Renee Heil

Travel is a means to explore ourselves through new experiences.

Renee is an adventure traveler willing to try anything at least once. She is also a personal trainer, yoga instructor, dive master, downhill ski instructor, and ocean sailor. These days you will find her on St. Croix, playing in the water or in the States, sharpening her hiking skills. Movement is her Mediation.

Yoga/Meditaion Specific

Renee has been practicing & teaching yoga for almost 25 years. As a 500-hour RYT and yoga studio owner, she teaches Ashtanga, Vinyasa, and Hatha yoga along with Meditation.. New and returning yogis are her passion. Movement is her Mediation.

Diving/Saling
Renee is a professional Dive Master in the U.S. Virgin Islands. She prefers her vis high, warm water, and fish colorful. When she is not shore diving, you can find her on a sailboat diving the Caribbean waters.

Skiing
Renee is downhill Children’s Ski Instructor. She loves sharing her love of the sport with the young and young at heart.

Hiking
Renee is a new/want-to-be backcountry hiker. Her goal: Section Hike the Appalachian Trail. Currently, she is gaining knowledge through workshops and training while testing and learning about the equipment needed. Not a rustic adventure, think of the lightest chairs and best electronic trail mapping and emergency beacons.

Additional

Renee is a lifelong learner and researcher by nature. With an MS in Clinical Exercise and a Ph.D. in Physical Activity Epidemiology, writing has been a constant in her life. She is excited to share her thoughts on the activities you love as part of the SlopeMagazine.com Team. If there is a new activity to learn, you can be sure she will be one of the first in line to try it; after she has researched the activity, the gear, and what to expect.