About Teachers
About Mind-Body Coach Abigail Steidley
Abigail Steidley
Abigail Steidley is a Certified Martha Beck Mind-Body Health Coach. She works primarily with clients who are excited to experience the power of mind-body healing. She incorporates her own experience with mind-body healing and weight-loss, up-to-date mind-body research, and the powerful Martha Beck tools in her coaching. Locally, she provides workshops, small-group coaching, coaching interactives, and individual coaching for anyone interested in de-stressing, finding more meaning and purpose, or creating a healthy, fulfilling life. She is currently pursuing Master Coach Certification through Martha Beck, Inc.
What is Mind-Body Coaching, Anyway?
Never heard of mind-body coaching? It’s a very effective method for dealing with stressful thinking, such as thoughts from your inner critic, worries, fears, and any other thoughts that are holding you back or making you feel overwhelmed, unhappy, or frustrated. Hiring a mind-body coach is like hiring a personal trainer for your mind! Mind-body coaching gives you tools for connecting the mind and body for physical and mental benefits, less stress, and more! Read more here.
Martha Beck coaching was developed by Harvard-trained sociologist Dr. Martha Beck, who is a columnist for O Magazine and frequent expert on the Oprah show.
About Yoga Teacher Jess Ryan
Jess Ryan
Jess Ryan, MSNS, E-RYT, is a Yoga Alliance 200 level Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher with over 1000 hours of teaching experience. She has been practicing yoga for over 10 years and teaching for more than five. Styles of yoga that have influenced Jess’s practice and teaching style include, Anusara, Kundalini, Kripalu, Yin and restorative Hatha yoga. She loves pulling from this bank of knowledge to provide a practice that suits her students’ or her own needs at a specific moment in time, knowing that all of our needs change on a daily basis. Jess possesses additional certifications from Kripalu in Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training and Spencers Pilates Instruction and has studied anatomy & physiology at the college level. She also holds a current CPR & Wilderness First Responder certification.
Jess’s love of nature and the outdoors led her to obtain dual Masters Degrees in Natural Science and Environment and Natural Resources. She has shared her enthusiasm for connecting others to this Nation’s beautiful places, working for the National Park Service and the National Audubon Society. “I love mountains, the feel of dirt and grass on the soles of my feet, sunshine on my face, and the sound of wind through the trees. I love the earth and our connection to these wonders that take our breath away; that we can’t always explain. I believe yoga and the environment are inextricably linked; our connection to self, our connection to something greater.”
Jess is also a certified Level III Reiki Practitioner.
