Sun Valley Wellness Festival

Our Movement Studio is located in the Ram Room at the Sun Valley Inn. Please wear comfortable clothes.

This posture exercise class will assist you in rediscovering correct body alignment and muscle function to achieve structural balance. Posture exercises facilitate proper muscle activation without compensation, stretching to lengthen tight tissues and rewiring of faulty neuromusclar recruitment patterns. All levels are welcome to attend.

Jessica is an Advanced Exercise Therapist (AET) certified by Egoscue University®. She was diagnosed with severe hip Osteoarthritis following three knee surgeries. The resulting pain in her hip and lower back ended her professional mountain biking career. Committed to a personal daily Egoscue® practice for the last five years, Jessica has successfully avoided a hip replacement and is back to an active lifestyle including competitive sports. By addressing the cause of her pain, poor posture which created strain and breakdown in her body, her function has been restored and maintained for the long-term.
Jessica also holds a Master's Degree in Exercise Science and complementary certifications from the American College of Sports Medicine, National Strength and Conditioning Association, Professional Ski Instructor Association, Wellcoaches Inc., USA Cycling and the American Council on Exercise. She divides her time between Los Alamos, NM and the Wood River Valley where she teaches posture exercise classes, conducts individual posture alignment therapy, instructs sports technique lessons and spends as much time as she can outside playing with her husband, Ken and therapy dog in training, Lily.

This is a journey into awareness. Vinyasa flow will lead into a ride on the Kundalini Express. Come as you are and get ready to move beyond all that holds you back. We will walk the path from darkness to light and breathe the issues out of our tissues. All levels welcome.

Come shake things up in this sweaty flow. Sticky, sweet and yummy.

Based in Sun Valley, Idaho Beth has been a devoted student of yoga for over 10 years. While Beth was attending college in New York City, yoga quickly became her breath. Vinyasa yoga has provided her a connection to the rhythm of the breath enabling her to drop out of the mind and be present in the moment. It’s this meditation through movement that she loves about yoga and encourages her students to find. Beth hopes to help her students color outside the lines in their practice by inspiring them to be curious and open.

Beth's classes will challenge you mentally and physically, opening you up to your limitless capability. Whether you take her vigorous vinyasa flow class or her high energy hip-hop yoga, you will leave feeling refreshed, rejuvenated and with a smile on your face! Avidly independent and adventurous, Beth brings her wellness expertise and vibrant spirit to every endeavor.

This class will combine the practices of asana (yoga postures) and chanting to cultivate a divinely uplifted state of consciousness and powerful connection to Source.

Expect to experience Bliss!

Cathie Caccia began her yogic studies in 1984 and immediately appreciated yoga's capacity to quiet the mind, clear the emotions and guide the practitioner home to the Self. Cathie has extensive training in Yoga, Shiatsu, Acupressure and Massage and a particular affinity to Sanskrit chanting. Cathie's classes combine her love of yoga, Chinese energetics and sacred sound to support her student in joining with their inner wisdom and essential self. Teaching yoga since 1987, Cathie is registered with Yoga Alliance as E-RYT 500.

Benjy and Heather Wertheimer lead kirtan (sacred chanting) worldwide as the duo Shantala, with soul-stirring vocals, sacred lyrics and exotic instrumentation. The weaving of Benjy’s Indian classical singing and instrumentation with Heather’s soaring vocals is freshly original and profoundly moving. Together they create music with beauty, passion, and reverence. Shantala has performed and recorded internationally with such sacred music luminaries as Krishna Das, Deva Premal & Miten, and Jai Uttal. In summer 2008, they were named as one of the top “Wallahs to Watch” by Yoga + Joyful Living.

Heather Wertheimer is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist who combines her special love of both music and yoga to lead devotional chanting for yoga workshops and spiritual gatherings internationally. Heather has toured in the U.S. and abroad with her husband Benjy, Steve Gorn, Manose, and Deva Premal & Miten. Heather’s debut CD with Shantala, “Church of Sky,” was named by New Age Retailer as one of the top ten albums of 2004. It has been aired on radio stations nationwide. In April 2003, she and Benjy released “The Love Window,” a beautiful and well-loved collection of sacred chants. In 2007, they released “Sri,” their second popular kirtan CD, and their first live CD “LIVE in love” was released in 2008.

In this one hour practice we will strengthen and stretch our core i.e. abdominal muscles, spinal muscles and the muscles of respiration. We will utilize under-used muscles and relax and heal over-used muscles so that we can breathe more fully and deeply. Be ready to focus the brain muscle, nourish your heart muscle and flex your muscle of integrity!

Jami has been a student and teacher of yoga for over 30 years. Her Bachelor’s Degree is in Music Therapy and she has a Master’s Degree in Kinesiology. She has studied and taught a variety of Hatha yoga styles, including Iyengar, Vinyasa, Astanga and Anusara and has also worked as a personal trainer and fitness instructor. Jami’s classes emphasize precise and clear anatomical alignment, integrity, inner trust and fun. She lives in Napa, California, where she has a home studio, Yoga in the Barn, and in Ketchum, Idaho, where she also teaches. Jami’s other passions are involvement in community and spending as much time as possible outdoors with her family, friends and two Australian shepherds. She is married to Mark Grassi and has two spectacular daughters, Cassandra and Gianna.

This class uses ancient technology (yoga) with modern design to create a body of information that, brought into awareness, enables the student to discern between the troubled workings of the mind and the authentic needs of the body. Anyone can follow Richard's instructions as they are clear, intuitive, instructive and filled with humor.

"Breathe in thinking, 'My body is strong.' Breathe out thinking, 'My mind is at peace.'" If these words are familiar to you, then you are one of thousands of people who have attended a yoga class with Richard Odom. Richard began teaching yoga in the Wood River Valley in the mid-1970s, long before it exploded in popularity. He provided early instruction to actress and author Mariel Hemingway, tennis pro John McEnroe and local yogi Ryan Redman. He is a self-taught yogi who emphasizes self-knowledge over received ideas; he trusts in the "wisdom of the body" to lead yoga practitioners to what they need and don't need from yoga.

Richard grew up in Daytona Beach, Fla. His parents were theosophists who kept a vast library of books, journals and magazines, and he was introduced to the sages, seers and hermits of the East, as well as to yoga. He practiced alone, forcing himself into the postures illustrated in his books, even wedging himself under the furniture in his house to get into position. He also studied martial arts, attended West Point for a year and then graduated from Florida State University with a degree in history and philosophy. He developed his own teaching practice, one that is light on philosophy, big on floor poses and often humorous.

Richard is the author of "Yoga - Eastern vs. Western Philosophy," a chapter in the latest edition of Fitness: Theory and Practice, a textbook for aerobics and fitness professionals, and he has produced a DVD called Yoga for Everyday People.

The energy of trauma, pain and addiction lives in the body until we do the physical work necessary to get it out of our tissues. A twisting-focused yoga practice is one key to processing this stuck energy. In this class, we will twist and flow to clear the pipes and then experience a deep, blissful Kundalini meditation.

Tommy Rosen is a yoga teacher and addiction recovery expert who has spent the last two decades immersed in yoga, recovery and wellness. He holds advanced certifications in both Hatha and Kundalini Yoga and has 20 years of recovery from acute drug addiction. Tommy is one of the pioneers in the burgeoning field of Yoga and Recovery assisting others to holistically transcend addictions of all kinds. He teaches regularly at yoga conferences and festivals, including Wanderlust, Hanuman, Bhaktifest and Tadasana. He is the host of the upcoming Recovery 2.0: Beyond Addiction Online Conference and teaches annually at Esalen, Omega and Kripalu. Tommy's first book, Recovery 2.0, is due out from Hay House in 2014. Tommy and his wife, noted yoga instructor Kia Miller, live in Venice, California, where they teach yoga and grow organic vegetables in their back yard.

All spiritual systems that utilize meditation have the breath as a primary focal point. Discover why the breath has been given this central role and experience its inherent universal power in deepening your yoga practice. This class will utilize the tools of asana (postures), pranayama (breathing techniques), and meditation to experience the union between body, mind and breath. Through this union, we are able to arrive in the present moment and to become familiar with what lies within. This awareness enables us to release what doesn’t serve and to align with that which is life enhancing.

Benji and Heather Wertheimer will be accompanying the asana practice during this class.
All levels are welcome.

Pilar is known for her heartfelt and detailed teaching style. She believes in yoga’s positive effects on the body and mind, transforming our relationship with ourselves and the world we live in. Pilar began studying yoga in 1991, drawing upon her 10-year background in dance, and she has been teaching yoga since 1998. While living in NYC , Pilar studied and completed teacher training programs/ intensives with several different teachers in varied styles which include Genny Kapuler, Rodney Yee, Manorama, John Friend, Douglas Brooks, Geshe Michael Roach, Eddie Stern, and Cyndi Lee. Pilar moved to Ketchum in 2003 and became the director of the Sacred Cow Yoga Center, and she has co-taught two 200 hour Yoga Alliance Certified Yoga Teacher Trainings in the Valley. Pilar lives locally with her family, and she teaches both privately and publicly throughout the Wood River Valley.

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