Bend Into Balance

Peter Geiser is a 4th Generation Oregonian and Bend resident for over 50-years. Married to Maureen Sweeney for 45-years and proud father of a son raised in Bend. 30-year Professional Career as a Certified Financial Planner (CFP). Extensive history serving on 501(c)(3) boards, advisory committees and fundraising initiatives. Founding Board Member of The Environmental Center & 35-years of Board...

Kelley Salber is an artist, wellness entrepreneur and  the co-founder with her husband, Richard, of Epic Energy Centers in Bend, Oregon. With a lifelong passion for frequency, the arts, and quantum physics (what she calls the science of the unseen), she helps people break the exhausting pattern of constant busyness, stress, and physical depletion. Using The Light System™, Kelley provides an enviro...

Kevin Kraft is a multidisciplinary wellness practitioner, musician, and author dedicated to fostering holistic well-being through sound, vibration and mindfulness. He is the sounder and founder of Soundshala ( www.soundshala.com ), an integrative wellness platform offering a unique curriculum that blends Kriya Yoga, music, meditation, journaling, breathwork, and sound therapy to promote mental cla...

Ben Dullum is a physical therapist and local outdoor enthusiast. Originally from Minnesota, he has been living in Bend for over 10 years where he works at the local hospital in the ICU and also at a breathing focused outpatient clinic, Academy West Breathing Performance. When not working, you will find Ben skate skiing when weather allows or trail running. He has run the marathon distance over 300...

Christopher Russell , PA-C, is the co-founder and owner of Elevation Family Health in his hometown of Bend, Oregon. With over 25 years in healthcare, including eight years as a medical director, Chris brings extensive experience in internal, family, and community medicine. He is passionate about making healthcare more personal and helping patients find wholeness in mind, body, and spirit. Guided b...

A lifelong Oregonian, Jake Metolius Waits has called Bend home for many years. He has spent the past 14 years working as an emergency room doctor, a career that has given him a front-row seat to the humor, heartache, resilience, and occasional absurdity of being human. More recently, Jake has turned to creativity and writing as a new adventure. Under the pen name Metolius Rox, he is the author of...

With ski racing parents from Vermont and Oregon it was no wonder skiing became easier than walking for Tommy. Mt Bachelor was the playground where he grew. Soon after finishing public high school Tommy simultaneously joined the US Ski Team and Dartmouth College. After a couple of years of competing in DH, SG, GS and SL on the World Cup and at the 2010 Olympics, Tommy broke his femur. During his re...

Laura Evenglow, LCSW, is a trauma therapist, educator, and creator of the Unconscious Mind Technique. Her work is built on a simple belief: our symptoms are not random. They are messages pointing toward something unresolved. After years of working with trauma survivors, Laura developed the Unconscious Mind Technique to help people move beyond coping strategies and access the unconscious patterns t...

Jon Paul Crimi’s journey began at rock bottom. Struggling with addiction, he reached a point where life felt unmanageable, and traditional approaches offered little relief. Sobriety became his first breakthrough, but it was a Breathwork class that completely transformed his life. The experience was so profound that he knew he had to share it with others. What started as a personal healing practice...

John O’Sullivan is the founder of Changing the Game Project, an organization dedicated to helping coaches, parents, schools, and youth sport organizations give sports back to our kids and put a little more “play” in “play ball.” He is a former collegiate and professional soccer player and has coached for more than 30 years on the youth, high school, and collegiate levels. John has written three in...

Dorian Adam, founder of Embark Fitness, is a former collegiate athlete and experienced fitness and longevity coach specializing in TRX training, strength development, and functional fitness. His coaching philosophy combines athletic performance principles with evidence-based training strategies to help clients move better, get stronger, and live healthier lives.  For more information please visit:...

18-year-old, Nathaniel (Natty) Perullo discovered climbing at the age of 7. He won his first national at age of 9, and has been competing ever since. Natty is currently the Under 19 US National Champion and competes for the US National Team. Excelling in both bouldering and lead climbing, he has rapidly emerged as one of the nation's most promising young athletes in competitive climbing. Natt...

In this episode host Adriana Marino sits down with Andy Sabatier, Doctor of Physical Therapy, speaker, and educator. Andy is the founder of Academy West Breathing Performance in Bend, Oregon, and brings a unique perspective shaped by his experience working in intensive care, athletics, and movement science. He shares how a pivotal realization about dysfunctional breathing transformed both his clin...

Holly Ladd is a Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach and Nationally Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach. Holly draws on her experience and education in teaching and communication to work with her clients to help them uncover the root cause of why they can’t make the changes they are looking for and to support them in finding their personal pathway to their health and wellness visions....

In this episode of Bend Into Balance, Adriana sits down with Willis, founder of The Loving Fungi, to explore his path toward understanding the deeper relationship between human health and the intelligence of plants and fungi. Willis shares how a lifetime of curiosity, experimentation, and lived experience has shaped his role as a self-described alchemist, dedicated to helping others reconnect with...

In this episode of Bend into Balance, Adriana Marino sits down with Dr. Sonja Halsey, a naturopathic physician, performance coach, and founder of EmpowerHer Health & Performance, to explore the powerful connection between hormones and athletic performance. Dr. Halsey shares how her work with young female athletes—from USA Hockey to international training camps—is helping shift the conversation...

In this episode of Bend Into Balance, Adriana Marino sits down with Steven Dobson, founder of Dobson Strength Rehab & Performance, to explore a smarter, more holistic approach to movement, recovery, and resilience. A doctor of physical therapy and strength coach based in Bend, Steven shares how his own injury journey led him to rethink traditional rehab—and ultimately build a practice centered...

In this episode of Bend Into Balance, Adriana Marino sits down with Lisa Tynan, founder of Step Into Stillness, a certified sound healer and yoga teacher based in Bend. Lisa shares her personal journey from Montessori educator to sound practitioner, exploring how meditation, music, and mindfulness helped her navigate ADHD and ultimately led her to create a practice centered on stillness, self awar...

In this episode of Bend Into Balance, Adriana Marino sits down with Dr Kevin Jones, Medical Director for Flow Wellness LLC, to explore the evolving intersection of medicine and wellness in Central Oregon. With a background in emergency medicine and years working at St Charles, Dr Jones shares how his experience in high stress clinical settings led him toward a more proactive approach to health thr...

In this episode of Bend Into Balance, Adriana Marino sits down with Dr. Bruce Becker, a nationally recognized physician and lifelong swimmer, to explore the profound physical and mental benefits of water. From rehabilitation and chronic illness to stress relief and longevity, Dr. Becker explains why aquatic movement is uniquely powerful across every stage of life. Drawing on decades of clinical ex...

In this episode of Bend Into Balance, Adriana Marino sits down with Beth Mishler, a Certified Ayurvedic Health Counselor and founder of Tula Ayurveda, to explore the foundations of Ayurveda and what it means to live in rhythm with your body. Beth shares her personal journey into holistic health, how ancient Ayurvedic wisdom reshaped her own well‑being, and why balance, not restriction, is at the h...

In this episode of Bend Into Balance, host Adriana Marino sits down with Loren Mahaffey, a longtime yoga educator and licensed massage and bodywork therapist whose work bridges eastern and western understandings of the body. Loren shares her journey from competitive athletics and early injury into a lifelong practice of yoga, bodywork, and anatomy-based teaching, shaped by decades of study and han...

In this episode of Bend Into Balance, host Adriana Mariño sits down with Alli Jorgensen, Fitness Supervisor at Bend Parks and Recreation, to explore the vital role public fitness spaces play in individual wellbeing and community health. With more than 30 years of service at Bend Parks and Recreation, Alli shares her personal journey into fitness and how movement, connection, and accessibility have...

In this episode of Bend Into Balance, host Adriana Mariño sits down with Dr. Matthew Ingrassia, an internal medicine physician and owner of a private primary care practice in Bend. Dr. Ingrassia shares his journey from hospital medicine to building a patient centered practice rooted in prevention, connection, and whole person care. Together, they explore a holistic approach to health that goes bey...

In this episode of Bend Into Balance, host Adriana Mariño sits down with Blair Nicol, co‑owner of StretchLab Bend, to explore the often‑overlooked role of stretching in long‑term health, mobility, and vitality. Blair shares how bringing StretchLab to Bend was inspired by the community’s active lifestyle and a desire to offer a simple, effective way for people of all ages to keep doing what they lo...