Meet Your Facilitators
Meet Your Facilitators
2026 LBRWF Guides
Kandice Shaw
Kandice Shaw is the founder of Sangha by Ritual Collective, a celebrated author, yoga teacher trainer, and energetic mentor with over two decades of study across yoga, energy medicine, and plant wisdom traditions. She is also a Reiki Master Teacher and Ayurvedic Consultant, bringing a special depth of training across the body, mind, and energy body.
Her relationship with ceremonial cacao began as a personal grief practice and deepened through study with Peruvian and Mexican wisdom keepers. She understands cacao not as a trend but as a living teacher with a lineage that deserves reverence.
Kandice has pioneered the Cardinal Alchemy framework and the Platinum Triangle, a method for tending the body, mind, and energy as one integrated system, weaving ancient wisdom with Western science and personal story with universal truth.
In this ceremonial cacao experience, she brings all of it: the lineage, the science, the story, and the medicine.
Instagram: Sangha Yoga Studio
Website: Sangha Yoga Studio
Laura Mickler
Laura Mickler is a yoga teacher and owner of Sacred Steps Yoga Studio.
She is a 500 hour yoga teacher with a focus on Restorative, Yin, and Yoga Philosophy and is also a Reiki practitioner. In 2023, Laura opened Sacred Steps Yoga Studio in Indiana to create a gentle yoga experience for slower-paced yoga.
Yoga has also deepened her connection to the earth and all it can offer and teach us. She ends every class honoring the sky above, the Earth below and the peace within.
Laura lives in Yorktown, Indiana with her husband Alex, their two boys Rowan and Milo and 3 pups, Teddy, Poppy & Tucker!
Instagram: Sacred Steps Yoga Studio
Website: Sacred Steps Yoga Studio
Third Day Health & Wellness
Tim founded Third Day Health & Wellness in 2016 after his search for complimentary ways to help his family deal with cancer and chemotherapy led him to become certified in Healing Touch energy medicine (CHTP).
Recently retired from a 40-year career in electrical and computer engineering, Tim now focuses most of his attention on Third Day Health, but his engineering background fostered an analytical and systems-oriented mindset that continues to shape his approach to health and wellness, emphasizing the interconnectedness of body, soul, and spirit in the whole person. Together with his son and co-owner, Daniel, they share a passion for holistic wellness, learning, teaching, and guiding others on their wellness journeys.
At Third Day Health, Tim and Daniel offer energy-therapy sessions that work with the body’s subtle-energy systems and support its natural capacities for healing, relaxation, stress reduction, restoration, balance, and overall wellness. Their work also includes guidance and encouragement aimed at helping individuals pursue healthier and more balanced lives.
They are constantly learning new modalities to bring to their clients such as Rife machines, color and sound therapies, red-light therapies, and other forms of energy healing.
Daniel holds certifications in Health Coaching, Life Coaching, and Reiki and continues his studies in energy therapy and holistic wellness. Outside of his work with Third Day Health, he enjoys creative writing, worldbuilding, tabletop role-playing games, philosophy, theology, music, and continued study in holistic health, psychology, and personal development.
Tim holds a BSEE and certification in Healing Touch (CHTP), and is pursuing studies in Holistic Coaching, Christian Counseling, Aromatherapy, Naturopathy, and other forms of energy healing. When he’s not working with clients, Tim is likely to be found exploring his many hobbies, including woodworking, pottery, leatherwork, auto mechanics, construction and remodeling, teaching Bible studies and theology, writing, scuba diving, flying, and sailing.
Website: Third Day Health & Wellness
Ali Szymanski
Ali is an Indiana native, growing up in southern Indiana she has slowly migrated her way up Anderson, Indiana to purchase property to build and run a small permaculture farm with retreat space. Ali first found her way to her yoga mat in 2007, enjoying the fun yet challenging postures and sequencing in classes. It was not until her battle with breast cancer that she began to understand the deep healing properties that yoga can offer. After she regained control of her health, she felt passionately about helping others in a variety of modalities; specifically yoga, and nature therapy. Ali completed her 200-hour yoga teacher certification in 2016 in Costa Rica. Since then, she has continued her education to include Yin Yoga and Yoga for Cancer and Terminal Illness. In 2020, Ali tapped into a new modality, sound therapy. Through Ali’s journey she has learned to use yoga, breath, sound, and mindfulness as tools to help process, cope, and heal through the challenges in her life. Ali has been offering a variety of yoga and meditation practices for others since 2018. She enjoys sharing a practice consisting of deep breathing exercises (pranayama), various types of meditation, yin/restorative yoga, and the deep healing that comes from the crystal singing bowls.
Instagram: Shambhala_farms
Website: Organic Farm Anderson Indiana | IN | Shambhala Farms
Cheryl Wayt
Cheryl Wayt is the founder of Blue Rose Wisdom and a certified Kundalini yoga teacher offering Kundalini-inspired, intuitively guided practices rooted in breath, mudra, mantra, and contemplation. Her work is devoted to the quiet restoration of yin - creating gentle spaces where people can slow down, reconnect with their bodies, and return to themselves with more honesty, softness, and care. Drawing from Human Design, Gene Keys, and embodied wisdom traditions, Cheryl’s classes invite participants into a deeply nourishing experience of presence, nervous system restoration, and inner remembrance.
Website: BLUE ROSE WISDOM
Erica Weddle
“Erica Weddle here!
With a lifelong commitment to health and wellness, I bring 11 years of experience as a personal trainer, yoga and paddleboard instructor, wellness retreat creator, and assisted stretch provider.
My holistic approach looks at the full picture of each client’s life—movement, nutrition, lifestyle, hobbies, and any medical considerations—this creates support that feels realistic and sustainable.
Currently offering private assisted stretch and yoga classes in Nashville, IN plus seasonal wellness gatherings and paddleboard sessions. Before pursuing my career in fitness, I spent 15 years in social services, backed by a degree in human services.
As a Brown County native, I developed a deep love for the outdoors early in life. Outside of work, you’ll find me paddleboarding, backpacking, hiking, playing with clay, creating art or enjoying a yoga flow.
Certifications: NASM, Exalt Yoga, Nourishing Heart Yoga, Salty Buddha Yoga & NETA.
I’m also founder of a local women’s business collective, Mix Mingle & Manifest, built to connect and encourage women entrepreneurs”
Stay connected with @simplyfitness1
email: simplyfitness1@yahoo.com
website: simplyfitnessyoga.com
Daryl Roberts
Professional poker player turned Ayurvedic physician, Daryl Roberts is on a mission to empower others to lead happy, healthy, disease-free lives.
Founder of Balanced Alignment Ayurveda, Daryl discovered Ayurveda during his time as a professional poker player, where what began as curiosity quickly became a life-changing calling. Daryl helps individuals understand their unique mind-body constitution and align with the natural rhythms that support lasting health and well-being.
At LBRWF, Daryl will share the timeless principles of Ayurveda and offer insights into how this ancient science can support a more balanced, vibrant, and connected life.
Website: Natural Holistic Medicine - Balanced Alignment Ayurveda
Gwen Keller-Lusk
Gwen Keller-Lusk is a board-certified health and wellness coach whose journey into wellness began later in life, sparked by a deep realization that true wellbeing requires tending not only to the body, but also to the mind, heart, and spirit.
“my wellness journey began at 45, when I woke up one day and realized if I was lucky, I was middle aged, but I could not live another 45 years in the body I was in at that time. That led to a lot of work - physical, mental, emotional - and finding the right people to support me. After making huge changes, I realized I wanted to empower people to better their own wellbeing, and studied health and wellness coaching at Mindbodygreen. After completing that program, I continued to work to meet the requirements of the National Board of Health and Wellness Coaching and became a board-certified health and wellness coach in December of 2025.
Besides coaching, I enjoy time with my family, creative pursuits, and a wonderful group of friends. Those friends serve as the inspiration of my class offering, Cultivating Connection for Wellbeing. Connection to others is essential for our health and happiness, but in our distracted day and age, it’s easy to lose the threads that connect us. In this class, we’ll explore nurturing relationships using gardening as a metaphor to tend to those who sustain us.”
Leah and Joshua
Leah is a mother of three, nature lover, and 200-hour certified yoga instructor. Her work is rooted in nervous system regulation, offering grounded spaces where others can soften, land gently, breathe into the present moment, and cultivate inner strength, peace, and self-love.
Joshua is a 500-hour YTT facilitator with over 300 hours of in-depth study in energetic anatomy, intentional sequencing, and sacred teaching methodology. His passion lies in the healing power of breathwork and guiding others toward greater expansion, balance, and overall wellbeing through mindful presence and embodied practice.
Jennifer Wright
Jennifer is a PATH Certified equine therapeutic riding and driving instructor as well as an Equine Specialist in Mental Health and Learning. She also holds a certification in Equine Polyvagal therapy. She is the founder of Harnessing Hope Inc, an interpersonal skill building nonprofit program in Morristown with a focus on equine co-regulation. Her mission is helping people of all ages and stages become better humans through the partnership with horses!
Jen will have a co-regulation drop in space for festival goers to have time connecting with the horses. Soon to be announced is an extraordinary add-on experience with these beautiful creatures.
Website: Harnessing Hope: Equine Therapy and Learning in Morristown, Indiana
Page Park
Page Park has spent her whole life learning how to hold space. For 26 years she did it in a classroom as a public educator. These days she does it on a yoga mat through Soul Sanctuary, her yoga practice rooted in the belief that healing happens when we move, breathe, and share together.
Her devotion to grief yoga is personal. Within six years, Page lost her mother, her father, and her oldest brother. Yoga became her refuge, and eventually her offering.
At LBRWF, Page is offering a Grief Circle, a gentle gathering of movement and shared story. No fixing, no rushing through. Whether your grief is fresh or decades old, loud or quiet, there is a seat in the circle for you.
Page lives in Mooresville, Indiana, where she also runs Page Park Design, building websites with soul and strategy for wellness entrepreneurs. Educator, yoga teacher, grief worker, web designer. Always the same person.
Page Park | Web Designer for Spiritual Entrepreneurs
Website: Soul Sanctuary | Page Park Design
Zach and Jessica
Zach and Jessica are the creators of High Level Design Salon and Barbershop and hosts of the High Level Hairesy Podcast where they question everything and simplify what it means to live your highest self.
Their support group, Life Support, was created as a safe, judgment-free space for people who are ready for change, but may not know where to begin. Inspired by their podcast episode “Why Does Change Feel Impossible? Addiction and Our Learned Survival Wiring,” Life Support focuses on understanding addiction, habits, trauma patterns, and survival wiring with compassion instead of shame.
Zach and Jessica believe that change is not about being broken, it is about remembering your power. Their mission is to empower people to take honest steps forward, reconnect with themselves, and fan the spark that still exists inside each of us.
Follow their podcast creations High Level Hairesy Podcast // also available on Spotify
Michelle Morton
Certified Nature & Forest Therapy Guide, Michelle Morton centers her work and life through environmental kinship—the understanding that all living things are interconnected, and that we co-exist with the land, water, air, plants, and animals.
With 19 years of experience in both formal and informal education, Michelle creates accessible, meaningful, and restorative nature-based experiences for people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds. Through her work as a guide and trails consultant, she supports deeper connection to natural spaces—nurturing physical, emotional, social, and environmental wellbeing.
Website: Delight in Nature
Insta: @michelle_morton_nature
Sharon Dow
Sharon Dow is a writer and artist, Usui Reiki Master, and mindfulness facilitator. Founder of The Black Dove Studio- a creative healing space rooted in journaling, mindfulness, nervous system healing, and self-expression. Sharon creates grounded space where people can reconnect with themselves beyond survival mode using journaling, creative art and mindfulness practices.
With a background in recovery support, creative facilitation, and intuitive healing, Sharon teaches from lived experience and intuitive reflection.
Her workshops blend guided journaling, meditation, self-awareness and honest conversation in a way that feels both empowering and deeply human.
Sharon’s work encourages people to slow down, reflect, heal, and write their way back to themselves.
Insta: @theblackdovestudio
Website: Meditation and Yoga Classes | Art Center | Reiki Energy Healing
Brandi
“Good day beautiful creatures! I am so honored to have our paths cross. My name is Brandi, I am an Indianapolis yoga instructor and yoga nidra guide! I found yoga nidra during my yoga teacher training and had a profound experience, realizing how much rest I was lacking but additionally realizing how many of us are operating with little quality rest. My mission is to bring more awareness to the importance of rest and to gift you your birthright, to rest. I offer monthly yoga nidra workshops at Soul and Strand as well as bi-weekly yoga nidra offerings at the Indianapolis Salt Cave and Halotherapy. You can sign up for these offerings via my website Body & Mind Nourishment
I can’t wait to meet you in real life!”
Website: Body & Mind Nourishment
Insta: @humble_bumble_b
Jennifer Carlson
Jennifer Carlson is the founder of Heart & Soul Healing, a holistic wellness practitioner, curriculum developer, speaker, and passionate advocate for food as medicine. Her work bridges the gap between clinical recovery and holistic wellness, helping people explore the root causes of dis-ease while creating a deeper, more empowered relationship with themselves.
As a wellness momma with a passion for natural living, Jennifer weaves together food as medicine, herbology, somatic clearing, hands-on energy work, and culinary education. Her approach honors the whole person and recognizes that true wellness can be supported through the nourishment of the body, awareness of the nervous system, connection to nature, and the wisdom of traditional practices.
Jennifer wholeheartedly believes in the power of nature as a source of restoration and connection. Outside of her work, she finds joy in swimming, studying herbs, creating art in everyday life, and building strong foundations within the communities she serves.
Through Heart & Soul Healing, Jennifer is creating accessible pathways toward holistic wellness—combining education, practical tools, and experiential practices to help others reconnect with themselves and discover new ways of thriving.
Facebook: Jennifer Carlson
Sammy Lyon
Sammy recently moved to Asheville, NC from Madison, IN and is excited to be back in her home state to bring her offerings to LBRWF for a 2nd year.
She has been teaching yoga since 2018 to students from all different backgrounds and experience levels. She leads yoga retreats, has an online library of yoga classes, and is currently preparing to become a mother.
Sammy’s teaching style goes beyond just the physical postures, allowing space to explore the deeper connections between mind, body, spirit, and Mother Nature. The magic of yoga is all-encompassing, and she feels infinitely grateful to those who have come before her , whose teachings she honors and carries forward. She has completed over 500 hours of yoga teacher training with a special interest in traditional Tantric philosophy, and is also a Level III Reiki practitioner. In addition to breath work, meditation, and movement, Sammy tastefully incorporates the chakra system, astrology, and sound healing into her offerings.
Her intention is to guide others to reconnect with their true nature, leading to self-empowerment and overall wellbeing. She feels that spreading this wisdom is her dharma, and it is her gift and honor to share it with the world.
Insta: Sammy Lyon
Website: Lavender Lyon
Shyla Sharp
Shyla Sharp is the founder of Little Blue River Wellness, an Indiana 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to making preventative wellness education, community connection, and supportive resources more accessible—especially in rural communities.
A Trauma-Informed 500+ Hour Certified Yoga Teacher, mother, lifelong Rush County resident, and number-one bestselling co-author, Shyla is deeply rooted in the community she calls home. After growing up in Rush County, she chose to remain here to raise her family and invest in the people and community that shaped her.
Shyla is also the manager of Little Blue River Lake & Trailer Park, where she works alongside her father to care for and maintain their family property, which has been in the family since the 1970s. This connection to the land and her family’s history continues to shape her deep belief in community, stewardship, and creating spaces where people can gather and connect.
Through Little Blue River Wellness, Shyla creates grounded, welcoming spaces where people can slow down, reconnect with themselves and nature, and discover practical tools for wellbeing. She leads monthly trauma-informed support groups addressing grief, suicide loss, substance support, psychoeducation, and other community needs.
Shyla has also shared trauma-informed yoga, mindfulness, breathwork, and wellness education with local students, community members, and organizations. Her work is rooted in the belief that wellness should be accessible, inclusive, and connected to community.
She is currently pursuing her Human Services degree with a focus in Social Work at Ivy Tech Community College, continuing to deepen her understanding of trauma-informed care, human services, and community support.
For Shyla, this work is personal. She believes in building a stronger future for her family and her community, one step, one breath, and one connection at a time.
Insta: Shyla Sharp