Pam Kessinger created ALREADY WITHIN Yoga studio here at Pedalers Fork in 2018. Pam specializes in Recovery Yoga - a therapeutic form of Yoga she crafted to help prevent and recover from injury. Pam works with local professional athletes (NFL, NBA, cyclists, etc.) and has worked with the Los Angeles Rams, Dallas Cowboys, US Army Special Forces, Navy Seals and Wounded Warriors.
You can find Pam teaching weekly classes, teacher trainings and workshops. Her classes are filled with thoughtful alignment themes and insightful adjustments but with a light hearted, playful approach. Her ability to see the body is influenced by her 20+ years of practice, teaching and training in both yoga, fitness and meditation.
Her vision in creating this studio was to develop a variety of offerings and build a community where people from all walks of life can come for growth and nourishment of their body, mind and soul. She believes yoga should be fun and uses breathwork as a gateway to remind us to be still, to listen and to know everything we seek is Already Within each of us.
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Bridget Sampson has found meditation profoundly healing in her own life for over 20 years. So, she decided it was time to teach others the transformative power of the ancient wisdom of mindfulness and Buddhist philosophy.
Bridget has been a spiritual seeker most of her adult life, starting with the Celestine Prophecy and Autobiography of a Yogi in the 90's, and continuing by voraciously absorbing the works of teachers you likely know – Eckhart Tolle, Deepak Chopra, Joe Dispenza, Michael Singer, The Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hanh, Ram Dass, and many more. She is certified in Reiki I and II, is a Kriya Yoga Initiate (in the lineage of Paramahansa Yogananda), and a dedicated practitioner of yoga classes. She also attends spiritual workshops and trainings often.
Bridget will complete Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield’s 2-year Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program in January of 2025. She has already met the major requirements, including all the student teaching hours.
Bridget is currently a public speaking and executive coach and is a retired communication studies professor.
If Jennifer could create her own business cards, her title would be “Life Concierge”. She LOVES to plan, collect all the ideas and then create life treasure hunts for herself and anyone who will let her!
In her “day job”, Jennifer is the VP of People Development for Fusion Education Group and is so grateful to spend her days coaching leaders from all over the US. She has seen life changing outcomes with so many of her clients and is excited to share the techniques with her local community.
Fun Fact: Jennifer’s Health and Wellness goal in 2022 was to complete a yoga teacher training – You will never guess where she met that goal,
Dia’s purpose in life is to create safe spaces for people to heal. Because of this, her teaching style is compassionate, challenging and heart-centered. They always say that teachers teach what they need, and Dia is no exception here.
Dia is the first to admit she can often move too fast in life and that her (once resourceful) coping mechanism is to stay busy, productive and (what she learned as a child to be) valuable. As a trial lawyer at a top global law firm over a decade ago, Dia used yoga, breath work and meditation to keep herself sane, healthy and working at her best. But it wasn’t until she left the practice of law that her yoga and meditation practice opened a path of deep personal exploration and healing. And while she walks this path of healing daily (as much as one can with a toddler and being pregnant!), her teaching style is to meet each person where they are and offer them a chance to come home to themselves, again and again.
While her teaching style is slow and intentional to contrast the busy-ness of our lives, you can also expect to feel physically challenged during her classes. Dia’s classes have long holds, flowing sequences and opportunities to kick it up or relax it down based on your own body’s wisdom.