Maria Kalamas, of Greek origin, is a modern muse and feminine oracle who, through her intuitive readings, inspires joy, enthusiasm and a passion for life. As a beacon of light, Maria uncovers the unresolved emotions, aches, illness and fears stored within the body and spirit to create a mystical synergy of the etheric and physical bodies.

For over a decade, Maria has served as the owner of Living Happy & Healthy and is a healing arts educator, transformational wellness coach, licensed massage therapist, body frequency facilitator, intuitive card reader and sacred ceremony minister. She is enthusiastically raising the vibration of everyone she encounters.

Join Maria to discover the dynamic collusion of past, present and future selves to cut ties, release repeating patterns, and propel the pessimist into an authentic, loving, wholesome being.

Emma is an active orchestral harpist, soloist, accompanist, teacher, reiki master and sound healer. She has been performing for over 25, beginning her career performing at weddings with her mother when she was 12 years old! She loves sharing her gifts to help make a dream wedding your reality.

Her orchestral experience spans over 15 years, having had the honor of performing under conductors such as Sir Simon Rattle, Michael Tilson Thomas, Edwin Outwater, and Charles Dutoit.

She has accompanied singers, instrumentalists, harpists, and a host of string players for various weddings and concerts. She helped create and perform in the Phoenix Harp Circle. She is the President of our Phoenix Chapter of the American Harp Society, and she is also a happy participant in several larger musical organizations, as harp needs arise.

She recently begun the journey into sound healing. She also completed her reiki certification and has expanded her musical capabilities to serve the community in light work through sound. Far removed from the typical concert venue, she plays with intention alongside sound healers for Vibrational Healing sessions (similar to a Yoga Nidra class). This is something totally new in the thousands of years of music-making, combining a 6-foot pedal harp, an electric lever harp, ancient gongs, soothing singing bowls, and reiki to activate the parasympathetic nervous system and facilitate healing. She has greatly benefited from this sound healing approach and is wholly humbled by the experience each time.

Vanessa was born and raised in Brazil and started modeling at 16 years old. Modeling brought an opportunity to travel the world, and with that the love for yoga was born. She has been practicing for over 20 years, in such exotic and exciting places such as Japan, Switzerland, Germany, Greece and Spain.

She has been teaching for the last 9 years all over the East Valley, for all types of Yoga! Power Yoga, Yoga Flow and Vinyasa, Hatha, Yin and Restorative, private and corporate events, she teaches SUP yoga and even Goat Yoga! Vanessa Siren has over 25 years of experience, almost 10 of those teaching yoga and group fitness. She is E-RYT 200 and RYT 500 YACEP with Yoga Alliance.

She is certified in Aqua Toning and Cardio (Aquatic Exercise Association), Barre and several muscle trainings such as Body Pump. She has numerous Yoga trainings like Nidra, Yin Yoga, Chair Yoga, Seniors and Pre-Natal (Yoga Fit), to name a few.

She is a mother of 5 but says that yoga keeps her sane, and young! She believes Yoga is of joy (often cracking jokes in between intense poses!) and can heal more than just your physical body. She believes she is a better human, a calmer spouse, a more patient mom - all because of Yoga!

Evelyn has enjoyed and practiced yoga for the past 32 years. In 2010 she started her journey of deepening her studies of yoga and alternative healing methods. She had the pleasure of becoming the Director of Yoga Education at Southwest Institute of Healing Arts and assisted in the yoga teacher training in 2013. She has over 1000 hours of training in varied yoga techniques, including Yin, Restorative, Prenatal, Hatha Gong, Sound Healing and Advance Yoga Nidra. She completed her certification of Advance Yoga Nidra at the Armit Yoga Institute in Salt Springs, Florida under the instruction of Kamini Desai PhD and Gurudev Shri Amritjii. Certified in Master Reiki and continued her studies in Astrology with Debra Silverman and Donna Woodwell.

Astrology & Tarot Card Intuitive readings:

Adding angel cards and astrology to her studies has help her in so many ways. Giving her permission to accept who she is and how others are. Bringing balance to her life and giving her patience. Her hope is to share a safe and non-judgmental environment for individuals to explore the benefits of mind, body and spirit. Today she uses the planets and zodiac signs to help her in her day-to-day life.

Ashley is a holistic facilitator passionate about helping people heal from trauma, pain, and addiction. She believes that the most powerful healing tools are within us, and that nature is our greatest teacher.

Ashley has been on her own journey for the past seven years. Yoga, breathwork, sound healing, mindfulness and meditation were gifts that helped Ashley through life. She truly believes that they hold everything we need to make it. She loves connecting with people and empowering them with tools that will enrich their lives for years to come.

Outside of holistic healing, Ashley spends most of her time adventuring with her husband and daughter. She loves traveling the world and exploring new places.

Ashley also enjoys snowboarding, surfing and rock climbing. Ashley has a deep passion for holistic healing and is thrilled to share the benefits of connecting mind, body and soul.

In this lifetime Julie has worked with Tarot for over a decade. In 2020 she completed
a formal course of Tarot study and obtained a certification as a Tarot reader. Julie is also an astrologer and often combines these two tools.In addition to reading Tarot Julie is a yoga instructor. She began studying yoga in 2002. Her teaching style is playful and inclusive. Julie has experience teaching aerial, prenatal, chair, yin, nidra, restorative and flow classes. She has completed 700 hours of yoga teacher training and will complete a yoga therapy program in 2023.

Julie is passionate about making yoga accessible to persons of all ages and abilities.

Gullveig has practiced Holistic Healing Arts for the past 20 years and has been a teacher for 11 years. She has coached hundreds of individuals to live in alignment with their purpose and truth. Her approach is both intuitive and backed by research and extensive study and practice.

She often combines trauma-aware energy healing and coaching to meet the needs of the mind, body, and spirit. The tools that she most often uses are yoga, guided meditation/journeying, as well as the use of tarot as a coaching tool to “read” the energy pattern around a life situation or circumstance. 

Gullveig considers herself a wounded healer, meaning that what she shares has been refined through personal experience; the tools she uses are the tools that have worked for her.

Leah Lackland graduated from Southwest Institute of Healing Arts in 2012 with a degree in Mind and Body Transformational Psychology, receiving certificates in Transpersonal Hypnotherapy, Transformational Life Coaching and Holistic Nutrition.

In 2016 she studied Yoga Teacher Training under the 800 hour program offered at Spirit of Yoga becoming certified in Yin, Restorative, Yoga for Post-Traumatic Stress, Clinical Hypnotherapy and Past Life Regression.

It is Leah’s belief that we are all living life in vessels that were perfectly made and seeing life through eyes whose perspectives are unique. Her melodic practices are created to evoke body appreciation and embody euphoria.

Lori Segura (LJ) is originally from Paris, France. She studied Iyengar yoga in Scottsdale, AZ. She dipped her toes into many different styles of yoga including ashtanga yoga and hot yoga before focusing on vinyasa and yin yoga. She was trained by Carlyn Sikes, director of the yoga teacher training program at Scottsdale Community College.

After her two year teacher training, LJ began teaching yoga at over 7 different elementary schools throughout the valley, combining her love for children with her passion for yoga. She focuses on teaching an uplifting yet restorative class, basic proper alignment and always practices with a compassionate and kind intention. Her patience and wisdom provides a perfect combination for beginners or any foundational yoga class. She curates her classes and modifies the poses specifically to cater to the success and safety of her students while bringing the energy, laughter and fun! Her mission is simply to motivate her students to accomplish their goals and have fun along the way!

Donna Van Wyk is an outdoor enthusiast who grew up in South Africa. She has been interested in a colorful array of sports and activities throughout her life. From a young age, she ran the gamut from martial arts, swimming and hiking, to later in life taking up rock climbing and Latin dance.

It was in 2006 when she discovered yoga. Yoga was a much-needed compliment to all her other sports and also her career at the time in online marketing. Yoga helped bring balance and restoration to her body and busy, adventurous life. Little did she know that she would eventually become a yoga teacher and share her passion for yoga with others. 

Through her private yoga instruction, she helped people refine and grow their yoga capabilities. She makes them more aware of posture and she helps them manage their aches and tension through therapeutic yoga classes. In a one-on-one personal yoga setting, people can advance and learn at an accelerated pace.

She offers modifications for students of all levels and encourages students to learn to love and appreciate their bodies and themselves, flying to new altitudes. Donna loves sharing her passion for life through her yoga teaching!

I have been teaching in studios for four years plus and have multiple private clients. I have traveled outside the US and taught at retreat centers, festivals and also hosted many corporate and bachelorette groups.

The magic continued to unfold as the energy was electric in my body, and that is how I found Reiki. A teacher of mine led a training, and I dove headfirst. I was attuned to the Holy Fire lineage. This subtle healing modality is profound.

Music is one thing that everyone can relate to. I began to learn how to play the crystal bowls and became a certified Sound practitioner.

I offer transformative yoga classes that nurture your body and calm your mind, rejuvenating reiki sessions that restore your energy and promote healing, and enchanting sound baths that transport you to a realm of deep relaxation and inner peace.

Join me on this journey of self-discovery, where we'll unlock your true potential and embrace a harmonious life filled with vitality and well-being.

Onika is a trauma-informed life coach and frequency healer. She is passionate about helping others transform their lives using holistic healing modalities. Having suffered from a lifetime battle of chronic stress and anxiety she was relieved to find the healing art of yoga. And after years of practice and collaboration there was no doubt in her mind that yoga was a powerful tool for releasing stagnant energy that had been stored in the body for years. 

Inspired by the change she saw in her and her clients’ lives she decided to take her healing techniques to another level. In 2020 Onika began incorporating crystal sound bowls and tarot/oracle readings in her classes. The healing frequencies from the sound bowls help the body, mind, and soul flow into a harmonious state which not only reduces stress but strengthens the immune system! And the addition of the tarot/oracle readings provided much needed and divinely timed clarity and wisdom.

Onika is a strong believer that holistic health is wealth. Nothing brings her more joy and satisfaction than guiding people on their wellness journeys. After working with her your life will begin transforming for the better.

A former doctor, Yhara discovered the ancient practice of yoga about 12 years ago as a form of stress-relief and never imagined that the practice would transform her life in so many ways! A student of yoga for life, Yhara credits her personal yoga practice as being the catalyst for her own continuous personal development. She became a registered yoga teacher about 7 years ago and has completed several yoga specialty training sessions since then. Currently an experienced registered yoga teacher (E-RYT-500), Yhara shares Yoga over the Valley of the Sun.

Yhara acknowledges that a well-rounded yoga practice extends far beyond the yoga poses & has the capacity to transform peoples’ lives as many times as they are willing to evolve. Thus, whether Yhara is teaching conscious breathwork, guided meditation, yoga philosophy, or a yoga movement modality (aṣṭāṅga, power, vinyasa, gentle, yin, restorative, nidra, chair, aqua, etc.), the end goal is the same: to empower students to rediscover the innate love, peace, and joy within us all, so that they may become self-realized. Her uniquely authentic teaching style is infused with loving kindness and playfulness, while blending the ancient science of yoga with modern science.

Jessica (Jes) Wilton loves the benefits achieved through practicing yoga – physical, mental, and emotional – and sharing those benefits with others. She enjoys teaching children’s yoga classes and Yoga Nidra (mindfulness and meditation). She has taught yoga in studios, schools (Pre-K through college), and parks, and has volunteered to help Girl Scouts and youth groups earn merit badges and complete service projects. Her children’s classes include a variety of poses, breath awareness techniques, games, and mindfulness activities.

Jessica is nearing completion of a Registered Children’s Yoga Teacher certification (RCYT certification with the Yoga Alliance) through Rainbow Yoga under the instruction of Gopala Amir Yaffa. Ms. Wilton has the pleasure of being a parent to two young women. In addition to yoga, she enjoys reading, painting, volunteering, and being outdoors!

Rebecca Wierman is a psychic shadow worker who takes a tool-kit approach to healing and intuitive living. Why? Because one singular thing won't heal you. Rebecca taps into her mystical tool kit to help people step into alignment with their highest selves. By blending modalities such as the tarot, Yoga Nidra, breathwork, the Akashic Records, and sound, Rebecca guides clients on a journey to their subconscious and unconscious mind so they can begin healing from their shadow self and tune into their intuition.

As a sound healer, Rebecca uses various instruments, including crystal bowls, frame drums, gongs, vocal chanting, and synthesized plant frequencies to provide grounding and healing containers. Rebecca's journey with the frame drum and other sounding tools helped her rediscover the power of her authentic voice. She firmly believes that sound and vibration open a portal for deeper healing.

Rose was introduced to Yoga when her mom gave her a couple of VHS videos back in the late 1990’s. She was unsure if she knew what she was doing and didn’t get into the practice much until she became a member of a local  Phoenix area gym where she fell in love with this ancient practice right away. With the right instruction, Rose felt more confident in how to practice the poses in her body.

Fast forward a couple of years and Rose quit her 17 year long career as a Harley-Davidson technician to go back to school in the holistic wellness field. This is where Rose spent four years at Southwest Institute of Healing Arts, becoming certified in nutrition, life coaching and Yoga. 

It was in her 600 hour Yoga teacher training that Rose dove deep into her own practice. Due to her mindset of preventative maintenance on the motorcycles, she found a passion in helping people adopt the mindset of Yoga as preventative maintenance for their bodies. 

Rose discovered a passion for the safety and alignment of the postures, so she set out to teach her students, of varying capability, how to support their own unique form and to build the confidence to practice Yoga safely for a lifetime of preventative maintenance.

But it was the philosophy that really touched her heart and sparked a sense of spiritual awakening and clean living for herself. Now, Rose teaches how the combination of Yoga, holistic nutrition, and medicinal cannabis can support sustainable sobriety and clean living to women who seek mindfulness and the union of body, mind, and spirit.

CYT600 | Certified Holistic Healing Arts Specialist Certified Cannabis Health Coach | Owner of Women’s Empowered Health Solutions

CONTACT:
Evelyn Steeb
480 365 9649
evelyn@desertbreezeyoga.com