucky and has been a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association since 2012. During this time, he has worked with stroke survivors, multiple sclerosis patients, back pain sufferers, post-op knee replacements, and a host of other factors needing quality training and guidance to let people live and perform at their best. He has taught science courses for LHAA graduates of the Fitness and Nutrition Training Program, and now teaches for both the Massage Therapy and Fitness & Nutrition Coaching programs. He has competed in both bodybuilding and powerlifting and has a fondness for racket sports despite his sore lack of coordination.

Scott Jordan has been practicing massage since 1999, after graduating from the Flint School of Therapeutic Massage. Having worked in spa and clinical settings, he enjoys creating a blend of the two in order to meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of his clients. In 2016, he graduated from the 200 Hour Yoga Teacher training at Om Bodies yoga studio in Mount Pleasant, MI. He ran a successful massage and yoga business in his hometown of Saginaw, MI, before moving to Lexington in 2018. He currently runs a small startup studio with plans to expand in early 2021. His other passions include caring for his dog and cat, as well as growing and breeding orchids.

As an athlete from a young age, Jen developed a love and passion for exercise and movement. After earning a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology – Exercise Science from the University of Kentucky, she completed a massage therapy training program and has been a practicing massage therapist since 2002. Her first experience with yoga was a prenatal yoga class when she was expecting her first child and she fell in love with the calmness and balance that yoga offered for the body and mind. In the fall of 2020, she decided to further her study of the body and attended a YTT-200 with Amanda McMaine at the Essence of Yoga. Jen is passionate about teaching body alignment and mindful movement through yoga and breathwork. She developed a specialized, one-of-a-kind class at the YMCA of Central Kentucky teaching Yoga for Osteoporosis, patterning the class after the work and research of Dr. Loren Fishman’s on yoga vs osteoporosis.

Jen previously taught on faculty at LHAA in the massage therapy program for 10 years prior to the covid pandemic and left to focus on homeschooling her boys. She is very excited to come back home to LHAA as a yoga instructor. When she is not teaching yoga and seeing clients in her private massage practice, you can find her out on hiking trails around KY, SUP boarding and kayaking in the summers, spending time with her family, and pursuing learning of all kinds related to health, nutrition and movement. Her goal is to be teaching and practicing yoga until 100!

Since childhood, Lauren has wanted to help people feel better, and through her own challenges, sought alternatives to traditional allopathic practices and traditions. Being told she had a “gift” with her hands, she went to massage school. That experience opened many doors and began a wonderful journey for her own inner healing and ability to help others. Anything that helped her in her own healing process, she went and got more training. “I am honored to be in service,” says Lauren.

Teaching since 2022
Graduated from Louisville School of Massage in 2009
Graduated from Eastern Kentucky University with BS in Occupational Science in 2016
Graduated from Eastern Kentucky University with MS in Occupational Therapy in 2018
Certified Lymphedema Therapist
Fun Fact: Jason currently has 1 child and 6 cats that he cares for