IWD Summit 2025: Shakti Rising-A Celebration of Strength and Resilience

Stefanie Heider, MA, CYT, is a Yoga teacher, CEO, and Mentor. She lives in Germany and always was in love with learning more about cultures. In 2020 she graduated from university with a Master’s degree in cultural anthropology. Knowing that she wants to change her career path, she worked in Gran Canaria and started her first yoga teaching training while visiting Mexico. In 2021 she founded her own yoga business to support women with their holistic health and well-being. Since 2024 she supports self-employed women and founders in achieving their goals. The focus is on a cycle-oriented way of working that results in well-being and long-term success for female entrepreneurs. In addition to her experience as a CEO, she draws on her knowledge of yoga, life purpose coaching and cultural anthropology.

Tess Jewell-Larsen is a certified Yoga Therapist C-IAYT, Experienced Yoga Teacher E-RYT 500, Mindfulness Coach, and Somatic Healer. She empowers women professionals, entrepreneurs and juggling-it-all’ers to go from exhausted and overwhelmed to balanced and thriving. Tess also specializes in pelvic health and women’s health. She emphasizes breath support, mindful movement, stress management, nervous system resiliency, mindset and lifestyle shifts, and taking small steps that build up, so that her clients feel more joyful, balanced, and optimistic, and thrive no matter what obstacles come their way.

Candy Price is a wellness professional with over 20 years of healthcare experience. She specializes in adapting fitness and meditation classes so they are accessible, approachable, and enjoyable for all.  As a yoga teacher, her passion is to make yoga and other movement practices accessible and achievable for all.  Additionally, she loves to develop classes that work with people and their limitations so they can feel empowered while finding more ease in their bodies. Her credentials include: 200HR Yoga Teacher, Certified Personal Trainer NASM, Certified Pilates Instructor, and Associate of Science Degree.

Adrianne Lind, BA, MA, MSc, CYT is the host and organizer of Shakti Rising: 2025 International Women’s Day Summit. She is the Author of Wellness on the Weekly: 52 Fun Prompts For Mindfulness, Movement, and a Whole Lot Less Stress!, a Mindfulness Activist, Yoga Teacher, Meditation Guide, and host of the Yoga Saved Me Podcast. She founded Always Home Yoga to help humans manage their stress with mindfulness practices. She customizes programs to help others Grieve With Grace, Release the Shame and Anger Following Sexual Assault, and helps Women Over 50 Age Better. She volunteers as a Yoga Teacher with Veterans Yoga Project, is multi-award winning blogger, and a staunch overseas voter advocate.

Pheknyx J Ma’ri, known as The Agni Yogi, is a passionate healer, storyteller, and spiritual coach dedicated to guiding others through transformation and self-acceptance. Rising from the ashes of profound loss, homelessness, and trauma, she has reclaimed her power through yoga, meditation, and mindfulness. Now based in the Caribbean, she embodies resilience and reinvention, inspiring others to heal—even when it disrupts the expectations of those around them. As a writer, she weaves psychological and yogic wisdom into her works, including Combat to Life: From Soldier to Divine Feminine, blending personal experiences with Carl Jung’s theories to help women overcome shame, guilt, and doubt. Through her content creation, coaching, and storytelling, she reminds others that no explanation is necessary—only the courage to rise.