Why a Laboratory? The Detroit Evolution Laboratory is a unique space designed to grow various concepts that all share the common goal of health, joy, and liberation for the people of Detroit. Our Lab offers tried and true practices and services that have immediate effect, from a stress reducing yet energizing yoga session to a healthy lunch hand-made with organic and/or local produce and ingredients.

Your Lab Assistants:
Angela Kasmala is a vegetarian/vegan and raw food chef who specializes in nutrition and meal planning for a wide variety of dietary needs. After witnessing a long history of health problems within her family, she sought out the information needed to create change for them, herself and others.  She obtained her technical skills at Schoolcraft’s Culinary Arts program, but found her true passion through independent study, working in various health-food stores, and taking classes with groups like the Creative Health Institute. Since then she has assisted numerous families and individuals as a personal chef and nutritionist. Angela is driven by a desire to improve the health and well being of the Detroit community through her food and cooking classes. This summer she is debuting the Source 2 Soul line of all-natural wheat-free and sugar-free sauces, dressings and energy bars.

Gregg Newsom is a Yoga Teacher, Bodyworker, Reiki Master and N.L.P. practitioner whose focus is assisting others as they move through therapeutic work and practice, maintenance of wellness and into self-actualization and manifestation. In 2006, Gregg traveled to Mysore, India to study with Ashtanga guru Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. His time in India enhanced his connection to the traditional practice of yoga and he strives to share this with all of his students. He has taught yoga at studios and medical centers throughout South-Eastern Michigan and massage therapy at Irene’s Myomassology Institute. He also specializes in research and experimentation with alternative energies and sciences. In 2006, he was part of a seven-member team that converted a school bus to vegetable oil and drove it across the continent. You can keep up with Gregg on a near daily basis through his blog.