WE’RE PROUD TO BE JOINED BY THESE TEACHERS, SPEAKERS & BODYWORKERS!

**SASHA MIKSIS**

YOGA TEACHER, FOUNDER OMBOLDT

Sasha’s exuberant love for yoga shines through in every class she leads. With roots in Ashtanga and Baptiste Yoga, her classes are fiery yet grounding. She began her yoga journey in 2004 and in 2012 became an E-RYT certified Yoga Alliance instructor. Sasha holds a B.A. in Human Development and a Master’s in Counseling Psychology, specializing in both somatic mind/body therapy, trauma-informed care and perinatal mental health; she is currently accruing hours towards her Marriage and Family Therapist license. Sasha, most recently, completed a 40-hour training with Hala Khouri in Trauma-Informed Yoga (Somatic Experiencing) and uses this approach when teaching incarcerated youth and other groups of this nature. Sasha is a birth doula and is certified through Postpartum Support International as a perinatal mental health specialist; she utilizes these training modalities to support her pre/post-natal yoga classes, as well as in her private practice as a Marriage and Family Therapist.

Her hope in life is to improve the lives of those open and willing to roll out the mat and discover the magic of the Practice and what’s within. Yoga can be utilized as a tool to not only calm the body and mind, but also to alleviate symptoms of illness, both in the physical and beyond. Sasha finds her work in yoga to be that of a guide through the process of healing.

Her love for the practice and for those she has the pleasure of sharing it with is what energizes her teaching. If you love a lively and high-spirited practice that will bring you deeper into a grounded sense of self, you will love this class! Expect to breathe and flow through intentional sequencing and high energetic movement, all backed by upbeat and luminous playlists carefully mixed to awaken the power of what’s within. Her classes are appropriate for all practitioners who enjoy a physical challenge that leaves you feeling whole and alive!

**EMMA FUGLSBY**

MEDITATION COACH, CO-CREATOR OMBOLDT

Emma teaches meditation based in self-compassion and mindfulness techniques. Her coaching is focused on mindset development and is designed to help you feel empowered and aligned. Emma is a certified Yoga Instructor, and throughout the years has sat at 10-day silent meditation retreats, experiencing deep transformation firsthand.

Emma has taught all levels at private retreats, special events, corporate wellness, and community centers. This diversity has allowed her the opportunity to design meditations for beginners as well as seasoned practitioners, along with mindfulness packages that support your community.

**LAURA DOYLE**
LICENSED MIDWIFE, KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Moonstone Midwives Birth Center.

Laura is on a mission to grow and support a posse of loving midwives to care for the growing demand of women choosing natural birth at home or at a birth center. She is the co-owner of Moonstone Midwives Birth Center, a midwife-owned free-standing birth center in Humboldt County, supporting families through the journey of birth. She teaches an “Introduction to Midwifery and Doula Training” course to those in the community interested in birth work and looking to start their journey into this space. She also hosts a yearly “Birth the New You” retreat in Costa Rica, leading individuals through a week of deep connection and reset. You can hear her speak in her podcast “Ask Midwife 707” - Intimate Conversations from “Womb to Tomb” where she brings the roots of motherhood, spirituality, nutrition, birth stories, rants for midwives, and interviews that encompass all of life’s natural events.

Come hear Laura’s keynote presentation called “Leading with Heart” where she’ll dive into how her experience as a Midwife has created a deep understanding of how we can navigate our lives while focusing on self love.

**ROXANNE MIRANDA**

MANIFESTATION COACH, KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Roxanne is a subconscious reprogramming and manifestation coach. She is the creator of The SOUL Alignment Method™️ which blends neuroscience and spirituality to release old conditioning, rewire for your soul purpose, and manifest what you are truly meant for. She is a certified meditation teacher, hypnotist, NLP practitioner, and has used her SOUL Alignment Method to go from living a life on default, to manifesting a multiple six figure business that has helped 1000s of spiritual seekers manifest their own soul aligned lives.

Rewire & Manifest with The SOUL Alignment Method: The SOUL Alignment Method blends neuroscience and ancient wisdom to rewire your subconscious and manifest your most soul aligned life. Go beyond affirmations and start getting real results with The SOUL Alignment Method that reveals the 4 step process to manifest whatever you want. No matter where you are on your journey, this work will evolve your consciousness and expand your life from the inside out.

Manifestation is your birthright and you are wired for it. That’s science! It’s your choice of whether or not you want to take back the reigns by reprogramming the deepest parts of your subconscious to set yourself free from conditioning and experience your most soul aligned life.

Jess Trudeau ERYT500, RYT 900 comes to the mat with nearly 2 decades of teaching experience since her first class to Mongolian women while in the Peace Corps. She has led teacher trainings, retreats, workshops, and classes worldwide. A practicing artist with a BFA in Fine Art she enjoys the creativity found in sequencing and empowers students to find strength, shelter, devotion, and voice through their movement practice. Her mantra is “move like yourself”, using yoga as a gateway to come home to oneself. She embodies the belief that until we give adequately to ourselves, shining light into our own souls, only then can we find the wealth of energy to give with true intention.

Her appreciation of sequencing and alignment draw from teaching and training at Laughing Lotus and Yogaworks NYC as well as studying with Blissology Bali and Heartwood Institute CA. The spark of empowerment through community is what motivates Jess to continue to teach and share this ancient practice.

Expect a joyful, energetic, upbeat class with creative and intelligent evolution of sequencing, including fun musical playlists to carry you toward inspiration on and off the mat! Modifications are welcome and the opportunity to explore postures with supported direction is given. A perfect balance of challenge and play, peak postures are carefully paired with corresponding asanas to safely guide you along your journey. Jess’s classes are open to all that want to deepen their practice.

Old School Hot Yoga.

Old School Hot Yoga was established in 2004. My wife introduced me to the practice and I loved it. We opened our studio to share with others our love for hot yoga.

Old School Hot Yoga is an exciting, hardworking, and effective yoga class. Sweat, strive, and laugh yourself to optimum health, balance, and well-being.Bio

Shemaia Skywater is a yogini with more than 3 decades of yoga practice and teaching experience. She has been a student of Anusara Yoga since 2001 and completed the Inner Freedom Yoga Immersion and Training in 2008, as well as the Inner Freedom Yoga Level 2 and Yoga Therapy trainings. She also attended hundreds of hours with other top Anusara instructors, including the founder.

She also has spent 25 years exploring music as a healing force and sampling the healing music and movement of many ancient traditions, and two decades learning, exploring practicing, researching, receiving training in sound healing modalities and therapeutics through sound.

She is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, sound healing events.producer, body worker, and aromatherapy student. She loves breathing ocean air, swimming in rivers, tango and fusion partner dance, cooking Ayurvedic yumminess and jamming with friends. She especially loves the practices of the bhakti tradition: building altars and leading kirtans, which she does regularly.

"We're all just walking each other home" Ram Dass

Dear Yoga Community, My name is KaliShakti. It is my honor and privilege to be alive on this planet at this great time of Change & Global Awakening. The art of Yoga has been part of my healing journey helping me heal so many parts of my life including: trauma, and the feeling of being disconnected to my tribe. I’ve been practicing & teaching Yoga since 1996. My background in the following training has informed my style of teaching: Raja/ Hatha Yoga, Ipsalu Tantra Kriya, Shakta Sahaja Vinyasa, Reiki Master, Theta Healing, Supreme Science Qi Gong, Helm Meditational Drumming. Yoga has taught me to open my heart, to forgive myself, remembering to connect to the Breath as I move grounded in my body in order to live & thrive in health, wealth & inner peace.

Just like a muscle takes practice to strengthen our practice of Yoga gently beckons us to have patience, consistency leading us to the Gift of the Present Moment, a strong body and bliss. It is my prayer to share this gift of Yoga with whoever needs a sense of hope, joy, connection and peace, physically, emotionally and spiritually.

**MIMI KYOKO**

DANCE FITNESS INSTRUCTOR

Mimi has been a dance fitness instructor for over 11 years. Her joy is making Humboldt dance and groove in an easy to follow format with great music!!! Cardio dance fitness with an urban vibe.

**JUSTINE SCHACHTEr LAc**

ACUPUNCTURIST

Justine Sophia Schachter is a licensed Acupuncturist located in Willow Creek California. Believing in the deep connection between the mind, body, and soul, Justine seeks to help individuals tune into their bodies and tap into self in order to help alleviate pain and suffering in the world. Justine wholeheartedly embraces the holistic model of individualized healthcare. Treating the root cause of illness, Justine uses physical symptoms as signals of unattended, underlying imbalances within the body that present the opportunity to examine and work on one’s life in both the physical and emotional realms. She works with the knowledge that each client carries with them a completely unique personal story and life circumstances that have led them on their current path and strives you make sure you feel heard. Justine offers acupuncture, herbal medicine, cupping, bodywork, and nutritional counseling to help you feel your most vital and powerful self. With a commitment to health as a universal right and the belief that the power of this ancient wisdom is for everyone, Justine is passionate about bringing this medicine to the people! She is skilled in treating all types of both acute and chronic pain, digestive issues, allergies, asthma, sinus infections, fatigue, insomnia, autoimmune conditions, headaches, hemorrhoids, menstrual health, and any other health concerns you may have. She is passionate about spreading the knowledge of the great efficacy of this medicine and its lesser known strengths such as treating psycho-emotional disorders like trauma, PTSD, addiction, depression, insomnia and anxiety. Come find balance in this wavering world!

Justine earned her Master’s degree at the Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College in Berkeley. Over the course of over four years of intensive study, she completed over 1,000 hours of clinical training and provided over 500 acupuncture treatments as a student intern. She has worked in community style acupuncture clinics treating doctors, nurses, and other hospital staff at UCSF, and women and men of all ages at the SF Homeless Prenatal Program. Formerly, Justine was a member of Community Health Core, an Americorps program in West Oakland and believes that healthcare is a universal right and strives to work for health and social justice for all. Whether you feel healthy and simply in need of a yummy energetic tune-up or are working through more serious health conditions, the wonders of Chinese Medicine are sure to energize your individual experience on this earth.

**DESTINY VAZQUEZ**

CERTIFIED MASSAGE THERAPIST, REIKI MASTER, HOLISTIC AESTHETICS PRACTITIONER

Destiny cultivates a container that is trauma-informed, heart-centered, and rooted in loving-kindness. She is the owner and sole proprietor of Radiate Metta Wellness, which is a woman-of-color owned small business in Eureka committed to inclusivity, holism, sustainability, and excellence in RMW's space and offerings.

Destiny specializes in therapeutic massage, craniosacral therapy, energy work, and holistic skin care (facials and organic sugaring hair removal). Her goal is to facilitate your physical, emotional, and spiritual healing. Destiny endeavors to help her clients find greater equanimity within themselves by cultivating a safe space and through therapeutic touch and nervous system regulation - which is thoughtfully incorporated into her offerings - so the light within every being can grow and radiate outward, leading to a more peaceful world.

JEN MADRONE

Spiritual Wellness Coach and Teacher, Sound Healer and Reiki Master

Dedicated to the healing and spiritual evolution of the planet, Jen has been guiding others through the processes of healing and transformation for over 20 years.

She teaches and guides from experience. Her personal journey of Awakening and egoic death have given her a deep understanding of, and respect for the transformational process. Her own experience has taught her that this process is beautifully destructive and can leave the experiencer feeling completely lost, alone, and questioning their sanity.

From her love of sound healing she has learned that everything is in vibration, having its own unique frequency, and it is this innate frequency that holds the key to our healing and growth. Through resonance we can we can change the ingrained patterns of trauma and suffering and reconnect with our authentic vibration to create a life of peace, passion and purpose.

Through the years, her work has also been deeply influenced by her love of indigenous healing and mysticism. Within all of these studies she has found a common thread of perennial wisdom~a deep understanding that inside each of us lies an infinite potential for complete healing and deep transformation.

I’ve trained with Erich Schiffmann and Ana Forrest, since 1990, and have been teaching and co-facilitating retreats and trainings since 1997. I always hope that I can help people get in touch with their inner wisdom through the practice of Yoga.

Emily is a light-hearted teacher who is drawn to yoga because it continually brings her home to herself. She has been practicing regularly since 2010, and has been teaching since 2017. She loves to teach power vinyasa as an expression of joy in strength and challenge. She works and plays hard; during the week she works passionately as a community-builder in Arcata and surfs as much as she can. Yoga has been her consistent anchor, supporting her work and play throughout the last decade.

Her aim is to help students feel grounded and empowered in their bodies so they may bring their clearest, most vibrant selves to express and experience life. Emily’s classes feature breath-centered, strong, creative sequences.

I started Old School Hot Yoga and I am the grandmother of hot yoga in Humboldt County. I have traveled extensively around the world including Mexico, Brazil, Cuba, and the United Kingdom. I am a hot yoga teacher, as well as dance, and meditation instructor, currently residing in Oregon. I enjoy coming back to Humboldt to do workshops a few times a year.

**TAMRA JAMES**

PILATES & MOVEMENT INSTRUCTOR

Movewell Arcata, Movewell On Demand.

Tamra is fascinated with human movement. Her love for movement started at an early age. She played every sport in the book and out ran all the boys. Tamra grew up on the desert of Tucson, Arizona. She moved to Humboldt County to attend HSU on a soccer scholarship and receive her bachelors in science in kinesiology, exercise science. Her love for mindful movement sprouted while playing college soccer. She discovered Pilates and yoga at the same time and knew from that moment she would be a teacher of movement. She graduated from HSU in 2014 and went on to do her Pilates Certification through BASI and a 200 hour yoga teacher training under Suzanne Dunning. She has spent the last 8 years diving deep into movement therapies and opened a Pilates studio, Movewell in Arcata in September 2019, where she started off as an intern.

Tamra’s passion in life is to share mindful movement with anyone and everyone. Her classes invite you to love your body through movement. When Tamra’s not teaching Pilates and Yoga she is spending time with her family and friends. She has a deep love for the beauty of Humboldt County and takes time to herself to explore the natural surroundings of our beautiful home.

This class is for mamas in all stages. We all know the pelvic floor is important through pregnancy and postpartum and this class will teach you how to properly engage and relax this vital muscles. We will deep dive into how the pelvic floor is connected to our breath and our throat. Gentle core work, pelvic floor work, and hip stability will be the key components of this class. Learn some essential exercises that you can do anytime, anywhere. All mamas welcome. Even if you plan to be a mama someday, join us!

Jodie DiMinno is an experienced yoga instructor, massage therapist, and Doula. She has been serving women and families in Humboldt County since 2006. It’s one of her greatest joys to help pregnant people prepare for the immense transformation that takes place when bringing a baby into the world!

**JENNIFER WIEST**

AYURVEDIC HEALTH CONSULTATIONS, AYURVEDIC HOLISTIC FACIALS, SHIRODHARA AND REIKI

Madre Illumination, Amrita Botanicals.

A student of Ayurveda since 2007, Jennifer Wiest is the founder, owner, product developer, and practitioner at Amrita Botanicals, an Ayurveda-inspired health & wellness brand. Ayurveda is one of the world's oldest holistic (whole-body) healing systems that promotes balance, healing, and vitality. Amrita translates into the "Nectar of Immortality"

Jennifer holds certifications as an Ayurvedic Practitioner, Panchakarma Technician, Ayurvedic Health & Life Coach, Holistic Health Practitioner, Reiki Master, and in Aromatherapy, and she combines all of her healing modalities in sessions with her clients. She grows & distills many of her own herbs & plants which she uses in Amrita’s products, as well as in treatments with clients.

Jennifer has lived in Humboldt County, CA for 20+ years, and has three children. She loves working & living in such a health conscious community, and feels blessed to call this place home. Her private studio is nestled in beautiful Bayside, CA.

Laura Johnson, PhD, is a 500-hour Registered Yoga Teacher with advanced training by Samantha Akers of TheraYoga Method and certification in the Trauma Conscious Yoga Method (TCYM) and Yoga for Social Justice with Nityda Gessel of the Trauma-Conscious Yoga Institute. She teaches accessible yin and restorative yoga and is the founder of A Restful Space, offering personalized restorative yoga in Old Town Eureka as well as her premiere self-paced online course, Yoga for Ecological Grief. Laura is also a Geography and Environmental Studies lecturer at Cal Poly Humboldt, a Reiki practitioner and sound healer, a toddler/dog/chicken momma, a practitioner of the Work that Reconnects, and a freelance writer with essays and poetry published in places like LionsRoar.com, Science and Nonduality (SAND), Tikkun, Resilience.org, and Taproot Magazine. Laura lives on Wiyot land in Eureka, CA, with her husband and young daughter.

Practices for Ecological Grief: An embodied invitation to honor, open to, and move through our collective pain for the world in these times of intersecting crises, transition, and healing. Following opening meditation and the chance to connect with one another, we will begin with a discussion of ecological grief - the cost of repressing it and the radical power of opening to it - and how this relates to yoga as a relational, somatic, and embodied practice. We will then move together through a slow and accessible sequence that embodies the deep work of honoring, opening to, and moving through our collective pain for the world as a pathway for radical transformation. Our heart-centered practice, drawing on The Work that Reconnects and the wisdom of many other teachers for our times, will weave together meditation, pranayama, mudras, and yin and restorative asana, all within a safe, trauma-conscious container.

This practice encourages us to embody rest and slowness, a radical and necessary act in these urgent times. Yoga practitioners of all experience levels are welcome. Supportive props like blankets, blocks, and if possible a bolster are highly encouraged.

**CHRIS BOA**

YOGA TEACHER & SOUND HEALING

After teaching himself different breathing techniques in order to better play his wind instruments, Chris found a direct path toward learning Pranayama, Meditation and Yoga through Autobiography of a Yogi, and later through a wide range of teachers, ultimately studying for a month in Anandpur Sahib India in 2006. Chris has combined these techniques with a steady practice of Qi Gong and Thai Chi. Ultimately looking for the intersections and hidden gems among these esoteric teachings.

His practice and teaching focuses on breathwork, mudras, mantras and dynamic hatha movements. Truly a journey of awareness, each class will bring a deep experience of fusion between the body, mind, and spirit.

Christopher Boa is a Certified Teacher in Kundalini Yoga, Shakta Sahaja Hatha, Yang Form Thai Chis and Dragon Tiger Qi Gong, as well as earning a degree from the Globe institute of Sound Healing in 2012.

Ali began her yoga journey in college. With a dance and gymnastics background, she was naturally drawn to yoga. After becoming a mom in 2012, she noticed the importance of yoga for her own Mental Health. She began advocating Self-Care for Moms and families, teaching the importance of self-care for a healthy family system. Ali inspires moms to incorporate a daily yoga practice into their busy lives, and encourages them to model self-care for their families. She teaches Kids Yoga through games and songs.

She completed her first Yoga Training in Anusara yoga with Robyn Smith in 2009, and began teaching right away. This gave her a wonderful foundation of alignment and body mechanics for creating fun and safe class. In 2018 she completed a Yoga Psychology program with Ashley Turner, and now incorporates Yoga for Mental-Emotional Health, tools for regulating, and Yoga for Depression and Anxiety. In May 2020 Ali completed her 300 hour Advanced Yoga Training with Sam Akers, with an emphasis on therapeutics, recovery, ball rolling/self-massage, Restorative Yoga, and Yin Yoga. Ali teaches from a place of playfulness and joy. Her love for the practice radiates through her teaching.

Danielle has been teaching fitness classes of all kinds from strength, boot camp, Trx, Zumba, sweat n sculpt and now HIGH Fitness. It has been her joy and passion for the last 12 years to lift others up through the power of movement and strength. Cardio and toning meet leg warmers with a side of air guitar.

B believes in mindful movement to access the innate intelligence of your body. Learning how to move in any given direction, with grace and strength from one position to the next, is key to navigating life in a meaningful way. With a background in D1 Athletics, physical therapy, and personal training, B teaches classes with attention to detail.

Through improved body awareness, you’ll build an understanding of the biomechanics within the pranayama and asana practice to keep you moving fluidly and pain-free.

Tawni has been practicing aerial dance for over 7 years and loves to share her knowledge and passion for aerial with others. She is an instructor in Aerial silks, aerial dance hammock, Lyra & Aerial yoga. As an Aerial instructor, Tawni is passionate about teaching, promoting strength and creativity in others.

Yoga has been a big part of Gabrielle’s life for over 15 years. She believes it is a creative and fun way to push boundaries, gain strength, flexibility and grace. In her classes you will lovingly push yourself out of your comfort zone, encouraging growth in a dynamic way. She has been teaching various styles of yoga since 2012 and is a 200 hour RYT registered through yoga alliance. Through her creative and playful flow sequencing you can expect a fun and strong class.

I started my yoga journey 25 years ago when my best friend was diagnosed with breast cancer. As her live-in caregiver, it was suggested we try Restorative yoga for healing and to reduce the stress and anxiety during treatments. This became the beginning process of self love that would evolve my human experience beyond my wildest dreams. When I learned to utilize breath and movement as medicine I was able to harness a power and strength within myself that I never knew existed.

I have practiced all forms and styles of yoga as a way to navigate life with a focus on empowering myself from within. It wasn’t until I found Buti that a spark was ignited in me to teach that I couldn’t deny. Before coming into this most recent version of myself, I had suffered from a terrible abdominal hernia post the birth if my second child. It was recommended that I have a corrective surgery in order to repair the hernia if I had any hope of a normal life. Unfortunately my surgery was not successful. As a result of all of this trauma I had completely lost any core strength and no type of fitness regime was helping me to reestablish and re-knit those muscles of the inner and outer core until I found Buti.

All formats of Buti incorporate spiral structure technique® used to activate our deep core muscles paired with intentional shaking & vibration to release trauma stored at the cellular level. Primal movement, cardio dance + conditioning are seamlessly woven throughout balanced yoga sequencing to give you an ALL-IN-ONE workout that helps you transform your BODY + SOUL. The Bonus? You'll burn 600-1000 calories per class doing it. Buti not only changed my body but it changed me from the inside out giving me the confidence to be my authentic self, to show up for others, to be of service to my community above all else, and reminds me that power comes from within when I commit to myself and my mat no matter what.

Let’s work it cause you’re worth it!! I’m so honored and humbled to be a part of Humboldt County’s first ever Yoga Festival, so join me for a Buti movement class, get out of your comfort zone, and most of all let’s have some FUN!

Ginger has been a dancer and an athlete since childhood. As far back as she can remember, she has strived to refine her techniques and skills in each movement modality she approaches. In college she began taking yoga and pilates classes for the first time. This exposure greatly improved her understanding of the mind-muscle connection and the ways in which we can better bridge together the mind and the body for a more holistic approach to wellness. After she graduated college she pursued and built a successful career for herself as a fitness professional and personal trainer. Her passion lies in her ability to connect with and inspire women to gain a sense of personal awareness, strength, confidence, and embodiment equally on the mat, within, and beyond.

I started practicing Bikram yoga 26&2 in February of 2017 in hopes to heal myself from lifelong Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and chronic pain (diagnosed at just 10 months old). The more I practiced bikram yoga, the better I felt. The better I felt, the more I fell in love with the practice; it soon became my passion and my medicine. Now my symptoms are very minimal and under control. More plants, happier life.

In November 2020 I graduated from Esak Garcia's e84 26&2 teacher training program and I’m now a traveling yoga teacher and USA Yoga competitor, teaching online and in person several times a week, and practicing 6-7 days a week. In my free time I love going on adventures and jumping into the yoga bubble as much as possible; learning so much as I go along!

It brings me so much joy to share this healing practice with the world and I hope to inspire others to not give up on their dreams.

Kati was first introduced to yoga in 2004. As she transitioned through the many wonderful stages and hardships of life, her immense love and dedication for the practice grew stronger. In 2020, she felt a profound calling to share the joy of yoga with others and began studying with Briohny Smyth of Aligned Yoga. She became a RYT 200 certified Yoga Alliance Instructor in 2021 and began teaching professionally immediately after at The Eagle House of Eureka, CA.

Her journey continues through her lifelong commitment to heal and inspire others through the beautiful and transformational practice of yoga. You can expect a challenging, fun and invigorating vinyasa style flow with radiant playlists and an emphasis on alignment, breath and awareness.

She will gracefully guide you through intentional sequencing, pranayama and meditation for an overall nourishing and balanced practice. Classes are dynamic and include a blissful combination of strength and flexibility, power and deep relaxation. Her aspiration is for students to leave feeling grounded, calm, rejuvenated and alive!

I was a 16 year old Florida beach bum when I first stepped onto the mat ~ in a little hot room on Anastasia Island. I knew after those 90 minutes, that this practice was rooted in my existence. Bikram was my first - it was hot and I was hooked. As a collegiate athlete I leaned on the asanas for reset and repair, while off season the mat was my home.

It wasn’t until a cluster of stars aligned in 2005 that my Ashtanga Journey began - when I walked into my first Mysore Style Class. Leaving humbled ~ I began my home practice and as it naturally evolved into a group practice, the energy ignited my passion to teach. So I set out for India in 2008 for an extended 6 month immersion in Ashtanga and Vipassana. Soon after returning, our energy out grew the home studio and in 2009 I opened an Ashtanga Shala in the exact space my journey had started a decade before.

I lived on the sound of undulating ujjayi and was honored to hold space and gift Ashtanga to my hometown. When the time came for me to grow again, I jetted back to India in 2011 for more asana and Vipassana and got an evolutionary download that shifted my teachings from brick and mortar classes to multi-continental workshops and retreats.

Fast forward to 2013 when motherhood became me and Humboldt took me in ~ My roots remained the same, so no matter my GPS ~ the mat always brings me home, the practice is my sanctity and teaching is my reward. Can’t wait to meet you on the mat.

Arcata Lomi Massage.

Aloha! I am a Lomi Practitioner and have been spreading Aloha through Lomi Massage for over 13 years. The sands of my birth reside on the North Shore of Oahu and I was blessed to train in Lomi on the beautiful islands of Kauai and Maui! I look forward to sharing this beautiful practice with YOU at this beautiful event!!

Celia was first introduced to yoga while living in Hawaii in 2003. From the first moment she stepped onto a mat she gained a deep love and appreciation for the practice that has continued to grow year after year. She is a RYT 500 certified instructor through Yoga Alliance. In 2018, she completed a 200 hour Anusara Yoga training with Samantha Akers and Peggy Profant followed closely by both the advanced 100 hour Urban Flow™️ training led by Rusty Wells and the advanced 300 hour TheraYoga Method®️ training studying under Samantha Akers. This training applied the therapeutic lens through yoga for special conditions, fascial fitness, biomechanics, anatomy, back health, breathwork, engaged yin, restorative yoga and meditation. She has completed the Understanding Trauma, Resilience, and How Yoga Heals training led by Alison Scola working specifically with the autonomic nervous system and is certified in Yoga Nidra through Liz Heffernan and the Soma Yoga Institute. She has taken over 50 hours in yoga workshops led by International yoga instructors. She has also completed the STOTT PILATES®️ intensive trainings in Matwork, Reformer, Cadillac, Stability Chair, and Barrels and is currently teaching Power Vinyasa Yoga, Pilates Barre and Pilates Reformer classes and privates in multiple studios throughout northern Humboldt.

VIDA SANA STUDIO

I am the owner and CEO of Vida Sana Studio. I have over 10 years of experience in the fitness industry, including my BS in Kinesiology. I am a Level 2 Certified Pilates Teacher through Stott Pilates and I am currently enrolled in a Classical Pilates Mastery program.

I have dedicated myself to continuing my education in health, wellness, and fitness. I am deeply passionate about my clients feeling fully ALIVE in all areas of their life. My approach to working with you integrates mind, body, and spirit into our practice. I can’t wait to work with you...

My education includes:

Classical Pilates Progressions: a Contrology mastery program led by Karen Frischmann.
Certified Pilates Instructor in all equipment: Stott Pilates (Level 2)
Trained in Pilates-based education for Neurological Disorders: Specifically Parkinson’s Disease: The Neuro Studio
Bachelors of Science in Kinesiology: Humboldt State University
Certified Personal Trainer: American College of Sports Medicine
Cancer Exercise Specialist: American College of Sports Medicine

My journey with yoga began in May of 2019 when I took my first class at Humboldt Yoga. After just one class I knew that yoga had tremendous benefits to offer. As I continue to explore the practice I’ve found the benefits to be greater than imagined. Flexibility, increased strength, better sleep habits, and a healthier diet seemed to fall into place naturally. The yoga practice has also deepened my sense of connection to myself, my community, and the planet we all call home. The positive impacts of practicing yoga have been so abundant that from November 2021 to May 2022 I participated in a 200 hour Yoga Alliance Certified 26&2 Teacher Training Program; led by Esak Garcia and the e84 Teacher Training Program. With this foundation of knowledge I look forward to sharing this amazing practice with others for years to come. Furthermore, during the pandemic I participated in a 50 hr. Yin Yoga training by Bernie Clark and am happy to be leading a class every other Sunday.

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WE’RE PROUD TO BE JOINED BY THESE TEACHERS, SPEAKERS & BODYWORKERS!

SASHA MIKSIS

EMMA FUGLSBY

LAURA DOYLE

ROXANNE MIRANDA

JESS TRUDEAU

SEAN BERTSCH

SHEMIA SKYWALKER

KALISHAKTI CARRANZA

MIMI KYOKO

JUSTINE SCHACHTEr LAc

DESTINY VAZQUEZ

JEN MADRONE

JANINE MELZER

EMILY BENVIE

AIJUN AMY JO

TAMRA JAMES

JODIE DIMINNO

JENNIFER WIEST

LAURA JOHNSON, PhD

CHRIS BOA

ALI MCCALL

DANIELLE WEEMS

B SWEENEY

TAWNI SAVAGE

GABRIELLE ADAMS

MARY GIFFORD

GINGER GREENLEE

KATY HOOGENDAM

KATI WALKER

BRITTNEY CROSBY

TIFFANY KELLY

CELIA WILLSON

ANGELIQUE VELAZQUEZ

ZENEC HARRIS