Ray Crist
Founder of the Jaguar Path

Ray is a world-renowned visionary who offers his teachings from a deep well of knowledge of indigenous wisdom. He has been an apprentice and an initiate of the Q'ero Nations elders since 2006 and ever since has shared the ways of living with thousands of spiritual seekers. Ray has traveled the world and has spent the last three decades immersed in shamanism, various styles of yoga, Chinese medicine, and martial arts.  He has been offering workshops and trainings at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, NY Open Center, Yoga Journal, Blue Spirit, Bodhi Tree Yoga Resort, and other centers around the world. 

Nina Crist
Director of the Jaguar Path 

Since age 17, I have lived, breathed, studied, and taught the martial arts, learning the essence of each style: Karate, Aikido, Jiu-Jitsu, Tai Chi, Chi Gung, Kung Fu, and more. I am a black belt with the title of Master and as a keeper of this ancient wisdom, I am honored to share the beautiful practices with all who are drawn to them.

My teaching is inspired by my decades of traditional training in the martial arts and my intention is to make these ancient practices accessible to all.

It is my life’s work to peel back the layers of dogma and fear that surround this ancient wisdom so that people from all walks and all stages of life can benefit.

Barbara Vaccar
Organization Consultant

A compassionate and visionary leader, Dr. Barbara Vacarr has spent 30 years spearheading bold initiatives that inspire individuals and organizations to create meaningful change in the world.

 Barbara has been the CEO of Kripalu Center, President/CEO of Goddard College, and pioneered the PhD in Adult Learning and Human Development program at Lesley University. Her inclusive, uplifting approach to leadership has sparked profound paradigm shifts in workplace culture. 

 Barbara is an organizational consultant, a coach, an ordained interspiritual minister, and holds a PhD in psychology and human development. She sits on the boards of the Findhorn Foundation and the Berkshire Center for Social Justice and consults numerous mission-driven organizations. In her practice, Barbara facilitates embodied experiences that nurture presence, authenticity, gratitude, and awe—a sense of reverence for the magic and mystery of life.

Bridget LeRoy 
Mentor and Teacher

Bridget co-founded The East Hampton Independent in 1993, which became The Independent newspaper, and functioned as the arts editor and company president for the first seven years, returning as managing editor in 2015. During her tenure, she was the recipient of more than four dozen regional and national awards for journalism and editing. She has interviewed everyone from Steven Spielberg to Martha Stewart, from the Clintons to Julie Andrews, Linda Ronstadt to Jane Fonda. 


Bridget also co-founded CMEE, the Children's Museum of the East End. She bought, renovated, and ran the New London Inn from 2004 to 2010, and created the "Gnus of Gnu London" community art project, which raised money for an arts center in New Hampshire.  

Stacey Gibbons
Mentor and Teacher