Terra Firma was created out of a desire to provide adjunctive mental health treatment that included the body. We believe that by tapping into the body's innate wisdom, we are able to find a more integrated and holistic healing.

I came to this work with an MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, a Certification as a Birth Doula, and as an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher with over 10 years of teaching experience. Together with my partner Angela Zaun-Ollswang, TC-TSY-F, Jessie Everts, PhD, LMFT, and Sarah Zuber, E-RYT-500, we have created this training for professionals that is both healing centered and clinically focused.

We cover topics like:

How to create an environment supportive of resilience.

Why is trauma informed yoga and mindfulness useful or effective?

How to introduce and use yoga and mindfulness techniques to clients in clinical and non clinical settings.

How to identify which techniques will be most useful for each client/student. 

How to adjust yoga and mindfulness techniques to serve changing needs of clients.

How to use yoga and mindfulness skills with different populations.

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 rescue dog and is an active theatre artist and musician.

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.