Camp Mentors

devi hadsell is a dancer, yoga teacher, and movement guide with a background in theatre. with ten years of experience leading dance, yoga, and fitness throughout the bay area, she infuses her classes with a sense of play and a notoriously silly sense of humor. devi has completed over 700 hours of yoga teacher training and prioritizes integrity of alignment, integration of breath, and expression of soul in the offerings she facilitates. a glimpse of her experience with children - she has trained with the art of yoga project in trauma-sensitive movement guidance for teens, developed K-6th after-school dance programming for neurodivergent youth at tessellations school in cupertino, and led dance & yoga seminars for 4th/5th graders at san carlos charter learning center. emily (( owner of peacebank yoga )) & devi co-founded Movers + Makers last year with the intention of catalyzing joy, connection, & fun as well as sharing tangible tactics for release & regulation through a lens of yoga, creativity, playfulness, and collaboration.

alex sharry spent over a decade of summers as a camper and staff member at Becket YMCA, a historic sleep-away camp in the Berkshire Mountains. he credits his camp experience with shaping his values, his expressive & outgoing nature, and imparting life skills that serve him to this day. for Movers + Makers, alex plans and leads physical, artistic, and culinary activities designed to activate energy, excitement, and creativity.