Get To Know Us
Meet our staff and collaborative professionals who contribute a wealth of experience and expertise and maintain our commitment to excellence.
Laura Conners
Gentle Yoga, Yin Yoga, Restorative Yoga.
Artist and co-owner of Split Cedar Studios, Laura Conners has been a yoga practitioner since 1994, and teaching since 2007. She completed her 200-hour yoga teacher training with Cityoga of Indianapolis, IN and her 500-hour certification through the Mindfulness Yoga & Meditation Program at Spirit Rock Center of California in 2012. Laura teaches Hatha yoga with an emphasis on mindfulness, a practice that combines breath awareness and movement to increase flexibility and strength, promote greater ease and concentration, and create relaxation and balance in the body and mind.
Classes: Gentle Yoga, Yin Yoga, Restorative Yoga.
Kimarie Green
Chair Yoga, Gentle Yoga
Kim Green began her yoga practice with Diane Ault in 2004 and returned to yoga again at Quest for Balance Wellness in 2017. Kim completed her 200-hour yoga teacher training with Indiana Yoga in Lebanon, IN in October of 2018. Kim’s practice is strongly influenced by Laura’s gentle and mindful approach and Jeanne’s continuous learning and sharing of innovative ways to move. “It gets me grinning. I am delighted to have this opportunity to practice with you at such a warm and inviting studio. And so many great props!”
Chenel Darby
Power Yoga, Yoga for Everyone, special classes and events
Drawing on her background as a health coach, yoga facilitator, and public speaker, Chenel provides specialized classes that integrate wellbeing, yoga, and exercise science.
Jai Miranda
Grief Coach and Educator, Yoga, Sound Healing
Studio owner Jai Miranda is a longtime wellness advocate supporting individuals and families for more than 20 years. Professionally certified in several disciplines, Jai offers Yoga, Reiki, Sound Healing, facilitates drumming and intensive workshops on a variety of topics. Jai also provides life, wellness, and grief coaching sessions and workshops.
Collaborative Professionals
Crystals, Enneagram, Intuition and Creativity
Intuitive counselor and empathic medium Tysa Goodrich recently relocated to Crawfordsville from Los Angeles. Tysa teaches intuition and meditation classes, and hosts monthly workshops, including Introduction to the Enneagram; Crystal Grids, Talismans, and Working Magic; and Creativity and Intuition. She also offers in-person and virtual intuitive readings. Her multi-faceted career includes music, songwriting, and narrative writing. Read more about Tysa on her websites: empathicmedium.com and wildcoyotes.com
Wellness and Nutrition
Meet Katina, a certified nutrition and wellness coach dedicated to helping others achieve a healthy and balanced lifestyle. After struggling with painful fibromyalgia for years, Katina found relief and transformation through her own journey to wellness.
Through her personal experience, Katina discovered the power of holistic approaches to health and wellness, and the connection between mind, body, and spirit.
With a focus on whole-body wellness, Katina helps her clients develop sustainable habits and practices that nourish their bodies and minds. Learn more at 2beenough.com
Mindfulness Meditation, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction
Founder of Mindful in Moco, Neil Schmitzer-Torbert offers a weekly meditation class on Sunday at 4:30pm. This class is a wonderful way to support ongoing practice. He is a trained Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Teacher and plans to regularly offer the 8 week intensive MBSR course. Neil is a Wabash faculty member and has lived with his family here in Crawfordsville since 2006. Learn more about Neil at mindfulinmoco.com
Grief Coach
Professional Certified Coach and Professional Medical Coach Melody West joins the studio’s grief care and education program. Melody works with people in transition – the shadowy zone of ‘in-betweenness’ of who you were, what you are dealing with and who you will become. She helps you connect to what’s really important to you and learn new skills to build resilience so you can live your best life. Recently certified as end of life and grief coach. Melody hosts online support groups, provides individual coaching, and contributes to program and curriculum development. Learn more about Melody at melodywestconsulting.com
Tai chi
Liz joins the studio as a co-practitioner leading the 24 movement Tai chi chuan. Sjhe uses her background teaching Anatomy and Physiology to explore how Tai Chi benefits the whole person. She also draws on her Karate training to understand the Martial Arts part of Tai Chi, appreciates how valuable it is as a form of exercise and how it connects many self-care practices. Liz has a Bachelor of Science in Sport Science and a Master of Science in Neurobiology/Physiology.
Amy Weir
Tai chi
Amy Weir is a practitioner of Tai Chi, but her career is serving as the international student advisor and study abroad advisor at Wabash College. She completed a Master’s degree in comparative world religions and was an East Asian Studies minor while an undergraduate. Amy’s love of Asia grew when she lived in rural Japan for 2 years as a participant in the JET Programme. She started learning about and practicing Tai Chi and Qi Gong several years ago, finding these practices complement her interests, academic background, and worldview.