We are the Heimanns!

A month after we married in 2001, we spent a long weekend at the Farm Sanctuary Hoe Down. We left that weekend inspired to improve our own lives as well as the lives of all sentient beings.

Lara went on to found and run YogaStream studio in Princeton.  She then created LYT Yoga, a style of yoga that combines her love of anatomy, creative movement and functional training.  She travels the world leading workshops, teacher trainings, and retreats. Lara is also a natural foods chef and enjoys making tasty treats for her friends and family.

After years as a professional actor, Mark settled down to be a family man.  He runs Advantage Testing of Princeton and has done so for the past 20+ years - he worked in AT's NYC office for 7 years before that. Deciding to utilize his skills as an actor and educator, Mark obtained a master's degree in Humane Education from the Institute for Humane Education (IHE). That degree eventually led him to co-found kindcore with his son Jonah.

Olivia is a 20-year-old sophomore at Northwestern University. Having completed the YogaStream 200-hr. teacher training program, she used to be the youngest Yoga Alliance certified teachers in the country! She also loves to act, dance, and cook. Olivia LOVES animals and enjoys spending time with and caring for them.

Jonah is a 17-year-old senior at the Pennington school.  As a 6’5” second-degree black belt, he will not only be our security support for the trip but also our scout since he can see farther along the trail than the rest of us! That height also helps on the basketball court, where he loves to spend his time. He is in the process of deciding where he wants to play basketball in college. He is also proud to have co-founded kindcore with his dad and looks forward to spreading its message even more through this trek.

Lara and Mark began doing charity treks back in the summer of 1999.

We spent three months biking 4,000+ mile coast across the USA to raise awareness and over $25,000 for Parkinson's Disease research. As we finished that adventure, we knew that we would want to do another one in the not-too-distant future. And then we got married, had two beautiful kids, and let our dreams of another adventure charity trek marinate for 15 years!

In 2015, when Olivia and Jonah were respectively 12 and 10 years old, we returned to our nomadic ways and trekked 200+ miles across Northern England, raising another $25,000, this time for the Institute for Humane Education (IHE), an organization that not only motivates us to be our best selves, but also has the vision and platform to inspire future generations to work together to solve some of the struggles that we face.

In 2017 we dusted off our hiking shoes and spent ten days traversing Scotland, again raising awareness and over $20,000 for IHE. Having the opportunity to combine our love of outdoor family bonding with our passion for sharing information about worthy causes and organizations fills us with gratitude for what we already have and inspiration for future endeavors.

In 2019 we were back at it, hiking across Wales and raising almost $20,000 for Farm Sanctuary, an organization that opened our eyes over twenty years ago to the realities around us and the potential to create a new paradigm of peace and compassion.

As with the rest of the world, our C2C4C travel plans for 2021 were quashed by the pandemic. We are filled with hope, however, that we will be able to get back on the trail in 2023 and raise money for kindcore, an organization whose aim is to change the world for the better, one kind act at a time!