sol rio studio
MK
Mary Kate McCartney (E-RYT 500, CMT) has been a student of yoga since 2001 and has been lovingly teaching the practice in Northern California and abroad for 20 years. Her influential teachers include Janet Stone, Iris Lambert and Gurudass Kaur, to whom she is deeply grateful to. MK's classes cultivate a safe space for students to experience their wholeness, strength and universal connectivity through breath, postures, flow and mindfulness. She currently leads weekly classes, teacher trainings, retreats and is Co-Founder of Sol Rio Studio, based in Sonoma County, California. Mary Kate also loves traveling the world, going to the beach, dancing to live music and spending time with her daughter and husband.
Alex
Alex Stefani has been playing and appreciating music and sound for over 30 years. He has studied music at the college level, played in a variety of ensembles and has taught music in schools. With a background in jazz, he creates innovative soundscapes, supporting participants' deepened experience. Alex says, he's "Just a being, interests include: perpetually searching for the sonic palette of the universe while promoting the proliferation of kindness through aural communication...and other stuff too."
seva ~ selfless service
Seva is interwoven into the teachings of yoga. It offers us a simple tool to shift from the limiting space of "I, Me, My", into the expansive and heart-centered space of We.
africa scholarship fund + farm
Co-created by MK, Rafiou Assoumanou, Dr. Boniface Akpovi and Alex
Supporting the West African village which MK served in as a Peace Corps Volunteer.
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