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, 1 Osteopath, Yoga, Pilates, Kinesiologists and ELDOA 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.
Clinic Practitioners
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 spring 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.
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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.
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Mary Lagos
Jikiden Reiki Practitioner and Traditional Thai Massage Therapist
Mary became a Jikiden Reiki Okuden Level II certified practitioner in April 2023 and trained in the classic routine of Northern style (Nuad-Bo-Rarn) Thai Massage in July 2023. It is her intention to offer healing practices and therapies that naturally restore and balance our physical, mental and energetic bodies. Mary is beyond grateful to be able to share these beautiful healing arts with our community.
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Emma Swan
Registered Massage Therapist
Emma is a Registered Massage Therapist with a thoughtful and intuitive approach to care. She works collaboratively with you to create a treatment plan that reflects your unique needs and goals. Her treatments are guided by a sense of flow and intentionality, combining slow, precise movements with a mindful awareness of the body’s natural patterns.
Drawing from Swedish massage, myofascial release, and stretching techniques, Emma customizes each session to help restore balance and ease. She believes in listening to you and your body, adjusting each session to support your overall well-being.
When she’s not in the treatment room, you can find Emma skiing in the backcountry, swimming in alpine lakes, or sharing a meal with friends.
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Shasta Coombes
Student Massage Therapist
Shasta is in her final year at Vicars School of Massage Therapy, and will become a Registered Massage Therapist after graduation. Her journey into massage therapy began after years of working as a ski patroller and wildfire fighter, both of which sparked a deep interest in the human body, injury recovery, and the healing process. With a focus on athletes and “occupational athletes”, Shasta is passionate about helping clients stay pain-free and perform their best. Her practice emphasizes relaxation, pain relief, and personalized home care plans to support ongoing self-care and injury prevention. Shasta utilizes a combination of Swedish and myofascial techniques, deep tissue work, trigger point release, and facilitated stretching to address a wide range of physical concerns. Shasta is committed to trauma-informed care, creating a safe, supportive environment for clients who may be dealing with physical or emotional pain. She believes that massage therapy should be a space for healing and restoration, and she strives to offer each client a sense of ease and well-being.
Shasta is an avid backcountry skier, runner, and climber. She is also pursuing her ski guide certification and is a certified 200-hour yoga teacher. Her passion for yoga and injury recovery informs her approach to client care, with a focus on long-term wellness strategies and holistic healing.
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Brheigh Grant
Osteopathic Manual Practitioner
Brheigh moved to Banff in 2015, shortly after completing her BA in International Development Studies at Dalhousie University. Despite being born and raised in a small and quiet Nova Scotian town, she felt drawn to the fast-paced and adventurous mountain lifestyle that mountains had to offer. After spending several years travelling and pursuing mountain hobbies, Brheigh felt called again to her passion for healing and wellness and to further her education. She enrolled in a four year intensive osteopathy program at the Canadian Academy of Osteopathy in January 2020, persevering through her program despite the global pandemic. She graduated in April 2024, as an Osteopathic Manual Practitioner. She is excited to extend her reach to the Golden Community.
Brheigh is a firm believer in the body’s innate ability to self-heal. Through gentle, non invasive manipulations she seeks to realign the body to create a more ideal environment for which the body to heal within. Throughout her investigative treatment process, she searches for the root cause of restrictions or symptoms that the patient is experiencing. In doing so, she strives to find a more permanent solution for the patient’s health. As a classically trained osteopath, she designs every treatment to cater to the unique needs of each individual patient. No two treatments are the same.
Brheigh also believes that health is a mindset, and that emotional well-being and physical health are closely related. She is just as passionate about restoring the patient’s faith in their own ability to self-heal as she is about facilitating health. Through patient collaboration and education, she aims to draw awareness to the power of the body to recover and thrive.
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Studio Instructors
Laura Baer
Owner, RMT, 200-HR Yoga Teacher and ELDOA Instructor
Laura completed her initial training as an RMT in 2014 with the Canadian College of Massage Therapy and is now practicing massage therapy to help people create freedom in their movement and changes in their relationship with their bodies for overall long-term wellbeing. She has a deep appreciation for the body’s innate wisdom and healing power. Laura regards massage as one avenue by which she can help others with their health and happiness.
Laura is also passionate about food, regenerative agriculture and working towards creating a healthy planet for generations to come. She grew up on an organic farm in Ontario and studied International Development with an agricultural focus at the University of Guelph where she captained the varsity soccer team. After university, she knew she also wanted to study the body and went to massage school followed by travelling to India to train as a yoga teacher. Laura spends most of her free time adventuring outdoors and growing her garden!
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Mary Lagos
200-HR Yoga Teacher
In December 2022, Mary completed her 200-HR Yoga Teacher Training and quickly embarked on a 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.​
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Ieva Bute
500-HR Yoga Teacher
Ieva is a long-time yoga lover turned teacher—certified with 200 hours of training in sunny Spain and 300 hours in the peaceful mountains of Nepal. While she has spent plenty of time in Downward Dog, she believes yoga is less about touching your toes and more about what you learn on the way down. Ieva believes that yoga is really about flexibility of the mind—the ability to pause, breathe, and move with intention (even when life feels like a balancing pose on one leg). In her classes, you will focus on conscious movement, breath, and learning how to unwind—physically and mentally.
Whether you’re brand new or have been practicing for years, Ieva aims to create a space where you can stretch, breathe, laugh, and maybe even fall over a little—because growth often looks like wobbly tree pose at first.
“Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self… and sometimes through a few giggles and tight hamstrings"
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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.
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