Meet The Peace Offering Family
Alexandra Ley
With over a decade of experience in the hospitality industry, Alex served as a social and corporate event planning manager for Hyatt Hotels. She relocated to Truckee with her family and began working alongside Laura in 2021 as a nanny and personal assistant, contributing to the launch of The Peace Offering. Now the studio manager at The Peace Offering, Alex is thrilled to be part of the community alongside her new son, Bodhi, and is so excite to connect with local new moms during the weekly Mommy + Me classes.
Astrid Carolina Mendieta
Astrid, a Nicaraguan-Honduran artist and yoga teacher based in Lake Tahoe, California, transformed her life by embracing her passion for art after years of introspection. After studying at the Milan Art Institute, she held her first solo exhibition in March 2022, showcasing her unique blend of abstract and realistic styles through various mediums. Astrid now offers online workshops in art, yoga, and personal development, aiming to inspire others by helping them connect with their inner power while aspiring to travel and share her art and retreats globally.
Aurora Wellise
Aurora is a multifaceted healer, including roles as a ceremonialist, shaman, and astrologer, dedicated to facilitating quantum-level healing through transformative experiences in the unseen realms. Her journey began over 25 years ago with her Reiki master training in Brooklyn, NY, which led her to explore food as medicine and eventually brought her back to the West Coast, where she focused on deep healing practices. Now fully committed to serving others, she operates a micro farm in the Sierra Valley, offers boutique herbal products through Lawless Botanics, and provides spiritual healing and course offerings both online and in-person.
Brooke Riedlinger
Brooke has a deep passion for plants, having owned and operated plant and garden stores in San Francisco for 22 years. She also embraces a life as a healing journey enriched by nature, nutrition, movement, and creativity as a mother to two boys. Her experience in facilitating Circles is grounded in awareness and expansion, further enhanced by completing the WMN Space Circle Facilitator Training with Paula Mallis and participating in various Circles with women globally. Since July 2020, she has been dedicated to leading "Be in Circle" gatherings, fostering community and connection among participants.
Daniel Rhodes
Everything is frequency, and we can influence our vibrations through our thoughts, emotions, and overall states of being. Although he had a solid upbringing, he later embraced his sensitivities as an empath and clairsentient, which allowed him to feel the subtle energies of others and connect with universal consciousness. With a diverse background in culinary arts, mushroom farming, and fine woodworking, he immersed himself in frequency meditation and music theory, ultimately discovering Vibroacoustic therapy as a powerful tool for self-exploration, which he now uses to guide others toward health, peace, and heightened awareness.
Delana Ryan
Delana's passion for movement began at the age of five when she started dancing, ultimately earning a B.F.A. in Music Theater and pursuing a professional theater career. After working as a personal trainer and group fitness instructor in NYC, she discovered yoga as a means to stay injury-free, which led her to complete her teacher training at Sonic Yoga and open YogaCentric in New Jersey in 2005. Following her family's move to Truckee, she sold her studio and has since focused on teaching vinyasa yoga with an emphasis on alignment, offering grounded and creative classes that encourage students to explore their capabilities while quieting their minds.
Emily Weer
Emily has been a vital part of the Truckee/Tahoe healing community for over two decades, sharing her gifts both locally and globally. With more than 25 years of experience in Healing Arts and therapy, she offers a diverse range of services including Bodywork, massage, Yoga, Tantra, Sound Healing, and Kirtan music, all infused with her wisdom and passion. Her classes focus on heart-opening and embracing our primal nature, while her heartfelt music reflects her powerful and caring spirit.
Kaila Leilani
Kaila Cruttenden is a dedicated and compassionate holistic practitioner who combines her expertise in acupuncture, functional medicine, meditation, and breath-work to guide individuals on their transformative health and wellness journeys. With a profound passion for empowering others to rediscover their innate power, Kaila is on a mission to harmonize the body, mind, emotions, and spirit, facilitating a profound healing process from the inside out.
Katie Jones
Katie J. Jones is a Certified 200-Hour Hatha Yoga Teacher and a skilled facilitator in various healing modalities, including Breathwork, TRE, and Manifestation Coaching. Her journey with yoga began in 2015 while navigating the 9-5 life in Austin, Texas, where it became a vital support for her physical, spiritual, and emotional well-being after her college cheerleading days. Now, Katie teaches yoga and manifestation workshops globally, including for The Medicine Connective and at stunning locations like Bodhi Surf and Yoga Camp in Costa Rica, while also producing and hosting the upcoming Surrender Podcast.
Kerry Taylor
Kerry is an RYT-200 Yoga Instructor, Integrative Wellness guide, and Outdoor Educator with over ten years of experience focused on promoting holistic well-being through mindful movement, breathwork, and a connection to nature. As the creator of Juniper Sol Apothecary, she crafts small-batch botanical skincare products using organic ingredients and sustainably sourced plants from the Eastern Sierras. Her mission is to align the wisdom of the natural world with the physical body, reflecting her deep respect for nature's balance and its transformative healing power in everything she offers, both on the mat and in the wilderness.
Kiley Mac
Kiley Mac is a seasoned wellness leader and yoga teacher with over 15 years of experience, passionately promoting holistic health in every session she leads. As a Reiki Master Teacher and expert in Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) tapping, she empowers individuals to find balance, release emotional blockages, and cultivate inner peace. Celebrated for her warm and compassionate nature, Kiley creates a safe and nurturing environment, making her an exceptional guide for anyone on a journey toward holistic well-being.
Laura Patterson
Laura is the founder of The Peace Offering. She is a healer, yoga teacher, chef, and farmer. She has been teaching fitness for 20 years. She runs two separate organic and biodynamic herb, plant medicine and vegetable gardens as well as orchards. She runs a retreat business focusing on awareness of the microbiome and its effects on psychological and physical resilience and also the emotional body as a gateway to awakening
Marissa Mignone
Marissa is a dedicated Birth and Postpartum Doula, Childbirth Educator, and Prenatal/Postnatal Yoga Instructor with 11 years of experience supporting families in the Truckee/Tahoe area. Certified as a Birthing From Within Doula in 2012, she has since expanded her expertise through certifications in Prenatal/Postnatal Yoga, Spinning Babies workshops, and Ayurvedic Postpartum Doula training. With a compassionate and dynamic approach, Marissa empowers parents by providing essential education, resources, and emotional support to help them achieve their desired birth experiences.
Marybeth Donahoe
Meet Marybeth Donahoe, aka Mb the Yogi, is your guide to holistic healing. With over 17 years of experience, she's dedicated her life to personal growth and guiding others to find their path towards their potential. Marybeth offers a range of healing modalities, including yoga, meditation, myofascial release, transformational mentoring and more. Her speciality is personalized yoga, where she helps you shed physical and emotional tensions. Join her on a transformative and uplifting journey towards your true radiance.
Nicole Koch
Nicole is a passionate student and teacher of restorative yoga, yin, nidra, reiki, breathwork, nervous system regulation, brain retraining, polyvagal theory, cold therapy, kundalini, Qi Gong, Flow State, jungle medicine, and the list goes on. She has combined her thousands of hours of trainings, teachings and lived experience into a methodology that empowers each unique body, soul and nervous system to find its way back to center via lifestyle, nutrition and of course, yoga. She leads retreats both locally and abroad and adores meeting new people in new communities, exchanging life experiences and sharing her passion for healing.
Staci Curtis
Staci is from a small mountain town in Northern California and currently calls the Tahoe/Truckee area home, where she indulges in her love for exploration, adventure, and creation. She deepened her yoga knowledge with a 200-hour Yoga Alliance teacher training in 2016 in Truckee, CA, focusing on Bhakti yoga. In 2019, she pursued a 300-hour Yoga Alliance teacher training in Rishikesh, India, specializing in Holistic Yoga Therapy. Along the way, she’s completed Reiki trainings, studied process coaching, took TRX Suspension and RIPPED courses, and even delved into Thai massage. For almost 19 years now, she’s taught various movement forms, sharing her passion for these practices. When she’s not on the yoga mat, you can find her cruising through the trees on a powder day, enjoying some waves in the ocean, maneuvering down a mountainside on her mountain bike, floating on any type of body of water, or taking a hike to anywhere with an amazing view.
Sophie Czerwinski
Sophie takes immense joy in empowering others to feel healthy and at home in their bodies and the great outdoors. A lifelong athlete whose yoga journey began in college, she has evolved her practice from a focus on physical discipline to viewing yoga as a holistic lifestyle that connects body and mind. Now a certified yoga teacher with a diverse background in public health and outdoor education, Sophie draws on various yoga disciplines while also guiding others through mindful movement, exploring passions like skiing, biking, and crafting in her free time.
Tiffany Callaway
Believing in the power of self-healing through innate wisdom, Tiffany guides her students to rediscover their true nature using Yoga, Ayurveda, and Sound Healing. Since 2017, she has been dedicated to serving the Tahoe-Truckee community while exploring ancient teachings with an open heart and a deep sense of curiosity. Her classes encourage students to embrace their current state by integrating Yoga philosophy, alignment, Ayurveda, breathwork, and creative sequencing, fostering a journey of self-study (svadhyaya) filled with curiosity, wonder, and compassion.
Brooke Haley
Brooke is an International Yoga and Wellness Teacher, Yoga Therapist, and Certified 500-Hour Trauma-Informed Yoga Instructor dedicated to embodying and sharing the transformative practices of yoga. She specializes in Yoga Therapy, guiding clients toward enhanced health and wellness while also leading high-energy group classes that integrate classical yoga traditions with modern science. With her extensive yogic knowledge and positive energy, Brooke inspires students to cultivate their own inner wisdom, peace, and sustainable holistic practices.