Hello!
I've lived in WashPA since 2008 with my family.
Three themes have been constant in my work:
1) plants 2) community 3) outside
I love getting folks outside to learn about the things that surround us...curiosity and a willingness to try are all you need!
See you outside,
~Pam
Pam - Outdoor Education
Ashley- Yoga
Ashley is a Certified Yoga Teacher and has been leading group yoga classes since 2016. While she was originally trained in Power Flow yoga, Ashley's continuing education in Hatha yoga and functional movement influences her classes. After the pandemic and a baby, she understands how life can get in the way of maintaining a yoga practice and welcomes everyone to class even if they've been away from their mat.
Marlynn- Yoga
Marlynn is dedicated to helping others find balance, strength, and serenity through the practice of yoga. Her vinyasa flow sessions connect breath with movement while focusing on building strength and flexibility. Her classes are known for their inclusivity and accessibility, welcoming students of all levels and backgrounds. Options and modifications are demonstrated to allow everyone to experience the practice at their own level.
Along with being a yoga instructor, Marlynn is a school teacher, artist, and advocate for animal rescue. She became a yoga instructor when her high school students expressed interest in starting an after-school yoga club. Since then, she successfully completed training through YogaFit and has led classes with various fitness centers and studios, school programs and events for teachers and students, and Cat Yoga with Washington Area Humane Society.
Anna - Yoga
Anna is a professional dancer and Artistic Director of Allegro Dance Company in Washington, PA. She holds a Master of Arts Degree in Communication from West Virginia University, a Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance from Slippery Rock University and is a certified Pilates and RYT200 yoga instructor.
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With an extensive background in dance, practicing yoga and Pilates has helped Anna stay grounded and centered. Building a healthy foundation throughout her life, movement has always fed her mind, body, and spirit. She enjoys traveling and exploring new cities where she is consistently learning new skills.
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Known for her fun and energetic personality, Anna's classes provide students with a refreshed, yet energized feeling. Sometimes blending inspiring music with calming guided meditations, she creates an atmosphere to explore movement with confidence. Her yoga flow classes will allow you to gain strength, balance, and body awareness.
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Her professional choreography and research work has taken her around the world. Anna advises, “No matter where the road leads you, yoga is a journey that elevates and allows you to keep discovering what you can achieve. Join me and roll out your yoga mat to a place where exploration is endless.”
Jean - Yoga
Among many other things, Jean is a naturalist, clean water advocate, and Yoga Instructor. Jean's Yoga sessions are fabulous for anyone interested in a guided, gentle, and effective practice.
Jean's positive nature and humor offer a much needed refuge from the daily grind!
Summer - Yoga
In 2017 earned my 200 hour (yoga Instructor) training through Jenn Ferris-Glick at Illume (formerly Exhale) Pittsburgh. My classes are generally based on a theme (i.e. heart opening, cultivating sattva, etc...) gentle, mindful, and restorative. My goal is that you leave class feeling centered, opened, and connected.
I am also a wife and mom, a Reiki Master, and a deep lover of Nature and Ayurveda. My hobbies include reading, cooking, hiking/wandering, cold plunging, hot sauna-ing, and exploring. I hold my amazing unfolding life with profound reverence and gratitude. Many blessings! ~Summer
Lauren - Birding
Lauren is a self-taught naturalist. Inspired to learn bird i.d. to better help her son's scout troop with a merit badge, she knows bird songs & calls like nobody's business! She also shares her beautiful, hand-drawn renderings of birds and landscape photos in Washington Park, and is always willing to lend her expertise from years of keen field observation and collaboration with local naturalists.
Drew
Farm Partner
Drew shares his Ross Family Farm sheep to help us "mow" grass, reducing the need for air and noise polluting mowers.
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We may have a flock visiting us in the park
on any given day ~
just look for these signs:
Sayre - Birding
Sayre has been birding in Washington County for over thirty years. In his other life, he’s an English professor and has managed to combine both interests in a forthcoming book on birds in eighteenth-century literature.