Teachers
Meet Some of our Facilitators
Adriana Giraldo
Life Strategist BSW, MA Master Coach NLP, Timeline Therapy®, Hypnotherapy MHRLR Adriana is passionate about mental, emotional, and physical transformation. After more than 15 years in corporate America, and having checked all the boxes, Adriana realized she had no life…
Adriana Guaderrama
Adriana is a RYT-200 certified yoga teacher. She is currently working towards her 300 hrs certification. She has enjoyed a personal practice for over 20 years, participating in many workshops and retreats all over the world. Through yoga, Adriana builds…
Alex Ballew
Alex Ballew is on a mission to use vibrational sound therapy to help people find connection with themselves and others. He wants to bring joy, authenticity, unity and hope into everything he does. Secret River Sounds is spreading healing vibrations…
Alexa Shackelford
Alexa Shackelford is a Certified Breathwork Facilitator based in Atlanta, Georgia. Conscious Circular Breathwork has given her many years of comfort and healing in its excavation of her trauma, negative subconscious belief patterns and childhood wounding. Alexa is passionate about…
Alfreda Beartrack Algeo, PhD
Native American author, artist and educator will be our guest facilitator. Alfreda has facilitated health education and wellness circles for many years. She will provide holistic teachings to reconnect us with a higher level of indigenous stewardship and harmony with…
Alison Gurevich
Alison Gurevich is a E-200 RYT, 500 RYT yoga teacher and YACEP based in Atlanta, Georgia. She has received additional specialized training in teaching meditation, yoga for seniors, chair yoga, aerial yoga, Bhakti yoga, and yoga for osteoporosis (the Fishman…
Aliyah Kamala
Aliyah Kamala is a celebrated Business Strategist, Transformational Life Coach, Wellness Expert and founder of Ready Set Glow Up, a movement dedicated to empowering women through wellness & wealth. Through her masterclasses & workshops, Aliyah offers training on the power…
Allison Muhammad
Allison is a well-renowned healer and spiritual empowerment coach. She is the founder of Sacred Love Academy and creator of the infamous Sacred Love Womb Detox Program, The Divine CEO: Building a Sacred Empire and Building Your Master Blueprint. Allison…
Althea Lawton-Thompson
International mind-body specialist, Althea Lawton-Thompson, has hosted 28 healing retreats in 9 different countries and has been highlighted in media outlets including Mantra Yoga + Health, Essence Magazine, and YogaPose.com. Her retreats are a blend of spiritual expansion, emotional healing,…
Althea Lawton-Thompson
As a Cornell University-certified plant medicine specialist and holistic healing educator, Althea Lawton-Thompson has led more than 30 wellness retreats in 11 different countries in Southeast Asia, Central & South America, and Africa. Learn more at AltheaLawtonThompson.com and see her…
Althea Lawton-Thompson and Rashan Ali Smith
Sorors Althea Lawton-Thompson (BA Spring 1990) and Rashan Ali Smith (BA Spring 1995) have joined forces to create this opportunity for safe, honest conversations among Beta Alpha-made sorors to promote healing – physically, mentally, and emotionally. Soror Althea is a…
Amanda McCall, LPC
Amanda is a licensed psychotherapist and owner of a private practice in Athens, GA where she specializes in stress, anxiety, relationships, focus, and productivity. She has been teaching mindfulness techniques for over 15 years and enjoys incorporating these skills with…
Amanda Pawlowski
Amanda has been practicing yoga since 2011 and teaching since 2019. A trauma informed teacher, her style focuses on building strength inside and out by prompting students to simply notice their experiences and the sensations those experiences provide. She enjoys…
Amanda Woods
Amanda Woods is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Suwanee, GA. She strongly believes in integrating self-care practices into mental health treatment.
Amber Voss E-RYT 200 & RYT500
Amber Voss is an E-RYT 200 and RYT 500-hour yoga instructor trained in the Pranakriya and Kripalu yoga lineages, with training and teaching hours from other yoga schools totaling over 1,000 plus hours each. She is also a certified 200-hour…
Ananda Bologna
Certified Rebirthing Breathwork Coach, Licensed Massage Therapist Ananda’s love of service and the healing arts evolved out of her own healing journey which begin in 1998 when she was initiated by her beloved spiritual teacher Ammachi; paving the way for…
Andrea Beach
Andrea Beach is the founder and chief executive officer of several companies, ranging from custom software and mobile app development to healthcare and iOT networks. Often featured as a change agent and force of nature in the business world, Ms.…
Ann Pauley
Ann Pauley, Assistant Retreat Leader, LMT, and co-owner of The Posture Project, empowers people to reclaim their lives to enjoy better health and confidence in their body & being. She is an ultimate teacher wherever she goes. Whether she is…
Annette Maria
Annette Maria is a Somatic Soul Coach, Intuitive Sound + Energy Healer, Author & Founder of Sanctuary Publishing. She supports burned out visionaries to return back to themselves with a holistic approach infusing the mind, body and soul. Annette believes…
Asha D Ramakrishna
Asha D Ramakrishna es Autora Best Seller del Libro Priestess Code: Awakening the Modern Woman y Guia Espiritual desde el 2005. Los espacios y las experiencias que Asha cultiva hace que la persona sane lo que mas le bloquea y…
Ashby Underwood
Yoga Therapist & Rolf Practitioner I believe in the resilient living matrix of the human body, mind, and spirit. Early in 1998 during my yoga training in Nepal I learned that Yoga and Ayurveda are interwoven disciplines. I incorporate these…
Brandy Redd
Brandy began her yoga practice in 2003 when searching for a way to connect with the physical body and get a good exercise. Quickly she discovered that Yoga not only improves the mobility and connection to the physical body, but…
Carmen Stewart
Carmen has 3 children: Cadence-13yrs, Christa-10yrs, and Coleton-4yrs. She has been married for 14 years to Clay Stewart. She was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and after moving around for a good bit of her childhood, she ended up here in…
Carolyn Petramale
Movement and fitness have always been a part of Carolyn's DNA. She began teaching Group Fitness in New York (can’t take the New York out of the girl) in 1988. In 1990 she moved to Atlanta and continued teaching Group…
Christina Rodriguez
Christina’s approach to teaching yoga centers around serving others, and she is committed to providing a welcoming environment in her classes for ALL individuals, regardless of their level of experience. As a 500hr RYT, 200hr E-RYT, certified Yoga for All…
Christine Leahy
Christine Leahy is Co-CEO of BraveHearts, a Christ-centered non-profit that helps men and women find freedom from porn and sex addiction and betrayal trauma. BraveHearts provides online, video-based recovery and healing education through Daily Disciplines™ to those who need help…
Cindy E. Farrar, LMT, BCTMB, CLC
A massage therapist since 1997, Cindy is sole owner of her wellness center, Massage Associates of Atlanta, LLC. Ever evolving, she has expanded beyond her personal massage and bodywork practice to include becoming a Certified Life and Business Coaching, Certified…
Crystal Pinzon
Spring Cleaning From Candida and Parasites Seminar by Crystal Pinzon Get ready for spring cleaning by learning about the importance of regular detoxing from candida, parasites, and other toxins our bodies are often overburdened with. This 45-minute discussion will go…
Crystal Robbins
Crystal is Owner of Crystal’s Yoga and Healing. She is an RYT-500, Usui Reiki Master, and Thai Bodywork Practitioner. She is passionate about healing on all levels: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. Seeking to empower others to tap into their…
Danielle Gibbons
Danielle Gibbons is a full body channel for Mother Mary and the author of Mother Mary’s Pathway to Love: Building A Loving Relationship With Yourself That Will Transform Your Life. She has served as Mother Mary’s channel since 1994. Danielle…
Denise Foster
Denise Foster was born with many gifts of spirit and has been a Healer for over 24 years. Currently, her office is located in Buckhead, offering services such as Chakra Balancing, Reiki Classes, EFT, Past Life Regressions and Crystal Light…
Diana La
Diana is the founder of Twisted Roots Yoga. As a teenage ballerina and a former opera singer, yoga concepts were not foreign to her but it wasn’t until her mid 20’s where she really started to seek out the calm…
Diane Dempster, CPC, PCC, MHSA
Diane Dempster is a certified professional coach, reiki master, speaker, and educator. The co-Founder of ImpactParents.com and co-author of “Parenting ADHD Now!” she provides training, coaching and support for parents and educators. Diane helps adults gain new skills, increase confidence,…
Donna Sharpe
Donna Sharpe is an author, speaker, and wellness life coach. Her healing gifts have been positively received by many clients over the years. Her dynamic passion serves many who cry out from uncontrollable chronic pain. People in pain seek answers…
Douglas Johnson
With well over 1000 hours of training under his belt and a quarter of a century of teaching experience, Douglas Johnson – E-RYT 500, YACEP is one of the southeast’s most experienced and well-trained yoga teachers. Founder of the Mahāpatha…
Dr. Karen E. Landry, LPC
Dr. Karen E. Landry is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Speaker, and Soul Care Retreat for Women Creator and Facilitator. She has a Doctoral degree in Education (EdD) in Counseling Psychology. Dr. Landry moved to Georgia in 1994 from her home…
Dr. Kimberly Griffin
Dr. Kimberly Griffin (known as Dr. Kim) is a wife, mother, author, Licensed Professional Counselor, National Certified Counselor, Certified Professional Counselor Supervisor, mindfulness and meditation specialist, and entrepreneur. As the founder of Just Talk Counseling and Consulting, LLC, Dr. Kim…
Dr. Lindsey Elmore
Dr. Lindsey Elmore is a speaker, author, podcast host and world-renowned wellness expert. She translates complicated science into understandable stories, and travels the world educating audiences about natural wellness. Dr. Elmore obtained an undergraduate degree in chemistry from the University…
Ecclesia Savage
Ecclesia Savage, LPC, RPT, NCC is a licensed professional counselor in the state of Georgia and Connecticut. She has worked in a variety of settings including residential, outpatient, correctional facilities, and private practice. Her passion for the mental health field…
Elizabeth Carmine Black
With over 20 years of movement experience, and somatic practicing; Elizabeth Carmine Black is a practitioner of embodiment and sensual exploration. She has spent the last 10 years teaching people all over the world how to dance and find meaningful…
Elizabeth Kier
Elizabeth Kier is Creatrix of Womxn in the Pines. She is an RYT200, Women’s Circle Leader, & Women’s Cycle Guide. She is passionate about creating community in North Georgia & empowering women to embrace their inner voice & their goodness.…
Emma Nettuno
Emma Nettuno has been teaching yoga for several years now. Not only is she a successful yoga teacher, but she is also a certified personal trainer. She offers a variety of classes for all levels! Whether you’re looking for a…
Erika Scribner
Erika (E-RYT 500) is an extremely passionate fun-loving teacher and you’ll understand the moment you meet her. Her smile welcomes you into the room and it is soon accompanied by her warm personality. She is a multifaceted teacher with vast…
Erin Newman
Erin Newman is a speaker, author, Money Mindset Mentor, and Soul Fire Ignitrix for women entrepreneurs. She helps business owners to overcome mindset blocks to money and income so that they can truly do what lights them up in their…
Eshna Kutty - Movement Therapist, Nike Ambassador, Founder of HoopFlo
A pioneer in popularizing hooping in her country India, Eshna Kutty is an artist & entrepreneur who is creating a movement of movers, to find authenticity and comfort in their flow. She’s the first and only Nike catalyst in India…
Eve Cook
Eve Cook is the Executive Director and co-founder of Elohee. While professionally trained in Biomedical Science, she has found peace and healing from nature and has shifted professions because of it. Having a place like Elohee has always been a…
Felicia Grant
Felicia has been leading transformational women’s retreats since 2008 after leaving her 20+ year career at Merrill Lynch to pursue a dream. As a highly sensitive child Felicia quickly learned that knowing and feeling others emotions came naturally to her…
Fibia Gee
Fibia is a Romanian girl with a big American Dream. She calls Atlanta her home, but also refers to “going home” when traveling back to Romania to be with her family. She is married to her best friend, Rob and…
Flournoy Holmes
Musician, Sound Healer, Southern Visionary Artist In his early 20’s Flournoy Holmes visually defined the Southern Rock phenomenon of the early 1970’s creating popular album covers and art work for bands like the Allman Brothers, Marshall Tucker, Wet Willie, Lynyrd…
GabrielNelson Sears
GabrielNelson Sears has studied and practiced meditation for over thirty years and is a master‐level Usui and Karuna Reiki practitioner. He is a certified Vibrational Sound Therapist through the Vibrational Sound Association and a graduate of the Earthsong Sound Mystery…
Gayle Monk
First introduced to yoga eighteen years ago, Gayle has been a practitioner under the tutelage of first Sue Hopkins and later Lynne Jacobs. In 2012 she obtained her 200-hour teaching certification with Yoga Alliance, and then her 300-hour certification in…
Gota Cebrero, E-RYT 500
Gota resides in the majestic mountains of Asheville North Carolina and has been sharing the beautiful path of yoga for over 20 years. He teaches mindful flow, restorative, and yin, weaving in pranayama and meditation.
Hannah Nettuno
Hannah Nettuno is the co-owner and Project Manager at Trinity Movement. She graduated with Honors and a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies. She was unsure of what she wanted to do and was floundering having just finished graduating during a pandemic.…
Hannah Rivas
Hannah is a certified yoga instructor, energy healer and Sound healing therapist. My passion is to help others create exceptional health by making energetic, emotional, nutritional, and lifestyle interventions. I work with The Forsyth Crystal Light Table which combines elements…
Helena La Barbera
Helena La Barbera, owner of Spiritual Guidance and Healing, LLC, has extensive training and expertise in several modalities including Reiki healing, Hypnosis, and Sound therapy. She has been practicing with individual clients for the past 10 years and recently started…
Iyabo Ifafunmilola Faluade
Iya Ifafunmilola Faluade is a Priestess of Ifa, the mother of her temple, Ifatorise Temple International Inc. and the Senior Instructor of YogaSkills Atlanta, LLC., Kemetic Yoga Studio. Iya has created a sacred space of healing where people of walks…
Jac O'Keeffe
Jac O’Keeffe is a deeply realized spiritual teacher, leader, and author. She has been teaching and holding workshops around the world, guiding people in the unfoldment of their own spiritual journey for more than 15 years. Jac’s personal spiritual journey…
Jacqueline Burbage
Jacqueline Burbage is the Founder of The InBody Journey, she offers awareness for one’s transformation through mindfulness and movement practices. As an embodiment mentor and guide, Certified Yoga Teacher, and Therapist her intention is to introduce the healing benefits of…
Jaymati and Robb Weaver
Jaymati is the Manager and a Teacher for Third Eye Yoga. She is accredited with a 500-hour E-RYT YACEP. The certifications she has received are in Amrit Body Psychology , Advanced Yoga Nidra, Posture of consciousness, Meditation in Motion, Master…
Jen Buege
Jen Buege, MBA is a Certified Sound Healing Practitioner who trained with Danielle Hall at the SoundEmbrace Institute. Through group and private sound healing sessions, Jen guides clients through various healing journeys including minimizing stress, anxiety, and depression, support through…
Jen Fortin
Jen Fortin, E-RYT200, began her yoga journey in 2010 after the birth of her son. Yoga brought her a sense of peace and self-discovery that she had never experienced before. Jen knew very quickly that sharing yoga with others was…
Jeremy Bowers
Jeremy has been dancing for the past 14 years, and has spent the past 4 years with New Ballet Ensemble. His favorite styles of dance are Ballet and Memphis Jookin. Jeremy has starred as Memphis Angel in the NBE production…
Jess Pfeffer
Jess Pfeffer is on this planet to spread love + connections, she does this through teaching yoga + planning holistic events. As a registered yoga teacher, masters level mental health therapist, and entrepreneur Jess shares yoga off and on the…
Jessa Glover
Jessa Glover is an Intuitive Business Coach who guides ambitious leaders and healers to scale their way to more freedom, flow, & funds. Using her signature CCC framework, she marries soulful sales mastery with the energetic principles of business in…
Jessica Prestia aka jessbeinspired
Jessica Prestia aka jessbeinspired is a Reiki Master, Certified Meditation Teacher with Davidji, Spiritual Coach, and Crystal and Sound Healer. Her passion is to touch the heart of those she encounters and to teach them how to consciously create their…
Jill Elkin
Jill Elkin, E-RYT 200, YACEP – My earliest yoga memories are from around age 8. I remember doing sun salutations with my mom in our sun room. I remember the joy of reaching towards the sky to greet the day…
Jocelyn Gordon - E-RYT 500, Creator of HoopYogini, Ordained Minister & Somatic Wisdom Guide
Called a “Yoga Rebel” by Yoga Journal Magazine, Jocelyn Gordon is known for her joyful integrations of dance, yoga and meditation – HoopYogini™ and Bhakti Boogie Yoga. She has toured nationally with Wanderlust, is a six time presenter at the…
Joel Roper
Joel lives in Winder, Georgia and is a member of the SRF Atlanta Center.
Johanna Bowen
Johanna is Creatrix of Womxn in the Pines. She is an RYT200, Women’s Circle Leader, & Women’s Cycle Guide. She is passionate about creating community & empowering women to embrace their inner voice & their goodness. She has a love…
Julie Sczerbinski
Julie Sczerbinski is a forest therapy guide, retreat facilitator, and co-founder of Magic Tree Sanctuary, a 53-acre retreat space in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Since 2016, she has been leading individuals and groups in nature-based retreats. Her approach…
Julie Stuart
Julie has over two decades of experience as a consultant/facilitator of emergence who works with organizations and individuals to navigate complex change, imagine new ways of being and create strategies forward from collective wisdom using deep dialogue, large-scale visual mapping…
Kam Malone
Kam has been practicing yoga for 14 years, and appreciates the fact that yoga is so individualized, and there is no set-in-stone practice to follow. “I don’t have to worry about being better than someone else, MY best can be…
Kandy Duke
Kandy began her exploration with “energy medicine” 20 years ago when she took a very skeptical look at a complementary healing modality called Healing Touch. After receiving a “Healing Touch” session she felt like she had physically lost 10 pounds.…
Karen Elizabeth Martin
Karen Elizabeth Martin Co-Owner and 200hrCYT, LPTA, PWR(Parkinson’s Wellness Recovery) therapist. My introduction to yoga happened many years ago when I took it as a P.E. class in college. I had been a competitive athlete in high school and expected…
Karen Lucas RYT
Karen Lucas comes to us with 30 years of yoga practice and 23 years of experience as a yoga instructor. She teaches a variety of styles including vinasa flow, yin, restorative, thai yoga, and meditation. Karen has studied with master…
Karen Luckman, RYT-200
Born and raised in the U.K. I have a Sports Science degree, certification in Bikram/Hatha and Yin Yoga, and am a fully comprehensive BASI Pilates teacher. I’m a mother to 2 beautiful children and a wife to my wonderful husband.…
Kathy Shaul
Transformation Catalyst – Body 💫 Mind 💫 Spirit 💫 Movement: Yoga E-RYT 200, Yoga Tune Up®, Roll Model® Method Mindset: Master Coach NLP, Time Line Therapy®, Hypnotherapy Energy: Integrative Energy Medicine, Reiki Passionate about self-care as health care™ and self-love…
Kathy Woerner, LCSW
Kathy Woerner also holds her LCSW and has a background interest in the arts as a healing medium both in process of creation and through observation. Even if creating isn’t your strength, experiencing the calming energy within the creation community…
Kayla Cypher
Kayla Cypher is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Private Practice Business owner. She is also a Certified Holy Fire Reiki Master and trained in Akashic Record Readings and Shamanic Healing. Kayla works as a Spiritual Life Coach and Retreat…
Kelley Colihan Robertson, E-RYT, NBC-HWC
Yoga, meditation, journaling, singing, storytelling and being in nature are just some of the ways to be able to drink while you pour. You can’t give from an empty cup. If you are a parent, teacher, therapist or artist you…
Kelsey Wishik
Kelsey Wishik is a yoga and movement instructor, artist, and musician based in Athens, GA. She is ERYT 200 and RYT 500 certified and has over 13 years of experience with yoga and an extensive movement and meditation background. Her…
Kim Peery, LCSW
Kim Peery holds her LCSW and brings a highly unique and specialized approach to Self-Care, Compassion, and Gratitude which you will not want to miss! Such a special gift to ourselves to be able to re-calibrate ourselves to uphold our…
Kim Pyron
Kim is a professional spiritual advisor, medium, intuitive healer and mystic. As a retired critical care nurse, she is committed to the well-being of your mind, body, spirit and your inner divine. Passionate about helping you on your journey and…
Kimberly (Kimi) Nettuno
Kimi Nettuno journeys with others in the practices of yoga, meditation, discernment, and spiritual direction. She combines yoga methodology with Christian prayer and Ignatian discernment to expand the practitioner’s relationship with God by deepening their connection with themselves. Having over 1000…
Kimberly Harper-Colucci
Wellness Chef Vegan Lifestyle Coach & Educator Shamanic Reiki Practitioner Certified Akashic Record Practitioner As a Vegan Lifestyle Coach and Educator, Kimberly specializes in modern food with an emphasis on local, lighter, plant-based fare. Her passion has always revolved around…
Kimberly Thompson
Kimberly is the Founder and leader of White Flag Recovery Yoga and Retreats in Charleston, SC. She is a Certified RYT300 Trauma informed Yoga teacher and Y12SR, The Yoga of 12 Step Recovery leader and Spaceholder. She leads weekly Y12SR…
Kristen Carlson RYT 200, M.A. Literary Studies
Kristen Carlson holds a Bachelor’s degree in English from Kennesaw State University and will receive her Master’s degree in Literary Studies from Georgia State University in May 2018. Her literary interests include 19th-Century American Literature, Transcendentalism, and literature and the…
LaTonia Clark Chalmers, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, NC-BC, RYT-200
I am a mental health provider, nurse, health, and wellness coach, and trained Mindful Self-Compassion teacher with the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion and yoga instructor. I offer holistic modalities that nurture the mind-body-soul-spirit.
Lauren Antuofermo
Lauren is the creator of the Body of Light Programs. She has been travelling and speaking to audiences across the United States about food, health, and energy since 2010. In her military career she served under several active duty assignments…
Lauren Olivia
Lauren Olivia is a gifted intuitive channel and healer, receiving messages, information and downloads from the Gaia, Universal Energies and the Angelic realms. She has found her true calling in helping others to heal and shift their personal paradigm. Lauren…
Lauretta Hannon
Lauretta’s aim is to get you closer to your flame. To help you become more joyful, free, peaceful, authentic, and wild. This is at the heart of her teaching, writing, mentoring, speaking, everything. Named the “Funniest Woman in Georgia” by…
Laurie Teixeira, LCSW
Laurie Teixeira is a Licensed Therapist, specializing in trauma, a Transformation Coach and Author who values empowering individuals to turn their trauma into their success story. She brings over 30 years of clinical experience and training, as a Transformation Coach,…
Leah Merriweather
Leah is a Certified Meditation Leader, Yoga Instructor and Quantum Healing Practitioner. Leah is known for assisting people in peeling away blockages and living in the precincts of the Heart. Leah’s Heart Wisdom workshop will introduce you to the Emperor…
Leong Tan
Life is a process of learning, changing and growing. We have something very precious inside — an inner self which knows why we are here and where we want to go. Through meditation, we awaken this Self, connect with it…
Lilia Sofia
Lilia Sofia is a graduate of RYT 200 of Blue Lotus Yoga, now LIFT Yoga + Body. She is from Mexico City and has been living in Atlanta with her family for over 25 years. Lilia started on her Yoga…
Lily Winsaft
Lily Winsaft is a life-long lover of peace and harmony. Her passion is to align every human being with the remembrance of who they are and why they have chosen this lifetime on this planet. She is a high frequency…
Linda Davis, MSW, RYT
As a Buddhist meditation teacher and counselor, Linda has been helping people find greater clarity, peace and fulfillment in their lives for 35 years. Sparked by a deep interest in spirituality at a young age, Linda traveled to Nepal, India,…
Lindsay Hendrickson
Lindsay is a certified classical Pilates instructor, nutrition health coach and owner of Inspire Pilates Studio in Warner Robins, GA. Her focus with Pilates is encouraging movement to empower people to feel strong, healthy, and inspired to make movement an…
Lisa Jacobson, LPC
Lisa Jacobson earned a bachelor’s degree in Child and Family Development and a Master’s degree in Humanistic and Transpersonal Psychology. She has over 20 years’ experience teaching Yoga, counseling individuals and families, and guiding people into a deeper awareness of…
Livia Adia Budrys, LCSW, SEP, C-IAYT
Livia, LCSW, SEP, RYT-500, C-IAYT (Founder, Faculty) is a psychotherapist, social worker, yoga therapist and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. She is the founder of the Yoga-Informed trainings and is an advocate of the shift in this paradigm towards greater understanding and…
Loretta Hoffman
Dale is joined by Loretta – his wife of 24 years – a well-known visual arts model, performance artist and energetic healer.
Lorna Busch, PhD
Lorna is a psychologist who runs a private practice with locations in Pittsford, Penn Yan, and Canandiagua, NY, where she offers individual and group Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy.
Mandy Roberts
Mandy’s all-levels and beginner friendly classes are a sacred, sweet and sometimes sweaty celebration. She loves to embody playfulness on the mat, gently exploring and encouraging poses to empower her students to keep learning and growing. You’ll breathe deep. You’ll move to…
Marc Pimsler
Marc is an entrepreneur, published author, sought after trainer, therapist, supervisor and coach. Since 2004 Marc Pimsler has worked experientially in a variety of counseling and consulting capacities. Marc is as passionate about doing clinical work, as he is counselor…
Marisa Cranfill
Marisa Cranfill is the founder of YOQI® Yoga + Qigong. Frequent trips as a child inspired Marisa to study academically and work in Asia for over 20 years. While living in China and Thailand she received direct transmission from qigong…
McKenzie Raymond CYT, CPLC, CRMT
Hi I’m McKenzie! I’m a 30 year old sober-curious nature lover who’s on a mission to help guide powerful women back to their own inner truth and love. A few years ago I asked the universe to work through me…
Megan Barnhard
Megan Barnhard is an intuitive writing coach and Story Magician. She helps transformational coaches write conscious business content and the book that’s in their soul. Her superpowers are being an empathic channel, connecting the dots so her clients see their…
Megan Schlobohm
Megan Schlobohm is the owner of Anderson Yoga Center, and a fellow Yoga Instructor at the studio. Megan has been practicing yoga since 2003, and earned her RYT200 certificate in 2017. In 2018, she purchased the studio and began shaping…
Meric Mizrakli with Akasha Yoga & Salt Studio
Our founder and instructor, Meric Mizrakli is a Yoga Alliance registered 500h yoga teacher + Experienced 200h registered yoga teacher. We are happy to be back with our 3 rd retreat. Our philosophy is a little different than just practicing…
Michael Cook
Michael has always been one to work with his hands and through the years has found that he is most comfortable when surrounded by nature. A background of two decades in manufacturing and industrial maintenance has provided him with the…
Michael Leahy
Michael Leahy is the founder and Co-CEO of BraveHearts, a Christ-centered non-profit that helps men and women find freedom from porn and sex addiction and betrayal trauma. For those who need help, BraveHearts offers expert-led, video-based recovery training and education…
Michelle Badillo
Michelle Badillo es una Periodista Venezolana con una extensa trayectoria en los medios de comunicación en su País natal, Venezuela. Dado su amor por el Yoga, se certificó como Instructora de Kundalini Yoga y Vinyasa Yoga, avalado por Yoga Alliance,…
Michelle Boyd, PhD
Michelle Boyd, PhD is an award-winning writer and scholar, a writing coach and retreat facilitator, and the founder of InkWell Academic Writing Retreats. She spent the first part of her career studying the political significance of black racial identity. In…
Michelle C. Johnson
Michelle C. Johnson is an author, yoga teacher, social justice activist, intuitive healer, and Dismantling Racism trainer. She approaches her life and work from a place of empowerment, embodiment, and integration. As a dismantling racism trainer, she has worked with…
Michelle Lumpkins, RYT- 200, R-YFMT 500
Through the love of the Lord and the mode of yoga, I have overcome some tough times in my life. All I could do is share with everyone what helped me maintain my peace and joy. Then it dawned on…
Michelle Swagler, PhD
Michelle is a psychologist who has a private practice in Athens, GA, where she offers individual and group Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy.
Micki Wisenbaker
Micki Wisenbaker, before joining the Elohee family as the Retreat Coordinator in 2021, attended a retreat in October 2019 and fell in love with the property; it’s views, calming energy, and devoted owners and staff. She recalls thinking, “Wow, this…
MJ Impastato
MJ Impastato is a professional leadership and life coach, speaker and Mojo expert. With her mission to help people feel comfortable in their own skin and be confident in being themselves, MJ creates experiential retreats that foster a safe and…
Monica C Williams, Ph.D.
Dr. Monica Williams, Ifadamilola, is a licensed psychologist. She received her doctoral degree in counseling psychology at The University of Georgia and has spent her professional career dedicated to the mental health and emotional well being of adults. As a…
Monica Simpson
Co-owner of Shine Wellness Retreats, previous tech writer/web developer, and mom. During a 15-year technical career, my back deteriorated from computer use while sitting in a cube all day. After coworkers and I began practicing yoga during lunch breaks, these…
Nasirah Denisse Gaines
Nasirah Denisse Gaines is a former middle school math teacher that discovered yoga as an alternative way to work out and relieve joint pain. She teaches yoga as an expression of self-care that induces physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health.…
Naveen Thomas, MD
Naveen is a psychiatrist in private practice based in Woodstock, GA. He offers integrative holistic psychiatry services and facilitates individual and group Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy.
Nickie Graves RN, BA, MPA
NurseNickie360, a health & wellness company assists individuals, groups, and organizations on how to integrate modern healthcare with alternative holistic practices to experience well-being of mind, body, and spirit. As CEO of NurseNickie360, I have 30 years of experience in…
Nicole Ware Spencer, PsyD, MPH, RYT-500
Dr. Nicole Ware Spencer is a clinical psychologist, yoga therapist, and the owner of Asili Wellness. She works with Women of Color to enhance, nourish, and transform their well-being through yoga, holistic talk therapy, meditation, and mindfulness. Women who work…
Octavia Raheem - Retreat Leader, E-RYT
Octavia Raheem is a Yoga Alliance experienced registered teacher (E-RYT) at the 200-hour level. She completed teacher training under the guidance of Graham Fowler and Elizabeth Nix at Peachtree Yoga Center in 2007 and began teaching later that year. To…
Olivia Mah
Olivia Mah received her 200 RYT certificate in 2017 from CorePower Yoga and has taught yoga in yoga studios, homes, schools, businesses, retirement communities, and at church. She is a child of God and a lover of nature. Olivia lives…
Olivia Montiel
Olivia (E-500 RYT, CCT, LMT) offers a dynamic range of healing modalities. She is an experienced Yoga teacher, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Cupping therapist. Olivia studied at the Kripalu School of Yoga under the guidance of Larissa Hall Carlson, Michelle…
Orisha Bowers
Orisha A. Bowers holds a BFA, MA, MEd, PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies, a Graduate certificate in Women and Gender Studies and a Certificate in Complementary Alternative Medicine. Orisha has more than 22 years of experience in social services, nonprofit leadership,…
Oyah Kheperu
Oyah Kheperu helps career women on-the-go overcome scarcity mindset through movement and mindfulness. She will amplify our retreat experience through daily sound healing sessions while also offering 1:1 sound healing and oracle readings to retreatants
Patricia Agatston
Patti Agatston, PhD, LPC RYT-200 Dr. Agatston is a licensed professional counselor, a registered yoga teacher, and a trainer in restorative practices. As the former Crisis Coordinator and Prevention Specialist for the Cobb County School District in suburban Atlanta, she…
Pavel Bahushevich
Pavel Bahushevich started practicing qigong eighteen years ago. During this time he also studied meditation, yoga, sufi practices and modern techniques to work with energy. But spiritual practices were more like a hobby until he seriously injured his spine and…
Plamen Russev
Soulful Breathwork – Soulful Breathwork heals the body, calms the mind and nourishes the soul. It is a simple form of conscious breathing that heals and rejuvenates physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. This type of conscious breathing activates the natural…
Rashid Hughes
Rashid Hughes is a meditation teacher, restorative justice facilitator, yoga instructor, and the co-founder of the Heart Refuge Mindfulness Community for BIPOC in Washington, DC. He is also the creator of a rest-centered meditation practice called the Four Pillars of…
Rayann Larsen
Rayann is a nationally board certified reflexologist with the American Reflexology Certification Board. She is also a member of the Reflexology Association of America and has served in various board positions with the Georgia Reflexology Association. Rayann is dedicated to…
Reanna Livingston E-RYT 500 + YACEP, Author
Reanna leads with a vibrant passion and a soulful shine. As a Certified E-RYT 500, RPYT (Registered Prenatal Yoga Teacher) and a Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider, and a published Author of “the words I read to {You}” and “Pieces…
Rebecca Galla-Jones
Yoga has been a part of my life for over two decades now. I wandered into my first yoga class in the summer of 2000 and there was just something about it that made me feel good and that is…
Rebecca Williams
Rebecca Williams is on a healing path. Her greatest lessons have come from the vulnerable spaces of starting from scratch after trauma over…and again…and once more. Thus, reaching deeply inward to find the resilience and solace that always abides in…
Regan Stacey
Regan Stacey is an artist and advocate for the Earth whose passion is to reconnect humans to nature for the betterment of themselves, their communities, and our planet. Through her private practice, she offers forest bathing and meditative walks in…
Rene DeLuca Eder
For over 20 years, Rene – MPA, E-RYT-500, YACEP – has practiced, studied and taught yoga. A former police officer turned into a yogi and mother of two, she shares what she has experienced in hopes of inspiring others and…
Renee Brown
Renee Uma Brown, E-RYT-500 therapeutic yoga at Asheville Yoga Center with over a 1000 hours of training, Reflexologist, Reiki Master, Thai Body Worker. “I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis in 2010 after completing a mini-triathalon. I felt completely defeated and…
Renee Morris
Renee Morris, RYT-200 started her yoga journey at age 40. She never had a regular exercise regime until she found yoga. After one class she was hooked. She started for the physical benefits but has continued for the calm yoga…
Rev. Dale Allen Hoffman
Reverend Dale Allen Hoffman is an Ancient Aramaic Wisdom Keeper, mystic and energetic healer revealing long-suppressed ancient secrets and healing modalities – Ancient Insight for the Present Moment. For over 30 years, Dale has been what many call “the teacher…
Rod Francis
ROD FRANCIS, is faculty head and creator of the Emergent Coach Training program and the founder of InterActualizer. Rod’s early interest in physical performance led him via an elite national academy in his home country of Australia onwards to an…
Rosalind Heiko
Rosalind Heiko, PhD, RPT-S, ISST, is a is a licensed Psychologist and certified School Psychologist. She is a Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor with APT and a certified Sandplay teacher with ISST who trains therapists internationally and nationally. Her new book, A…
Rose LaPiere
RoseLaPiere, LPC, RPT-S, ACS has been in private practice in Sea Girt, NJ for 14 years working with children, adolescents and families. She is a certified School Psychologist and worked as a school psychologist on the child study teams as…
Rose Mary White
Rose Mary’s yoga practice focuses on the slower and quieter side of yoga. Rose Mary has found the stretch and meditative work of yin, restorative, and slower vinyasa flow exactly what she needs to balance the yang of everyday life.…
Roxanne Donovan, PhD
As a Black feminist of multiracial descent (Black/Asian/White), psychologist, professor, and certified yoga teacher with 20+ years of experience researching and practicing in the areas of health and wellness, Roxanne is committed to supporting women and nonbinary faculty of color…
Ruby Shiva Dasi Jordan
Shiva Dasi obtained her 200 hour Classical Yoga Teacher Training Certification from Kashi Atlanta Ashram in 2014, and is currently pursuing her 300 hour Certification for Kali Natha Yoga. She has been practicing yoga since 1999. While taking the teacher…
Ryan Klee
Partner and Lead Strategist at Rootstock, Ryan is a true believer in the powers of authentic connections, strategic storytelling, curiosity, and mutually beneficial collaborations. After graduating from the University of Florida with a BS in Telecommunications, Ryan honed his PR,…
Sami Seva Jackson
Sami Seva Jackson is a Yoga Alliance E-RYT 500/YACEP teacher and has been practicing yoga since 2003. In July 2008 she received her 200-hour Raja Yoga teacher training certificate from The Sierra Center for Yoga Studies, in California, under the guidance…
Sandy Beauford Muhammad
Sandy Beauford Muhammad is the founder and owner of Soul Wisdom Intl, Inc. based in Atlanta, Georgia. She is a herbalist, certified National Dianetics Auditor, Reiki Master, Access Consciousness (Bars) Trainer, Public Speaker, Business Coach, Mentor and Builder of the…
Sara Pelaez
Sara, LCPC, EMDR, RRT, SEP, PHDC (Program Coordinator) is a licensed psychotherapist and executive-leadership coach. Her methodology to psychotherapy is a bottom-up top-down approach. This neuropsychobiology model integrates different parts of the brain to work together to resolve trauma and…
Sarah Druckman
Dr. Sarah Druckman is a chiropractor (and yoga teacher) who offers chiropractic care and an integrated approach to health and wellness at her space, the Alpharetta Wellness Collective. She has extensive nutrition and lifestyle training and among many others holds…
Sarah Krippner, LMT
Sarah Krippner is Massage Therapist with 25 years’ experience as well as an Intuitive Healer and Energy Alchemist who supports her clients to empower them inside their intimate relationships with their intuition, intentional touch, & emotional calibration techniques. Sarah connects…
Sarah Ruiz
Sarah Ruiz, RYT-200, RPYT is the creator and owner of Sweet Tea Yoga, Sarah began her yoga journey in a prenatal yoga class in 2005. She soon fell in love with the practice of yoga, with the connection of breath…
Sarah Smith
Sarah Smith is our certified Yoga Teacher who has a passion for working with professionals who help others (like therapists and counselors!). Look forward to being elevated by Sarah’s whole-body approach that will release your day-to-day tensions.
Sari Terrusa, LMHC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor and co-founder of TSI. Sari has led retreats for the last 20 years, both internationally and in the United States. Her private practice specializes in families, individuals and couples. Sari leads weekly Co-Ed, Women’s Groups and…
Sebastian Giles
Sound Therapy by Sebastian Giles- Metabear Enjoy 1 hour of your friendly neighborhood Metabear and Sound Healer’s session. The space he presents through each immersion is calming and allows ease to take place during your co-created soundscape. You are invited…
Sensei Subira
R.A.W Priestess Coach & Facilitator Sensei Subira is a self-published author, speaker and Reverend of Spiritual Consciousness who believes that our most painful life experiences can serve as a catalyst for transformation. She believes that the powerful process of confronting pain…
Shalan Hill
Shalan Hill, Retreat Leader and co-owner of The Posture Project, is a Licensed and Certified Massage Therapist (CMT & LMT) and a Certified Yoga Teacher. Shalan began her study of yoga in 1998 and has been teaching since 2001…
Shanna Jackson, PhD, LPC, CPCS
Shanna has always been interested in how people become who they are—how life’s pain, challenges, accomplishments, and expectations form someone. She joins in collaboration with her clients to better understand past and present experiences and how they currently affect life…
Shannon Jackson
Shannon is an intuitive healer, mentor and a RYT-200HR alignment based-yoga teacher. She has a background in health and wellness; and was an AFAA group fitness instructor and training coach prior to becoming a yoga teacher. As she grew and…
Shari L Fox
Shari’s work is the soul. Her presencing meditations and Enneagram workshops are personal, intuitive and liberating. Focusing on what fuels us and what frees us, she fuses mind-body practices with an innovative understanding of personality theory and psyche development. You’ll…
Sharyn L. Faro, PhD
Sharyn is a clinical psychologist who has been in private practice since 1980. Sharyn’s work is transpersonal in nature and she has been leading workshops such as this one since 1985. She trained with Stanislav Grof and is a certified…
Shawntel White
Shawntel White is a certified yoga teacher and confidence coach. Shawntel is leading a few activities during the women’s wellness weekend, including daily yoga sessions and a divine feminine ladies’ night in. Shawntel is truly a champion of Black women…
Sherena Edinboro
Sherena Edinboro is a Mental Health & Wellness Strategist/Coach, Master Facilitator and Ceremonialist. On the outside it may seem as if Sherena does it all, but this is not the case. Her multi-passionate nature allows her to experience the world…
Simone Cheri
Simone Cherí is an impact-driven founder with a decade of commitment to creating digital brand experiences and marketing campaigns. In 2022, Simone embarked on her digital nomad journey and has since been living the dream of supporting clients and agency…
special guest April Punsalan
April Punsalan serves as a voice for plants. Her main calling and purpose in life is to protect plant diversity, restore the sacred connection between humans and plants, and to increase the health and vitality of people with primarily native…
Stephanie Clement
Stephanie is a mama, speaker, and a certified meditation and yoga teacher who specializes in mindfulness, meditation, and yoga for individuals, groups, corporate settings and retreats. Known for her engaging and authentic teaching, she has guided thousands of people through…
Stephanie Epps
Dr. Stephanie Epps, DNP, MBA, AGACNP-BC, E-RYT200, RYT 500. is a Nurse Practitioner, owner of Indigo Soul Yoga, Holistic Empowerment Mentor, and retired professor. She is also an experienced Registered Yoga Teacher and Certified Education Provider with Yoga Alliance. As…
Stephanie Swann, PhD
Stephanie Swann, PhD began her journey into meditation in 1988. After many fits and starts and experimenting with various methods and traditions, she began her daily practice in Vipassana meditation in 2008. Of the many joys in this life, studying…
Sundiata Salaam
Sundiata Salaam was born in Camden, AR to Robert and Linda Webb. For as long as he can remember he always had an interest and curiosity about Spiritual matters. Growing up Jehovah’s Witness, he recalled how he enjoyed going door-to-door…
Susan Reviere, PhD
Susan Reviere, PhD, has studied Buddhism and mindfulness/meditation practices for more than 30 years, initially exploring the Thich Nhat Hanh and Zen traditions before settling into her spiritual home in the Insight tradition. She has studied and practiced intensively through…
Susie Raymond- CPLC, CRMT, ESTI
Hi, I’m Susie! I am an empowerment catalyst Life Coach who is spiritually open-minded and understands the language of our emotions. I have helped people navigate career changes, life transitions, and bumpy relationships. I love to guide clients to learning…
Sydney Groves
I started doing yoga in college, and once I moved to Atlanta I wanted to find a studio to go to regularly. That’s when I found Highland Yoga and it ignited an appreciation for yoga I had not had before.…
Tanaya Larsen
Tanaya truly believes that anyone can benefit from yoga regardless of flexibility, experience, age, or injury. Her love for yoga developed once seeing the progress it made on her stiff body and the complimentary nature it brought to her running…
Tanya Colucci
Tanya Colucci, MS, LMT is an Expert Shaman, Ordained Minister, Author, and Speaker. She is the owner of Sacred Soul Guidance and Tanya Colucci Myofascial Release Therapy. Her powerful Sacred Soul Coaching and Healing methods use an extraordinary combination of…
Tanya Dunne
I have always loved physical activity, so I came to yoga for the physical challenge and to work through old sports injuries. I took my first yoga class in 2001, and I could tell that there was something worth pursuing,…
Tee Brooks
Tee Brooks, MA, RYT-200 is a sociologist, yoga guide, empowerment coach, and herbal apothecary proprietor whose mission is to promote generational healing, rooted in a greater awareness of the many barriers that impact our daily lives to break cycles of…
Tenzin Lama
Tenzin Lama Sherpa teaches Usui Reiki and Buddhist meditation and philosophy. When he was only 13 years old, he finished his elementary education to become a Tibetan Buddhist Monk. When he was very young, he studied in a Tibetan Buddhist…
Terra Elan McVoy
Rootstock’s Project Director and Strategist, Terra is a creative, problem-solving, process oriented people-person who also has a knack for great storytelling and wordsmithing. She uses her combined experience in the fields of project and team management, event programming, customer service,…
Thomas Bell
Partner and Lead Strategist at Rootstock, Tom asks good questions, listens well, then helps you refine your thinking and the story your brand will tell. For more than a decade, reflective leaders of innovative companies have turned to him for…
Tia Forbes
Tia Forbes is a professional development trainer and lifestyle design expert. As a Yam Facilitator, Tia will support retreatants in intentionally designing the highest vision for their life and lifestyle. We’ll also work through beliefs and behaviors that may be…
Tiffany Sevier
Tiffany L. Sevier is the Executive Director of The Sevier Centre for Radical Transformation and Wellbeing whose mission is assisting marginalized community members with reaching their personal goals by providing linkage to resources and assistance with developing the skills needed…
Tiffany Wilkes
Tiffany Wilkes is a certified Reiki Energy Healer, Sound Practitioner, and Spiritual Coach. As a wife and mother of two su(o)ns, it is very important for her to show them how to live in their true life’s purpose. She is…
Tori Tatum
Tori Tatum is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Private Practice in Suwanee, GA. She is also a Certified Yoga Teacher and enjoys creating a safe and restful place for people to experience gentle and restorative yoga. Combining self-awareness, breath, and…
Tracy Lefebvre, MSPP, ACC
Tracy is your thinking partner, an ICF-certified life coach, and owner of Ready for Reboot/That Brain, Body, Mind Place in Marietta, GA. Her specialty is in creating a safe space for clients to discover their stories and develop how they…
Ulrike Ackerman
Ulrike fell in love with Elohee when she first visited Bald Mountain 10 years ago. A longtime retreat participant, she joined the Elohee Family as Retreat Vision Coordinator in April 2021. A meditator for several decades, following a path of…
Val Lemoine
Val was born in Le Mans, France and at the age of nine moved with his family to Atlanta, GA. He attended the Atlanta International School where he received an International Baccalaureate bi-lingual diploma (Val is fluent in English, Spanish,…
Vena Ruby Crichlow
Vena Crichlow is a certified crystal practitioner who specializes in helping women navigate their pathway to wellness through active meditation practices such as “playing in the dirt”, movement, journaling and beading. After experiencing the sudden and tragic death of her…
Victoria Antonelli
Victoria Antonelli is a certified breathwork facilitator and owner and founder of A Breath of Sage LLC. She fell in love with breathwork in 2016 after attending a ceremony in Los Angeles. From a young age, Victoria had experienced panic…
Victoria Nielsen
Victoria Nielsen is an Akashic Records Reader, Breathwork facilitator, intuitive energy healer, and mama. Her personal mission is to help new and old mamas everywhere find the love in their heart for themselves that they have for their babies. And…
Vivienne Pierre
DPT, founder Uturn Systems Solutions LLC, Cozy MH Group LLC, You Unleashed: Master Coach NLP, Timeline Therapy®, Hypnotherapy Vivienne is a high energy and charismatic entrepreneur living in Atlanta, GA. Originally from Trinidad & Tobago she brings her Caribbean flare…
William Thomas
Ancestral Cleansing for Abundance and Prosperity – Releasing the Poverty Stories from Your Life and Lineage William Thomas is a powerful soul practitioner with extraordinary gifts and abilities. Throughout his spiritual journey William has met many high- level teachers and…
Yesenia Vazquez-Rosa
Founder, Blue Coastal Homes, LLC, Founder, YESpreneur, LLC Yesenia is an entrepreneur, published author, and a master coach in multiple areas; NLP, TimeLine Therapy®, Hypnotherapy, and Real Estate investing. She is a licensed Realtor® in Hawaii & Tennessee, and a…
Zanetta Bryant
MSN, APRN, FNP-C, Integral Energy LLC, Master Coach NLP, Timeline Therapy®, Hypnotherapy Zanetta is a USMC Veteran and Family Nurse Practitioner, with over 10 years in the healthcare field. Her purpose and passion in life is service to others. As…