FALL LEADERS
We are super excited to have an amazing line-up of talented instructors and teachers to lead the Fall Big Om Yoga Retreat. Read below to learn more about the wonderful humans who will be leading each experience.
Hailey Boswell, Manager of Be Love Yoga Studios
Hailey first started doing yoga in college for the physical benefits it offered, but it didn’t take long before she felt the change yoga was making in her heart and mind as well as the body. Yoga helped her deal with the stress of working her way through college in a positive way, and continues to do so. She discovered a new sense of love for herself and others, which she had never felt before. Yoga invites her true authentic self to shine through, and allows her to feel more confident in everything she does. Hailey received her 200-hour teacher certification from Everyone Yoga School in May 2016. She teaches a vinyasa flow style class and enjoys teaching all types of classes ranging from soft, medium, to powerful.
Joe Picorale, Owner of Be Love Yoga Studios
Joe has began practicing yoga in 2010 and is a RYT 200. He was one of the original founders of the I AM Yoga Festival in the fall of 2010 and opened the first Be Love Yoga Studio in 2013. With the help of the growing #belovecommunity at Be Love Yoga Studio Joe has since expanded with a second studio in to Broken Arrow Oklahoma and a third in Downtown Jenks America. Joe's passion is connecting people and creating the framework for a community that will change the world. Joe is the creator of the Big Om Yoga Retreat and he will be leading the opening yoga class at the first ever retreat.
Jerod Napier, owner of Rising Ridge
Jerod Napier is a Men's work facilitator, plant medicine facilitator, life/spiritual mentor, Death Doula and owner/operator of Rising Ridge, a Plant Medicine Church/healing facility in Tulsa Oklahoma. As a retired Medical Provider, serving over 20 years in the Military, he found that mindfulness, yoga, and connection to authenticity had the largest positive impact on his PTSD, depression, and anxiety.
Misty Love, Death Doula
Misty Love is a certified AcroLove Instructor and Event Coordinator in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She first encountered acro shortly after coming out of a 15 year abusive marriage. What she discovered was an activity and community that promoted healing on many different levels. Acro helped her learn how to develop trust with other human beings as they lifted her up and supported her both figuratively and literally. Along with presenting opportunities to improve communication skills, Acro also provided her with fun filled ways to become more athletic while enjoying non sexual human touch that we all need to thrive in our daily lives. She views acro as powerful healing tool and confidence booster. Misty became an instructor and continues to sharpen her skills so that she could help spread the passion, love, and joy of Acro with you.
Kennady Ritter
I offer my work in layers — so you can hear me clearly, enter intentionally, and go deeper only when your body is ready. All offerings are designed to support nervous system regulation, pacing, and integration.
There are no one-off sessions and no rushed entry points. These offerings are designed to help you understand your nervous system and how my work approaches healing — without asking you to process or perform.Private work is best entered when you already know you want individualized support over time. If you’re looking for something to “try once,” these offerings may not be the right fit — and that’s okay.
I do not rush the body, even when the mind wants to.
Hannah Bell
Hannah Bell completed her 200 hour yoga teacher training in the summer of 2018 at Mount Madonna Center in Watsonville, California. With an extensive background in the culinary arts, Hannah has a wide breadth of knowledge of what it means to serve. While her yoga classes can be challenging in many ways you can always count on a point of levity. Her teacher, Baba Hari Dass, encouraged the attitude of ‘work is play’. Her personal mantra is to be silly, honest, and kind. When taking her class you can always count on her encouragement to lean into the human experience and all of the complexities it has to offer. Yoga can be whatever you want it to be; a stretch, a breath, an hour to just turn your phone off, or something far deeper. She will meet you wherever you’re at with mindfulness and the intention to serve. She knows the real work is stepping off of her mat and carrying the practice into the rest of the world.
Callyn Francisco, EYT 500
At 17 years old, Callyn received her RYT200 certification through EveryOne Yoga School in Tulsa. She began practicing yoga in May of 2016 as a way to stay in shape for ballet during summer break. Initially, she was drawn to yoga purely for the physical benefits that it offered, but it only took a short amount of time for her to notice the therapeutic effect that yoga had on her mental health. Partially due to her former training in classical ballet, Callyn has struggled with body image and living up to the standards of a "perfect ballet body." The pressure that she put on herself to look a certain way resulted in self-degrading thoughts and poor habits, eventually leading to severe mental health issues. Through her dedicated and consistent yoga practice, Callyn has given her mind the opportunity to heal, and is learning to treat her body with love and compassion. She invites her students to do the same!
Kim Curtis
Kim is bringing the magic of her heart and soul to the Fall Retreat
Coming Home to your Inner Sanctuary
The power of an open, loving heart is immeasurable and unmatched in its ability to transform one’s life. It can connect us to something greater than ourselves, to transcend the limitations of our individuality and merge with the divine. Bhakti Yoga, also known as the Yoga of Devotion, is a path that leads us directly to the heart’s deepest reservoirs of love and devotion. It is a sacred journey that invites us to surrender ourselves completely to the divine, to immerse ourselves in the ocean of devotion, and to experience the boundless joy that comes from connecting with something greater than ourselves.
This will be an invitation to feel, move, find stillness, breath, song, prayer, and bhakti flow
Cacao medicine will be served