Janie is a trauma informed yoga teacher in Peoria, IL. She is a Trapeze Yoga Teacher and studio owner, Doula and Reiki Master with ten years of experience and over 1,000 hours of teaching and working with the public in schools, businesses, studios, hospitals and more. Janie is known for her yoga events and unique style of teaching. She received her first 200-hour RYT in St. Louis and second in Barcelona, Spain where she obtained her Yoga Teaching Degree, Trapeze Yoga Teaching Certification and teacher apprenticeship. Jamie moved back to Peoria in 2018 and obtained her Trauma-Informed Teaching, Reiki Master and Doulaship Certirficates. She opened up a Trapeze Yoga studio in Peoria Heights in January 2023. She is a Yoga Teacher committed to community, inclusion and connection.
Read MoreDr. Katy Everett is Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Chair of Science and Mathematics at Eureka College. Her teaching focuses on local ecosystems, with particular attention paid to native landscapes, small farms and local food systems, and sustainability. Katy lives in Washington, IL with her family and loves being outside: growing vegetables, creating native plant landscapes, travel, hiking, and most of all playing with her two kids and pup. She loves staying active, particularly outdoors, and is a client and friend of Yogi Janie who has helped Dr. Everett incorporate mindful movement and meditation inter her courses and person
Read MoreLeigh is an artist and 1st grade teacher from Santa Cruz, CA. She also teaches after school art classes for migrant students. Her art is inspired by nature and her local flora and fauna. She has a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and MA in experiential education from Prescott College. Her other interests include gardening, hiking, yoga, and spending time with her family and pets. She is passionate about teaching and has a mindfulness approach to working with students.
Read MoreJesi believes relationship building is the foundation for learning. She is a homeschooling parent to three kiddos, a Scout leader, and Director of Lifespan Education at the Universalist Unitarian Church of Peoria. She enjoys making messes, exploring new environments and learning about the world!
Read MoreRuth Ann earned her BA in Outdoor Experiential Education and MSM studying deep nature and ancestral connection to increase well-being and a sense of belonging. She spent a year living in the woods, building her shelter, foraging, brain-tanning hides for clothing, weaving baskets, and practicing survival and tracking skills before teaching for nearly a decade at the Tracker School, mentoring students in the arts of survival, awareness, and tracking. Ruth Ann has designed programming and mentored wilderness skills for various venues and ages, for nearly thirty years. She is an outdoor adventurer, mountaineer, marathoner, midwife, and faculty at the Midwives College of Utah. She has lived for 25+ years on a homestead, homeschooling and raising three children and deeply values the process of learning and integrating skills through experience and mentoring, and the building of human relationships through cooperative learning.
Read MoreNa'im works at the Peoria Riverfront Museum as their Gallery Engagement Coordinator, and is an aspiring entomologist based in Peoria, Illinois. Na'im truly believes with every fiber of my being that through exploring the intricacies of the insect world, we can inspire tomorrow’s leaders of discovery, creativity, and innovation.
Read MoreAmy earned degrees in HDFS with a focus in Early Childhood Education and Art from University in Wisconsin-Stout. Amy is currently an educator for Head Start. Outside of her profession, Amy loves to hike, camp and travel with her husband and three children.
Read MoreShannon has been an avid outdoor-girl since childhood. In her twenties she attended over 25 classes at Tom Brown’s Tracking Nature and Wilderness Survival School. She also spent a year and a half living semi-primitively as a caretaker at the school’s camp in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. She has worked in wilderness field programs, taught survival skills & bush craft, and lived semi-primitively for extended periods of time. She successfully completed the Naked & Afraid Challenge in 2013. Her episode, Mayan Misery, was filmed in Belize and aired in the second season. She brings her relationship with nature and the land into the heart of everything she does and is excited to share at ASIW.
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