Our Training Team
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Elvi Orr
Elvi Orr was born in Estonia. She worked as a French teacher before she met Leonard Orr in 2008, started traveling with him, learning about Rebirthing Breathwork and other healing tools. They got married in 2009. It was a profoundly meaningful and enriching time to be sharing life and transformative experiences with this great man for 11 years.
Elvi now lives in Asheville, North Carolina. She is joyfully practicing Rebirthing Breathwork with individual clients and facilitating Rebirthing Retreats.
In 2019, she co-founded the Leonard D. Orr Foundation to preserve and continue sharing the life’s work and teachings of her late husband.
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Aaron Overstreet
Aaron Overstreet has been assisting people in self empowerment and spiritual healing for over two decades. He believes that we can attain ownership and mastery over our lives and experiences while working in conjunction with our higher selves.
Aaron’s business, Respire Breathwork, is based on the teachings of Leonard Orr. It encompasses Aaron’s deep understanding of the breath and his work as a healer and spiritual guide. His ongoing dedication to discovering the healing powers of the breath have led to this gentle yet powerful style of Breathwork.
Aaron studied directly with Leonard and has led trainings and workshops in Portland, Virginia and India. He has also co-facilitated the annual Breathwork training, “Return To The Sacred” in Sierraville, CA since 2003. Aaron is certified by Rebirthing Breathwork International.
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Kalyani (Colleen Buckman)
Kalyani, (Colleen Buckman), is a Holistic Healer, Nationally Touring Singer/Songwriter, Certified Rebirthing Breathwork Trainer/Practitioner, Certified Sufi Spiritual Healer, Teacher in the Shadhiliyya tariqa and Wellness Educator.
In her healing practice, Kalyani combines Integrative Medicine, Divine Wisdom, Ancient Yogic practices and Sufi healing to accelerate healing by balancing the heart, the mind, the body, and the spirit.
She has released three albums, including Fertile Ground, which weaves Sacred Chants and Conscious Music into a sonic landscape of funky grooves.
Kalyani is currently leading corporate wellness workshops, leading Rebirthing Breathwork Trainings, seeing private clients and touring and teaching all over the world.
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Deanna Reiter, MA
Deanna Reiter, MA, is a professional speaker who has helped individuals worldwide resolve personal issues through conscious breathing. She is a Rebirthing Breathworker, Certified Personal Trainer, Yoga, Pilates and Tai Chi Instructor, a USA Track & Field Certified Running Coach and a Master Trainer for the National Exercise Trainers Association.
She is the author of Qi Breathing: Ancient Practice for Modern Times, Dancing with Divinity: Positive Affirmations for Any Situation, The Nine Scoundrels: How to Recognize and Release Subtle Patterns of Sabotage, Running A to Z and How to Make More Money in the Fitness Industry.
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Laz Jefferson
For nearly two decades Laz Jefferson has been a Rebirthing Breathwork Practitioner. Certified by Leonard Orr, the founder of the Rebirthing movement. Laz works with individuals and groups as well as conducts seminars and workshops around the world. Weaving together his background in Rebirthing as well as his work as a Licensed Practitioner of Religious Science, a Corporate Trainer on (R) Evolutionary Strategies for Business for Epstein Technologies and a member of the live event Leadership Team for improvement guru Tony Robbins, Laz offers innovative methodologies to assist clients in embracing their higher self within and living a life of purpose.
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Susan Shehata
Susan Shehata is a Wellness Educator and Social Entrepreneur, who specializes in helping people Unstick their Story, by releasing the limiting beliefs that keep them stuck. She does that through speaking, writing, wellness services, educational programs, business masterminds and events.
Susan has been a Rebirthing Breathwork Practitioner since 2005, and works primarily with leaders, entrepreneurs and creatives to identify and unwind core wounds.
Susan’s writing has appeared in The Huffington Post and Elephant Journal, and her column, The Space Guru, has appeared in the Edge Magazine. www.SusanShehata.com