Who we are 

 

Sandra Maurer, MA, E-RYT, CD, YACEP (she/her)

Sandra is a Registered, Experienced Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance (E-RYT) through the Yoga Life Institute in Pennsylvania, Certified Birth Doula (Birth Arts International), BA in Art Therapy (Arcadia University), MA in Clinical Mental HEalth Counseling (Adler Graduate School) Trauma-Informed Yoga Trained through Center for Yoga and Trauma Recovery and Firefly Yoga International. Sandra has completed the Advanced Provider training through Postpartum Support International.

She has over 12 years teaching experience as a yoga instructor, working in various clinical and public settings including Hennepin County Health Care’s Perinatal Mood & Anxiety Disorder program and the Emily Program, a comprehensive eating disorder treatment facility. Sandra is a practicing therapist with Mindful Families.

Sandra specializes in Perinatal Mental Health is committed to creating an inclusive and supportive space where participants can deeply and authentically connect with the messages and wisdom of their bodies—a space free from competition, comparison, or emphasis on external measures of success or progress. Whether in recovery from an eating disorder, or perinatal mood and anxiety disorder, dealing with grief, loss, or stress, or recuperating from a traumatic event, our bodies are integral to our psychological and emotional healing.

Sandra has 3 tiny people at home, including one set of twins and lives with them and her husband near a big spruce tree in St. Paul, MN.  She believes that laughter, sleep, and water can solve most daily problems and is not afraid to use her New Jersey background to get real and honest with people.  She loves hiking and fireplaces and reading long books. 


Angela Zaun-Ollswang, TCTSY-F, E-RYT, YACEP (she /her)

Angela is a certified Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) Facilitator. TCTSY is an evidence based, adjunctive clinical treatment for Complex Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder that was developed by Bessel van der Kolk, David Emerson & Jennifer Turner in collaboration with The Trauma Center in Brookline, MA. She receives supervision through the Justice Research Institute’s Center for Trauma & Embodiment in Boston, MA. With Sandra, Angela co-founded Terra Firma in 2017. Angela is also an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher & Continuing Education Provider through Yoga Alliance.

Angela has years of experience working with a wide range of clients in both clinical and non-clinical settings. Angela has facilitated Mind Body Movement Groups at North Memorial’s Mental Health and Addiction Care Center in their Therapeutic Skills PHP, and their Trauma-Focused IOP. She also led movement groups at The Mother Baby Program in their Day Hospital and Perinatal Outpatient Program, working with mothers who are receiving treatment for postpartum mood disorders. Angela also collaborates with the Center for Victims of Torture to facilitate groups for refugees and individuals seeking asylum at their Healing Clinic.

Angela is committed to holding space for others as they navigate their own unique healing journey. She understands that each individual is an expert of their own experience, and hopes to empower her students by honoring their truth while providing mind-body tools.

Angela feels like her best self when immersed in nature, and is a budding Community Herbalist that has apprenticed under Jessica Belden. She loves hiking and canoeing and eating donuts.


Sarah Zuber, E-RYT 500, YACEP (she/her)

Sarah Zuber is an experienced registered yoga instructor and continuing education provider (E-RYT, YACEP) who has been teaching in the Twin Cities since 2013. She completed her 200 & 500 hr certifications through Green Lotus Yoga & Healing Center with Gwen Linden Bruzek and Marcia Appel. Additionally she has trained in trauma-informed and social justice oriented yoga both locally and in Los Angeles with Hala Khouri (MA, SEP) and Kyra Haglund (MSW, SEP).

Sarah teaches at the Emily Program, a national center for eating disorder treatment based in Minnesota, as part of their integrated treatment model. Sarah has taught classes specific to eating disorder recovery, addiction recovery, and improving body image, both at the Emily Program, and as an offering at various psychotherapy clinics. She’s an avid collaborator with mental health providers and is committed to supporting each of her clients’ healing journeys with the mindfulness and resourcing tools available from yogic tradition. Sarah is a skilled, compassionate, and mindful instructor. She is committed to sharing yoga as a life-long tool for self-regulation, resilience and well-being. Known for her soothing voice and grounded presence, Sarah is passionate about facilitating a safe and supportive environment for all to be fully embodied and fully alive.

Off the mat, Sarah enjoys living in South Minneapolis with her partner and rescue dog and is an active theatre artist and musician.


Cassandra Sawyer, MA, ATR-P, RYT 200 (she/her)

Cassie is a Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance (RYT200), and an Art Therapist (MA, ATR-P).  She has completed two 200hr yoga teacher trainings, and is certified in therapeutic focused Soma Yoga instruction through Yoga North International SomaYoga Institute, and vinyasa through CorePower Yoga.  Cassie received her Master’s of Arts in Adlerian Psychotherapy and Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Adler Graduate School.

Cassie’s focus is on using both yoga and art therapy as tools for healing.  She is passionate about helping others find an individualized and holistic approach that works to facilitate healing.

Off the mat, Cassie enjoys making art, seeking Ordinary Moments of Joy, singing and dancing in her car at stoplights, playing with her kitties, and tending to her 30+ house plants.


Jessie Everts, PhD, LMFT (she/her)

Jessie is a therapist, yoga teacher, and the Owner/Founder of Empower Mental Health. She received her yoga training at the Yoga Center Retreat in St. Louis Park, MN, and especially loves the mindfulness and meditative limbs of yoga practice. Clinically, she uses mindfulness practices along with cognitive and acceptance therapies to work with women and LGBTQ+ individuals who might be struggling with anxiety, parenting, postpartum mental health, work-life balance, trauma, and life transitions. Dr. Everts received her doctorate in Family Social Science from the University of Minnesota and is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She is passionate about bringing mental health knowledge and skills to people outside of the therapy office, as well as co-occurring disorders, strength-based supervision, mindfulness/meditation, trauma-informed care, family systems models, perinatal mental health, and integrating research and practice.


Marjorie Grevious, MS, MA, E-RYT 200HR

Marjorie has been practicing yoga for over 40 years and teaching for nearly a decade. She earned her 200HR YTT certification from the Yoga Center of Minneapolis and is currently studying with Dianne Bondy in her-The Path to Yoga, Justice and Equity 300 Hr Yoga Teacher Training. She has earned Yin Yoga Teacher certification I, II as well as certification from The Black Yoga Teachers Alliance in Yoga as a Peace Practice, The Prison Yoga Project and Streetworks.

Marjorie has earned a Master of Science in Human Services-Community Counseling and Psychology from Springfield College as well as a Master of Arts in Theology from United Theological Seminary of The Twin Cities. Marjorie spent over 20 years working with youth and families caught in cycles of crisis and chaos both here in the twin cities and in southern California. She chose to become a yoga teacher after returning from living and working as a residential volunteer at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in the Berkshires of Massachusetts. Marjorie is passionate about bringing yoga to those who are not often depicted in stereotypical images of yoga and into communities that are shut out of the yoga and wellness fields.