ABOUT US
Leslie Ayers is a USA swimming certified coach. She holds a level 4 American Swim Coach Association certification, former Total Immersion Coach, and the head coach for the Rockbridge County High School swim team. In 2005 she spearheaded the fundraising and building of what is now the Rockbridge Aquatics Center. Under her management the Aquatic Center offers swim teams, summer camps, lifeguard certification, and opportunities for swimmers of all ages to participate in water fitness. She has created and implemented the Rockbridge Aquatics Center swim lesson curriculum that has helped hundreds of children in Rockbridge County become water safe.
Caroline Coons was a student of the Advanced Studies/Teacher Training program at the Iyengar Yoga Institute in San Francisco from 2006 until completion in 2008. In 2008 she received her first level accreditation as an Iyengar teacher. Her love of yoga got started in Dharmkot, India in 1996.
Amy Jarrett has been practicing yoga for 16 years. In October of 2015, she became certified through Grounded Kids Yoga, and since then, has been teaching kids and teen yoga at Center of Gravity, Rockbridge High School, Yellow Brick Road, Shenandoah Preschool, Providence III Preschool, and EarthSong Montessori School. She is also a preschool teacher at Shenandoah. Amy obtained her 200 hour yoga certification at the end of April, 2018.
Michael Poole has 3 years guiding experience beginning with the bilingual youth corps of the Utah Conservation Corps and most recently with Aspiro Wilderness Therapy company as the lead for their Autism group. Currently he teaches at EarthSong Community School in Lexington.
Caroline Coons was a student of the Advanced Studies/Teacher Training program at the Iyengar Yoga Institute in San Francisco from 2006 until completion in 2008. In 2008 she received her first level accreditation as an Iyengar teacher. Her love of yoga got started in Dharmkot, India in 1996.
Amy Jarrett has been practicing yoga for 16 years. In October of 2015, she became certified through Grounded Kids Yoga, and since then, has been teaching kids and teen yoga at Center of Gravity, Rockbridge High School, Yellow Brick Road, Shenandoah Preschool, Providence III Preschool, and EarthSong Montessori School. She is also a preschool teacher at Shenandoah. Amy obtained her 200 hour yoga certification at the end of April, 2018.
Michael Poole has 3 years guiding experience beginning with the bilingual youth corps of the Utah Conservation Corps and most recently with Aspiro Wilderness Therapy company as the lead for their Autism group. Currently he teaches at EarthSong Community School in Lexington.
OUR MISSION
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At Camp Reach, we bring awareness to ourselves, others and the environment through yoga, swimming, cooperative games and community service.
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HISTORY
Caroline Coons and Amy Jarrett began teaching summer yoga camps together at the Center of Gravity in 2016. In 2018 they were offered to run their yoga camp under the umbrella of the Camp Play LLC. As Camp Reach in 2018 with Michael Poole they added the element of community service. In 2019, Caroline, Amy and Michael joined a full collaboration with Leslie Ayers and the Healthy Bodies Camp at the Rockbridge Aquatics Center! The core principal of play is central to the experience of the camp. The total experience through play is to reach within to know one's own body/mind configuration, then to reach out to realize how to help others and the environment. Yoga and water play, cooperative games, an engaging community service gardening project for Heritage Hall, and nutrition and healthy eating will all be highlighted again in this year's 2020 camp.
