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Paula Bui | Chicago, IL
Paula is a Certified Yoga and AcroYoga Level 2 teacher. She is also a practicing Thai bodyworker and graduated from the Blue Lotus Thai Healing Studies program. Paula continues to study yoga, bodywork, and acrobatics as often as she can and is grateful for the teachers that have guided her in her path. She is also the founder of the first Chicago AcroYoga Festival. Paula is also instrumental in helping to start & organize WomIN Motion Retreat. Kara Schmidt | Paoli, IN
Founder & organizer of WomIN Motion, Kara is a movement "enthusiast", and likes finding ways to use body movement and to experience joy, playfulness, strength & freedom. Certified in Yoga and AcroYoga, Kara has owned and managed various yoga studios in both Chicago and Northern Indiana. Most recently she founded So IN Body located in Paoli, Indiana, her hometown, which offers all kinds and levels of movement classes. Kara is also a Thai Yoga Bodyworker. Always interested in deepening her study, she is currently working on a certification in Movement for Trauma with Jane Clapp of Toronto. |
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Alice Wootton | Paoli, IN
Zumba Instructor Bio: Alice calls herself a 62-year-old retired elementary teacher who loves to stay fit. Workshop: Shake Your Girly Parts with Zumba! A really FUN Zumba workout! No experience necessary Once you arrive, you will be greeted with a friendly smile from yours truly. We will begin with a simple song/routine that promises to make you smile. In fact, I’ve made up a playlist that will be especially fun for beginners. I will show you some ways to make the movements low impact, if needed. After we move to songs that will warm up our muscles, we will go on to some songs that will really get our hearts pumping. If you haven’t exercised in a blue moon, there are ways to keep your heart rate lower while still moving. Then we will gradually slow down our workout by doing some slower songs. We will then do a lovely stretch to calming music that will make you feel relaxed and fabulous. After class, I will give each participant a 10% coupon for Lost River Market & Deli. Leah Robling | Derby, IN
Dance Instructor & Energy/Body Worker Bio: Leah is a singer/dancer/drummer and healing arts practitioner. As a performer and teacher, she focuses on the healing power of story song and dance. Leah is the owner/operator of Rainbow Moon Ranch, a sanctuary for 2-legged and 4-legged in Derby IN. She facilitates intimate Women's Circles for support, healing, empowerment and deepening into one's true nature. www.leahphil.com Workshop: Sacred Dance Circle Deepen into the truth and beauty of who you are as we circle together and hold sacred, loving space for, and with, one another. Drawing from the ancient art of bellydance, freestyle movement, breath and imagery, we touch into sacred center and find home there. Rejoicing in our bodies just as they are, without any need to change, we find joy and freedom~in the moment~of the movement~together. Surrendering to the moment and to the sensuality, holiness, and wholeness of being fully present with our bodies and ourselves, we soften, heal, and deepen into our true nature. No previous dance experience required. We are all dancers! Dancing is simply breathing and moving through space. You are perfect. Just as you are. Laci Tucker (Samira) | French Lick, IN
Middle Eastern Dance (Belly Dancing) & Reiki Practitioner Bio: Samira is a bellydance instructor, performer, and troupe director of The Turkish Delights and Flame in the Valley. She started bellydancing in 2006 for fitness and fun, but instead gained empowerment for the body she was born with and the amazing things she could train it to do. She has studied the many styles of the regions - from the elegant and lovely Egyptian Cabaret, to the rambunctious romani style, all the way to the dramatic American tribal fusion, even side show acts featuring swords, flames, and serpents. Workshop: Roma oh la la Learn the life and dance of the Romani culture, sometimes referred to by their racial slur "gypsy". Discover how these travelers used dance to tell their unwritten stories along their journey. I will demonstrate the differences between this style and other forms of bellydance, the fiesty footwork, and the hand gestures born from Indian culture. In the end, you will understand how to count the 9/8 Karsilama rhythm and how to improv it into the dance of your own story. Jenn Stanley | Paoli, IN
Hula Hooping Bio: I have a definite love for music and movement, dancing heals the soul! I hope to teach some people with the urge to hoop some basics of the art! Workshop: Hoop Dance Dancing using hula hoops, learn tricks and how to do basic hooping! Sherry Schmidt | Paoli, IN
Yoga Instructor, HeartMath & Reiki Practitioner Bio: Sherry is a nurse practitioner involved with practicing and teaching about addressing root causes of dis-ease. She can offer allopathic (traditional Western) medicine, therapeutic grade supplements, Reiki, yoga, HeartMath, essential oils and coaching support. It all begins with your life and health. Body, mind and spirit are part of each assessment. How you make change and sustain healthy practices is the focus of our work together. centerin.com Workshop: Chair Moves Strengthening and stretching using chairs and/or walls for support. Workshop: HeartMath Stress reduction and improving performance using a breathing exercise. The results are revealed on a computer monitor. Bio-feedback is a close definition. Bethany Pruitt | Ft. Wayne, IN
Yoga Teacher & Licensed Clinical Social Worker Bio: Bethany is Registered Yoga Teacher 200-hour and Licensed Clinical Social Worker working primarily with people with eating disorders and body image concerns. She has completed advanced training on using yoga as a healing modality for those with eating disorders and trauma. She lives, works, and teaches in Fort Wayne, IN. Workshop: Befriend Your Body - Using yoga to make peace with the inner critic Many of us live with an inner critic, constantly telling us all the ways we don’t measure up. In this workshop, we will explore how that critic shows up on the yoga mat and its impact on our relationship with our bodies. We’ll use yoga philosophy to begin to make peace with this critical voice, promote self-acceptance, and build a more nurturing relationship with our bodies. Session will include asana practice, discussion, relaxation, and meditation. Dawn Lee | Bedford, IN
Dance & Personal Training Bio: Dawn is a mom of 2 boys and currently a Mechanical Engineer. I have been doing ballroom dance for 2.5 years now with Arthur Murray and my passion is latin dance. I also have my own company organizing and hosting retreats to Costa Rica. I am pursuing a new direction in life and received my degree in nutrition from Purdue last June and my Master Reiki certification in April. I am working on my personal trainer certification and plan to pursue my massage therapy certification. Workshop #1: Latin Dance Basic steps and movement for Merengue, Salsa & Bachata Workshop #2: HIIT Bootcamp 30 minutes of High Intensity Interval Training Sarah Hess | Paoli, IN
Reiki Master Bio: Outside of Yoga, my professions include being a nurse and Usui Reiki Master. I am married and have 3 amazing kids that keep me on the go with school and sports. I love animals, enjoy being outside in nature, art, boating on the lake, spending time with the wonderful women in my life. I love to learn as much as I can about anything that peaks my curiosity.. such as healing herbs/plants, astrology, astronomy, sharks, surfing, science, psychology, energy, spirituality, and a multitude of other random hows and whys. Workshop: Reiki I Training Dylana & Fern | Louisville, KY
AcroYoga Instructors Bio: Fern & Dylana have been playing AcroYoga for 6 years, and teaching together for around 4. They are playful, compassionate teachers who focus on safety, empowering their students, and helping others realize their strength. Workshop: AcroYoga - Building Up the Basics Want to learn AcroYoga? This is your chance to learn in a supportive, safe, and playful workshop! We will introduce basic poses and flows in a fun and safe environment; all woven with partner drills, games, accessible progressions, as well as lots of supportive and playful energy. Here we will give you the tools you need to begin your AcroYoga journey. We will break down the fundamentals of working with a partner, cultivating our own strength, balance, communication, flexibility, and beauty. This workshop is fit for beginners. You do not have to look a certain way or have a certain skillset to be amazing at AcroYoga. You are strong and capable, and we know it! |