Join us in paradise for Wild & Well: A Women's Retreat in Panama, where strength and serenity come together. Each day blends energizing yoga and pilates practices designed to build resilience, balance, and grace.
If you love Jolie and Hannah's classes, expect their signature vibrant energy, playful guidance, and uplifting spirit.
Between nourishing sessions, nourish yourself with vibrant, wholesome meals that fuel your body and support your wellness journey.
Beyond the mat, adventure awaits - immerse yourself in Panama's lush landscapes, from the jungle to the ocean, or simply unwind with restorative downtime by the water. This retreat is your invitation to stay fit, eat well, and reconnect with the wild and wonderful woman within.
You'll return home not only rested, but stronger, healthier, and truly happy.
Jolie obtained her BS & MS in Health Promotion and Wellness from the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point (yes, she is a cheesehead and only and always a Packers fan). Her graduate work was with the Becoming An Outdoors Woman (BOW) program. She spent many years paddling canoes and backpacking ranges throughout the US and Canada. She still paddles (SUP) and loves lake life. She has traded in her backpacking boots and running shoes for mountain biking though. Jolie loves staying active AND pressing the PAUSE button with mindful and restful movement and meditation. She completed her 200 hr yoga teacher training with Yoga Durango in 2015 and her 300 hr advanced yoga teacher training with Albina Rippy in 2024. Jolie has practiced yoga for 20 years.
Jolie's yoga practice and teaching is to seek the uncovering of mindful movement and body awareness and smothering it in "secret sauce": the awareness of breath.
Born and raised on Maryland's Eastern Shore, I was able to "PLAY" a lot! I was outside climbing trees, swimming, building forts, following deer tracks, constantly challenging myself to see how much one girl could conquer. These first adventures led me into many journeys around the world until I came to settle in the beautiful Animas Valley in Durango Colorado.
I believe in the power of imagination, curiosity, constant sightseeing, getting rid of the box, and that is exactly how I approach all my clients and classes.
As a Pilates Teacher, I have over 3000 hours of course training and teaching and am a graduate of the internationally renowned Pilates Center of Boulder. With over almost 3 decades of experience working with the human form, I have a strong intuitive way of finding what the body is saying. I teach to the body in front of me, whether you are recovering from surgery, pre/postnatal, a dance, an avid biker, etc...
I have a background in Physiology and have owned by own personal training business in United States and New Zealand. My teaching has taken me all over the world and all over the world is where I have kept building my tool box.
When I am not teaching you can find me making core memories with my family, biking the abundance of trails here in Durango, well pretty much doing all things durango :) creating a magical life with my Husband, and literally playing in all shapes and forms in the experience of life!
"Play is the highest form of research." Albert Einstein said and what better topic of research than you! I challenge my clients to stay curious, to appreciate where they are in their own journey of self discovery and I am committed to their own versions of success. Joseph Pilates' intention in my words was to help create a world where life is lived to it's fullest expression, enjoying everything with "zest and pleasure".
