Our Guides
Alex Holiday
Alex Holiday is a lifelong student of nature, movement and transformational practices. Alex has logged over a thousand hours of yoga teaching where she is passionate about creating accessible classes for everyone and every body. Her teaching is rooted in the principles that if you change your energy you change your mind. Alex’s meets students where they are at, reminding them to drop judgment while approaching practice with love and humor. Her knowledge is rooted in the teachings of Tantra, Ayurveda, and Earth Wisdom. She is an Ayurvedic health coach, yoga teacher, sanctioned ceremonial guide, wife of an adorable husband, cooker of delicious things and expert joy maker.
Paula Coyne
Paula Coyne has been on a pathway of integrating and sharing transformational practices all her life. Passionate about healing, growth and the embodied spiritual experience, she has trained to bring together potent methods of healing and transformation from various traditions, encompassing the needs of Spirit, Emotions, Body and HeartMind. She is a Clinical Psychologist, Reiki Master, Certified Yoga teacher, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction facilitator, and has been initiated in leading the feminine movement practice called “Qoya”. She is sanctioned to teach and to guide ceremonies based on the wisdom of Nature after over 20 years of study and practice with her Earth Wisdom teachers. Since 1976, she has worked with diverse populations and feels honored to have heard thousands of stories often in support of recovery from trauma. She provides continuing education experiences for health professionals and yoga teachers, as well as leading local and international ceremonies and retreats. “All beings everywhere have the inherent right to become happy and free. We are all made to heal. As each of us does our transformational inner work, the entire world becomes more vibrant and whole.” This belief guides her work.
Krista Porvaznik
Krista, a warrior for change, has been both a seeker and teacher of transformational practices her entire life. With over 2 decades of experience (at Target Corporation and running her own coaching and consulting firm), she is an expert in global leadership, talent development and organizational culture change practices. For nearly 15 years, she has studied, and subsequently teaches, an Earth Wisdom bundle of tools for elevating consciousness, and has guided leaders and teams in personal and organizational transformation experiences in nature. Her clients have called her a “mind yogi”. She is passionate about igniting sparks of insight, connecting with the sacred, helping people remember the truth of who they are, and living in alignment with their true nature!
Chelsea Ritland
Chelsea is a life-long learner and has been a leader in adult education and community-based organizations for nearly two decades. Equity, social justice, and access to prosperity through education has been the center point of her international work. She has led cultural immersion and project-based trips in partnership with indigenous communities in Guatemala, Mexico, and Peru, and has worked in global health with partners in Latin America, Africa, Europe and Native tribes across the American Southwest. She enjoys learning languages as a window into other cultures, and is fluent in Spanish. Two little girls have blessed her with motherhood and will forever be her mindfulness teachers!