Our Team
Benji
CURRENT SERVICE
Yoga instructor and project manager at the Yoga Studies Institute, a global non-profit providing yoga philosophy and practice.
Owner of Giving Tree Nursery providing fruit and nut trees to the local community.
Partner in Gentle Spirit Healing Studio in Hendersonville, NC, offering massage and craniosacral therapy for local community
PAST SERVICE
Caretaker a 7 person co-housing community in Fruitland, NC: Blossom Branch Homestead. This project includes land management, tiny house construction, electric & plumbing, community development, human relations, community gardens.
Managed five acre homestead in Central Florida; establishing food forests and edible plants systems, tiny home construction, homestead luncheon and tour events and working with intentional community
7 years experience working in nursery setting for organic edibles and native plants at A Natural Farm. Development of ANF e-commerce websites, shipping fruit trees and edible plants across the world.
Consultant & Installation in various landscapes across southeast USA and Costa Rica
Wilderness Therapy Instructor for at-risk youth
STUDY
Bachelors in Studio Art, SUNY Oneonta
Bachelors in Computer Art, SUNY Oneonta
500 Hour RYS with Yoga Alliance
Lady Niguma Yoga Levels 1 + 2 with YSI
Yoga Sutra 1-4 courses with YSI
Hatha Yoga Pradipika 1-4 with YSI
Bhagavad Gita 1 with YSI
Sanskrit for Yogis with YSI
Yoga for Financial Abundance with YSI
Yoga for Negative Emotions with YSI
Foundations of Meditation with Michael Johnson
Foundations of Mantra with Michael Johnson
198 Day Challenge with Michael Johnson
Science of Stretching Coach with Yoga Body
Breath Coach with Yoga Body
Meridian Yoga I with Science of Self
Vegan Permaculture Design Certification course with Graham Bennett
Permaculture Design Certification course with Geoff Lawton
45 Day Temezcal Retreat