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YOUR TEACHERS

 

Cina Canada
Fdr/Dir of HPi,

Media Producer,

Documentarian,

GYROTONIC®

Trainer

Abbe Ehlers
RYT 500 Yoga Instructor, Professor of Culinary Arts and Hospitality

Lindsey Hansen-Sturm
Chiropractor, Cranial-Sacral Therapist, GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® Master Trainer

Diane Israel
Psychotherapist, Conductor, Professor of Transpersonal Counseling Psychology, GYROKINESIS® Trainer

Cina Canada

Cina is the Founder and Director of the Human Picture Initiative, an organization committed to making positive contributions to the big picture of humanity. Her focus to learn from, and be of service to, others led her to create HPI as a space to do this while also giving others the same opportunities. HPi Retreats are part of the foundational purpose of the Human Picture Initiative and a way for Cina to directly participate in that mission. She has traveled and worked around the world, is a documentary filmmaker, media producer, certified raw food chef, GYROTONIC® trainer, owner of the Juice Boost, part-time grower of food, flowers, trees and herbs and a participant in Missiouri wildlife conservation.

Abbe Ehlers

Abbe Ehlers, RYT-500 has been a yoga practitioner for over 18 years and teaching yoga since 2004. Her yoga is called YOGA FROM THE HEART, a principle she considers each time she leads a class. Abbe received her yoga teacher certification from the Yoga Alliance after studying with a variety of gifted teachers and through The Yoga Studio of Kansas City. She continues to keep her practice and teaching fresh through self-study and continuing yoga education with master teachers, predominately Aadil Palkhivala and others including; Judith Hanson Lasater, Julie Gudmested, Suzetter Schultz, Shiva Rae. These influences have helped shape her eclectic style of yoga. Her foundation for yoga is Purna and Iyengar inspired but she incorporates a variety of styles including vinyasa flow. In 2009, Abbe completed extensive studies in therapeutic yoga with Mr. Palkhivala.

Lindsey Hansen-Sturm

Lindsey Hansen-Sturm’s spent many years as a competitive swimmer, tri-athlete and completing her doctorate in Chiropractic. The GYROTONIC EXPANSION SYSTEM® was the missing link Lindsey was searching for. Now, all the concepts that Lindsey has been studying concerning human body wholeness and its self healing capabilities have become a living experience through GYROTONIC® exercises, and has led her to pursue advanced courses in both the Gyrotonic methodology and Cranial-Sacral Therapy. Lindsey is a GYROTONIC®  Level I Master, GYROKINESIS® Level I and Level 2 Master Trainer,  and a Jumping Stretching Board Master Trainer. The GYROTONIC® principles have helped reshape Lindseys Chiropractic practice into one that now emphasizes cranial-sacral therapy, acupuncture and soft tissue techniques.

Diane Israel

Diane Israel is a psychotherapist and conductor with a private practice in Boulder, Colorado. She is professor of transpersonal counseling psychology and trustee of Naropa University. She ignites students and clients to recognize their wholeness and to follow their passions through mind-body integration and celebrating their inherent genius. Her experiences as a world-class runner and triathlete led her to specialize in body image and eating struggles. Her award-winning independent documentary film, Beauty Mark, follows her personal journey as an athlete and explores our race to perfection. She is a end of life care consultant and ally supporting families as they navigate end of life issues.

Carol McAnally

Carol offers devotion to the body as a source of wisdom, truth and presence. She is passionate about the body’s place in the unfolding journey toward authentic human expression. Through movement breath work and awareness, she supports the direct experience of the body as our unique, very personal, sacred vessel – that is its own source of miraculous engineering, innate intelligence, and deep compassion. Her intention and purpose, as a teacher and a leader, is to support living a life that is more awake, engaged and meaningful – a life that is less about the limitations and more about the infinite possibilities of living with ease and freedom in your body. It is from this place of heartfelt compassion and exuberance for the human experience as divine that she offers her services.

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