Nadia Alsadi

is a 200-hour Yoga Alliance registered Expert Yoga Instructor (E-RYT) in the Twin Cities. Nadia has her M.S. in Natural Resources Science and Management and her B.S. in Environmental Sciences. Specializing in leading meditation, vinyasa, and yin yoga classes, Nadia enjoys practicing as much as teaching, and has been practicing yoga for over 12 years and teaching for over 4 years. In the warmer months in Minnesota, Nadia leads outdoor yoga classes in Twin Cities parks to incorporate nature education and community building. In her free time, Nadia enjoys strength training, hiking, camping, and cuddling with her two cats, Cookie and Leopold.

Nadia values accessibility and connection in her profession and teachings. She believes that yoga is a deeply spiritual practice that is for every body, and she aims to make sure all of her students feel welcomed and accepted. In honoring yoga’s roots, Nadia incorporates yogic philosophy into her classes.

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Sophia (she/her) is a licensed acupuncturist in the state of Minnesota and is board-certified by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM). She graduated from Northwestern Health Sciences University with a Master’s in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine and has a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.

Sophia has treated a wide variety of patients and has seen patients at several hospitals and clinics around the Twin Cities. She appreciates how Chinese medicine looks at the body as a whole, and how each person can have their own specific treatment that works for them. Her priority as an acupuncturist is to create a comfortable space for her patients to heal and to ensure that everyone can receive access to care regardless of their background.

Her specialties include mental health, chronic and acute pain, immune function, menstrual health, fertility, and LGBTQIA+ healthcare.

When she’s not in the studio, Sophia enjoys making elaborate meals, gardening, and napping with her two cats.

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Said Isayed (he/him) is Traditional Chinese medicine doctor graduated from Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine after a six year Bachelor’s program in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine and Allopathic medicine. Said spent five years interning in several Chinese hospitals and clinics, training under some of the most well-respected doctors of Chinese medicine. He focused strongly on the treatment of neurological diseases, auto immune disorders, men’s and women’s health, orthopedic injuries, mental health and painful musculoskeletal conditions.

In addition to acupuncture, Said is well versed in several types of bodywork including Chinese fire cupping, hijama (traditional Arabic cupping), tuina (Chinese medical massage) and guasha. He also practices Chinese and Arabic herbal medicine.

In 2016, Said relocated from Hebron, Palestine to Minneapolis, MN. He is fluent in English, Arabic and Mandarin Chinese.

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Rebekah has spent much of her adult life involved within the trauma community. She studied under Dr. Karyn Purvis and is a practitioner of Trust Based Relational Intervention. Her nursing background (RN, PHN, HNB-BC) is what brought her to learn about MNRI (Masgutova NeuroSensory Motor Reflex Integration). She felt as though there was a missing link in trauma care regarding the physical body. Understanding Dr. Masgutova’s work about trauma from a neurophysiological background is what opened her eyes to the necessity of being involved in a therapy that recognizes the foundation that our reflexes play within our trauma responses. She has utilized this hands-on therapy in her practice with both adults and pediatric patients. Consequently, if your body is not ready for hands-on approach, she is able to work through movements and self-initiated exercises.

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Derrick is our local expert in John Barnes’ Myofascial Release Therapy, with a master’s degree in Acupuncture and Oriental medicine. He also has extensive experience utilizing John Pierre Barral’s Visceral and Neural Manipulation.

Bringing together these worlds, Derrick has seen not only his way to helping many others over the last 10 years, but also his own healing journey– which has strongly influenced his practice.

Weaving in attachment theory, and the human developmental perspective of Gabor Mate, to the five elements model; combined with the hands-on manual therapies, we are able to unlock the memories held within the body and facilitate true healing.

In this safe space, we may reflect on the traumas we carry, and how they influence our daily lives. The result has allowed for an extremely potent reflection on our own belief systems for deep and profound results that last.

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Emily Nyberg, DCM, Dipl. Ac., LAc (she/they) is a licensed acupuncturist in the state of Minnesota and is board-certified by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and O* Medicine (NCCAOM). She graduated from Northwestern Health Sciences University with a Master’s in Acupuncture and a Doctorate in Chinese Medicine.

She has worked with patients in inpatient and outpatient hospital clinics as well as private and community clinics around the Twin Cities, supporting patients experiencing headaches and migraines, trigeminal neuralgia, neuropathy, gastrointestinal and dermatological conditions, scar healing and post-surgical support, chronic and acute pain and stress, depression, anxiety, PTSD, ADHD, grief, insomnia, pregnancy, and more. Her practice centers on finding the right combination of approaches to best support facilitating your health and wellness, including acupuncture and needle-free treatments, cupping, gua sha, moxibustion, electrical stimulation, breathwork, and food and herbal therapy.

Outside of the clinic, she enjoys hiking, camping, cooking and pickling, reading, practicing ceramic wheel throwing, and spending time with friends and family.

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Tylyn graduated from CenterPoint Therapeutic Massage Program in 2020. She received training in Craniosacral techniques and completed Yoga Teacher Certification in 2022.

Tylyn uses a model of therapeutic bodywork to help clients address common soft tissue conditions, injuries acute and/or chronic, and limited range of motion. She will work with you to identify and treat physical pain caused by injury from lifestyle, accidents, sports, work, postural distortions, and repetitive use syndromes. Treatments involve working with a whole body approach in mind. She uses a collage of techniques from trigger point therapy, cross fiber friction, and therapeutic stretching.

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Elsie (she/her) graduated from the East-West program at CenterPoint school for Massage and Shiatsu in 2018 with a passion for trauma informed therapeutic healing. She is trained in Craniosacral Therapy, and is on track to be certified from the Heartwood Institute.

She is skillful at treating the body as a whole, and combining multiple modalities to offering healing from different angles, allowing for more individualized and intuitive treatments. She specializes in pre and post natal massage, headaches and migraines, and trauma induced stagnations and injuries. Her goal is to offer a safe space for all walks of life to seek healing in both body and mind.

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Eli’s (they/them) techniques fall under neuromuscular modalities such as trigger point therapy, myofascial release and deep tissue adaptations. Most of their 15 years experience as a national board certified bodyworker have been spent in chiropractic offices, integrative clinics and volunteering at special events such as races, conventions, and festivals. They are very confident in sports massage, massage cupping, active isolated stretching and pregnancy massage treatments from first through third trimesters including post natal for all bodies and gender identities.

Eli typically integrates more than one of these many practices into a session to meet the needs of the client. They also have an inquisitive and energetic approach to bodywork which helps keep them grounded in their practice and sessions fresh. Although a holistic approach to bodywork and aftercare is most recommended like a full body massage, the more specific a complaint the more they enjoy searching for the root of the problem. Eli is very interested in energy healing modalities and wishes to incorporate that into their sessions too.

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Betsy Ranum MA, RN, NBC-HWC

Betsy (she/her) is a Reiki Practitioner, integrative health and wellbeing coach and community holistic nurse. An RN in Minnesota since 2012, Betsy earned an integrative nurse coach certificate in 2014 and became a national board certified health & wellness coach (NBC-HWC) in 2019. At at the University of Minnesota Center for Spirituality and Healing, she completed Reiki 1 in 2018, Reiki 2 in 2020, and in 2020 completed an MA in Integrative Health and Wellbeing Coaching. Betsy is currently studying Reiki Mastery at the UMN with Deborah Ringdahl DNP, APRN, CNM.

Betsy practices energy work and coaching with deep humility, respect, and unconditional positive regard for the clients she works with—as a model for flipping the paradigm of care from power-over to power-with. She partners with clients, skillfully cultivating space for people to find their inner wisdom, explore challenges, and expand their own vision of what is possible. Trained in modalities of relaxation, awareness, mindfulness, breathing, guided imagery, hypnosis, biofeedback, Reiki, Enneagram, and other mind-body-spirit practices, Betsy has years of experience supporting many people-–from woo-woo lovers to side-eyeing skeptics—to tap their innate healing skills and creative resources.

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Ashley (she/her) is a licensed acupuncturist by the State of Minnesota Medical Board. She is board certified in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. She received her Bachelors in Health Sciences and her Master’s degree in Acupuncture and East Asian medicine from Bastyr University in Seattle, WA in 2015.

Ashley recognises the diverse tool box Chinese Medicine has to offer. She finds the best suited of those tools to create a unique and evolving treatment strategy for each client. Cupping, electro-acupuncture, herbal supplements, lifestyle and nutritional coaching are commonly incorporated into treatment plans.

Her specialities are in a wide range of digestive ailments and various chronic health issues. She has background supporting women’s wellness and fertility with experience working alongside IVF treatment plans. Forte in the treatment of neck, shoulder, hip, carpal tunnel, migraine, and sciatica pains.

Ashley is a Minnesota native and resides in Cambridge-Isanti. Outside of the clinic you may find her enjoying nature, camping, kayaking with her dog Kylo, cooking, swimming, and aquascaping.

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Infrared saunas differ from more traditional saunas- they use infrared light to heat the body directly instead of heating the air. Therefore, infrared saunas operate at lower temperatures (110-140 degrees Fahrenheit) than traditional saunas (150-190 degrees Fahrenheit) while still providing the same benefits.

There is research on infrared saunas suggesting possible benefits such as:

Improved heart health and reduced blood pressure Speed up recovery of sore muscles after exercise Pain relief Relaxation Improved sleep

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Larissa Vados, PhD, LAc

Larissa (she/her) is a licensed acupuncturist in the state of Minnesota. In 2012 she graduated from Northwestern Health Sciences University with a Master of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine degree, and in 2015 completed her PhD in Acupuncture, Tuina and Moxibustion at Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Tianjin, China. Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine specialize in the treatment of neurological diseases. Taking advantage of this expertise, her main focus of study was treatment for stroke rehabilitation. She designed and carried out a randomized control trial in the First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine looking at the use of both acupuncture and physical therapy in the treatment of acute and sub-acute ischemic stroke.

Larissa has several years experience working with a hospital-based inpatient interdisciplinary acute care pain management team, and an outpatient based chronic pain center. Larissa and her colleagues worked together to treat some of the most difficult pain management cases in the hospital system from both Eastern and Western perspectives. She enjoyed working every day to promote the use of effective and evidence-based integrative treatments such as acupuncture within the allopathic medical system.

In addition to her acupuncture and Chinese medicine training, Larissa is a STOTT PILATES® Certified Instructor in both Mat and Reformer, having completed over 310 hours of training at Minnesota’s STOTT Certification Center in 2009.

Specialties: Stroke sequelae treatment and other neurological disorders, pain (acute and chronic), stress management, insomnia, allergies, auto-immune diseases including rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia. In her Pilates practice she enjoys working with injured populations looking for rehabilitation, seasoned athletes looking to improve athletic performance and everyone in between!

You can book the following appointments with Larissa: Private acupuncture, private TCM acupuncture, cupping, Pilates training.

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