Our Team
We're so proud to introduce you to the beautiful people that make up the Little Earth team. We believe that these guides and teachers are what make our group special. Each person you see here has a deep and loving relationship with our living world, allowing them to offer unique and magical perspectives on personal practice and relationship to place. Our years of friendship with one another create group chemistry that allows trip participants a deep level of ease and comfort knowing that they are being cared for by a family.
Jonny Rodgers
Co-Founder
Forest Therapy Guide
RYT 200 Yoga Teacher
Naturalist
Wilderness First Responder
Jonny has been working in outdoor education since 2014 and has run his own outdoor service-learning program for a private school in Los Angeles since 2016. During this time he gained his certification as a yoga instructor (200 RYT), a certificate in Applied Mythology from Pacifica Graduate Institute, an award in service-learning from the Educators Consortium on Service-Learning, and in 2021 earned his certification, alongside co-founder Daniel, as a Forest Therapy Guide from the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy.
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Jonny's gentle and playful energy, as well as his love and enthusiasm for the more than human world, are infectious, encouraging trip participants to truly awaken to the full experience of being alive on this planet.
Daniel Kasal
Co-Founder
Forest Therapy Guide
Wilderness EMT
Daniel has been planning and facilitating outdoor adventures professionally since 2016. Leveraging his 10 years of experience as a firefighter and Wilderness EMT to ensure the safety and wellness of all participants. He is a certified forest therapy guide whose curiosity and wonder in outdoor spaces is rivaled only by his warmth and good humor.
Daniel's well-grounded energy allows participants to feel safe and secure, opening up pathways for growth and healing.
