Outdoor Women by Jo Proia

Educating, Empowering and Exciting Women About the Outdoors

At Outdoor Women by Jo Proia, our mission is to educate, empower and excite women about the outdoors whether kayaking, stand up paddleboard, hiking, camping, riding, shooting and so much more.

Our goals include fulfilling our mission via kayaking, stand up paddleboarding (SUP), hiking, kayak camping, SUP camping, backpacking, handling horses, horseback riding, horse camping, target shooting, rock climbing, outdoor yoga, flora and fauna ID, geological and archaeological learning, basic survival skills, animal tracks ID, Leave No Trace Outdoor Ethics, meditative silence while adventuring in nature, and so much more. Doing this with courage, knowledge and joy. Our goals include igniting (or re-igniting if lost) women’s passion for the outdoors in an unplugged manner so she can experience the incredible rejuvenation in full that nature offers and to encourage women to interact with the outdoors on a regular basis for their mental, emotional, spiritual and physical well-being.

Jo Proia is an ACA Certified L2 Touring and L2 River Kayak and L2 SUP Instructor since 2011; guiding, teaching and she loves to travel. She is a certified Day Trip Leader, L1 Yoga Instructor and is certified in Wilderness First Aid. She completed the Cornell University Nature Education Course in 2019, and was the founder of a wildly successful all women’s kayaking/sup/camping group in 2011 before starting her own business, Outdoor Women by Jo Proia in the spring of 2020. So “just say a hearty yes to your adventure” and come spend some time in the woods or on the water with us. Your joy in the outdoors awaits you.

 

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