Kate Larson – Fiber Arts
Kate Larson loves using fiber arts as a bridge between her passions for art and agriculture. Her fiber journey has led her to a degree in Environmental Soil Chemistry, travels through northern Europe in search of textile traditions, and to the helm of Spin Off Magazine as editor. She keeps an ever-growing flock of Border Leicester sheep and teaches handspinning and knitting regularly in central Indiana and around the country. Kate’s work has appeared in publications including Spin Off, Jane Austen Knits, and Knitting Sweaters from Around the World. She is the author of The Practical Spinner’s Guide: Wool (Interweave, 2015) and several videos, including How to Spin Yarn to Knit. Learn more at katelarsontextiles.com.
Kelly Baraby – Yoga
Kelly has been a student of yoga since 1993. She became a licensed and certified massage therapist in that same year, and was certified as a yoga instructor in 2000. She held the position as primary educator of yoga at Big Sky Somatic Institute until their closing in July 2007. She was also an assistant teacher at the massage school for nine years. Kelly has over 2,500 hours of professional and accredited education in teaching and twelve years of study under Judith Hanson Lasater, one of the world’s leading teachers in restorative yoga.
Kelly continues to study how to better meet the students’ functional movement in Asana. She co-created the Dancing Lotus Center in Helena, MT, and has recently opened a new studio location: Helena Community Yoga.
Teaching yoga has become Kelly’s voice of yoga’s deeper healing, allowing her to share her love and curiosity for the human form and spirit.
If you have questions, contact kraraby@gmail.com
