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Upon completing five years of service in the Israeli Navy Seals Unit, Kipi went on to study Wilderness Therapy. He worked with young offenders in Israel using sea and wilderness therapy as a treatment for a variety of issues, including substance abuse/addictions, depression, anxiety, ADD, ADHD, and motivation issues. His love and skill
Upon completing five years of service in the Israeli Navy Seals Unit, Kipi went on to study Wilderness Therapy. He worked with young offenders in Israel using sea and wilderness therapy as a treatment for a variety of issues, including substance abuse/addictions, depression, anxiety, ADD, ADHD, and motivation issues. His love and skill for working with youth grew and he went on to work with some of the world's leading youth empowerment programs in the US including Pacific Quest in Hawaii and Open Sky Wilderness Therapy in Colorado. Kipi co-homeschools his daughters with his wife Selena.
Brandy is collaborating with Organic Roots to support the education plan, implementation of curriculum, and also to teach yoga to the learners in the educational programs. She grew up camping along the Eastern Seaboard with her family, playing on her grandparents farm, leading camps at church and the YMCA, and earning a 2nd degree green b
Brandy is collaborating with Organic Roots to support the education plan, implementation of curriculum, and also to teach yoga to the learners in the educational programs. She grew up camping along the Eastern Seaboard with her family, playing on her grandparents farm, leading camps at church and the YMCA, and earning a 2nd degree green belt in Karate. She holds an NK-5 Virginia Teaching License; Master's Degree in Education; and Gifted Endorsement. Brandy is a certified children's yoga teacher.
Starting in the pharmaceutical sector, she made significant contributions to research and operations management for renowned companies like Schering Plough, Merck, and Jones Lang LaSalle. Her expertise extended to clinical research, collaborating with esteemed institutions like Flatley Discover Lab and MIT.
While living in Maryland, Krist
Starting in the pharmaceutical sector, she made significant contributions to research and operations management for renowned companies like Schering Plough, Merck, and Jones Lang LaSalle. Her expertise extended to clinical research, collaborating with esteemed institutions like Flatley Discover Lab and MIT.
While living in Maryland, Kristine explored her creative side with ceramics, glasswork, and metal casting while attending multiple colleges for Agriculture, Botany, Business management, and accounting.
She settled in Virginia after her husband's retirement, and her passion for beekeeping thrived. As a certified Virginia Master Beekeeper, she is currently president of the Tidewater Beekeepers Association and actively volunteering for the Virginia State Beekeepers Association as their webmaster. She has taught children at various elementary schools about honey bees.
A new turning point in her journey emerged when she discovered yoga at Organic Roots. Fuelled by a deep determination to embrace a yogic lifestyle and share its profound transformative benefits, she is eagerly looking forward to embarking on yoga teacher training in 2024.
Over the past decade, Selena has taught thousands of hours of yoga, taught yoga students how to become yoga teachers, helped hundreds of people the world through her podcast, "From Overwhelmed to Fulfilled", coached women while they are changing their lives, founded the non-profit organization Organic Roots Academy that supports a nature-
Over the past decade, Selena has taught thousands of hours of yoga, taught yoga students how to become yoga teachers, helped hundreds of people the world through her podcast, "From Overwhelmed to Fulfilled", coached women while they are changing their lives, founded the non-profit organization Organic Roots Academy that supports a nature-based innovative style of education for children, and spends lots of time enjoying life.
Cynthia, a life long learner from
NJ, is so happy to spend time with us during our inaugural year at ORA! After studying psychology and human development in college and beyond, she has worked with children ever since. She has lived in Hampton Roads for 22 years, raising 5 active children. And she is soon to be an empty nester. An inspired
Cynthia, a life long learner from
NJ, is so happy to spend time with us during our inaugural year at ORA! After studying psychology and human development in college and beyond, she has worked with children ever since. She has lived in Hampton Roads for 22 years, raising 5 active children. And she is soon to be an empty nester. An inspired yoga instructor, she loves teaching yogis of all ages. She's sharing her enthusiasm for children with the students, parents and teachers at our forest school.
Selena is the founder of Organic Roots Academy, founder of Yoga For Suffolk, Co-founder of Organic Roots, LLC, and mother of three daughters. She and her husband Tzvi “Kipi” Kipnis, are on a mission to provide holistic education to their daughters and other children in the community who will thrive in an outdoor learning environment. Sele
Selena is the founder of Organic Roots Academy, founder of Yoga For Suffolk, Co-founder of Organic Roots, LLC, and mother of three daughters. She and her husband Tzvi “Kipi” Kipnis, are on a mission to provide holistic education to their daughters and other children in the community who will thrive in an outdoor learning environment. Selena and Kipi are currently working to transition their family farm to USDA organic and create a healthy hub for food security in their community.
Mary Haddad is President and Co-founder of the Lou and Mary Haddad Foundation, founded in 1999. Moreover, in 35 years of not-for-profit work, Mrs. Haddad has led efforts on boards or committees for organizations such as: Suffolk Foundation, Chesapeake Bay Academy, Obici Healthcare Foundation, Women’s Impact Fund, Oakland Christian Churc
Mary Haddad is President and Co-founder of the Lou and Mary Haddad Foundation, founded in 1999. Moreover, in 35 years of not-for-profit work, Mrs. Haddad has led efforts on boards or committees for organizations such as: Suffolk Foundation, Chesapeake Bay Academy, Obici Healthcare Foundation, Women’s Impact Fund, Oakland Christian Church, State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV), Old Dominion University Board of Visitors, WHRO, Fun Forest playground, and others. Mary is the recipient of local and regional awards due to her not-for-profit involvement.
Mrs. Haddad graduated summa cum laude from Hampton University (HBCU), and holds a Master’s Degree in Organizational Leadership from Gonzaga University. She and her husband, Lou, travel to view wildlife and interesting cultures. As an avid photographer Mary makes travel books for her family.
Lou and Mary agree that their most important accomplishment is as parents of four adult children who they happily reared (with a large assortment of dogs) at their Suffolk home.
Brandy has served her community as an educator for 27 years. She has taught first, second, and third grade in public schools for eighteen years and served as the Gifted Identification Specialist for nine. Her passion for nature and desire to inspire and empower youth to reach their full potential have led her to the woodland-farm campus
Brandy has served her community as an educator for 27 years. She has taught first, second, and third grade in public schools for eighteen years and served as the Gifted Identification Specialist for nine. Her passion for nature and desire to inspire and empower youth to reach their full potential have led her to the woodland-farm campus of Organic Roots Academy.
She received her Bachelor's degree from Christopher Newport University and her Master's Degree with gifted endorsement from Cambridge College. Brandy is a registered yoga teacher, children's yoga teacher, and entrepreneur who runs a successful yoga retreat business, Wildwood Yoga.
She and her husband, Brian, enjoy spending time at their home in the country, traveling abroad, and receiving kisses from their Boxer puppies, Phoebe and Mack.
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