Guiding Wellness Institute was established as a brick and mortar business in 2016, but entrepreneur Kelsy Timas has been serving the military and first responder communities for the past 15 years with the motto “Live Well. Be Well.”

As an educational center, Guiding Wellness Institute has a greater reach within society. Guiding Wellness is a registered yoga school offering 200-hour and 300-hour Yoga Teacher Training, as well as continuing education classes for those registered with Yoga Alliance. The organization will graduate their 18th class of students this month from programs held in 3 different states. Over the past seven years, these trainings have resulted in hundreds of trained teachers all over the world. The yoga school takes a nervous system informed approach.

Kelsy Timas has a passion for teaching people about their nervous system, and how that relates to self-regulation. Timas said, “As adults, we have the responsibility of managing yet we do not equip people with self-regulation. When people come to our yoga classes, some people are learning how to regulate their nervous system for the first time.” For global populations in suffering, yoga provides a unique opportunity for collective growth.

From a holistic approach, Guiding Wellness offers flotation therapy. As a pioneer in the holistic world, the wellness center even participated in the first evidence-based trial. With the normalization of holistic health, Guiding Wellness offers individual services, such as RTM trauma therapy, and even provides corporate wellness training.

Guiding Wellness provides therapeutic massages that are customizable, offering cupping and hot stone within a recovery environment. The massages range from deep tissue to myofascial release and neuro muscular release. Massage can help with sleep and relieve pain. The price list for massages can be found on their website.

For the military community, Guiding Wellness offers a program designed to serve and support the unique needs of the military family through all seasons of the military life cycle from the family perspective. These seasons range from bootcamp to deployment, redeployment and retirement. The Military Advocacy Program, or M.A.P., is committed to creating access to immediate and long-term care with collaborative work to help service members and families. M.A.P. even offers Care for the Caregivers and discount wellness memberships for military, teachers and first responders.

With the Warrior’s Spirit, Guiding Wellness proudly offers free yoga classes for active and retired members of the armed forces as well as the military family. On Tuesday and Thursday from 11a.m. to 12 p.m., the studio hosts Mindful Movement Chair Yoga. On Friday mornings from 9:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., Timas facilitates Therapeutic Yoga Mat Class. These military yoga classes are adaptable and accessible. Manager and Yoga Instructor Julia Pillman said, “One class a week could change your life.”

Guiding Wellness is located at 143 Skateway Drive in Fayetteville. This is off Raeford Road near 71st High School. These class times and instructors are subject to change seasonally, so be sure to follow Guiding Wellness Institute on Facebook and Instagram. For more information on M.A.P. visit the website at https://guidingwellness.com/m-a-p/ and subscribe to the Be Well Podcast.

If you would like to learn more about services or would like to become an affiliate partner, please email the program advisor at MAP@guidingwellness.com.