Rev AnneAlisse Polinsky, CAP, is the founder of The Peace Full Soul. She is a teacher of Ayurveda, Yoga, Intuitive Healing, and Dance. She was born clairvoyant and creative, like so many, and naturally pursued psychic training as well as a variety of dance in her early life before deciding to become a teacher herself. She received her certification to practice Ayurvedic Medicine in 2005 through the Ayurvedic Academy in Seattle, WA after which she founded The Peace Full Soul in her home town of Portland, OR. Her main teachers of the Healing Arts have been Sandra Brooks (Intuitive Healing), Vivak Shanbhag (Ayurveda), Richard Haynes (Ayurveda), MaryJo Cravatta (Ayurveda), and Gonzalo Flores (Curanderismo). AnneAlisse studied Yoga through both The Ayurvedic Accademy and The Lotus Seed School of Yoga. You may reach her at 503.808.0449, or annealisse@gmail.com

Chandra is The Director of the Peace Full Soul, and teaching yoga at Concordia University. She has been teaching for the last seven years, practicing for ten, and believes that the healing arts are an essential part of ecological sustainability and world peace.
In addition to teaching yoga, she has a BA in Environmental Studies from WMU in 05’. She participated in developing a preliminary sustainability assessment for WMU, and led several other research, policy, and statistical analysis of environmental related subjects. While in Michigan, she taught at the Kalamazoo Nature Center for three years, and piloted the Jane Goodall's "Roots & Shoots" program; to facilitate school age children's involvement in positive environmental intervention, education, and restoration. She co-owned a Tattoo-Art Gallery-Salon for 5 years, where she explored herself as an artist and business owner. She has devoted much of her time to traveling the country studying yoga and sustainable ecological design, and raising her daughter. You may reach her 785.331.8003, or swimmingelephants@gmail.com.


Jaswant Kaur has been practicing different forms of yoga for ten years. She came to Kundalini yoga five years ago when a friend invited her to a class. The first time Jaswant sat in the class and tuned into the Kundalini energy, she knew she had discovered something truly powerful. From that point on, she continued to attend the class and became even more intrigued by how good she felt after class. She also enjoyed the fact that each class ended with chanting and meditation. Jaswant continued to seek out Kundalini classes around town and became involved with Sadhana, a morning meditation and yoga practice, introduced to her by her first teacher. From that point on, Jaswant desired to have a space where she and other individuals could come to chant and practice yoga together in the early morning hours. One day, Jaswant went to a local class and asked the teacher after class where she could find a local Sadhana practice to participate in. The teacher answered her by encouraging her to take teacher training. From that time, Jaswant enrolled in the teacher training course and she continued to deepen her practice of this profound form of yoga. You may reach her 503.232.7527, or jaswantkundalini@yahoo.com.

Becky Higginson is a certified yoga instructor who has been practicing yoga for over a decade. She began taking yoga classes to open her body, but found that is also enabled her to open her mind and her heart. She encourages her students to honor their bodies while exploring their perceived limitations. Becky is a licensed chiropractor and Craniosacral therapist with an extensive knowledge of human anatomy and physiology. She incorporates this knowledge into her classes and strives to teach proper alignment and form. She believes yoga can be therapy for the body as well as the mind. She has studied various forms of hatha yoga and vinyasa flow and is currently working towards certification in Anusara yoga, a style of yoga with an uplifting philosophy that is epitomized by a “celebration of the heart.” In addition to teaching group yoga classes, Becky is available for private yoga therapy and Craniosacral therapy sessions at The Peacefull Soul. She an be reached at rebeccahigginson@gmail.com. Off of her yoga mat, Becky
enjoys music, dancing, sushi, going on dates with her husband and taking her pug to the park.

Nicole Swanson began her journey on the yogic path ten years ago when she found her teacher, Diane Wilson, in answer to a prayer. She had been trying to learn the art of meditation through books and experimentation but knew instinctively that meditation consists of more than sitting still while a running dialog plays in the mind. Nicole found herself immersed in a strong hatha/pranayama practice and grew to understand that strengthening the body and mind through postures and breath work are necessary steps in obtaining the calm and quiet needed for deeper states of meditation. Nicole is trained as both a hatha yoga and kriya meditation teacher and has been teaching in Portland for the last eight years. She finds the sense of community she shares with students a necessary component to her own growth and increased sense of joy while motherhood helps to bring the lessons of yoga into the details of everyday life. You may reach her at 503.232.2297 or cacole72@yahoo.com.


Sabrina Rem teaches an uplifting and heart-centered asana class gounded in the Anusara principals of alignment and life affirming Tantic philosophy. She encourages students to engage deepy and make each pose a creative expression from the heart. You may reach her at (415)-505-9793 and sabrina.rem@gmail.com

Laura Robbins has been practicing yoga and meditation for eight years. A broad background in different traditions infuse Laura's teaching and experience: Vinyasa, Iyengar, and Kundalini yoga as well as the good fortune of discovering Vipassana meditation while traveling in Thailand. Drawn to the profound effects of practicing Kundalini yoga she completed a Kundalini teacher training in 2006. She continues to practice meditation and yoga under many traditions, knowing them to all lead to the same awareness, but she has a special respect for the power of Kundalini yoga. In addition to yoga, Laura teaches composition and literature at Portland Community College and is a continuing student of medicinal herbalism. You may reach her at 503.984.6612, or forcryingoutloud@hotmail.com.

Alexander Rosan is a great example of the benefits of yoga. Being type 1 diabetic, yoga has helped balance blood sugar, increase circulation, and aid in digestion He has practiced many yogic techniques, and prefers the benefits of Yin style yoga. Coming from classical music training in opera singing, he also puts a lot of focus on the importance of pranayama and being in touch with the body, especially proper alignment. Beyond the practice of Hatha yoga, Alexander also puts emphasis on the importance of meditation, both in silence and with creating sound. While there are a lot of passive asana incorporated, Alexander also likes to include some more rigorous asana to strengthen the core muscle groups. You may reach Alex 617.458.1123, or 617.458.1123, or check out www.myspace.com/operaticsoul.

Julie Gatti offers spiritual healing sessions in the mystical tradition of Sufism. She has been studying and practicing Sufism and Sufi healing for the past 7 years, and has trained as a spiritual healer at the University of Sufism and Spiritual Healing (formerly known as the Jaffe Institute). Her personal healing journey with the qualities of love, mercy, and acceptance have led her through a deep transformational process where she found freedom from many limiting beliefs and emotional patterns. As a result of this transformation she discovered her gifts as a healer. Julie found she was able to help others access their deeper truth and inner knowing, which is often hidden beneath stored feelings within the body’s memory. This healing modality offers solace and the deep healing of the heart.

Julie has a subspecialty in child development as a Certified Waldorf Teacher. She brings this knowledge into her healing practice with parents seeking support in raising their children. Her healership also rests on a foundation of physical understanding with her background as a Certified Nutritionist and Clinical Herbalist. She studied nutrition at American Health Science University and herbal medicine at the Northeast School of Botanical Medicine, the Rocky Mountain Center for Botanical Studies, and locally with renowned herbalist Cascade Anderson Geller. You may reach her at 845.699.5569, or juliegatti@hotmail.com.

Sarah Adams is a musician, teacher and healing arts professional in the Portland area. In addition to performing music , facilitating sacred heart communion circles and helping to facilitate healing, one of her greatest passions is to foster the creative blossoming of the very special children of today. She especially loved the quote from one of her very favorite singers, John Denver: "For the children and the flowers are my sisters and my brothers. Their laughter and their loveliness could clear cloudy days. Like the music of the mountains and the colors of the rainbow, they're a promise of the future and a blessing for today." You may reach her 503.760.1693, sarasparkele65@comcast.net, or www.srahadams.org.

Kristy Rose recently completed a 200+ hour yoga teacher training with the Lotus Seed School of Yoga and Movement Arts in Portland. She is a graduate of Moving on Center: School of Participatory Arts and Somatic Research and received a CMT from Alive and Well in Oakland, CA. She is a student of the kelmanworks improvisational process and committed to investigating the intersections between movement, healing, and social change.

Kirsten Peterson has been teaching, choreographing and performing dance for 28 years. She has a Master of Fine Arts in Dance and a Master of Arts in Dance/Movement Therapy. Kirsten has taught dance and movement to students of all ages and abilities in colleges, public schools, community centers, private studios, arts camps and her own studio, aurora - a creative space for dance & movement in NE Portland. As a dance/movement therapist, Kirsten has worked with children, adolescents and adults to integrate body, mind and spirit. Kirsten's teaching is informed by her studies in modern dance, creative dance, ballet, african dance, flamenco, improvisation, movement observation, anatomy and kineseology, Pilates and Iyengar yoga. You amy reach her 503.289.7306, auroadance@havenet.com, or visit www.havenet.com/auroradance.

Chayo Wilson is a local Intuitive Coach and Artist of many medias. She has a rich and diverse background in many of the healing and divinatory arts. She brings a life weaving of Clay artist, Mother, Reiki, Hypnotherapy, EarthStones, Tarot, Clairvoyance, Transpersonal Psychology, Nurolinking, Inipi practice, meditation practice, Love of the Earth, Gardening, Cooking and JOY in the process of evolving to you.

Elizabeth Peter is a highly effective and accurate Spiritual Guide, Clairvoyant Intuitive/ Life Coach and Feng Shui Professional. Elizabeth has spent close to 25 years helping people reach for success in their lives. Elizabeth offers effective coaching expertise coupled with the deep knowledge of the Art of Chinese Astrology /Destiny Analysis. With such a winning combination of art and ancient wisdom/science she brings instant results to individuals and businesses nationwide.