Allyson Childress, RYT 500—Described most acutely by a close friend as being “an individual,” Allyson is a crea-tive spirit, an artist, adventurer, yoga teacher and lover of life! She has been building her personal yoga practice both on and off the mat since 2005 after taking her first yoga class in the community basketball court at the local high school. Her downward dogs have taken her to Thailand, Kuwait, California and most recently to India, where she spent five months completing her yoga teacher 500 RYT training in recognition with Yoga Alliance. While in In-dia, Allyson trained in Ashtanga and Hatha styles of yoga, led workshops on yoga nidra and creativity + yoga, of-fered sunrise and sunset yoga classes to her fellow teacher trainees, indulged in chapatis (an Indian cuisine staple), and drank more than her fair share of mint tea. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Studio Art with a focus in Ceram-ics / Installation Art. Her passion is in the practice of being mindful both on and off the mat and loves to see how yoga is truly the practice for life. Namasté!

Bonnijean McGrew Boggess has been leading yoga and other fitness classes in the Richmond area for over 14 years. Despite her Southern-sounding name, she is an army brat who grew up all over the world. She spends her days working with high school special needs students and her free time leading classes at Greater Richmond YMCA branches or Leah Husk Fitness Studio with her friend Leah. (Leahhuskfitness.com) She is AFAA group exercise, yoga and Pilates certified. She lives in Mechanicsville with her husband Craig, two children, Allyson and Drew, and 3 cats. She is thrilled to be back at Camp Kekoka for another wonderful weekend.

SESSION LEADERS AND WELLNESS PRACTITIONERS

Ramona Darden received her Bachelor of Arts & Sciences Physical Education degree with an emphasis on Athletic Training from San Diego State University. She has over 35 years experience in the fitness industry working in Cor-porate Wellness and private training facilities. June 2018 makes a 4 year anniversary since she opened Bodyfit in White Stone VA and started teaching fitness paddle board classes last summer.

Suzanne M. Best, C-IAYT • E-RYT 500® • YACEP®—Suzanne is an International Association of Yoga Thera-pists certified yoga therapist, AFAA certified personal trainer and fitness counselor, AFAA certified group exercise instructor, Second Dan black belt, and a member of the board for the Bay Center for Spiritual Development. Pro-fessionally teaching yoga for over twenty-two years, Suzanne’s yoga practice, philosophy, and instruction skills have evolved into her unique, personal, therapeutic approach to wellness. Suzanne is owner and president of San-tosa Studio, LLC in Kilmarnock. Email: bestpft@mac.com.

Kim Diaz, INHC, CGP, AADP—Kim Diaz is an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, certified by the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, a Certified Holistic Health Practitioner through the American Association of Drugless Practi-tioners (AADP), a Certified Gluten Practitioner (CGP), and has extensive training in Holistic Nutrition through the En-ergetic Health Institute. Kim teaches Healthy Cooking Classes, Nutrition and Wellness Workshops, Essential Oils Clas-ses and Seasonal Whole Food Detox and Cleanse programs at the Northern Neck Family YMCA and online at www.kimdiazwellness.com Learn to use food as medicine and nourish your body, mind and spirit.

Daina Fawn has been teaching dance, yoga, and training people to peak performance fitness for over 15 years. With an incredible array of certifications and a degree in Holistic Ministries, she establishes optimum health in clients with her own unique approach to balancing mind, body, and spirit. She is the founder of TranscendDance, a unique fusion of energy balancing, global dance and yoga. Visit Daina’s website at dainafawn.com.

Jaclyn Forrester, RYT 200—Jaclyn is the owner of Niche Fitness Studio in Richmond. She has enjoyed movement and biomechanics since she was a teenager. She studied Exercise, Sport, Health and Education in college. After grad-uation she found that she was searching for additional skills and information to help her clients. She found Pilates was applicable to a wide range of clients, pre and post injury, post natal, general strength, breath work and posture. Jaclyn dove into practice. She was trained in mat and reformer through STOTT Pilates in 2008. The mind body prac-tice led Jaclyn to study yoga as well. She completed RYT 200 in 2012. In 2016 Jaclyn was accepted into the Balanced Body Pilates Master teacher training program. In January of 2017, she completed the training and will begin offering Pilates teacher training courses at the studio. Her website is nichefitstudio.com.

Morgan Fraczkowski is a NSPA Certified Personal Trainer. Always passionate about fitness, Morgan played sports and club soccer as a little girl as well as Division I soccer at Towson University where she also studied Family Sci-ence. She moved to VA in 2015 to coach girls’ soccer at Christchurch School. Soon after, she started an outdoor workout group with 2-5 people, then began working at BodyFit, where she and owner, Ramona Darden, have been unstoppable ever since.

Shirley Jackson—Shirley learned reflexology through the International Institute of Reflexology (Ingham Method) in 1975. She takes clients at her home in Wicomico Church and will also travel locally to someone's home. Shirley can be reached at (804) 724-0150.

Peny Gallogly RM CHMP—Peny uses a variety of energy medicine modalities to ease tension and restore balance

and harmony to your body and mind, facilitating relaxation, supporting good health, and encouraging vitality. Peny

also teaches competitive canine obedience and agility for the Northern Neck Kennel Club, using positive reinforce-

ment, operant conditioning and shaping techniques.

Ginger Houck, PT—The Ginge is a retired physical therapist with more than 29 years of experience. She’s been practicing yoga for about 10 years and leading workshops with Susan Johnson at InsideOut Yoga for almost two. Her other interests include volunteering at Camp Kekoka, jewelry making, biking, gardening, reading, cooking and rescue animals. She lives in Fredericksburg and Lancaster with her dog, Gabby, and her husband, Mick, in that order.

Jenny Landry (E-RYT 200, CPT) Jenny began practicing in 1998 and quickly became devoted to yoga for its phys-ical, meditative and spiritual benefits. Eventually seeking a more fluid and athletic challenge, she moved into power yoga and completed a Baptiste Power Yoga Teacher Training in 2004. In 2011, she completed her 200 hour teacher training at Chesapeake Hot Yoga and now owns Serenity Yoga in Lancaster where she offers a variety of classes, and private instruction. She and Kathleen Litos also offer 200 hour Teacher Training with a new session beginning this fall. Believing that everyone can benefit from yoga, Jenny strives to help her students develop a practice that is meaningful, sustainable, joyful and healing. Visit her website at serenity-yoga.org.

Susan Johnson, E-RYT 200, YACEP—Susan is the owner of InsideOut Yoga in White Stone and leads public & pri-vate classes, workshops and retreats. Her RYT training in 2008 with Ashtanga and Iyengar instructors, Jennifer Elliot and Sandra Pleasants, reinforced her love of creative movement and optimal alignment—a love that continues to inform her practice and teaching to this day. Although she has studied with amazing instructors such as Annie Car-penter, David Swenson, Eoin Finn, Jason Crandell, Greg Nardi and David Keil, her principle sources of instruction continue to be her personal practice and what she learns daily from her students. She is honored to be the chairman of the Kekoka Yoga Retreat for the 9th year. Her website is insideoutyoga.org.

Judy Knight, RYT 200—Yoga Works certified in 2009 with Anne Van Valkenburg, Judy continues her exploration of

Yoga in Richmond County. Teaching at the Richmond County YMCA, Rappahannock Community College and private

group classes, she focuses on the balancing the strength and the ease of the practice on and off the mat. Sthira

Sukham Asanam!

Corey Stewart Hassman is a speechwriter for corporate, political and non-profit executives. A graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill and the University of the South, Hassman’s background in military history and theology informs her work, which has recently expanded to include fiction. Her novel, The Shallows, will be published later this year; she also writes for magazines and at her blog, whatsleftundone.com

Tara Haislip—Tara has a BFA in Modern Dance, is a Trust & Estate Administration Paralegal, and a certified Nutri-tion & Wellness Coach. She owns, TENHealth & Wellness, where she coaches people about making nutritional life-style changes by helping them break unhealthy lifestyle patterns. She loves learning and teaching about alterna-tive health options and ultimately wants to study Ayurvedic Health. Visit Tara’s website at tenhealthwellness.com.

Atma Kaur Khalsa (B.S., Biology), has been enjoying teaching and practicing Kundalini Yoga and Meditation, as taught by Yogi Bhajan, since 1977, and has practiced yoga since she was 10 years old (1970). She is grateful to have personally trained with Yogi Bhajan for many years. Atma Kaur is an IKYTA certified Kundalini Yoga teacher and a graduate of the Radiant Child Yoga Program Levels 1, 2, and 3. She is a minister of Sikh Dharma and codirec-tor of Guru Ram Das Ashram in Newport News, VA.

Karen Kalyani Levitt, E-RYT 200—Kalyani's classes combine the six branches of yoga so students can experience a complete range of benefits. She was certified through Integral Yoga of Richmond with Nora Vimala Pozzi in 1999. During 2012 she completed the Mindful Yoga Therapy for Veterans with Suzanne Manafort and Dr. Daniel Libby and is currently studying with Elyse Browning Miller's Yoga for Scoliosis Program. Kalyani has worked with Vimala Pozzi for many years helping to mentor subsequent teachers in the Integral tradition. She has conducted workshops in-cluding "Yoga For The Low Back," "Japa Yoga," and "Yoga for Nutrition" for students and registered teachers.

Wyatt Portz, RYT 200—Meditation has been a regular part of Wyatt’s life since the late 1960s, and his Hatha Yoga practice started soon after. Under the instruction of Iffet Padmaakshi Cochran, he graduated from the Karuna Yoga program offered through 4025 Yoga and Wellness in Richmond. His main interest is encouraging people to develop their yoga practice to include pranayama and meditation, which can help anyone overcome anxiety, re-sentment, anger, grief, and mental attachments by increasing energy, awareness, and allowing a direct perception of the wholeness of life.

Ginger Platsis, CMT—Ginger is the owner of Heart Felt Touch Massage Therapy in Gloucester and began her career in 2003. She stays continually intrigued by the human body and its vast dynamics. Ginger has trained in various forms of massage therapy and most recently, TRE®.

Lena Okun, RYT 200—Lena found yoga seven years ago and fell in love with the way she felt after class. Initially she was inspired by the freedom and sense of ease she felt in her body after a regular practice but soon found the benefits extended beyond the physical. Three years ago she received her 200-hr RYT certification in Hatha/Vinyasa Yoga at the Dharma Connection in Sandwich Massachusetts with Donna Pagliarani. Lena's yoga classes are in-spired by Prana Flow from her yoga teacher training and most recently studying online with Jason Crandall. She is also inspired by the readings of Thich Nhat Hanh. Her classes are aimed at stilling the mind by anchoring aware-ness using rhythmic movement and sensations of the body connected to the breath. She lives in Weems with her husband and three children and works as an RN.

Anna Pomaska, RYT 200—Anna has been teaching locally since 2007. She began her spiritual movement quest in the early 70’s with the Dances of Universal Peace and the Sufi Master, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan. She has attended retreats involving meditation and Kriya Breath practices as taught by the Art of Living Organization and had been inspired by her month of Living Yoga Training in Yogaville, VA. Anna currently teaches both Hatha and Chair Yoga classes through her own Moving Breath Yoga located in the historic Woman’s Club in Urbanna and at the YMCA in Hartfield. Recently Anna has been especially interested in the therapeutic and transformative aspect of yoga as taught in the Viniyoga tradition with the understanding that yoga can go beyond the physical side of our being and unleash our spiritual potential.

Kathleen Litos E-RYT 500—After 10 years of practice, Kathleen became a yoga instructor in 2008 through Glenmore Yoga. She has enjoyed many teachers on her journey, receiving 500 hours under the tutelage of Roger Cole, John Schumacher, Desiree Rumbaugh and Sharon Salzburg and master classes under Ana Forrest. Kathleen offers group and private lessons in Callao, Heathsville, Kilmarnock and Lancaster. Her classes maximize each stu-dent’s mental and physical benefits, using postures and conscious breathing in combination with mental focus to de-velop awareness, strength and flexibility, and relaxation. Her goal is to inform, inspire, and explain the yoga asanas, pranayama and yogic principles. In addition to teaching classes, Kathleen leads annual yoga retreats, and is the pro-prietor of Bharata Yoga in Lancaster, a registered yoga school with Yoga Alliance, where she leads yoga students through detailed class schedule to become registered yoga instructors.

Joe Miller has been studying and teaching Martial Arts since 1984. Years ago he shifted from the hard styles to the internal arts of Tai Chi, Hsing-i and Pa Gua. This changed the focus to the healing and health benefits of the movements.

Stephanie Reeves, CMT—Stephanie has practiced massage here in the Northern Neck since 2008. She designs each massage to meet your individual needs, alleviating pain and increasing overall wellness. Stephanie specializes in relaxation, deep tissue, sports therapy, and pregnancy massage, and works on clients of all ages from birth to geriatric. For an appointment call (804)436-6555. Her primary office is located at 279 Main Street, Kilmarnock, VA.

Sarah Rae, RYT 200—Sarah is the Member Services & Administrative Coordinator at the Middlesex Family YMCA, where she also teaches Group Cycling, Pilates, and Yoga. She has been a student of Yoga since 2010, after a back injury compromised her passion for running and other active life pursuits. She became a certified Group Cycling instructor in 2013, Pilates instructor in 2015, and completed her RYT 200 Yoga training in June 2017. When she isn't instructing classes, she enjoys spending time with her husband and four children on their family farm in up-per Middlesex County.

Angie McNeal, Reiki— Angie earned her Reiki Master through ICRT. Angie works with the mind body spirit connec-tion through Reiki energy healing. She receives clients at her home in Lively and also at Abilities Abound in Callao. You can reach Angie @804.238.6611.

Amy Maloney, RYT 200—Amy has been practicing yoga since October 2004, and teaching since July 2007. She completed her 200 hour teacher training certification with YogaWorks in March 2010 under the instruction of Anne Van Valkenburg. Amy integrates safe alignment, flow of movement, and connection to breath and the inner body. She believes that yoga is for everyone—all you need is the willingness to try.

Caroline Shifflett, Certified Laughter Yoga Leader—Caroline Shifflett is just another yogi riding the roller coaster of motherhood with both hands up in the air like she just don't care.

Mark Torgeson has been a practicing Sound Healer for 15 years, a Reiki Master and massage therapist for 25 years, and a musician for 40 years. He has produced over 30 albums of transformational music and sound which have aired on all continents. He teaches workshops on Sound Healing, performs concerts of transformational mu-sic, and has cofounded Center for Planetary Awakening for raising consciousness in the new paradigm. Visit Mark’s website at HealingSoundImmersion.com

Shelle Taylor, ERYT-200—Shelle has been an instructor and trainer for 30 years in Glen Allen, VA at American Family and ACAC for 4. She added Yoga to her life in 2008 by completing the 200 training at Glenmore Yo-ga. Teaching yin, power yoga and vinyasa flow weekly help to balance life. "Taking everything from your mat into your life."

Allison Walton, RYT 200—Allison received her 200 hour Interdisciplinary Teacher Training from Nosara Yoga In-stitute, with a background in comprehensive asana, pranayama, meditation and professional ethics training in the techniques, methodology and philosophy of vinyasa. Her practice and teachings have taken her to New York, Costa Rica, Hawaii and Virginia; all of which have uniquely influenced her style and desire to share yoga as a form of self-expression and self-care for all bodies of all levels, all over. With a background in holistic health & integrative nutri-tion, she believes that combining physical movement with proper diet and lifestyle practices creates the foundation for optimal health and well-being. Allison's teaching style emphasizes music, creativity, breath and elements of meditation, creating an experience that benefits both physical and emotional well being.

Betsy Schaefer is an Interfaith minister, musician and mother of three young daughters. She currently provides guidance services at Christchurch School and brings mindfulness and meditation to daily life on campus.

Brenda Sylvia (Silver Raven)—Silver Raven is a fire dancer who splits time between her homes in St. Thomas iin the US Virgin Islands and Reedville. Dancing for Flights of Fire, she has performed over 300 shows in the Carib-bean and has had a weekly show at the Marriott Frenchman’s Cove on St. Thomas for the past four years. Before moving to the USVI, Sylvia danced in the DC area and throughout the mid-Atlantic. She is available for corporate and private events. Her website is flightsoffire.com.

David Scarbrough, PhD, RYT 200—David graduated from teacher training at the Satchidananda Ashram (Yogaville) in 1991 and has been teaching yoga in the Northern Neck ever since. His "Total Yoga" style encourages students to recognize their strengths and limitations and develop an inner sense of how best to stretch, strengthen and relax. Forging a meditative bond between mind, breath and body fosters overall wellbeing. His website is north-ernneckyoga.com.

Troy R. Wyne, CMT—Troy Wyne has been a Massage Therapist and Personal Trainer since 1995. He focuses mainly on Neuromuscular Reeducation (NMR) and various other postural correcting techniques to reduce pain or improve performance. Troy is a Supreme Science Qigong Level 1, 2, 3 and Breath Empowerment Instructor. For additional info or to sign up for his free pain management newsletters, visit Resultsorientedmassage.com