Facilitators/Instructors
Krista Jane Hoffs
Krista is a gifted intuitive who provides empowering guidance to help people create happier, healthier and more abundant lives. She uses her heightened sensitivity and grounded approach to communicate messages and re connect you with loved ones, your guides and higher self during one on one 'soul sessions' and reiki treatments. As a teacher of the holistic arts Krista hosts workshops, retreats and corporate seminars on personal growth, conscious manifesting and healing. Workshops include intuition development, Reiki certification, meditation, increase your sales quota and more.
Tracy Higgs, BHK, RNCP
Tracy’s holistic approach to nutrition is unique in the sense that she does not give menu plans or restrictive diets, but deals with the body’s systems as a whole and the mental aspect of eating well and treating ourselves with respect. Tracy’s philosophy is that we need to see the big picture of our health and not focus on one step solutions. “By eating well we take care of ourselves on the basic level”.
Sarinda Hoilett
Sarinda is raw chef, yoga instructor, practitioner of massage and bodywork, mother, and student of life. She created Earth Wisdom Yoga and Bodywork a yoga studio and gathering place located in Mt. Currie BC. As yoga has permeated all aspects of her life, she has moved "off the mat" and into the kitchen. Wild Planet Raw Foods was born. Wild Planet Raw Foods offers workshops, retreats, catering, and a line of organic raw vegan foods. www.wildplanetrawfoods.com
Allison Megeney, PT
Allison Graduated with a degree in Physical Therapy from McGill University in 1994. She has work in private practice with a specialization in Manual and sports therapy and traveled for 4 years with the Women’s national Alpine ski team. By incorporating a degree in natural nutrition with her physiotherapy experience, Allison provides a holistic approach to injury prevention and treatment, addressing the mind -body connection with various treatment techniques.
Na’ia Angelski
What is belly dance? Who is a belly dancer? Where does belly dance come from and where is it going? Na'ia believes that if these questions could be wholly and accurately answered, she would not need to dance. Na'ia approaches belly dance as being an artistic expression, and without setting limitations as to what the dance is and is not, she encourages its practice to be a personal experience. ? Na'ia holds a BFA in Visual Art from the University of Victoria.? She became fascinated with non-western dance after studying Indian Cinema and women’s traditional art forms of South and Southeast Asia as a component of her art history studies at UViC. Na'ia began belly dancing in 2005 and has been teaching classes at the Pemberton Community Centre for the past two years. Inspired by the fusion style of her primary instructor, Bella-d, Na'ia has also attended workshops with Jillina, one of Los Angeles most sought after dancers, Sonia and Issam of the Belly Dance Superstars, Suhaila Salimpour, Lava and Adel Awab (table and percussion). Na'ia has been a regular performer with the Whistler Belly dancers, performing with the group for Tourism Whistler, the Whistler Art Walk, LUNA, and other events. She has performed solo for the Elements of BC Mountaintop Gala, Artrageous, Pemberton’s Canada Day Celebrations, the Women's Wellness Fair and for private parties and functions. In the spring of 2008, Na'ia performed as a guest dancer with Whitman Dance Theatre in Washington, and has also danced as a guest of Adel Awab at the Mission Folk Festival (2006).
Na'ia lives and works in Pemberton, BC with her husband and cat.
Andrea Moore, RMT
Andrea has been a registered massage therapist in Whistler for 11 years, during which time she has expanded her practice to include myofascial release, biodynamic craniosacral therapy and energy grounding. Her workshops focus on becoming present in the physical body through meditation, movement and sound. Speed, which is all around us in today's modern world, is compressive which limits our thinking, movement and health into small parameters and old repeated patterns. You'll learn the value of slowing your system down and experiencing expansiveness which allows exploration into nuance, new possibility and potential.
Susan Reifer
A passionate cook and an accomplished author and teacher, Susan Reifer brings the lessons she has learned to the Lillooet River Lodge. In addition to teaching specialized cooking classes, Susan has been facilitating workshops for seven years and writing professionally for fifteen. She has published more than 200 articles in magazines such as SKI, Outside, United Airlines' Hemispheres, Los Angeles, Sports Illustrated Women and In Style, and has contributed to new media outlets such as E! Online and Microsoft Network. She has been a contributing editor for Skiing, Adventure Journal and other publications. In the past, she worked extensively as a researcher for print, television and film. She also has Olympic Games experience, having worked as an editor and bureau chief for the Olympic News Service universities. Originally from Los Angeles, she now divides her time between California and British Columbia. She shares her life with her husband, Sandy and their dog Truman.