Golden Collective Team
The Golden Collective Team consists of 3 full-time registered manual practitioners and multiple movement therapists. We have 2 Registered Massage Therapists, A Thai Yoga Massage and Reiki practitioner, Yoga, Pilates, Breathwork and Meditation Instructors.
We are dedicated to getting our patients back to optimal health and offer a range of specializations and skills to meet the individual needs of each one of our patients.
Laura Baer
Registered Massage Therapist
and Owner
Laura is currently on maternity leave with her new baby boy, but will be popping in and out of the clinic and studio to continue to manage the business. Stay tuned for her return in early 2025!
Inspired by the osteopathic approach and using movement as therapy, Laura blends myo-fascial massage with crania-sacral therapy and facilitated stretching to help you find ease and freedom in your body. She has completed her Cranio-Sacral Therapy training with the Upledger Institute (CST 1, 2 and Somato-emotional release 1), 200 Hr Yoga Teacher Training and Doula Certification.
Kristina Skovbjerg
Registered Massage Therapist
Kristina has been a registered massage therapist for 3 year and is currently registered with the CMTBC. She began her studies in Athletic Therapy and went on to study Massage Therapy at Mohawk college in Ontario.
Being a lifelong athlete she has recently embraced mountain sports since moving to the rockies. With a passion for cycling and triathlons, white water kayaking, skiing and snowboarding, Golden is the perfect place for her. Massage Therapy helped Kristina through injuries from the many sports she loves and inspired her to become a Massage Therapist. She believes “motion is lotion”, implying our bodies need movement to maintain good health and through massage therapy we can optimize body mechanics and achieve great things.
As a trauma informed therapist she is deeply committed to providing a safe, calm and welcoming environment for clients. Kristina’s clinical interest is in sport massage, rehabilitation and prenatal massage. She uses a variety of techniques such as Swedish and deep tissue massage, as well as advanced techniques such as Myofascial Release Techniques, Tripper Point Therapy, Joint Mobilizations, Level One Soft Tissue Release and Facilitated Stretching. Kristina has additional training in Prenatal massage and Indian Head Massage.
Catherine Walton
Registered Massage Therapist
Catherine is an RMT with 15+ years of experience and is happy to return to BC after a 2 hiatus in Ontario, where she was fortunate to work as an RMT & also live closer to her family.
As a therapist she is committed to helping her clients achieve their wellness goals. Her training began in 2007 after she completed the RMT program at the Okanagan Valley College of Massage Therapy in Vernon, BC. She offers a range of treatments to her clients. Her hands-on training includes Swedish massage, neuromuscular therapy, connective tissue manipulation, stretching, & hydrotherapy, plus continued education courses in Vodder’s Lymphatic Drainage & Sculptural Face Lifting Technique massage.
Catherine will start working at the Golden Collective mid May 2024 to help cover Laura's practice while she is away on maternity leave.
You can learn more about Catherine through her personal RMT website below.
Alex Rodrigue
B.Sc Kinesiologist, Osteopathic Practitioner and Yoga Instructor
Alex is passionate about optimizing the physical potential of her clients, whether with athletes looking to manage performance, women through pregnancy or just regular people, from children to the elderly, looking to move pain-free and feel well in their day-to-day lives. Her continuous pursuit of maintaining a healthy lifestyle, in order to do the activities and things that she loves, is what drives her to help others strive for the same goals and therefore live a healthier and happier life!
Louise Upton
620 HR Trauma Informed Yoga Instructor
In June 2014, she completed her 200 YTT with Julia McCabe in Pemberton BC then a 100 HR Yoga Anatomy - Prevention & Therapy training with Julia in May 2018. She has recently completed her 300 HR Advanced Yoga training with Erin Evans & Lydia Zamorano in Canmore, AB. Through her training she has developed a belief in alignment and integrity in one's practice to ensure a long lasting practice. She understands that there is no one-size-fits-all, and loves to let her spicy personality shine through with thoughtful, fun, and heart filled classes.
Mary Lagos
Yoga Instructor
In December 2022, Mary completed her 200-YTT and is softly embarking on a new journey to share her love for yoga. She is passionate about mindful practices that are rooted in traditional hatha yoga promoting integrative health through mind, body and breath.
Mary recently become a Jikiden Reiki Okuden Level II certified practitioner in April 2023 and she is currently training in the classic routine of Northern style (Nuad-Bo-Rarn) Thai Massage. It is her intention to offer healing practices that naturally restore and balance our physical, mental and energetic bodies.
Nicole Duvent
Embodied Heart Breathwork Facilitator
Hello, I’m Nicole, I live on a homestead with my husband, dogs, cats, pigs, and chickens. We run an off-grid Permaculture farm and Eat Pure Mountain Market an organic grocery store. I am a passionate spiritual seeker with a love of transcendental experiences. I came to breathwork through this path and was blown away by the profound insights and guidance I received from something as simple as breathing. It was one of these insights that lead us to build a yurt temple on our farm and to train to be a breathwork facilitator. I host breathwork in-person and online, group and individual, as well as retreats. Join me on Instagram at Embodied Heart Breathwork to find out more! I look forward to breathing with you.
Debbie Christianson
Pilates Instructor
After feeling the benefits of practicing Pilates for a couple years, Debbie could not help but want to share this movement method with others and became a certified instructor.
Now with 7 years of experience teaching Mat Pilates, she likes to add some variations that really make you feel the burn.
She is passionate about making fitness simple to understand, easy to attain, and above all....FUN!
Debbie is dedicated to helping others in all aspects of wellness by meeting them where they are at and gently helping them improve their capabilities. She spent many years teaching snowboarding of all levels including coaching freestyle at summer camps in Whistler. Now, Debbie is a Health Coach, Life Coach and PEMF practitioner. Her life mission is to help people get to the core of their obstacles and help them get out of their own way so they can become their best selves and live the life they truly desire.
Randa Sultan
Coach, Energy Healer, Breathwork, Qigong and Meditation Guide
Randa Sultan is a transformational life and mindset coach, energy healer, breathwork, qigong and meditation guide… leading you to your intuitive guidance and empowering you to embody the magic within. She is passionate about living life in alignment and supports women to find their place of inner calm, clarity, and confidence so they can live with more ease, joy, balance, and fulfillment.
Her mastery lies in creating sacred, supportive, and nurturing spaces for women to find their way back to their inner light. In these spaces, she weaves together her extensive training and experience in energy healing, breathwork, meditation, qigong, life and mindset coaching to create a unique experience for each woman to heal and transform. She works one-on-one, in groups, in person and remotely.
I see your light, even when you cannot. Let me guide you to your magic, so you too can live an embodied life.
Randa co-owns and operates the Golden Wellness Hub and teaches Qi-gong occasionally at the Collective
Sarah Anderson
Yoga Instructor
Sarah Anderson is a certified yoga teacher, birth doula, semi-retired aerialist, and professional dancer. She holds her Reiki Master, Tantra Coaching, and Family & Systemic Constellations Facilitator certificates. Sarah offers her Tantric wisdom, yogic knowledge and witchcraft wellness for people to connect with themselves, others, and their higher selves. She is currently teaching prenatal yoga, leading women back to their wild selves, and being a badass mother and wife. Her spare time is filled with a wild and wondrous two year old and three dogs!
Lara Ferrarotti
Yoga Teacher
Lara is honored to share the practices of Meditation and Yoga Nidra which she loves so much as it brings her profound peace in her life.
She has been on a spiritual path since 2010, searching and experimenting with a Japanese Buddhist tradition and with the teachings of Indian Guru Paramahansa Yogananda.
After many years of personal journey she felt the need to train to introduce meditation to others who are seeking depth and meaning in their lives.
As her practice expanded, she started to become interested in the benefits of Yoga Nidra, especially after becoming a mom and having less time to meditate and be in a quiet space herself.
She is very thankful to Karen Brody, who has guided her through the layers of Daring to Rest Yoga Nidra and worked magic on her mind and body.
Lara is thrilled to have the opportunity to share this with you all!
She currently lives in the Blaeberry with her family, living a simple life immersed in nature.