Meet your guides to Winter Camp
Look for these friendly faces throughout the camp. Feel free to ask questions any time or say hello!
Brianne Alcala
Brianne is the founder of Odyssey of the Body, LLC, and Winter Camp. She is a former journalist, long-time editor, and writer of the Odyssey of the Body newsletter. (She also leads communications at a wonderful healthcare nonprofit, but Winter Camp is separate from her work there.) Brianne has lived in Maryland, Virginia, Germany, and now New York, and she is fascinated by how we live well. She hopes Winter Camp helps boost your spirits during the cold, dark season.
Jill Maurer
Jill is a nonprofit development officer and communications expert, military spouse, and mother of three who crossed paths with Brianne in the Hudson Valley of New York, when they both commiserated over the lengthy, gray winters. Now she lives in (sunnier, warmer) Charlottesville, Virginia, near her beloved UVA Wahoos, and is happy to be here to support Winter Campers.
Meet Winter Camp Instructors
Learn about our wonderful current and past instructors
Regina Beach
Yoga & Meditation
Regina Beach is a writer, yoga and meditation teacher and creative. Originally from Ohio and currently based in the UK, she leads accessible mindfulness and creativity sessions for all abilities and experience. A participant in Winter Camp since its inception, she’s a big believer in the power of community to help people sustainably chase their goals and live a more creative life. Gina writes about mindful movement, creativity, and plant-based cooking at reginagbeach.substack.com or follow her on Instagram @nourish_by_regina
Rebecca Sturgeon
DANCEMandala
Rebecca is a poet, massage therapist, and certified DANCEMandala instructor based in Evanston, Illinois. She is the founder of the Evanston Conscious Movement Festival, which will be April 4-6, 2025. She writes the Our Daily Breath newsletter, where she shares first drafts of poems and hosts a monthly DANCEMandala session.
DANCEMandala is a meditative movement designed to invigorate the sense of self, build and refine somatic awareness, mindful emotive expression, and positive intention.
Malik Turley
CardioBelly
Malik is a practitioner and teacher committed to dismantling diet culture and changing the world. She has deep expertise in a kaleidoscope of movement-related realms. She is a Certified Datura Style™ Belly Dance Instructor and a RYT500/E-RYT200 yoga teacher. You can follow her on Medium, sign up for her newsletter, or join her community, Tapas Movement. She is based in Valencia, Spain and teaches worldwide via live-streamed courses
Get out of your head and into your body in this fun and easy to follow class. Using Trans-national fusion belly dance moves and combinations we’ll work up a “glisten” in this fun-for-all-levels class. No experience necessary just bring a beginner’s mind and a go-with-the-flow attitude!