Randi Ragan, Green Living Expert

Formerly a documentary filmmaker and writer, Randi spent 12 years in the wellness industry as a yoga and meditation teacher, lecturer, spiritual retreat leader, and creator of customized healing ceremonies and rituals (1994-2006). Her teaching and workshops were featured at some of Los Angeles' top yoga studios, and she regularly counseled industry leaders from the worlds of entertainment, finance and business, and seniors' health care, with her yoga and meditation techniques. During these years, her work took her to top retreat centers and spas in Southern California, Hawaii, and Mexico.

Now, in addition to running the daily business of GB EcoSpa, Randi currently consults, writes, and speaks about green living, holistic beauty and health. (RecoveryView.com on holistic support for addiction recovery, Hot Mom's Club.com on green mothering issues, and Health and Wellness for CocoEco Magazine).

She has been a featured speaker at the annual BodyWise Conference for teen girls, and regularly speaks at both private and public Los Angeles area schools on "smart beauty" for teenage girls. She has been featured on the NBC program "Your LA" , on the Expert Village website, and in a video segment on Sprig.com. She was a principle organizer and Host speaker at the 2008 Urban Sustainability Retreat and Salon, a panelist at the First Anniversary Conference for Women of the Green Generation, and the Sustainable Business Council's forum on Green Health & Wellness. She is currently at work on a book about mindful green living from A to Z.

Randi's home and garden was featured in a photo essay for Sprig.com (Washington Post/Newsweek Group) about the greening up process she and her family have engaged in since is purchase 8 years ago. This process includes growing some of the flowers and herbs used in her company's spa treatments.