SPRING BIG OM YOGA RETREAT LEADERS
We are super excited to have an amazing line-up of talented instructors and teachers to lead the Spring Big Om Yoga Retreat. Read below to learn more about the wonderful humans who will be leading each experience.
Ian Mychal, Communication Coach
As a communication and intimacy coach, Ian helps people understand the patterns and habits that are hindering them from creating the ideal life they desire. The role of introspection is vital in creating secure attachment through healthy foundational communication and fostering healthy relationships.
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Ian will be leading:
Emily Williams, Oklahoma City Ecstatic Dance
Emily Rose Williams began her journey into yoga and movement over 11 years ago and received her 200 hour yoga teacher certification in the militant practice of Ashtanga in 2016. Over the 9 years since, she’s been expanding her practice to incorporate gentler
forms of movement, receiving extended education in yin and yoga therapeutics, as well as exploring range of motion techniques, somatic releases, low impact strength building, and sweeping dance like movements paired with breath as a way to release and relax
the body. She is also a long time Ecstatic Dance OKC community member, regular event facilitator, social media manager for the organization, as well as a flow artist, writer, poet, and adventurer.
For our May anniversary event, Emily will open the dance portion with a heart opening movement practice and meditation to bring us together and into our bodies and will help ease us into the sound bath portion with a fire flow performance and gentle breathwork.
Find her on instagram at @a_rose_called_emily and follow her page on Facebook for info on
upcoming offerings at facebook.com/aumroseyoga
Emily will be leading the opening movement for:
Hailey Boswell, Death Doula
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.
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Joe Picorale, Owner of Be Love Yoga Studio
Joe 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 Downtown Jenks America and two franchised studios in Bristow, OK and Owasso, OK. 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 teaches regularly at both Be Love Yoga Studio Locations.
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Mandie Renner
*bio coming soon* ....s a Holistic Embodiment Guide and Yoga Teacher with a deep passion for integrative wellness, humanity, and the natural world. Based in the serene Ozarks of Arkansas, she brings nearly a decade of experience as an E-RYT 200 Yoga Instructor and Reiki Practitioner, blending diverse healing modalities into her practice. Skye draws inspiration from nature, weaving its grounding and heart-opening qualities into her teachings to create meaningful and soul touching experiences.
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Her journey into mindfulness began as a personal quest to navigate traumas, grief, anxiety, and self-doubt. Through her own alchemical process of self-healing and repatterning, Skye discovered the power of creating an inner sanctuary and the importance of living authentically and with purpose. She highlights principles of vulnerability, letting go of perfection, embracing a childlike playfulness, and expanding self-awareness and love. Central to her approach is her signature Triple C Method: Leading with Courage, Curiosity, and Compassion.
Skye’s sessions are intentionally crafted to support each person to reconnect with their innate worth, tune into their inner guidance, regulate their nervous systems, and access the wisdom of their hearts. Her hope is for each student to leave feeling renewed, connected, empowered, and deeply aligned with their personal path to well-being.
Danielle Smoke, Fire Goddess
Danielle started practicing yoga in the spring of 2016. When her studio lost their instructor in fall of 2016 she started teacher training to take over this missing role in the winter. She started teaching before she was even finished with her training in 2017.She attended the first fall retreat and has been to all but one since. She went to a Henna Workshops at Be Love Yoga Studio Jenks and has been drawing henna on people ever since. In the Fall of 2019 she helped her friend, and regular student, open Be Love Yoga Studio Pryor and she has been teaching there since it opened.
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Ben from Cuervo Cuervo
Cuervo Cuervo is the project of producer/musician Benjamin Hill of the United States and
multi-instrumentalist Agustin Ganem of Argentina. Together they bring together traditions from across
the continent to create a unique fusion of Latin Folklore and American Electronics. Together they’ve
played some of the biggest festivals in Europe and Latin America, and I’ve sold out venues across
continents with their unique blend of live electronic music.
Individually, Benjamin has been helping organize Ecstatic Dance Oklahoma for over four years, and in
that time has performed as a DJ both locally and internationally. He started DJing at the tender age of 14
and he draws on a wealth of experience to curate an eclectic mix of world music, electronic music, latin
music and all things groovy, warm, and soulful to provide dancers with a diverse and surprising journey.
As a musician who also loves to dance and move, Ben understands what it takes to create a compelling
journey through rhythm and feeling.
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Ben will be offering the music for:
Hannah Bell, Le Chef
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.
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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.
Nicole Peltier, Raven Yoga Nation
For over 25 years, Raven Nicole has been bringing cutting edge, powerful yoga to the people. She is a true pioneer, creating both a phenomenon and a legacy. She opened a wildly successful studio in 2001 and shortly after began delivering her magic at festivals, retreats and even non-yoga events across the country to bring "it" since she has the "IT factor." She is extremely athletic, musically intuitive and shines on stage. She has worked with a variety of music bands and singer/songwriters combining her Beat-Based, rhythmic yoga style with music of all genres. She is dynamic, eclectic and motivational. Some describe her as one-part Shaman, one-part Motivational Speaker, and one-part BADASS yoga teacher. She has taught at countless yoga festivals and retreats including Telluride Yoga Festival (5 years), Yoga On The Mountain (6 years), Love Shine Play in Asheville, and Drishti Beats in Aspen. She is a top pick for professional DJs since she is brilliant with music. She developed Rock'n Roll Yoga, Raven Yoga for Freedom, the TOOL Yoga + Breathwork Experience, and Hip Hop Hatha YTT and now leads these innovative styles all over the planet. Her YTT modules include Cueing, Voice & Volume Control and Flow Tactics. She has taught for several 200 and 500hr Teacher Trainings for the past 10 years. She and her craft MUST be experienced. Everyone comes away with a spring in their step after Nicole's offerings. She gives her heart, shares her passions and drops wisdom like it's Hot!​
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Nicole will be leading:
Florida Water Flow and All Rise Yoga
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Gwyn Davis
Gwyn is the founder of Mind and Body Fitness Connections, co-founder of Ecstatic Dance OKC, and she serves on the board of Radiant Healing Arts Center. A wellness coach and Qigong teacher, Gwyn helps clients and students navigate both physical and emotional pain, including mental health challenges, PTSD, and addiction recovery. With training in biopsychology, corrective exercise, bodywork, mindfulness, and food healing, Gwyn blends movement, manual therapy, nutrition, creativity, and spirituality to support holistic healing, balance, and alignment with one’s higher purpose.
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Gwyn will be leading:
Hope Chovan
Hope Chovan is a Clinical Hypnotherapist and transformational guide who helps people create the life they truly deserve. Through a compassionate and intuitive approach, she supports others in releasing limiting patterns, connecting with their inner wisdom, and aligning with their highest potential. Hope’s mission is to remind each person that everything they need to live a fulfilling, abundant life already exists within them.
Hope will be leading: