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Johana Probst

April 30, 2021 • 0 Comment

Born and raised in Guatemala, Johana began her journey at the age of ten, communicating with spirit and channeling energy to heal others. Johana speaks a language that few can understand, but it is universal to all. She has shared her abilities as a teacher, a missionary (serving orphanages), and a child advocate for families who have suffered torture and abuse. These experiences have, in turn, given her the unique opportunity to integrate a wide range of inner-healing practices. As a fitness coach with yoga certification, she also understands the mechanics of the physical body and how they impact a person’s energetic field.

Johana is a multi-intuitive shamanic healer. She connects directly with Spirit and your higher self to identify the blocks and barriers that impede your soul growth and stand in the way of a joyful, purposeful life. She facilitates healing on all levels of the body (physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual) through spiritual surgeries, past-life and karma clearing, therapeutic-touch or energy healing. She also teaches you how to connect to your physical body using breathing and movement techniques to harmonize your vibrations and maintain stability within your energetic field.

Her heart-centered, multi-dimensional approach integrates and restores the balance of your energy through your whole self so you can release that which does not serve you and embrace the higher potential within yourself.

Ashley Battersby

April 27, 2021 • 0 Comment

Ashley Battersby is a Chicago Native and moved to Utah in 2002. She competed professionally in Slope style skiing for 17 years with the accomplishments of being a US free skiing athlete, X-Games medalist, and Dew Tour champion. After repetitive knee surgeries, in 2015 she made a life changing choice to retire and start a new chapter.

Ashley’s passion is now being pursued as a fitness coach and yoga teacher. She offers classes from mindful meditation, Power Vinyasa flows, to Sculpt and small group training sessions.

With 17 years of success and experience as a professional US Free ski Team Athlete, Ashley will be able to give you tools to help you transition to a new you. You will create a new relationship with your body through movement and connection of breath. Discovering new terrain within yourself that you may have not known existed. We all are capable of expansion of self and sometimes we need a support team in a safe environment for new growth.

“Movement is medicine not only for the entire body but the mind. As a former pro athlete, I know the importance of taking care of the body before there is an injury and keeping the mind focused for anything that’s ahead. Staying ready and prepared NOW so we don’t have to GET READY later. When we are prepared, we can focus on our best performance and living a strong and healthy lifestyle because we put in that work!”

Dan Nevins

April 27, 2021 • 0 Comment

Dan Nevins is a professional speaker who has been inspiring audiences around the world with his message of perseverance, resiliency and hope for more than a decade.

A highly decorated soldier, Dan was severely injured during combat in Iraq in 2004 after an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated beneath his vehicle. He lost both legs below the knee, and lives with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and the emotional wounds of war.

Dan credits Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) with his successful rehabilitation, which instilled a “can-do” attitude, positive outlook and passion for helping his fellow wounded warriors in him. He quickly became an advocate for the organization, inspiring both his peers and the public to create positive change for themselves and those around them, simply by sharing his powerful story. Dan’s charismatic personality and relatable, lively approach resonated with audiences of all shapes and sizes, and he soon found himself sharing his story with hundreds of thousands of people around the world.

In 2008, Dan received WWP’s highest honor, the George C. Lang Award for Courage, for his efforts on behalf of the organization. He went on to become the director of WWP’s Warriors Speak program, where he taught other wounded warriors and their caregivers how to share their stories with the public and serve as spokespeople for the organization, much like he had.

More recently, Dan discovered the life-changing power of yoga, which has enabled him to heal from the invisible wounds of war in a way that nothing else could. He quickly realized that other wounded warriors could benefit from yoga in the same way and knew he had to become an instructor. Dan became a Baptiste Yoga teacher in 2015, and now incorporates the notion of “yoga for every-body” into his speeches and classes, encouraging people from all walks of life – and veterans in particular – to take up the practice.

Word of Dan’s efforts spread quickly, and he has been invited to teach yoga throughout the world, from the White House in Washington, DC to the Africa Yoga Project in Nairobi, Kenya. Nowadays, when he’s not leading classes for hundreds of participants, Dan can usually be found sharing his passion for life, WWP, yoga and his fellow wounded warriors with the attendees of major events ranging from the Bank of America 500 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway to the Wisdom 2.0 Summit in San Francisco.

However, Dan refuses to rest on his laurels, and is continuously searching for new ways to help other veterans. In late 2015, he decided to take his advocacy work one step further and established the Yodha Foundation. Through the foundation, he is developing the Warrior Spirit Retreat, a non-profit that will empower warriors and their families to greater possibilities by providing them with new tools for healing from the invisible wounds of war. Set on a serene organic family farm in St. Augustine, Florida, the holistic retreat will offer a curriculum centered on yoga, mindfulness and meditation, and will be free of charge to veterans and their families.