My Community
Working together and supporting each other
Erica Valentine
Lawyer, Yoga & Sound Bath
With over 20 years of experience teaching, consulting, and coaching, Erica works with individuals and groups of all sizes—from one-on-one sessions to thousands of participants, all ages and levels. She meets everyone where they are in life. You can find Erica here: www.ericav.com
Misa Sugiura
Author & Teacher
Misa Sugiura’s ancestors include a poet, a priestess, a samurai, and a stowaway. She is the author of winner of ALA's Asian Pacific American Literature Award-winning novel It’s Not Like It’s A Secret, as well as the highly acclaimed This Time Will Be Different and Love & Other Natural Disasters. Her short story, “Where I’m From” appears in Come On In, a young adult anthology of stories about immigration, and her popular middle-grade Momo Arashima fantasy series has been praised as “a hilarious, emotion packed adventure” (Booklist, starred review). You can find Misa here: www.misasugiura.com
Brianna Prajna Vieira
Musician, Kirtan, & Yoga
Prajna Brianna Vieira has taught yoga āsana, yogic philosophy, and bhakti yoga for over 20 years. A lifelong musician and dancer, she studies and performs kirtan (traditional Hindu chanting music), Odissi classical Indian dance, harikatha (storytelling) and ballet both locally and internationally. She is especially known for her work with kirtan artists Jai Uttal, Ben Leinbach, David Estes, and Mukti. You can find Prajna here: www.yogaoftheheart.com
Sway Soturi
Yoga, Nutrition, Shamanism & More!
I’m (sort of) a jack of all trades (thank you, ADHD!). Stepping into mid-life has me jazzed about the journey—looking back at all that I have experienced; looking forward to all that I will get to know and learn; and all of that has allowed me to marvel at everything that is the now. I am rooted in both magic and practicality, as someone who is drawn to the studies of spirituality, I am equally interested in how to put all of it to use in our day to day life. Because let’s be honest, we do not live in a vacuum, quite the contrary, we co-exist with other beings, be it human, plants, animals, and beyond. So it is our sacred duty to be a member of collective change, the Great Turning, to work towards justice and liberation for all.
I’m currently going through a major transition of closing a business I have steward for eight years and entering into a phase of fierce learning to explore the next path. Which includes facilitating workshops based on The Work That Reconnects.
I have a background in food, health, and wellness as a NASM certified personal trainer, Precision Nutrition coach, 500 hour certified yoga teacher, and currently a 1,000 hour yoga teacher training student. I’ve also studied with Marti Spiegelman, a shaman and teacher of indigenous technologies of Ande, Himalaya, and Dagara lineages. During which period where I received initiations through lectures and rituals that changed me in the most profound ways.
Find Sway here: www.swaysoturi.com
