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.
Megan Amelia Burnett, 200 E-RYT, YACEP
A devoted dancer and athlete her whole life, Megan has a passion for movement and sharing the joy and the balance that dancing and yoga both guide us to. In 2006, after dabbling in a few 'gym yoga' classes, she took her first studio class with an instructor who actually touched her and helped align her properly into a pose. She was hooked and immediately started to see a transformation in her dance training and her life. Seeking to also empower others with the tools to find balance within themselves, she started her yoga teaching journey in 2011 and has since guided classes and workshops in cities from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Megan's teaching approach creates a gooey, endorphin-releasing practice environment that her students refer to as 'Yummy Yoga'! She is passionate about teaching healthy alignment and yoga 'from the ground up', which draws both beginners and experienced practitioners to classes that are both playful and soulful. When not in the studio, she's with her son, romping outside, playing her ukulele or cooking/ dancing in the kitchen.
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.
Joe Picorale, Owner of Be Love Yoga Studios
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.
Molly Abundant, Ovarian Breathing Coach
Molly has been using her voice and somatic release practices for her own healing, transformation and liberation for over ten years. She began facilitating primal release workshops in 2017 to support others access the power of their bodies—and especially their voices—to support in clearing out stuck emotions and overall healing. In 2021, she became certified to teach Ovarian Breathing, Feminine Alchemy, and has shared this medicine with hundreds of women since. She loves sharing these techniques, which are all forms of active meditation that utilize the body's intelligence and help us quiet the mind. Molly also offers plant medicine ceremonies and sound journeys, where she shares her soul singing and other channeled music that is unique to each moment
Aimee Robillard-Rook, LPC, ATR, ERYT, Art Therapist
Aimee's career evolved through many local social service agencies and public education over the years including creative community arts events and public education. in 2008 she became a yoga teacher and integrated the benefits of holistic health and wellness into her private practice. Aimee is sincerely dedicated to helping people of all ages create peace in their lives. She loves hiking, nature, hanging out with my friends and family, her dog, Yogi, and engaging in all things healthy and creative.
Art Therapy Norman
Hannah Demuth, High Vibrations Coach
Hannah Demuth empowers others to embrace self-love and live authentically. Her unique approach combines somatics and trauma release exercises to reduce stress, depression, and anxiety. As a registered yoga teacher, trauma-informed somatic mentor, reiki practitioner and founder of High Vibrations Co, Hannah is a guiding light for those seeking healing, self-discovery, and a renewed sense of purpose. Through 1:1 and group coaching, as well as facilitating wellness workshops, she creates safe spaces for exploration and curiosity. This environment enables individuals to release old patterns and create profound connections with themselves, their bodies and the world around them.
High Vibrations Co.
Aubrey Barker, 200 E-RYT, YACEP
As an Arkansas native, you can often find Aubrey wandering the Ozarks, connecting to the plant medicines she grew up with. As she began to immerse herself in the yoga community of NWA, she began to see the power of cacao and herbal practices. Connecting with these plant medicines in a way that not only supports her but honors the plant has supported her beyond measure and she is thrilled to share them with you!
Rachel The Healer
Rachel is a dedicated and passionate healer who has been transforming lives through her work as a masseuse and professional stretcher for over a decade. With 12years of experience in massage therapy, Rachel has honed her skills to provide not only relief but also deep healing to her clients. Her approach is rooted in understanding the intricate balance of the human body, allowing her to tailor her massages to meet the specific needs of each individual.
Five years ago, Rachel expanded her repertoire by diving into the world of professional stretching. This addition was driven by her belief in the power of holistic health and her desire to offer a more comprehensive approach to wellness. Through her stretching sessions, she helps clients improve their flexibility, enhance their posture, and release tension, thereby contributing to their overall well-being.
Rachel’s philosophy is that true healing comes from a harmony of the mind, body, and spirit. She integrates this belief into her practice, ensuring that each session not only addresses physical ailments but also promotes mental and emotional peace. Her gentle yet effective techniques, combined with her deep understanding of the body’s energy systems, make her sessions a transformative experience.
Istara Nicole, Women's Circle Facilitator
Puertorican born and raised, now living in Dallas. Nicole is a trauma informed Yoga Teacher, with extensive knowledge in asana, meditation and breathwork, a Women Circle Facilitator focused on awakening the Feminine energy, and a Spiritual Empowerment Coach guiding people to "deep-program" colonialism and patriarchy to find their higher purpose. She loves the sea, sunsets, mountains, and anything that involves connecting with nature and the elementals. She started her professional career as a CPA, later doing Finance, but never finding fulfillment or passion for it, and deciding to leave this career forever in the Summer of 2022.
Suffering from chronic myofascial pain for 3 years, sucked into a codependent and toxic relationship, and disconnected from her intuition made her drift away from her true calling, and put a pause to her long life dream of traveling the world. She was lost for a long time, but never lost hope that one day she would find her way back to her soul. After a massive breake-up and other tough traumatic events, she found refuge back in Puerto Rico and reconnected with her longtime spiritual teacher. After moving back to Dallas in early 2021, and going through a dark night of the soul, she birthed her business, Womoon Healing.
She uses both science based practices and shamanic energetic healing modalities to create transformation at the most subtle levels. Her mission is driven by her hunger to serve others. She works every day to inspire, educate, and create spaces that promote healing from the inside out. Her wish is that everyone finds who they truly are at their core and what they are truly passionate about, and can make a living out of that. Her dream is still to travel the world, now sharing the tools that helped her.
Bird & Kelsey White, Ingonyama Sound
“Ingonyama” means "lion" in the South African language, Zulu. Inspired by the spirit and the roar of the lion, Bird and Kelsey have been working toward living authentically from the heart and fulfilling their divine potential. Using sound, breath, and meditation, they hold space for uplifting others and inspiring them to do the same. Their passions and visions came together like peanut butter and jelly. Bird brings years of experience playing multiple world instruments while Kelsey shares her beautiful voice and intuitive direction. They also aspire to run a retreat center and open a tribal-run coffeehouse. They love animals, nature and dancing.
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.
Hannah Bell, Manager of Be Love Yoga Studio Tulsa
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.
Brooke Carter, Shibari Rope Healer
Brooke Carter is a dedicated advocate for embracing the divine feminine energy and fostering connections with the Earth and cosmos. With over 8 years of experience in Shibari Rope, she found it to be a powerful tool for inner peace and self-discovery, leading her to explore sensuality and embodiment. As a facilitator of healing retreat workshops, Brooke combines Shibari Rope with meditation, breathwork, and movement practices to create transformative experiences focused on self-awareness, empowerment, and connection with the sacred feminine. She invites participants to join her on a journey of healing and growth, guiding them towards a life of wholeness, love, and empowerment through intuitive guidance and expertise.
Ana Moon
Ana offers a unique approach to delivering messages you need to hear from your higher self and your spirit guides. Ana has been working in the spiritual realms for 30yrs and reading tarot professionally for 6yrs. Ana will be offering answers to your question with tarot and oracle cards. Or just sit down and have a conversation about your spiritual path and pick Ana's expansive knowledge about the path and walk away, knowing more and having more direction.
Rebel Sawyer
Rebel is a certified Reiki Master and Intuitive Channel with the ability to tap into your chakra system, higher self, guides, and more. A session with Rebel consist of an Intuitive Reiki Scan and Reading. Working through all of your chakras, Rebel will lead you into a deeper understanding of your Self. Rebel will be able to tell you which chakras are out of alignment and why. The chakra system is the foundation of who we are. As a vibrational being, everything we think, say, or do is corresponding to and effecting the state our energetic body. Allow Rebel to tune in to your LightBody and assist you in fully activating the power of who you are- a spirit embodied in human form. It’s time to awaken and become the creator of your own reality. With the awareness of your chakra system and where you are currently vibrating at energetically, you will be able to shift yourself in the direction of what you truly desire, no longer held down by limiting, stagnant blocks of energy in your mind, body, and spirit connection. Book yourself a LightBody Activation & Connect with Rebel at Big Om! Pay a love donation of $20-50 in exchange for a session- pay what you feel the experience was worth Sessions are 20-30 mins!
Rebellious Essence
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.