Wellness Practicioners

Emily graduated with a master’s degree in Health Promotion and Education from the University of Utah with an emphasis on mind body interventions to facilitate healthy behavior change and promote overall health. In addition, Emily has certifications and experience in health education, yoga, and old yang style tai chi. Emily has a particular passion for teaching fitness classes as she believes movement gives us the energy to respond to life’s challenges and recover with grace.

Hannah Wankier is in the final year of the Master of Social Work program at the University of Utah and will graduate May of 2023. Hannah comes to Chapters & Seasons with a variety of volunteer and work experiences ranging from supporting youth and their families in foster care, political action work, supporting hospice patients, and teaching yoga to adolescent girls at a residential treatment facility.

Bea is a third generation healthcare provider. She grewup in Berlin, Germany. She received her Master’s degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) at the Five Branches Institute in Santa Cruz in 2001. After practicing acupuncture in California for seven years, she opened the Harmony Acupuncture Clinic here in Salt Lake City in 2008.She specializes in infertility and women’s health but also treats a variety of other health problems, including mental and physical disorders related to stress, post-surgical recovery, migraine headaches, digestive disorders, immune deficiencies and various pain syndromes, as well as side-effects from cancer treatments. She has worked as an Acupuncture Detox Specialist, providing ear acupuncture to youth in the juvenile justice system to reduce their withdrawal symptoms, cravings and stress. Bea has done a lot of volunteer work with cancer patients. She set up the acupuncture program at The Cancer Wellness House here in SLC, where she has been providing free treatments for the last nine years.She has been a board member of the Cancer Wellness House, the Utah State Acupuncture Licensing Board and the Utah Infertility Resource Center Advisory Board.

Kristen recevied her Master's of Acupunture and Chinese Medicine in 2011 from the AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine in Austin, Texas. She then returned back to Salt Lake to provide acupuncture in her hometown.Kristen has extensive experience treating a broad range of conditions during her many years of work in both community and private clinics in Salt Lake City and Austin. She is particularly interested in women's health. and is currently enrolled in a year long clinical mentorship program focusing on acupuncture for maternal health.Kristen's personal mission is to help alleviate the suffering that shows up in people's lives through acupuncture, yoga and other healing modalities. She currently sits on the board of DOPL, the Utah Acupuncture Licensing Board.

Raven was born and raised in Conway, Arkansas. I made Salt Lake City my home after visiting on a road trip and forgetting to turn around. With a background in Acting and History, my yoga journey began in the Theatre as a means to warm up and “drop in” to character before going on stage. What I thought was simply making me a better story-teller became the catalyst for me dropping into mySelf. For me, movement anchored in breath facilitates the space necessary to discover our deepest truths and beauty.

Kat and Lauren offer a space of support to guide people home to themselves. They help clients relieve stress and regulate their nervous systems, making way for profound inner wisdom and empowerment. Terra Firma is rooted in connection to the elements and energy.

Lindsay is a full-spectrum doula, childbirth educator, prenatal yoga teacher, and sound healing practitioner in Utah County. She grounds her practice in the belief that birth is raw and powerful—moving with the natural rhythms modeled by Mother Earth. As we embrace the cycles of birth, death, and rebirth necessary for expansion and transformation, we step into our sovereignty—birthing, and living from a place of Connection. Lindsay loves working with families who value collaborative care, are motived in seeking knowledge about birth and postpartum, and are open to exploring the deeper levels of the emotional and spiritual experience of birth.

Lindsay is a Certified Yoga Therapist and a Registered 500-Hour Yoga Teacher. Lindsay found her way to yoga and holistic healing after being in a car accident resulting in head trauma when she was 14 years old. Through yoga, meditation, and breath work she was able to aid in her body's self-healing journey. This process deeply inspired Lindsay to dive deeper into the body’s remarkable healing abilities. As the years went on, Lindsay’s Yoga practice evolved into more than just a means to heal her body physically, but mentally and emotionally as well. Once she realized just how healing and powerful the connection to the body could be, she decided to travel to Bali to receive her Yoga Teacher Training and then furthered her education to become a Yoga Therapist with Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy. She also has completed courses in and continues to study Ayurveda, Tantra, and Perinatal Mental Health. In recent years, Lindsay has been drawn to work in the perinatal mental health population, as she sees a major lack of support for individuals and couples during this time of their lives. She feels called to provide that support to those in need, seeing how related these issues are to the body, mind, and breath. Lindsay’s intention is to aid in the healing of those faced with infertility, miscarriage, infant loss, birth trauma, and postpartum depression & anxiety among other challenges by allowing clients a safe space to deeply connect to the body.

I am a Diplomate of Oriental Medicine and a Licensed Acupuncturist by the state of Utah. With a background in dance and kinesiology, I came across Chinese Medical Theory while also studying different forms of meditation and martial arts during

college. These explorations cultivated a deeper sense of body awareness, kept me injury free while dancing, and greatly influenced my understanding of health and wellbeing. After receiving a master’s degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine in the San Francisco Bay area I returned to the mountains and began practicing here in Salt Lake City. Viewing health as a dynamic process, it is my aim to create space for individuals to explore their own inner landscape and discover their true potential for healing. Some of my specialties include athletic injuries and performance, fertility and pregnancy support, women’s health, and hormonal imbalances.

Melanee is an integrative clinical nutritionist and owner of Integrative Functional Nutrition (IFN). IFN specializes in women’s mental and physical health and uses a functional lens to help clients manage their symptoms. IFN is a weight neutral clinic and is aligned with the Health at Every Size (HAES) ideology. In addition, Melanee is a certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and a 500 hour trained trauma informed yoga teacher. When she isn't seeing clients or teaching yoga, Melanee loves to spend time with her husband and 3 kids, crochet, hike, swim, and binge listen to audiobooks.

Sam is a Doctor of Physical Therapy. She practices physical therapy at Engage Physical Therapy & Wellness in downtown Salt Lake City, where she specializes in pelvic health and perinatal care. Samantha is also the founder of Birth Embodied, a birth education company, which offers group classes focusing on movement and PT implications leading up to and immediately following all types of birth. Samantha is passionate about helping birthing bodies feel amazing throughout pregnancy, postpartum, and beyond.

In this interactive class, Samantha will take participants through a movement flow with typical exercises we at Engage give our pre/postnatal clients to help them feel great and begin their healing journeys.