the desert is caling 

Yoga • Retreats

KJ, The Rooted Yogi is based in Boulder, Colorado and has a heart for building community. She is mama to 3 grown daughters who are and have always been her “why” as an entrepreneur. She believes wholeheartedly we are on this earth to play, connect and live into our God given gifts. Her service is to create brave spaces of expression where people may show up authentically as themselves and feel welcome. Through her retreat company Return to the Feminine Collective, leading worldwide retreats and local activations she creates ripples of stoke and empowerment for those who choose to step into her containers. She loves to guide at festivals where she brings a grounded, intentional presence and energy for people to connect to themselves and in turn connect deeper to the experience. All are welcome, simply show up with an open heart and be ready to receive what’s for you in this time. KJ is excited to meet you! If you feel called, connect with her on IG @the.rooted.yogi

Entrepreneur Yoga

Rick Shugarman is a yoga instructor, growth coach, and entrepreneur whose work bridges the physical, mental, and creative aspects of human potential. As the founder of Beat Up The Sun, he explores the transformative power of morning rituals, yoga, and mindfulness to cultivate clarity, resilience, and purpose. The phrase “beating up the sun” refers to a morning routine of being up and moving with the sun as it’s rising. Like most transformations, it was born out of necessity.

Rick’s mission is to make yoga and personal growth radically accessible. For example, he created a step-by-step, beginner-friendly yoga program that he gives away for free. The program is designed to help beginners of all abilities have a sense of confidence, and “I can”, from the very first pose.

Doctor Trish is double Boarded in Gynecology and in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery. She is the owner and director of the Center for Pelvic Health and Wellness in Orange County.Dr. Wallace is dedicated to the restoration of total pelvic and sexual health and quality of life in women and their partners. She is an expert in the evaluation and treatment of urinary and anal incontinence, recurrent urinary tract infections, overactive bladder, and pelvic reconstructive surgery for women.

She specializes in comprehensive and integrative treatment of menopause and sexual health and bio-identical hormone therapy, including pellet HRT. She has special interests in post-cancer feminine health and postpartum pelvic health and total feminine and couple hormonal balance and sexual wellness. She is an expert in feminine rejuvenation. She is a international speaker for BTL and educates on restoration of CORE to FLOOR health, Next Level Wellness, and Why Muscles Matter for pelvic and sexual health and longevity.

Embodiment Practices

Brazilian by soul, Tati seamlessly weaves together the worlds of yoga, embodiment practices, meditation, breath work, and sound healing creating a unique and transformative experience for those who cross paths with her. 

As a dedicated yoga practitioner and dancer, movement is one of her favorite ways to reconnect to her body. With experience in street dance and gymnastics, she infuses into her yoga classes elements of grace, fluidity, and expressive movement.

Through 12 years of dedicated practice, 9 years of teaching experience, and over 800h of YTT Tati has developed a unique teaching style that fuses the precision and discipline of dance with the mindfulness and introspection of yoga.

Dr. Erin Kinney is a naturopathic doctor, author, speaker, and mom of five who is no stranger to the realities of modern stress. She helps high-achieving men and women recover from burnout, hormone imbalances, and the long-term effects of chronic stress. She is the creator of the “Cortisol Bank Account” framework, a simple and relatable way to understand how stress impacts energy, metabolism, thyroid health, and overall resilience. This framework is the foundation of her upcoming book, The Cortisol Cure. Dr. Kinney is also the founder of The Kinney Clinic in Annapolis, Maryland, where she helps patients uncover the root causes of fatigue, hormone imbalance, and chronic health issues so they can rebuild their energy and vitality.

Ashtanga Yoga

Rebecca has been practicing and studying yoga for over 20 years. Her teaching brings a contemporary approach to the traditional practice of Ashtanga yoga, and is deeply rooted in anatomy, encouraging alignment and safe exploration of postures, bringing dynamic and creative sequences to her classes. She strives to awaken the adventurous spirit on the mat, blending a strong physical practice with a sense of playfulness and grace.

Training:

200 Hour Teacher Training, O2 Yoga, Boston

300 Hour Advanced Teacher Training, Natasha Rizopoulos & the Down Under Yoga School Faculty, Boston

Ashtanga Yoga Teacher Training, David Swenson, NY

Liya Garber is a recognized yoga and meditation teacher (E-RYT 500) based in the San Francisco Bay Area, often found around the world leading retreats, trainings, and transformational experiences. She is a passionate advocate for women’s empowerment and the founder of Aura Kundalini Yoga, an innovative online yoga studio that represents the new paradigm of Kundalini Yoga — a practice rooted in tuning directly to Source, inner intelligence, and embodied awareness rather than devotion to a teacher or lineage.

As a pioneer of this emerging paradigm, Liya’s work bridges ancient yogic wisdom with modern nervous system science, energetic literacy, and mind re-programming for the 21st century. Her approach empowers practitioners to access their own inner guidance, awaken life force safely and organically, and embody their unique gifts with clarity and sovereignty.

As a former Division 1 baseball player, Donny’s journey into Yoga, Personal Development and Mindfulness began in 2005, after seven operations on his left knee and an addiction to painkillers. Fast forward to today, Donny has shifted his and become a dynamic leader in his industry. He is the creator of "Love Yourself Collective", a professional speaker, teacher, podcast co-host of "Comeback Stories," and personal development coach leading classes, workshops and seminars all across the world. He’s the creator of “The Shift” Transformational Coaching, a 90-Day Personal Development Private Coaching program. In addition, Donny works one-on-one with some of the top professional athletes in the world on mental strength, yoga/meditation, life coaching and mindfulness. Donny is also an ambassador for lululemon and works directly on their Mindful Performance Team as both a yoga/meditation teacher and facilitator.

Yoga Rave • Beyond the Mind

With 30 years of teaching experience, Daniel has never been one to keep yoga inside the lines. Blending movement, breath, and a deep passion for music, his classes bring together the intensity of a powerful yoga practice with the energy and freedom of a dance floor.

Drawing from his background in yoga, martial arts, dance, and acrobatics, Daniel has developed a style that’s challenging, playful, and driven by music. His philosophy is simple: turn up the music, get out of your head, move your body, and let the experience take over.

As the former owner and operator of one of the largest yoga studios in Redlands, California, Daniel became known for his signature yoga raves: high-energy events where music, lights, glow paint, costumes, and creative expression transformed the traditional yoga experience into something closer to a rock concert.

For Daniel, yoga has never been about perfect poses or taking yourself too seriously. It’s about creating a space where everyone, regardless of experience, can let loose, push their limits, connect with the music, and find freedom through movement and breath.

Part yoga. Part rave. All energy.

Monica is a certified, trauma-informed Kundalini Yoga teacher with 20+ years of a dedicated yoga and movement practice. She teaches Kundalini here in the High Desert at Earth Yoga & Spa in Yucca Valley. She is also trained in traditional Hot Yoga and certified in Hridaya Hatha Yoga and Pranic Healing. 

After years of traveling and living around the world, Monica moved to Joshua Tree in early 2025 with a call to plant roots and connect more deeply with her soul's purpose. As a former international human rights lawyer, yoga was always her way home to herself and a path to inner and outer peace.

Monica discovered her true passion for Kundalini Yoga at RA MA New York, where the powerful blend of kriyas, mantra, and breathwork became her daily practice for the past decade. Monica’s mission is to make Kundalini accessible to everyone. She weaves modern, trauma-informed cues into the practice, while honoring the deep roots of this ancient and sophisticated technology.

Her classes are an invitation to safely explore your inner world, connect with different dimensions of your being, and experience deep healing and joy. 

YOGA • PARENT + ME

ASHLEY combines the wise sciences of Yoga and Ayurveda to deliver an approachable and authentic practice. Her detailed instruction guides her students on an inner journey to explore the breadth of yoga through their own hearts, minds and bodies. Ashley has been teaching yoga and serving her community as a nutrition wellness educator since 2016. Her down-to-earth approach to health welcomes anyone to return to a state of wholeness.

“The journey of becoming who we want to be is rooted in embracing who we are now.”

Sound • Retreats • Readings

Forest is an international retreat facilitator, leadership mentor, intuitive reader, and sound healer based in Joshua Tree, CA. She works with high-level leaders to redefine success + deepen their zone of genius so they can uplevel their impact.

At age 12, Forest and her best friend facilitated her first retreat for Pre-teen Girls, sharing crafts, yoga, and team bonding activities with the group. This was the beginning of her love of sharing her practices and creativity with others. Since then, she has hosted numerous retreats, women’s circles, ceremonies, art clubs, past life regressions, meditations, and sound healings. As an artist, many of her practices + techniques are informed by her own self exploration.

Inversions • Hatha • Ashtanga

Yoga first appeared to Angela as a way to simply move better, breathe easier, and be present. And through its path, her practice has deepened with the diversity of ways we move—how the body becomes a laboratory for connection to the self. Her classes are inspired by traditional Hatha and Ashtanga vinyasa lineages based on her training in India, modern movement modalities, and their interactions. You'll be guided through an inquiry-driven practice with an emphasis on joyful agency and whole-body connection. In class, expect fun and creative sequences that engage multiple dimensions of physical and mental experience. Leave her class feeling inspired, present, and with a sense of calm that persists throughout your day.

Yin Dreamscapes

Now based in Northeast Los Angeles, Richelle is originally from Oregon and trained as a Yoga teacher in Costa Rica. For the past five years she has been teaching all over the Americas - from studios like Kinship Yoga in Los Angeles and eco-retreats in Nicaragua to unique outdoor event experiences and festivals. She loves to practice and teach the full spectrum of Yoga, from restorative and meditative to activating and playful. Outside of Yoga you can find her barefoot outside, laughing with friends, steering conversations to existential depths, or crying over cute animals.

Quantum Heart Movement • Breath • Meditation

Ashley Loren is a heart-centered yoga teacher, retreat facilitator, and guide devoted to creating sacred spaces where others can return to the wisdom of their bodies, reconnect with their inner truth, and feel deeply supported on their journey. Her work is grounded in love, presence, and the deep knowing that we are our own healers—and that everything we need to live the life we desire already lives within us.

Trauma informed Licensed therapist

Brock has been teaching people how to practice meditation for over 10 years. He has taught meditation in various therapeutic, corporate, and educational settings, teaching mindfulness practices to individuals, groups, therapist trainees, and spiritual seekers alike. His open goal is to provide traditionally sound meditation instruction that is approachable and digestible by the Western mind and heart. As a trauma-informed Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Brock currently serves his community in private practice, specializing in EMDR therapy, somatic parts work, and mindfulness-based therapies. He carries a master’s degree in Multicultural Counseling Psychology, with Emphasis in Buddhist Psychology.

Yin

Leandra has been practicing yoga for 10+ years and recently completed her 200 hour yin yoga teacher training with Yin Yoga Therapy in Bali. She believes in the transformative power of slowing down and tuning into the body’s wisdom. Leandra feels honored to guide others in the practice of yin yoga which has benefited her greatly throughout the years. She aims to cultivate a calm and supportive environment where practitioners are safe to explore a deeper connection with their bodies and minds.

Yoga Teacher, Breathwork Facilitator, Intuitive Energy Healing Practitioner.

Laura is a long time Orange County based yoga teacher, and owner of Dharma Yoga House.

Laura’s vinyasa class is powerful & heartfelt. Her goal is always to encourage her students to move beyond their comfort zones, to grow, and ultimately to have their yoga practice help them make shifts in their lives… to take their practice “off the mat” and into their day to day lives.. where it really matters.

Carolina is a Bikram yoga teacher. She graduated in 2009 and is also a practitioner of ashtanga and Vinyasa and yin yoga. She currently works at different clubs and yoga studios in the low Desert and teaches her personal sequences of hatha, vinyasa, yin, and bikram yoga. She likes to create sequences according to how the energy of the environment feels at the moment.

Caro is also an esthetitian and has created her own line of oils. All organic, sustainable and fair trade products Chika Organics

Hester Van Hooven Ward is a transformational guide devoted to helping others awaken their radiance and embody their highest essence. With over 15 years of coaching experience and 10 years of facilitating sacred ceremonies, she blends her lineages of the 13 Moon Mystery School, Reiki, Shamanic Reiki, the 13 Original Clan Mothers, and Subconscious Freedom Coaching with powerful lived experience.

Hester has supported survivors of sexual violence in Kenya, taught health and wellness for over a decade, and co-founded MMIP Raising Awareness, a nonprofit for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People through lifting Indigenous Voices.

Hester’s path honors both shadow and light. Through frequencies of remembrance & empowerment—she supports others in reclaiming their power, embodying self-love, and living with sovereignty and compassion. She believes true freedom emerges when we remember our connection to the ONEness of all things.es here

Ryan is a San Diego based Massage Therapist, Movement Artist, and Transformational Coach devoted to embodiment, connection, and creative play. 

With a background in Acroyoga, Thai Massage, Contact Dance and 5+ years of professional bodywork experience, he brings a deeply intuitive understanding of the nervous system and relational safety into every space he holds.

Ryan leads workshops and retreats centered on intimacy, consent, somatics, and conscious relating. His facilitation blends structure with discovery; inviting participants to explore trust, surrender, and connection through playful, embodied practices.

Fiona Hillery is an intuitive advisor and ritualist who guides individuals and communities into deeper soul-centered alignment through immersive, experiential practices. Her work draws from Western astrology, tarot archetypes, and energy healing, translating intuitive insight into grounded rituals that support embodiment, clarity, and connection.

She has guided hundreds of leaders and creatives in navigating burnout, reclaiming purpose, and reconnecting to their inner wisdom, while also curating and facilitating wellness experiences for brands including Equinox, Lunya, HigherDOSE, and the Wellness Oasis at Art Basel.

Koral Cavic is a Sound Alchemist, Reiki Master, and Intuitive Meditation and Mindfulness Guide devoted to helping

individuals reconnect with their inner clarity, resilience, and power.

At 17, meditation became her tool for navigating anxiety. What began as a personal discipline developed into a 25 year

commitment to embodied healing, energetic refinement, and applied self mastery.

Ivy integrates Reiki, ThetaHealing, Guided Meditation, BQH, breathwork, movement, music, and voice work into a grounded

approach that bridges ancient energetic practices with modern nervous system science. Her work is practical, intuitive, and

rooted in measurable transformation.es here

Larissa Hayashi is a yoga teacher who brings creativity, playfulness, and thoughtful challenge into every class she leads. Known for her imaginative sequencing, Larissa designs practices that feel good in the body while inviting students to explore new pathways of movement. Her classes balance fluidity and strength, encouraging students to stay curious, present, and connected to their breath.

With an emphasis on mindful flow and moving meditation, Larissa guides students through sequences that are both grounding and energizing. She believes yoga should be supportive yet empowering, offering challenges in an encouraging, lighthearted way that helps students build confidence and trust in themselves. Whether through subtle transitions or playful peak poses, Larissa creates a welcoming space where students can move with intention, explore their edges, and leave the mat feeling more at home in their bodies.

With a passionate heart, Nadia Sessen is devoted to bringing beauty, healing and sensuous joy to the Earth. Helping others to recall the loving nature that courses through life, and inviting the playful presence of the soul to inhabit the body. With an intimate understanding of both the joy and pain of the human experience, her heart holds compassionate reverence, seeing all humans through the unconditional gaze of Love. 
Nadia is a recording artist and sound healer leading with her soul-stirring vocals. Her offerings include  live music for ceremonies, private healing sessions, yoga classes, and ecstatic dance events. She teaches restorative and vinyasa Yoga, influenced by the subtle mechanics of biodynamic healing work. She also teaches somatic singing lessons and paints personalized  medicine drums, encouraging everyone to rise in their gifts.

Kelley Doyle 500 E-RYT
Health and wellness coach

Kelley shares yoga from the heart weaving a sweet blend of breath and movement with sprinkles of poetry + philosophy. She loves to nourish deeper connection to nature inspired by the elements to cultivate a sense of joy and being home in body, mind and soul to “Learn what actions of yours bring freedom and love.” ~ Hafiz 

Kelley Doyle embodies over 30 years of teaching experience along with being a mother, grandmother, lover of nature, movement, plants, music and good food, she is a forever student on the path of living yoga. 

Her passions include sharing herbal elixirs and sacred movement as paths to balancing all the things from for to and through the heart.

Finding her home in the pulse of Prana Flow yoga with Shiva Rea in 2003 she has been training teachers since 2012 in this therapeutic and nourishing movement medicine. 
For more about Kelley go to: Soulsessionsyoga.com

Scott Love - Ambient Sounds, DJ, Experimental Facilitator

Scott is a DJ, percussionist, dancer and sonic experimenter, with a desire to help himself and others heal through music and movement. Alchemizing a difficult upbringing from a religious cult in Texas, he brings a unique balance to live creation, purveying the dark and light, soft and scary in poetic story. Scott has used the last 3 years to curate and refine a unique hybrid performance called PULSE, connecting the head with the heart in an act of radical presence with song and dance.

Somatic Therapy • Breathwork • Visionary Meditation

Nichole Ferro is a Yoga Therapist, Somatic Therapy Practitioner, educator, and current master’s student in Integrative Psychology, with almost 20 years of experience in the healing arts. She founded Somatic Arts Academy, where she offers holistic certifications in somatic therapy and breathwork, drawing on years of somatic, ceremonial, and shamanic study with teachers and traditions from around the world. At the heart of her work is a deep reverence for the body as a source of wisdom and a love of creating experiences that help people reconnect with themselves in meaningful and embodied ways.

Handpan • Live Looping • Breathwork

Dallas Conkle is a musician, breathwork facilitator, and somatic practitioner with more than 20 years of experience creating and performing music. His work has evolved into conscious music-making, weaving handpan, live looping, rhythm, and world instruments into immersive soundscapes designed to support presence, reflection, and transformation. His approach brings together musicianship, somatic awareness, and a genuine love of creating spaces where people can soften, listen, and experience sound as something deeply felt.

Nervous System Regulation • Breathwork • Guided Meditation

Greg Kruger is a Leadership and Empowerment Coach and the owner of Forgotten Truth Coaching, devoted to one living truth: You Are The Answer. Blending neuroscience techniques, nervous system regulation, and presence-based practices, he guides executives, entrepreneurs, first responders, veterans, and creatives into embodied self-leadership. His work bridges science and spirit, translating physiology, neurology, and unconscious patterning into grounded tools that create measurable transformation. Greg meets people at pivotal edges, such as burnout, expansion, reinvention, and awakening, and walks them into clarity, resilience, and sovereignty. His approach is direct, experiential, and deeply human.

Embodied Yoga • Sound Bath

Chelsea is a 500-hour E-RYT yoga & movement educator and sound bath facilitator. With a love for dance, somatics, and yoga asana, she shares the practice of embodiment to heighten awareness and engage the senses. Her classes are a journey of self-exploration and a celebration of balance. You can expect a blend of slow, fluid movement with playful transitions, inviting each moment to merge effortlessly into the next. As a certified sound bath facilitator, she integrates sound vibrations with pranayama to engage the nervous system and bring students into deeper states of consciousness.

For Chelsea, movement and sound are forms of meditation that allow concepts of yogic philosophy to become lived, felt experiences. Every moment spent on the mat is just an invitation to explore who you truly are beyond the roles and responsibilities. It is the practice of surrender so that you can return to your true nature.