Spring Bios

Genuine Contact Spring Academy Instructor & Service Provider Biographies

Your instructors are experienced facilitators, committed to providing you with a safe and dynamic learning environment. Their experiential approach will provide you with the opportunity for a deep understanding of the topics they are so passionate about.

(For Workshop Leadership Team bios, click here.)

Your spa service providers are experienced, skilled and gifted, and working with them will add a deliciously nurturing dimension to your stay in North Georgia.

Joe Roberts email	Joe has been teaching making drums and drumming since the late 1980s. He has made over 1,500 drums in African, Middle Eastern, and Native American styles. He has studied with many wonderful teachers and was involved in a marimba band for a number of years. He has also been involved in men's work, and toured nationally with Shepherd Bliss, and they appeared on the Opra Winfrey Show. He lives in Asheville, NC, where he teaches percussion, leads drum making workshops, and is also a stonemason with his own business.
Sara Lewis Simply Sara Wellness	Sara has worked for over 20 years throughout South America, Eastern Europe and South Asia, focusing on improving maternal and child health through non-profit organizations and government health programs. She became a Health Counselor to fulfill her passion of teaching others how food can make a difference in health, and leads workshops on nutrition and health, cooking classes, and offers individual and group health counseling.
Rachel Assuncao Awakened Wellness	Rachel is your personal support for living an energized and passionate life. Whatever your concerns are, her job is to help you find which foods and lifestyle choices work best for you. A truly balanced approach to life incorporates things other than food that nourish you, including love, intimacy, enjoying your work, physical activity and time with friends and loved ones. As a Health Counselor, Rachel works with you to help find balance in all of these areas.
Caroline Lusky carolinelusky. nsedreams.com	Caroline has been teaching and working with energies for over 30 years. Skilled in areas of: Anti-Aging Technology, Brain Gym, Energy Clearing and Cleansing, Hypnotherapy, Inner-Speak, Intuitive Insight Readings, Reflexology and Ionic Footbaths, Scentergy Aromatherapy, and Usui & Karuna Ki Reiki. Her approach is a blended one, working with each individual to determine the best path for achieving health and balance.
Christina Law Awakening Balance	Christina has been teaching Yoga since 2000, and completed her 500 hours through PYC. She has had three children naturally, at home, in the water. She has educated prenatal partners in Yoga and natural birth awareness, and has attended births. She trained in Atlanta and Thailand in Thai Yoga Body Therapy. She lives in Blue Ridge, GA and is currently hosting workshops in a beautiful Yoga space that includes a massage room, sauna, hottub, and decks.
Liz Logan email	Liz and her husband Tom are the Facilities Managers, and they are coordinating the classes and spa services. Liz jumped at the chance to help make the Genuine Contact Spring Academy happen in her own backyard. She is looking forward to sharing the beautiful foothills of the Appalachian Mountains with everyone.