At Inside Passage Wellness we are excited to host guest facilitators that offer a variety of wellness practices to our community. Check back often to see who will be visiting!
Meet Jeff Noftz
Jeff (right) with his teacher Gabriel Chin (left), whom was a professor at Beijing University and later was involved in the University of Michigan’s Alternative Medical Studies Program . Jeff worked with Chin for over twenty years studying Qigong, Chinese Medicine and Tai chi.
Jeff was also the cycling national team coach at the Olympic Training Centers in Colorado Springs, Co. and Marquette, Mi. He taught Tai Chi for 25 years and has been coaching and working with folks for 50.
Jeff first fell in love with Ketchikan on a visit in the 60’s and for the past 15 years, has been making multiple trips per year to work with clients. He specializes on alignment, energy, and movement.
From April 9th-24th, Jeff will be seeing clients at Inside Passage Wellness. If you’d like to schedule an appointment, please call or text him at (248) 245-7050.
Meet Mollie Busby
Mollie Busby is a lineage-rooted Himalayan Kriya Yoga teacher, writer, and retreat leader who has taught and trained thousands of students and teachers worldwide over the past decade. After beginning her journey in vinyasa, her path led her to the Himalayas, where she immersed herself in the ancient teachings of Kriya, pranayama, meditation, subtle body anatomy, and yogic philosophy. Her teaching weaves these timeless practices with modern accessibility, making the energetics of yoga feel tangible and transformative for students of all levels.
Mollie lives fully off-grid above the Arctic Circle in Alaska’s Brooks Range — the “Himalayas of the Arctic” — where she and her husband, Sean, built Arctic Hive, a wilderness lodge and retreat center featured in Outside Magazine, USA Today, and Oprah Daily. Between leading retreats in the Arctic, she facilitates yoga teacher trainings, continuing education immersions, and an online membership platform that blends yogic wisdom, breathwork, kriya, meditation, and cosmic timing.
Ketchikan Class Offering…
The Power of Breath: A 2-hour Himalayan Kriya Experience for Spring Awakening
Date: Saturday May 9th
Time: 10:30am-12:30pm
Location: Inside Passage Wellness
Investment: $39
Description:
The Power of Breath: A 2-hour Himalayan Kriya Experience for Spring Awakening
The Power of Breath is a lineage-rooted practice with Himalayan Kriya Master Teacher Mollie Busby, designed to transform breath from something that “just happens” into a conscious ally in your movement, your practice and your life.
We’ll begin with a short talk exploring what prana actually is, how it moves through the subtle body, and why the way we breathe has such a profound influence on the nervous system, energy levels and clarity of mind. From there, we move into an experiential 75-minute practice that weaves breath into accessible kriya, dynamic yoga poses and intentional pranayama.
Don’t expect to sit and breathe for the whole class; be prepared to move! You’ll experience how breath organizes the body in motion. The practice gradually builds from steady, energizing techniques and mindful movement into deeper states of awareness before settling into a spacious, restorative wind-down.
This is the essence of the work: as awareness of the breath deepens, awareness of the body follows… and from there our patterns, habits and ways of moving through life begin to shift as well. This is what our yogic tradition calls “awakening” — and it’s accessible to each of us in every moment!
Expect a blend of education and direct experience — clear language you can understand paired with practices you can return to again and again. You’ll leave with practical tools to regulate your energy, steady your mind and bring conscious breathing into daily life.
Yoga teachers are eligible to earn Yoga Alliance CEUs for attending. Scholarships are available if the cost is burdensome — email mollie@yogahivestudios.com to apply.
Perfect for:
- Yogis wanting to deepen their relationship with breath beyond “inhale, exhale”
- Yoga teachers looking for fresh language and inspiration around cueing breath
- Anyone curious about the subtler side of yoga (you do not need to be a yoga teacher to attend!)
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