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, 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 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.
Taylor Cox
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.
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!
Matt Michaels
Bio coming soon:
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.
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.
Tori Boswell, Intuitive Medium
Bio Coming Soon:
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.
Ian Mychal
Bio Coming Soon:
Derrick Jones
Derrick Jones is a Certified Physician Associate, Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher, writer, freestyle rapper, dancer, and an avid lover of life and learning. For more information on the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Training that Derrick was certified through, please check out Dharmamoon and check out Derrick’s blog for a catalogue of essays and poetry: https://medium.com/words-ideas-thoughts
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.
Emmy Kinnally
Emmy was born and raised in The Ozark Mountains dancing and exploring. She has spent the past couple of years traveling to Central and South America immersing herself in the culture and plant realms of Peru and Costa Rica. There she learned of our ability to connect with plant consciousness and to deeply commune with spirit. Since returning to the States, she embarked on a Green Magic Apprenticeship which grew her knowledge of herbal remedies alongside plant spirit medicine. Here is where she learned the power of common plants and their ability enhance our wellbeing. She is a proponent of reciprocal relationships with the plants and hopes to share ways of relating that open the possibility for plant - human friendships to emerge.
Sinjun Wesson
Bio coming soon:
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.
Kate Bryan from Veg Out Tulsa
Kate found her passion for cooking as a deep meditative practice a decade ago. She has been vegan for a little under 6 years and by living out her own truth she is now been able to share food as medicine with her community. She has education in nutrition, and a deep dedication to serving others. She studied yoga in Newport Beach, CA in 2019 and teaches locally when she isn’t at the farmers market or whipping up goodness in the kitchen! She strives to bring her two worlds together as her company “Veg Out Tulsa” organically formed; starting in a local yoga studio as a meal prep professional in an Ayurvedic medicine cleanse under a practitioner. From there she has taken off with weekly mason jar meal prep menus, multiple local business caterings, BE LOVES 8th birthday celebration, and now on to her favorite niche- catering yoga retreats. She believes mind, body, and soul is the beautiful trifecta we should always be striving to nourish. Having these two passions intertwine has allowed her to live out her dreams and step into purpose. “My purpose is rooted in food medicine. I found this in a very organic way and as a yoga instructor, I believe it is essential in our practice to fuel our bodies with beautiful nutrition from the earth. I’m so excited to share this space with each of you, and strive to make your tummies and hearts happy! “