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.
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 is covering Laura's practice while she is on maternity leave until May 2025.
You can learn more about Catherine through her personal RMT website below.
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.
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.
Mary Lagos
Traditional Thai Massage and Jikiden Reiki Practitioner
Mary is a certified Traditional Thai Massage therapist and Jikiden Reiki practitioner. With a deep love for natural modalities, she honours the simplicity of traditional practices that integrate mind, body and spirit. She has a nurturing presence and is devoted to creating a comfortable treatment for her clients.
It is her intention to offer therapeutic practices that naturally balance and restore our physical, mental, emotional and energetic bodies. She also shares her love for yoga offering classes that are rooted in the traditional Hatha style. Mary is beyond grateful to be able to share these beautiful healing arts with our community.
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.
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.
Studio Instructors
Louise Upton
620-HR Trauma Informed Yoga Teacher
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.
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Alex Rodrigue
B.Sc Kinesiologist, D.O Osteopath and Yoga teacher
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!
Nicole Du Vent
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.
Mary Lagos
200-HR Yoga Teacher, Jikiden Reiki Practitioner, Thai Massage Therapist
In December 2022, Mary completed her 200-HR Yoga Teacher Training and is softly embarking on her 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 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. 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.
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.
Zoé Beaulieu
Sound Healer and Yoga Instructor
Yoga found Zoé when she needed it the most and that was the beginning of a beautiful healing adventure.
After a few years of personal practice, she began her 500hTTC in 2018, and completed it in 2023 in India. In between these years of training, she lived 3 years in Amma's ashram in India. While there, she served many silent retreats and learned about the blissful practices of the Bhakti yoga, the yoga of love. She discovered happiness through chanting mantras and was guided to go to Nepal to learn more about sound healing and Nada yoga, the yoga of sound.
Zoé is now completing a Yogatherapy course and is discovering a deep love for the intimate private session. She appreciates sharing her knowledge to those interested and willing to make a change.
She is inviting you to discover a unique experience of mantras chanting and Tibetan bowls in her relaxing sound healing classes.
Sarah Anderson
Certified Yoga Teacher, Birth Doula, Semi-Retired Aerialist, Professional Dancer
Sarah 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
Meditation and Yoga Nidra Instructor
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.