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 is fascinated by how we live well, and winter has always been a harder season, especially in Germany and now in New York. She discovered a kind, generous virtual community in the Akimbo workshops (she’s an alum of PRO3, PRO5, BW2, POD6) and was inspired to create Winter Camp. She hopes Winter Camp helps boost your happiness and well-being 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
These wonderful instructors have taught in past Winter Camp sessions
Ashley Leach
Yoga & Mindfulness
Ashley is a certified yoga instructor, mindfulness life coach and Army Veteran based in Maryland. She founded Mom Mindfully to help working moms ditch the overwhelm & live a life of balance using the tools of productivity, yoga, mindfulness. Follow Ashley on Instagram @mommindfully.
Ashley taught in the first Winter Camp session.
Rebecca Sturgeon
DANCEMandala
Rebecca is a poet, massage therapist, and certified DANCEMandala instructor based in Kentucky. She writes the Our Daily Breath newsletter, where she shares first drafts of poems three times a week 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. Rebecca is also an alum of The Creative Workshop (PRO3).
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!