UCAN MOVE CREATE & MEDITATE 

Christina is an Entrepreneur Business Coach and the founder/director of the non-profit organization Soul Lyft; the mother organization of the -UCAN.WORKS, UCAN.STUDIOS, and UCAN.KIDS a Co-Creative Studio & Agency. Christina's desire to support artists was rooted in her childhood experiences from growing up in a strict cult. As a young child, she was prohibited from celebrating birthdays, Christmases, and engaging with activities and relationships with children outside the cult. As a young child, Christina wanted to dance and become a ballerina. She was told she ‘could not”. At the age of 16, Christina broke free from the cult. Her passion for freedom of choice fueled her future journey to entrepreneurship, where for decades she has turned her dreams and passions into lucrative businesses. Christina’s diverse background includes; created, developed, and pitched TV show concepts for Warner Brothers Studio and other production companies. Christina is the Associate Producer of a Sag feature film that won the Oregon Film Awards in 2019. Christina is the Founder and Creative Director of Biggirlpantsmedia.com where she and her excellent team enjoy helping individuals and companies launch brands and commercial video productions. Christina is also a Licensed Health Care Professional in the field of Esthetics and statewide Lash Technician trainer with over 15 years of experience as a leader in the beauty/health industry. Christina is passionate about creativity, but most of all she loves teaching and guiding her students to follow their hearts and live life to the fullest. “How does she do it,” you ask? She is passionate about living a healthy lifestyle, spending time with her family, practicing meditation, yoga, biomechanics, and is an avid dancer. Christina now instructs business classes and workshops along with her daughter Brooke (MBS Movement Specialist) at UCAN.WORKS -Move, Create & Meditate in Sonoma County, where her expert team devotes themselves to guidin

Brooke holds a BA in Psychology & Theology from City College of New York As a Movement Specialist, her training includes certification in Kundalini Yoga, Pilates, Functional Patterns, Anatomy Trains, and Transformational Life Coaching. She has been teaching and leading for 10 years. She is a co-founder of a non-profit “UCAN” Move, Create & Meditate Wellness Studio in Santa Rosa. She encourages postural, emotional, and spiritual awareness through various modalities of movement and meditation for her clients, classes, and workshops. When Brooke isn’t coaching, she appreciates the beauty of nature and spending time with lovely little Ayla. Brooke cares about sharing her gifts & aligning the body with the spirit. Practicing quality self-care, weight lifting, dancing, prayer, and meditation are some of the ways she is balancing mind, body & spirit in her life today.

Dawn Carroll is the Advocacy & Project Director at UCAN WORKS, a Certified Wildlife Conservationist, a mother of 3, and a grandmother to 5. She is currently developing an upcoming event for UCAN- ‘Experiencing the Arts in Wine Country 2021.’ and currently teaches ‘Save the Wild World Conservation Class.’ She has a well-rounded background as a former co-owner of Fifth St Light Concert House, an office manager & accountant for a large corporation and treatment center, an animal keeper at Safari West Wildlife Preserve, and a life coach for people that suffer from co-occurring disorders. Dawn has thoroughly enjoyed being a part of the dance community for over 25 years as a dancer, manager, costume designer, and her favorite position, a dance mom. She has been in the music industry for 15 years as an entrepreneur and talent director. Dawn is very passionate about advocating for the arts and dedicated to nurturing and keeping the arts alive within our community. She believes that crea

Danielle has been teaching contemporary, hip-hop, jazz & tap for the past 11 years in Sonoma County & works as a contemporary company director. She has a sweet spirit, strong technique & loves sharing her passion for dance with her students. It all started at the tender age of 3 in Fremont, CA. By 5 she was competing in her first tap & jazz solos. Performing has taken her to South Korea, Washington DC, New York, Colorado & San Francisco. Excited to get out on her own she attended college in Santa Monica where she majored in Dance, go figure. She especially enjoyed dancing for Shadow Optix & Secret Society hip-hop performing groups. The Inner Actions hip-hop group was the most rewarding, performing for teens with a positive message of “Prevention through Inspiration.” When she isn’t teaching, she is a full-time mom to three children. Her Hobbies include taking on home improvement projects and co-leading a “Mom’s with Kid’s Group.”

UCAN.WORKS is not just a Co-Creative Movement & Wellness Studio, it is where people become fitter and stronger. It’s a state of mind, a new fashion of community. A mission to move from Master to Mastery. This is a place where entrepreneurs, artists & leaders are born.

“It is my desire to grant opportunities for individuals to gain a greater understanding of human anatomical structure through breath and visualization techniques, and focused intention; thus cultivating a deeper mind-body connection that will assist students to develop a personal and sustainable yoga practice.” -MB “Cultivating body awareness is a personal journey. My goal is to nurture that journey to the best of my abilities in order to support the natural and authentic patterns of one body-transforming through the intrinsic phenomenon of breath-linked movement, yoga” -MB