mindfulness
Edi Pasalis
Edi Pasalis is a respected transformational leader, facilitator, and advisor with a special focus on empowering women during menopause. Sensitized by her own integrated healing journey to visual depth perception and made practical by leadership roles at Kripalu and beyond, Edi designs whole-being learning experiences that foster resilience and growth through change. Edi challenges the […]
Robin Kirsche
Robin began practicing yoga and meditation in her twenties, when she was seeking a holistic approach to managing her chronic back pain, anxiety, and insomnia. Robin’s early exploration of these ancient practices transformed her view of the possibilities for human health and healing. The desire to serve set her on a lifelong journey of study, practice, and devotion to empower others to grow […]
Francesca Marguerite Maximé
Francesca Marguerite Maximé is a Haitian-Dominican Italian-American Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP), IMTA-accredited certified mindfulness meditation teacher (CMT-P), certified Indigenous Focusing Oriented Therapy for Complex Trauma wellbeing guide, Relational Life Therapy Couples & Life Coach, and poet/author in Brooklyn, New York. She is the 2019 recipient of the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies Outstanding Student […]
Concetta Codding
All her life, Concetta Codding has been drawn towards something greater than herself. Searching for a greater purpose in the Universe and drawing upon its energy, Concetta studied in Connecticut and received her 200-Hour Yoga Alliance certification in 2017. She traveled to Peru in July 2018 for her 300 hour Shamanic Yoga Teacher training. She […]
Dee Yergo
Dee is a meditation teacher, yoga instructor, and life coach specializing in Women’s Empowerment. She blends classic eastern philosophy with western psychology and self-development tools to create courses that are accessible, practical and offer student’s tangible results. Her classes are supportive of the individual’s journey but at the same time work with the awareness that […]
Martel Catalano
Martel Catalano is the executive director and co-founder of Beyond My Battle, a nonprofit focused on reducing the stress of serious illness, rare disease, and disability. Martel is dedicated to helping individuals and families cope with health-related uncertainty by cultivating self-awareness, compassion, and supportive relationships. She has studied with mindfulness teachers near and far and […]
Melissa Lonergan
Melissa is a Nurse Midwife who brings 40 years of experience to the teaching of this course. Over the years of being with so many families during their birth experience, she has learned that no two births are the same. She believes it is more useful to teach the skills to respond to whatever presents […]
Lucy MacGregor
Lucy MacGregor is an adventurer through the joys and intensity of human life. She believes that we approach our full potential when we are present for life with open eyes, inclusive hearts, and the support and challenge of authentic community. Lucy is the co-founder of Design to Connect, LLC, offering workshops, communities of practice, and […]
Kirsten Snow
Kirsten Snow, founder of Blue Stone Journeys and certified Forest and Nature Therapy Guide, is a catalyst for people looking to experience a connection with nature, themselves and others. Her appreciation of nature comes from growing up on a farm, spending most of her life playing outdoors and taking care of the environment. Complementary therapies […]
Peter Callahan
Peter Callahan is a leadership & life coach, teacher, facilitator, and community builder. His passion is to teach and empower leaders, students, and professionals to discover and act on their values, pursue work they enjoy and the world needs, and bring deep connection and meaning to their lives. He has a private coaching practice and […]