Class Descriptions & Faculty
Friday, June 17 |
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Morning PaddleMichael White Friday, June 17 at 7 - 9 AM |
Handful of Quiet: A Pebble MeditationMartha Rouleau Friday, June 17 at 8-8:45 AM |
Your Instructors
Cindy Crace
Cindy grew up as a competitive collegiate tennis player and youth tennis coach. She took a break from competitive athletics to enjoy the "sport" of raising two wonderful sons. She later returned to tennis but developed a case of tennis elbow that progressed to the point where she could no longer hold a tennis ball. Seeking alternatives to cortisone shots or surgery led her to hot yoga which helped cure her tennis elbow, gave her an increased appreciation for holistic wellness, and rejuvenated her coaching spirit. After years of yoga teaching experience, Cindy was deeply affected by her mother-in-law’s deteriorating health. She utilized therapeutic yoga techniques to assist her mother-in-law’s debilitating pain. This experience inspired Cindy to focus on Yoga Therapy Training and she acquired her 300-hour Yoga Therapy designation through Inner Peace Yoga Therapy, a program accredited by the International Association of Yoga Therapists. With over 5,000 hours of teaching experience as a yoga educator and yoga therapist, she is versed in Chronic Pain, Anxiety, Depression and Trauma, Functional Yoga Therapy, and Cancer Mentoring. Cindy is the Director and founder of Shanti Garudasana Yoga School, she is committed to providing quality yoga education for students at W&M and the Williamsburg community. She loves outdoor sports and most weekends she can be found with her husband on the James River sculling. She's been married for 35 years with two grown sons and a zoo of pets.
Bill Glose
Bill Glose is a combat veteran and former paratrooper. He has written hundreds of articles for magazines, including Army Times, Virginia Living, and The Writer, and stories, poems, and essays for literary journals, including The Missouri Review, The Sun, and Narrative Magazine. He also has taught creative writing and poetry at writers’ conferences, colleges, high schools, prisons, and pretty much anywhere else with an inquisitive audience. In 2011 he was named the Daily Press Poet Laureate and in 2017 he was featured by NPR on The Writer’s Almanac. His fifth book of poetry (Postscript to War) was a finalist for the Library of Virginia Book Award. Other honors include the F. Scott Fitzgerald Short Story Award and the Dateline Award for Excellence in Journalism. His website includes a page of helpful information for writers, www.billglose.com.
Jenny Call
Jenny Call joined the Health & Wellness team at William & Mary in December 2020 as a Wellness Professional. She is a national board-certified health and wellness coach and previously served as a chaplain for 17 years. Jenny is a W&M alumna (’99) and is passionate about cultivating a community of care focused on flourishing, equity, and belonging through supporting employee wellbeing, promoting self-care, and expanding the spiritual and occupational wellness offerings of our campus.
Jenny Dunfee
Jenny has been a member of the William & Mary Campus Recreation Team since July 2004. She is certified as a Personal Trainer and Exercise Physiologist through the American College of Sports Medicine and as a Group Fitness Instructor through the American Council on Exercise. Jenny also holds numerous group fitness certifications, including Body Pump, Spinning, TRX and Yoga.
Martha Rouleau
Martha was a committed public school science educator and assistant principal in Connecticut for over 31 years in the role as a science and math teacher, department chair, and as a middle school Assistant Principal before relocating to Virginia in 2018. Trained initially as a marine biologist, Martha’s love of science drew her to explore the field of mindfulness in 2007. Martha has completed coursework in trauma-sensitive mindfulness, mindful leadership, mindful communication, and compassionate integrity. She holds Qualified Teacher Status for UMASS Medical School’s Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction. With mindful movement becoming an essential component of her mindfulness training, she completed a 200-hour Yoga Alliance yoga teacher training in 2016. In 2021, Martha completed WellCoaches Certified Health and Well-Being Coach through The National Board for Health and Wellness. Currently, Martha serves as an Adjunct Lecturer for Mindfulness Mediation at W&M and the University of Virginia School of Education and Human Development. Additionally, she offers support for students, staff, and faculty with resiliency building through varied mindfulness programming at both institutions. Martha’s passion is to support others, through mind/body awareness, as they cultivate skills to live life with enhanced wellbeing, compassion, and connection to self, others, and life. Martha believes in everyone’s innate capacity to tap into their inner compass, through awareness, as they navigate life with focus, clarity, and presence.
Michael White
Michael serves W&M as an Assistant Director of Campus Recreation overseeing the Tribe Adventure Program. With nearly 25 years of experience in leading outdoor adventure programs in the field and in the classroom, his career has led him to lead as an American Canoe Association instructor, rock climbing instructor, low and high ropes course facilitator. Michael has extensively backpacked on four continents, managed a fly fishing guide service in southern Utah, enjoyed SCUBA diving the limestone caverns of FL, instructed wilderness survival skills throughout the U.S., led mountaineering expeditions in the North Cascades of WA, Mt. Kenya and Mt. Kilimanjaro, and led adventure-based tourism experiences in Costa Rica, Belize, Kenya, Tanzania, and throughout Europe.
He has also served as the Director of the Adventure Based Leadership Education Center and as Director of Continuing Education and Economic Development at Darton State College Albany GA, and as the Director for the Center for Adventure and Leadership Development at Garrett College, McHenry MD, teaching at Christopher Newport University, Wageningen University in the Netherlands, Darton State College, Garrett College and Frostburg State.
Patti DeBlass
Patti DeBlass is an E-RYT 500, C-IAYT Yoga therapist, and Certified Personal Trainer with specialty training in Yoga for Seniors from Duke Integrative Medicine, Yin Yoga, PTSD-Traumatic Stress and Therapeutic Yoga. She is a graduate of Inner Peace Yoga Therapy in Durango, Colorado under the direction of Michele Lawrence. Her emphasis is on chronic pain, cancer, depression, stress/anxiety, trauma, and grief. She has had the pleasure of studying yoga and yoga philosophy with Mark Whitwell, Nischala Joy Devi, Amy Weintraub, Leslie Kaminoff, Durga, Maria Mendola, Antonio Sausys, Carol Krukoff, Kimberly Carson and Sarah Powers, and Bernie Clark. Patti is certified in Functional Yoga Therapy and weaves function and strength into most of her classes. To date, her training and teaching hours exceed over 10,000 hours. She specializes in teaching unique populations. She enjoys the challenge of creating group classes to suit her individual student’s needs physically, mentally, and spiritually.
Sarah Balascio
Sarah is a registered board-certified art therapist with a master's degree in education and in art therapy. She is an adjunct lecturer and facilitates groups at the McLeod Tyler Wellness Center here at William & Mary. She offers students the opportunity to express themselves through the arts in a supportive mindful environment. All are welcome in Sarah's classes and no experience is necessary, just a willingness to experiment!
Terry Fassanella
Howdy fitness enthusiasts! I've been a group fitness instructor for over ten years and currently instruct a variety of classes including Les Mills BodyPump (a cardio weightlifting class) and Les Mills GRIT (a 30-minute high-intensity interval training class).
My fitness philosophy: You know your body best. Work hard and have fun but know your limit and when enough becomes too much. Ask for help. Support your classmates. This is what makes group fitness so exciting and inspiring.
