{"generatedAt":"2026-09-12T04:08:06.116Z","facilitators":[{"name":"Ashleigh Bicknell","category":"Somatics, Yoga","categories":["Somatics","Yoga"],"title":"Dance Alchemy®, Yoga, and Breathwork Facilitator","shortBio":"","longBio":"Here I have many more characters","photo":"ashleigh.webp","howToBook":"Visit my website to book!","contact":"ashleigh@healingnatur.com","website":"https://www.rising-wild.com/"},{"name":"Stephanie Coxey","category":"Fitness","categories":["Fitness"],"title":"Zumba® Instructor","shortBio":"","longBio":"Stephanie is","photo":"stephanie.webp","howToBook":"Check the Schedule for Zumba classes!","contact":"","website":""},{"name":"Merreley Donohue","category":"Somatics, Bodywork","categories":["Somatics","Bodywork"],"title":"Somatic Experiencing® Pratitioner and Certified Rolfer®","shortBio":"","longBio":"Description: With 25+ years of experience as a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner®, Certified Rolfer®, embodied meditation teacher, and coach, Merreley specializes in helping people build a new relationship with their nervous system — one that creates real, lasting change in daily life and relationships.\n\nShe is passionate about the intersections of body, mind, and healing. She loves helping people move out of survival mode and into a life that feels more whole, regulated, and alive. \n\nWhen she's not practicing, you'll find her dancing, skiing, foraging for wild plants, or tending her bees somewhere in the Chugach Mountains.\n\nMerreley's mission is to help you get to know your own nervous system — and give you the tools and support to work with it, not against it.","photo":"merreley.webp","howToBook":"Schedule a Somatic Experiencing Session","contact":"hello@merreleydonohue.com","website":"https://calendly.com/merreley/coaching-session"},{"name":"Heidi Donohue","category":"Bodywork","categories":["Bodywork"],"title":"Massage Therapist","shortBio":"Owner of Solstice Massage Therapy, offering Integrative Massage","longBio":"With over 20 years of massage and bodywork experience working both in private practice and in top luxury spas, Heidi offers deep tissue massage, sports massage, myofascial release, pre and postnatal massage, hot stone therapy, relaxation, injury recovery, and energy and chakra balancing. \n\nHeidi’s experience has ranged from helping professional athletes prepare for triathlons and big mountain expeditions to helping first time mama’s prepare for childbirth. She has been proudly serving the Valdez community for 4 years. \n\nLocated in the heart of Valdez, Alaska, Solstice Massage Therapy offers integrative massage by owner, Heidi Donohue.","photo":"","howToBook":"Call or text for an appointment.","contact":"530 277-2616","website":""},{"name":"Matthew Kress","category":"Bodywork","categories":["Bodywork"],"title":"Certified Advanced Rolfer™","shortBio":"","longBio":"Matthew Kress has been practicing in Valdez for over ten years, bringing a deep study of osteopathic assessment and treatment to the connective tissue system — viscera, joints, tendons, bursas, ligaments, and bones. He weaves this work into the foundational principles of Rolfing™: Wholism, Adaptability, Support, Connection, and Closure. \n\nMatt is obsessed with helping people move out of chronic pain and into increased function in gravity. He loves the mountains, his garden, and this community. To facilitate order, balance, harmony, and flow — with his clients and community. \n\nWhen he's not Rolfing™, you'll find Matt cultivating his garden, skiing powder, packrafting the local rivers — or catering at the civic center.","photo":"matt.webp","howToBook":"Contact Serendipity Rolfing™ Structural Integration","contact":"907-259-3797","website":""},{"name":"Leigh Lubin","category":"Yoga","categories":["Yoga"],"title":"Yoga and Meditation Teacher and Teacher Trainer","shortBio":"","longBio":"Leigh's love for the human body is infectious. She specializes in giving you the ability to know what you need and the skills and understanding you need to get there. Her 30+ years of experience help make the challenging or mundane approachable and playful through her devotion to wholeness and curiosity.\n\nYou will leave any class with Leigh feeling grounded, fluid, and confident and as she says: \"How you practice makes all the difference!\" \n\nWhen Leigh's not moving or meditating, you can find her outside playing in nature 🌿","photo":"leigh.webp","howToBook":"Website: Yoga Currents","contact":"","website":"https://yogacurrents.com/"},{"name":"Mia Sivilla","category":"Yoga","categories":["Yoga"],"title":"Yoga Instructor","shortBio":"","longBio":"Mia is passionate at helping you feel good and feel like you belong. She hosts community yoga Tuesday's at 5:45pm Upstairs at the Stampmill. \n\nWhen not teaching yoga or on another adventure you can find Mia working at The Stampill and leading Kareoke on Friday nights!","photo":"mia.webp","howToBook":"Check the Schedule for Mia's classes!","contact":"","website":""}],"events":[{"name":"Vinyasa Flow Yoga","instructor":"Mia","day":"Tuesday","time":"5:45 PM","duration":"60","category":"Yoga","price":"Donation-Based","recurrence":"Weekly","startDate":"4/7/2026","endDate":"5/23/2026","location":"The Stampmill - Upstairs","description":"Come Yoga with us.","rsvpLink":"","skipDates":[]},{"name":"Morning Yoga w/ Ashleigh","instructor":"Ashleigh","day":"Tuesday","time":"8:15 AM","duration":"60","category":"Yoga","price":"$5 - $20","recurrence":"Weekly","startDate":"8/25/2026","endDate":"10/13/2026","location":"Valdez Dance Studio","description":"Morning Yoga with Ashleigh. This class is pay what you can as it is meant to be an accessible space. All ages are welcome. Stay and sauna after (Yoga & Sauna reservation required)!","rsvpLink":"https://minside.periode.no/booking/KfCKgtHN5gQLAuil7Q4X/7EvUURyXZvVQ9ZsypAZO","skipDates":[]},{"name":"Form, Flow and Function","instructor":"Leigh Lubin","day":"Wednesday","time":"6:30 PM","duration":"60","category":"Yoga","price":"18","recurrence":"Weekly","startDate":"8/26/2026","endDate":"11/4/2026","location":"Civic center","description":"This class cultivates curiosity, strength, and mobility by focusing on connection, your individual ideal alignment, and awareness.\n\nForm Flow and Function has a little bit of everything. It usually emphasizes a specific theme to give you deeper access to your body and to cultivate new skills . Classes promote calm, joy, and ease. We will incorporate short simple flows (mini-vinyasa) that are accessible to all abilities as well as longer focused holds. Mini-vinyasas help connect our body and breath to help warm up, reset, and settle during class. Longer holds nurture body awareness.","rsvpLink":"https://yogacurrents.com/service/level-1-2/","skipDates":["10/21/2026 and a break until February"]},{"name":"Reconnect","instructor":"Ashleigh","day":"","time":"6:30 PM","duration":"60","category":"Special Workshop","price":"Donation-Based","recurrence":"Occassional","startDate":"9/10/2026","endDate":"","location":"tbd (you will receive it upon registration OR the day before)","description":"9/10 Workshop: Dance Alchemy®, a somatic movement based dance workshop that evolves into ecstatic dance.\n\nJoin us every 2nd and 4th Thursday to reconnect with community, movement, and each other.\n\nEach session features a different activity, often led by a guest facilitator.","rsvpLink":"https://minside.periode.no/booking/KfCKgtHN5gQLAuil7Q4X/jdEPe7VfiV4CHxF8QwKl","skipDates":[]},{"name":"ZUMBA","instructor":"Stephanie Coxey","day":"Thursday","time":"5:30 PM","duration":"1hr","category":"Fitness","price":"25","recurrence":"Weekly","startDate":"8/27/2026","endDate":"12/17/2026","location":"PWSC","description":"“Drop-in”, You pay as you go :)","rsvpLink":"","skipDates":["9/24/26-10/1/26"]}],"news":[{"date":"8/17/26","headline":"We Are Here!","body":"Please be paitent as we build out our site and resources, please see the calendar and bios for information on local facilitators and classes!","author":"Author","photos":[]}]}