Callan Welder is a licensed acupuncturist & herbalist, a Madison County native and the owner of Marshall Acupuncture & Herb Clinic. QiGong is a healing art that compliments both acupuncture and herbal treatments by harmonizing body, mind and spirit.  

Callan has been practicing QiGong for more than eight years and has had the great pleasure of studying with expert teachers from America and China.  He presents several forms of QiGong that can be traced back over 700 years to WuDang Mountain.

Visit www.marshallacupunctureclinic.com or call 649-9601 for more information about QiGong and Chinese Medicine.

With my very first experience of Tai Chi Chuan 30 years ago, I quickly developed a deep love affair with the practice.  I was enthralled by the fluidity and gracefulness of the movements, and I was deeply moved by the centering and peacefulness of the discipline.  As my personal practice in both Tai Chi and Qigong developed, I found not only a way to keep my body supple and strong, but a technique to prevent stress, increase clarity, and hold a more relaxed approach to life.  

As I studied, I began to understand and feel how the energies move through the body, and how profoundly we can affect our daily lives with this simple yet deep practice.  I experience an internal shift in consciousness that allows me to sit at the very center of my being.  

I love teaching as it gives me an opportunity to share my passion, and to see the results of the practice in others.  I utilize movement practice in my coaching as a way of reducing stress and releasing trauma stored in the body.  

I offer private tai chi lessons and coaching sessions.  You may contact me at ginnygoodin@gmail.com.

Alba (AKA Kim) is a dancer, performer, choreographer, and teacher from Western NC with over 25 years of dance experience in a variety of dance styles. She has studied with notable dancers such as Betty Jones, Chuck Davis, Lisa Zahiya, and Puela Lunaris. Alba began focusing on Flamenco, in addition to belly dance, in 2018. She is currently working towards her Dances of the World Society and International Dance Council certifications in Flamenco under the mentorship of Puela Lunaris. Alba seeks to create a fun, comfortable dance community in her classes because she believes that dance should be enjoyable and accessible for everyone! You can follow her on instragram @ abla_descalza for class and performance information.

As a lifelong student and teacher of yoga, rewilding and traditional healing practices, I have a deep reverence for the intelligence found in nature—and in the human body. I believe we can awaken immense wisdom and power through observation of our inner experience and connection with the rhythms and cycles of body, earth and sky.

I found my way into my first yoga class in 2006 and immediately fell in love with the graceful, meditative movement of vinyasa flow. As I began studying the philosophy underpinning the practice, I discovered a map for self-inquiry and healing. And as I became more consistent in my practice, I found the clarity and inspiration to begin sharing yoga in public classes in 2014.

I have completed over 900 hours of formal yoga teacher training, including in-depth study of perinatal yoga, therapeutics, Anusara yoga, Shaiva tantra and Ayurveda, and hold the Yoga Alliance designations of RYT-500/E-RYT-200 and RPYT.

During my first pregnancy in 2018, I became particularly interested in how yoga and nature connection practices can support and empower women on the childbearing continuum. I completed an 85-hour prenatal yoga teacher training while I was pregnant, and soon after giving birth, began teaching prenatal yoga classes and training as a doula and traditional birthkeeper.

Infinite gratitude to all my teachers, including Anjali Sunita, Vivian Campagna, Amy Ippoliti and Lily Dwyer-Begg, and to all the wisdom-keepers of the ancient teachings of yoga, nature-based healing, and the great cycles of life, death and rebirth.

"I love to teach what I love to do…"  This statement encompasses my sentiments as an instructor, guide and coach.  As a youth, gymnastics was my passion and it started me on a path of body awareness and experience that continues to unfold into the present moment.  In college, I coached gymnastics and realized that I love helping bodies discover their abilities.  I spent the next several years pursuing another form of kinesthetic awareness on a snowboard.  As an instructor I witnessed many revelatory moments of self discovery and mastery of a skill that once seemed unattainable.  These moments of self-realization also occur often in ayoga practice.  Nothing brings more joy and satisfaction than learning about my own body, how it can move and breathe and what a remarkable vessel it truly is… I want to share these teachings with anyone who wants to learn.  Our bodies are outrageously intelligent and talented- ALL of them!  When you come to my yoga classes, be prepared for a playful and inquisitive exploration of your self, inside and out.

Praise to my teachers who have tended my desires and intentions on the yogic path.  I received a 200-hr YA teacher certificate from Michaelle Edwards who founded the YogAlign method and taught me the significance of proper spinal alignment as well as the immense influence of the fascial system and the psoas.  In Asheville, I study with Deirdre Smith-Gilmer and Joe Taft primarily, though Michael & Stephanie Johnson also brighten my heart with their teachings.  I am deeply inspired by Anusara as well as Sridaiva yoga, I feel the truth of these systems in my body and incorporate the principles and alignments of both methods into my own practice and teaching.

My focus as a movement facilitator is to hold classes that inspire others to find their pleasure and to become more and more comfortable with moving toward feeling good.

Background + Training includes:

Modern Dance, Improvisation, Mettler-based Creative Group Dance Improvisation, Nia, Ageless Grace, Theater Games of Viola Spolin and Ensemble Acting. 

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Sharah's passion for dance is infectious. After a dance minor in college, Dancing buoyed her spirit during careers in finance, writing, and co-life coaching with a herd of horses. After her kids became adults, she moved to Asheville in 2017, and Sensu Dance was born. Having studied dance since 4 years old, Sensu has been a catalyst for shedding the shackles of that training. The biggest shift has been to not perform the steps, to not be constrained by an appealing line of body, to not be shaped by the audience’s gaze, instead to dance organically out from her bones into Presence. Sensu has profoundly translated into how she’s evolving showing up in the world. It’s her passion to share dance’s transformative power. Our bodies have so much wisdom to share with us: fluidity, resilience, healing, and potentiality. Move it through! Can’t wait to dance with you!