I am Alysha and I am a lover of movement. From a very young age I was fascinated with the many ways bodies could travel through space. As a kid I found endless joy hanging from tree branches, doing cartwheels and dancing in the backyard. I rarely sat still and was very lucky to have a mother who saw this as a good thing. Looking for a way to direct my excess energy, she enrolled me in my first Jazz class at age 7 and it has been an amazing journey of discovery ever since. 

Exploring the possibilities of the body has been my profession for over 30 years. While climbing trees is more of a weekend thing now, I am still deeply dedicated to my daily movement practice. To me, moving my body with intention goes much deeper than the desire for an esthetically pleasing body. It is the way I access my unique voice. It is how I reclaim my calm and balance. It is how I relate to the world. 

Movement is the modality of expression that I believe we are all born with and it directly supports my personal desires to lead a life focused on expansion, empowerment, collaboration, creative expression, and joy. I delight in finding new ways to work with my physical body and adapt to its changing needs, and I feel a deep commitment to create opportunity for others to do the same.

I developed my Wander In movement sessions to combine my experience and training in alignment-based yoga, Pilates, and dance with somatic resiliency work. The result is a continually expanding, whole human experience designed to build a body that is strong and balanced, a nervous system that is unified and adaptable, and a mindset that is confident, grounded, elastic, and growth-oriented. 

I am so excited to share with Circle Up.

Join me to Wander In.

Think of me, first of all, as a creative woman who views the world through that particular lens, with profound gratitude for the blessings and trials I have encountered over the past 74 years of my life.

Think of me as a woman who has found peace and contentment, living in a sustainable passivesolar home, that I helped design and build, along side the Big Wind River in Crowheart Wyoming,

Think of me as a partner, who has traveled, side by side, with my husband for 56 years, celebrating life, growing through challenges, and learning what it means to live an intentional and meaningful life, with courage and generosity.

Think of me as the mother of two beloved adults and grandmother of 3 precocious grand girls.

Think of me as a maker, offering a life time of exploring handcraft through the textile arts of knitting, spinning, and weaving, seeking to discover my soul’s creative expression by bringing beauty into a world that is full of complexity and wonder.

Think of me as someone who’s mentors and heroes have given me the courage to share what I have learned, using inspiration and materials from the natural world, to teach Nature Weaving, for the Circle Up weekend experience.

All these things are true.

My name is Diana.

Lex Kokot is a wellness facilitator, health coach, community builder, and natural connector who is passionate about bringing people together through meaningful experiences. As the founder of Kaia Glow Wellness, she hosts retreats, produces wellness events, facilitates experiences, and connects people with practices, resources, and communities that support a more vibrant life.

Her work blends wellness, connection, and a little bit of magic, from sound and frequency-based experiences to PEMF technology and restorative practices. At the heart of everything Lex creates is a love for bringing good people together, introducing them to something new, and creating spaces where they can connect, recharge, and leave feeling a little better than when they arrived.

Jamie Truppi, MS, CNS is a functional nutritionist, edible educator, author, food writer, and mama. Clinically, she helps people who are suffering from long-term effects of chronic stress (burnout, gut dysbiosis, hormone imbalances, toxic overload). She creates intentional food experiences that draw connections between self, others and the wisdom of Mother Earth. As a writer, her gifts are storytelling with authenticity, an insatiable quest for truth, and opening doors for intuition, inquiry and inspiration. 

In 2022, Jamie published her food memoir, “Clean Food, Messy Life: A food lover’s conscious journey back to self” and she has written two food and nutrition-related columns for over 12 years. Her food and nutrition writing and recipes have been featured in various publications from Sun Valley Magazine and Taste of Sun Valley to Edible Idaho and Cannabis for Dummies. She recently started posting in Substack.

You can purchase "Clean Food, Messy Life" locally at Iconoclast Books in Hailey or HERE. Follow her on Facebook and Instagram. Visit jamietruppinutrition.com for more information. 

I'm Angela Freebird, an astrologer, transformation mentor, and strength trainer who has spent more than thirty years trying to answer one question:

Why don't we do the things we say we want to do?

My search for answers began with my strength training career and expanded into extensive habit research, psychology, coaching psychology, somatic trauma work, 12-step work, archetypal frameworks, tarot as a reflective practice, and six years of intensive astrological study.

Today, I help people understand their strengths, support their blind spots, and navigate the landscape of change with self-awareness, intention, and self-compassion.

I don't see astrology as fate. I see it as information. We always have agency. The more we understand the terrain and the way we are wired, the more intentionally and compassionately we can move through the world.

You'll usually find me in the mountains with my hound, Lucky, living in my camper, Big Red, making meaning out of pretty much everything and reminding people that there is more than one way to build a beautiful life.

Michelle Choate brings emotional intelligence (EQ) practices to life through her work with MLChoate, Inc., offering workplace development, facilitation, and coaching, and through Elate Retreats, where she creates elevated, multi-day transformational experiences.

Michelle holds a master’s degree in Organizational Communication and Conflict Management and is a certified coach and administrator for the EQ-i 2.0 and EQ 360 assessments. With more than 20 years of experience in organizational and individual development, she creates thoughtful opportunities for executives, leaders, teams, and individuals to look inward with honesty and grace—and to use emotional self-awareness as a foundation for stronger leadership, healthier relationships, and more compassionate and effective workplaces.

Across both MLChoate and Elate, Michelle’s work is grounded in the belief that meaningful growth does not require becoming someone different. Instead, it begins by understanding, strengthening, and more intentionally using what is already within us.

Attendees at her flagship SHINE! experiences are invited to explore what is working, what needs attention, and what may be ready to change—at a pace and in a setting designed for reflection, growth, and genuine connection. The experience intentionally creates room to rest, breathe, settle the nervous system, and reconnect with self.

Hayley, the artist behind Wild Mountain Weaves, designs and hand sews each glass-beaded earring with a needle and thread. Her work is based on the ancient practice of bead weaving, which is sacred to many different cultures across the world.

The design and practice is both meditative and creative for Hayley as she weaves each Japanese glass bead into unique and organic designs.  The handcrafted earrings take between 2-6 hours to complete, depending on size and complexity of the pattern.  When Hayley is not beading, she can be found caring for others, as a nurse, mom, stepmom, and dog-mom, or playing in nature.

Hi, I’m Alison, and living life creatively has always been my motto. I incorporate this creative expression into most everything I do as a person, artist, arts instructor, and most recently as a healing arts facilitator.

I have been studying art processing for the past few years and have experienced profound benefits to my own nervous system and mental health. This has fueled my passion for sharing this work. It uses movement, visualization, art exercises, and journaling to explore what our body holds and often cannot access or express through words alone. This is an exploration into a deeper understanding of ourselves through creative expression, rather than the aesthetic result. I’m looking forward to offering a sampling of this work with all of you.

This summer I opened Dragonfly Studio. I offer 1-on-1 sessions using art processing, monthly women’s gatherings that use the art processing model with a different topic each month, and an ever-changing array of creative workshops. Feel free to reach out or check out my website to learn more about me and what I’m offering, and sign up for my monthly newsletter.

Tenaya is a mom of three, who has explored the joys of Waldorf education and the handwork practices that come with it. An artist from childhood, she has been needle felting for the last decade, from landscapes to gnomes to ornaments. Her kids nearly always join in; needle felting is not only fun, it’s addictive!

After earning her BA in Studio Arts & Psychology, Tenaya studied Feng Shui for 15 years–the art & science of creating spaces that support the life you want to live. During that time, she worked as a store designer, drafting, designing & reworking interior commercial spaces, while taking night classes in Interior Design. Her work has culminated into a lifelong study in the Psychology of Space and how it affects us, in both positive and negative ways. Tenaya now primarily works with people who are remodeling or building, to ensure the interior space planning and design eliminate unintentional stressors that inevitably get built into our homes. Her goal is for everyone to live in spaces that more easily support an intentional life.

D'Layne Benson is a board-certified nurse coach, energy worker, and breathwork facilitator with over 20 years of experience walking alongside women in wellness and healing spaces. She loves blending science and clinical knowledge with sacred practice.

D'Layne's calling is holding ceremony as medicine. She creates ritual space where women can finally set down what they've been carrying and meet themselves again. Her work weaves nervous system regulation, breathwork, subconscious reprogramming, and energy work into experiences that create change from the inside out.

I am a mother, midwife and practitioner of traditional western herbalism. I love helping women embody their ancient and authentic rhythms and wisdom through the blood mysteries and rites of passage of birthing, mothering, and growing old. As an herbalist, I see that plant allies are here for each and every one of us, when we slow down enough to see them. I have been attending births, breastfeeding and postpartum in the west for thirty years. 

Hi Girls!  My name is Jen.  Everything meaningful in my life, I learned from my 3 children. I enjoy dirty feet and warm smiles.