2026 Festival Teacher Lineup
Our teachers are the heart of this weekend. Expect yoga, movement, breathwork, sound, healing, and community led by experienced facilitators who know how to hold a room.
We are releasing teacher bios and offerings in waves. Start with the featured teachers below and check back as we add more.
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I choose teachers the same way I build the festival. I look for integrity, skill, and the ability to guide a room with care. Some teachers are returning favorites and some are new to our community. Each one is here because their work belongs in the woods with us.
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You can expect a mix of movement, breathwork, sound, healing, and workshops. Some sessions will be energizing and some will be deeply restorative. Come as you are, follow what your body needs, and know that it is normal to try something new or step out early if it is not the right fit.
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Start by circling your top three sessions for the day, then leave space for rest, food, and wandering. The best moments often happen between classes. If you are coming with friends, pick one or two sessions to do together, then let everyone choose their own rhythm.
Claudia Sommerville
Yoga • Movement • Sound
Claudia discovered yoga after stepping away from competitive basketball and fell in love with the physical and mental benefits of the practice. A nature lover and teacher at Body Language, Claudia brings grounded energy and a love of movement into every room.
Instagram: @claudialsommerville
Ginger Marie Corwin
Yoga • Workshop
Ginger is an Amazon bestselling author, speaker, retreat leader, and yoga instructor who guides people to rewrite their stories and embody their truth. Their work blends soulful storytelling with yoga and meditation to support self-love, self-acceptance, and real-life transformation.
Instagram: @gingermariecorwin
Tamara Zoner
Yoga • Reiki • Mindset
Tamara is an award-winning keynote speaker, happiness trainer, yoga teacher, Reiki master, and life coach. Their classes weave movement, mindset, and practical tools that help people reconnect with themselves and move through life with more clarity, confidence, and joy.
Instagram: @tamara_zoner
Ronda Pretzlaff Diegel, Ph.D.
Yoga • Psychology • Enneagram
Ronda is an E-RYT-500 and licensed clinical psychologist who brings depth, clarity, and real-world tools into the room. Their work blends yoga, psychology, and the Enneagram to support insight, healing, and grounded transformation.
Instagram: @rondapretzlaff
Mariel Serrano (Mariel Gutierrez Spagnoli)
Yin • Yoga Nidra • Breathwork • Sound
Mariel is a trauma-informed yoga teacher, Yoga Nidra guide, and meditation practitioner known for gentle, nervous-system-friendly classes. Their work invites deep rest, emotional renewal, and a return to presence through yin, breath, and sound.
Instagram: @mariposastarte
Josh Hartman
Yoga • Breathwork • Sound Healing
Josh is a yoga teacher and sound healing facilitator who blends movement, breathwork, sound, storytelling, and playful presence. His sessions are grounding and creative, designed to help you feel more alive, regulated, and connected to yourself and the community.
Website: JoshHartmanStudio.com
Morgan Kauffman
Yoga • Movement
Morgan brings grounded movement and mindful practice designed to help you arrive fully in your body. Expect a class that feels both supportive and energizing.
Amy Galioto (Amy G Yoga)
Yoga • Teacher Training
Amy is an E-RYT and YACEP-certified teacher who brings experience, steady leadership, and a supportive teaching style to the festival community.
Instagram: @amy.g.yoga
Shannon Lynn Smith
Yoga • Wellness
Shannon brings a practical, supportive approach to wellness-centered teaching. Their sessions focus on helping you feel better in your body and more settled in your nervous system.
Marty Bugbee (Metamorphose Breathwork Experience)
Breathwork • Meditation • Movement
Former first responder and Air Force veteran, Marty facilitates powerful breathwork experiences designed to help down-regulate the nervous system, release stuck emotions, and create real internal shift.
Facebook: marty.bugbee
Dr. Shannon Smith, ND + Alexis Schneider, LPC (Nature’s Reveal / LiveWell)
Workshop • Stress relief • Nervous system
Shannon and Alexis bring a science-and-soul approach to healing, blending functional wellness, trauma-informed support, and nervous system regulation. Their workshops focus on stress relief, restoration, and practical tools you can feel in your body.
Instagram: @natures_reveal • @livewell.heal
Andy Klacza + Mehdi Shafiei
Acro yoga • Play • Connection
Andy and Mehdi teach accessible acro yoga with a focus on safety, spotting, and connection. Expect a fun, beginner-friendly class that builds strength, balance, communication, and confidence while meeting new people.
Instagram (listed): Andy Klacza
Kelsie Sadler (KelsYogi)
Yoga • Inversions • Strength
Kelsie has taught yoga since 2017 and is known for helping women build the strength, confidence, and alignment to safely get upside down. Expect a smart, empowering approach to inversions and arm balances.
Instagram: KelsYogi
Jenna DiClemente (JMD Studio Art)
Art + Yoga • Meditation • Creativity
Jenna is an artist and yoga teacher who guides people back to their creativity through grounded movement, breathwork, and intuitive art-making. No prior yoga or art experience needed, just an open mind.
Instagram: jmdstudioart
Paul Hudson Mack
Workshop • Somatics • Behavioral science
Paul blends narrative behavioral science, somatics, and practical “small experiment” tools to help people make real change with less grind. These sessions are structured, useful, and surprisingly fun if you like frameworks that actually work.
Instagram: @paulhudsonmack
Dori Curtis (9D Breathwork / All About Alchemy)
Breathwork • Trauma release • Nervous system
Dori is a certified 9D Breathwork facilitator trained in biodynamic breathwork and trauma release, known for creating compassionate spaces where people can soften, release, and reconnect. Their work blends somatics, spirituality, and nervous-system-based healing with deep embodiment.
Instagram: @Dorianna_Michelle
Ekanti (Edwyn Jenkins II / Vibe UPP)
Ecstatic dance • Conscious movement • DJ
Ekanti is an ecstatic dance facilitator and conscious event producer with 25+ years behind the decks. Their sets guide dancers through grounded, meditative moments and big peaks of celebration and release using world rhythms, tribal grooves, organic house, and uplifting electronic music.
Links: linktr.ee/ekanti
Candice Lamarand
Breathwork • Ceremony • Trauma-informed somatics
Candice is a holistic wellness practitioner and breathwork facilitator devoted to guiding people home to themselves through trauma-informed somatic healing, breathwork ceremony, and sacred space-holding. Their work supports deep release, self-remembrance, and embodied transformation.
Instagram: @CandiceLamarand_Activation
Lalita (Temple Lioness)
Embodiment • Breathwork • Movement • Live music
Lalita is the founder of Temple Lioness and creates embodied experiences rooted in yoga, somatic healing, breathwork, Taoist energetics, sacred relationship work, and devotional movement. Their sessions invite presence, emotional freedom, and real human connection through the body.
Instagram: @Temple_Lioness
Emily Joy Howard (Emily Infinity)
Sound bath • Music • Voice
Emily Joy is a sound bath facilitator and musician weaving crystal singing bowls, gong, violin, voice, and ambient instrumentation into immersive sonic landscapes. Their work is designed to calm the nervous system and invite deep listening, rest, and renewal.
Instagram: Emily_Infinity
Harper and Midwest Kind Sound Journey (Peter D. Harper + Bobbi Llewellyn-Harper)
Sound bath • Didgeridoo • Meditation
Peter and Bobbi are award-winning musicians and sound healers who create powerful vibrational experiences using instruments like didgeridoo, flute, crystal bowls, drums, and voice. Their sound journeys are designed to support deep relaxation, emotional clearing, and restoration.
Instagram: @harperandmidwestkind
Kim Tran (Sen Kava Detroit)
Movement • Martial arts • Workshop
Kim carries forward Vietnamese martial arts lineage through Vovinam, a practice built on balance, discipline, and body intelligence. Their sessions blend strength and softness, helping you build coordination, stability, and presence through intentional movement.
Instagram: @kiiim.tran • @senkava.detroit
Renee Ferraraccio (Renee the Yogi)
Yoga • Strength • Inversions
Renee is a 500-hour RYT who brings intentional movement, breath, music, and mindfulness into classes that feel like a full reset. Their teaching blends strength, spirituality, and grounded good energy, shaped by travel and training in Ashtanga and advanced vinyasa.
Instagram: Reneetheyogi
Lynn Torossian
Yoga • Meditation
Lynn is a yoga teacher and leadership coach who loves supporting people as they gain clarity and grow. Their teaching is gentle and grounded, weaving yoga and meditation with themes that help you slow down, listen inward, and rest the mind.
Instagram: @lmtadvisors
Andy Klacza + Mehdi Shafiei
Acro yoga • Play • Connection
Andy and Mehdi teach accessible acro yoga with a focus on safety, spotting, and connection. Expect a fun, beginner-friendly class that builds strength, balance, communication, and confidence while meeting new people.
Instagram (listed): Andy Klacza
Elizabeth “Leeza G.” Gaydayenko (smooth llama)
Ecstatic dance • Live music • Movement
Leeza creates and curates music for ecstatic dance journeys inspired by global rhythms and free-flowing movement. Their sessions invite you into a nonverbal, inward practice that builds energy, expression, and connection through the dance floor.
Instagram: @smooth_llama
Marcia Faye McGee
Yoga • Movement • Kids
Marcia specializes in bringing yoga to diverse communities and leads youth-focused yoga and mindfulness programs. Their classes blend breath and movement with playful moments that invite joy, reflection, and accessible practice for all levels.
Instagram: @mmcgee02
Stephanie Davidson (Stephanie Olga / Soharmonious)
Yoga • Sound • Energy healing
Stephanie is a long-time seeker and teacher trained with energy workers and master teachers from around the globe. Their offerings blend discussion, breath, posture, sound, and sensation to help you get out of your head and back into your heart.
Instagram: @soharmonious
Katherine Pareizs
BUTI Yoga • Movement
Katherine teaches beat-driven BUTI Yoga, a somatic movement practice that blends functional movement, cardio dance, and strength training. Expect a sweaty, music-led class that helps you get out of your head and fully into your body.
Instagram: @katherinepareizs
Melissa Weber (YogiStoned Yoga)
Hatha • Yoga Nidra • Nervous system
Melissa is an E-RYT and YACEP with thousands of teaching hours. Their approach balances intentional movement with stillness, creating grounded spaces for people to explore release, recalibration, and deep rest through practices like yoga nidra.
Instagram: @yogistoned
Crystal Bell
Yoga • Philosophy • Leadership
Crystal is an RYT-200 (pursuing RYT-500) and studio owner who bridges yoga philosophy with nervous system awareness and real-world application. Their sessions are grounded, intelligent, and built to leave you clearer, steadier, and more connected.
Instagram: @clarity.with.crystal
Andy Klacza + Mehdi Shafiei
Acro yoga • Play • Connection
Acro yoga for beginners and beyond, taught with clear spotting and safety so you can explore flying, balancing, and partner connection in a fun and welcoming way. Great for people who want something playful and different.
Instagram: @andyklacza
Leslie A. Banks (Full Spectrum Creative)
Nature journaling • Art • All ages
Leslie weaves nature and creativity into grounded, calming journaling practices. Their sessions guide participants to observe the natural world and document it with simple words, sketches, and color in a way that feels easy and meditative.
Instagram: @LeslieABanks
Substack: @LeslieABanks
Jenna DiClemente (JMD Studio Art)
Art + Yoga • Meditation • Creativity
Jenna blends gentle yoga, breathwork, and intuitive art-making to help busy minds unwind and reset. Their sessions are designed for all levels, including people who do not consider themselves “artistic.”
Instagram: jmdstudioart
Jessica Smigels (MI Phoenix Gardens)
Kundalini • Creativity • Meditation
Jessica combines movement, mantra, and creative processing to help participants access clarity and connection. Their offerings blend Kundalini-inspired practice with expressive, art-based reflection to support insight and integration.
Instagram: mi_phoenix_gardens
Laura Garcia Mulder
Kids • Yoga • Nature
Laura offers accessible yoga experiences for adults and kids, with a special focus on connection and creativity. Their kids offerings blend movement with playful intention-setting rooted in nature and growth.
Instagram: @lauragarciamulder
Amanda Moore Tesoriero (Flex and Flow Amanda)
Yoga • Movement • Nature walk
Amanda is a certified yoga instructor and personal trainer with 20+ years in movement and mindfulness. Their sessions blend strength, mobility, and intentional flow, with options that range from gentle morning yoga to a yoga + nature walk experience.
Instagram: flexandflowamanda
Christina N. Fiely (Nikki) (Whatnot Shop Photography)
Journaling • Creativity • Mindfulness
Nikki brings a creative, reflective approach to journaling inspired by interactive notebook practices. Their workshops help you slow down, reconnect with your inner voice, and capture your experience through writing, drawing, and visual expression.
Instagram: @whatnotshopphotos
Haley Evans (Hazelnut Helper’s Art Cart)
Clay art • All ages • Creativity
Haley runs a traveling pop-up art studio that makes creativity approachable for all ages. Their workshops guide participants step-by-step to sculpt something fun and memorable in a supportive, no-pressure environment.
Links: https://linktr.ee/hazelnut.helper
Sarah Stein (Sacred Solutions LLC)
Dance • Movement • Family
Sarah is a multi-hat facilitator and ecstatic dance and groove fitness guide who creates supportive spaces for people to move, play, and reconnect through music. Their offerings are welcoming, joyful, and family-friendly.
Instagram: sarah_sacredsolutionsllc
Seth Parker (Sivilizd)
Workshop • Community • Conversation
Seth brings a thoughtful, reflective workshop style rooted in community, presence, and reimagining the way we relate to ourselves and each other. Their work invites people into honest conversation and new ways of “tending the flame” in daily life.
Heather Montalvo (Inner Altar Wellness)
Workshop • Flower essences • Emotional balance
Heather is a natural health educator and Bach Flower Remedy practitioner who teaches gentle, practical tools for emotional and energetic balance. Their workshop introduces flower essences and helps you learn simple ways to work with these plant allies for clarity, calm, and self-awareness.
Instagram: @h_montie • @inneraltarwellness
Victoria Vollmer
Pilates • Breathwork • Movement
Victoria blends Pilates, yoga, breathwork, intentional flow, and music-driven energy to create movement experiences that feel empowering and immersive. Their classes are designed to help you feel stronger, freer, and more connected to yourself, with great playlists and a supportive vibe.
Instagram: @victoria.roze
Makenzie VanDecreek (Zie Dey)
Yoga • Somatic movement • Flow
Zie Dey is a vinyasa teacher and level 2 Reiki practitioner whose teaching is shaped by motherhood, healing, and soulful creativity. Their offerings blend gentle flow and somatic, intuitive movement designed to help you release stagnant energy and reconnect to your body.
Instagram: makenziedey
Sarah Waite (YouBloom LLC)
Nature • Yoga Nidra • Mindfulness walk
Sarah is a yoga and bodywork practitioner with a trauma-informed lens who blends movement, nature, and education to support real healing. Their offerings include Nature Nidra and guided mindfulness walks designed to help you slow down, regulate, and reconnect to the land.
Instagram: @youbloomllc
Herb Kaiser
Hatha • All levels
Herb teaches approachable Hatha yoga designed to help you feel grounded, open, and more at ease in your body. Expect a steady pace, clear guidance, and a practice that meets you where you are.
Instagram: @herbalicious_om
Abbie Kiel (River Bend Yoga)
Yoga • Recovery • Community
Abbie is the owner of River Bend Yoga and brings 19+ years of experience supporting people through yoga and recovery-centered community. Their classes blend movement, reflection, and real-life tools that support steadiness and growth.
Website: rbyogastudios.com
Zora Pullen (Body Work By Z)
Mobility • Stretch • Movement
Zora has a background in biology, fitness, and corrective movement, and guides mobility-based classes designed to help you move better and feel better. Expect a practical mix of active stretching, end-range strengthening, and nervous-system-friendly wind-down.
Instagram: @bodyworkby.z
Suzzanne Suleiman + Jewel Hohman (PS Society)
Connection circle • Community • Adults
A guided connection circle designed to move beyond small talk and into real conversation. Expect thoughtful prompts, shared reflection, and a welcoming container for belonging, laughter, and genuine connection.
Instagram: @pssocietyus • @connectionwithjewel
Holly Findling (Holly Losann)
Workshop • Flow • Surrender
Holly guides playful, meaningful experiences rooted in presence and surrender. Their offerings invite you to soften resistance, build trust, and feel supported as you reconnect with yourself and others.
Instagram: @hollylosann • @soulwaves_by_holly
Sons Of Detroit (Sir Evan S. Weber + team)
Men’s circle • Functional movement • Workshop
Sons Of Detroit creates grounded spaces for honest connection and embodied growth. Their offerings include a men’s council focused on real conversation and inner strength, plus a playful steel mace flow workshop designed to build power, mobility, and confidence.
Instagram: @sonsofdetoit • @evan.weber
Lisa Kasle
Yoga • Sound Healing • Reiki
Lisa is an E-RYT 500, Reiki Master, and sound healer with a background in kinesiology, sports medicine, massage therapy, and therapeutic yoga. Their sessions blend intelligent movement, breath, nervous system support, and restorative practices to help you feel grounded and renewed.
Instagram: @lisakasleyoga
Karley Buford (Sacred Kriyations Yoga)
Yoga • Pranayama • Meditation
Karley is a devoted yogini in the Kriya Yoga tradition whose teaching weaves movement, mantra, pranayama, and presence. Their classes are inward-focused, breath-led, and designed to bring balance you can carry off the mat.
Instagram: @karleybear • @sacredkriyationsyoga
Nick Nahat
Workshop • Tea • Wellness
Nick guides a beginner-friendly tea experience that goes beyond the teabag. Their sessions explore tea as a doorway into ritual, sensory presence, and everyday wellbeing, with practical tips you can use immediately.
Sabrina Adleman + Andrea Tarry
Yoga • Reiki • Grounding
Sabrina and Andrea blend movement, breath, nature, and gentle Reiki support to help people shift out of overthinking and into grounded presence. Their sessions are practical, nervous-system-friendly, and designed to leave you steadier and more supported.
Instagram: @sabrina.adleman
Edwyn Jenkins II (Ekanti)
Ecstatic dance • DJ • Movement
Ekanti is an ecstatic dance facilitator and conscious event producer known for creating safe, inspiring dance journeys that move from grounding to celebration. Their sets blend world rhythms, tribal grooves, and uplifting electronic sounds.
Links: linktr.ee/ekanti
Victoria Vollmer
Pilates • Breathwork • Movement
Victoria creates movement experiences that blend Pilates, yoga, breathwork, intentional flow, and music-driven energy. Their classes are designed to help you feel stronger, freer, and more connected to yourself, with an immersive playlist and a supportive vibe.
Instagram: @victoria.roze