Pilates Mat, Pilates Reformer, Jumpboard Reformer, Vinyasa Yoga, Weighted Yoga, Pilates Private Training

Berit Ahlgren began her pilates journey as a ballet student at Minnesota Dance Theater. Years later, while studying to become a physical therapist, Ahlgren pursued her STOTT Pilates certification with intentions to use the method with patients. Since finishing her full certification in the STOTT method in 2007, she has taught locally at The Sweat Shop, Lifetime Fitness, and Flourish Pilates, while also teaching in Hoboken, NJ and abroad in Stockholm, Sweden. With a background in dance and the arts, owner Berit Ahlgren approaches teaching through proper technique, alignment and body awareness for safety and longevity of the practitioner’s body.

Vinyasa Yoga, Energy Work + Meditation, Guided Meditation + Reiki, Sunna 26 + 2

iVictoria Blackbird is a Reiki Master, 200hr + Hot Yoga trained Registered Yoga Teacher and Shamanic Energy Medicine Practitioner who has studied Integrative Health Sciences, Complementary Alternative Medicine and Herbal Medicine. Her approach, both on and off the mat, blends breathwork, traditional energy medicine, holistic health practices and intuitive gifts to encourage transition, support healing and create a framework for each individual's well being. Victoria cultivates a safe and sacred space for release and processing, and provides the tools for clients and students to manifest change and to move forward with a sense of empowerment.

Yin Yoga

Chloe has been teaching for 6 years around the Twin Cities. She has over 500 hours in training and is a life long devotee to the practice of yoga. Chloe strives to make yoga inclusive and accessible for all and has a deep passion for sound therapy, yogic philosophy, the magic of yoga and the core values of the practice.

Weighted Yoga

For over a decade and a half, Sam has been teaching various forms of movement throughout the Twin Cities. She strives to create an inclusive space where her students can experience joy through community, movement, and choice. When you take her class, you can expect lightness, joy, and mindful intensity.

Sam also holds a master’s degree in Clinical Counseling, and works full time as a Licensed Mental Health Therapist. She’s also done extensive training in mindfulness based practices, which she incorporates into her daily life as well as her classes.

GYROKINESIS®

Non Edwards is a Minneapolis-based dancer, choreographer, and GYROKINESIS® Method Trainer.

Non was first introduced to the Gyrokinesis Method by somatics teacher and choreographer Jinza Thayer. Certified in 2019, Non has studied with Domini Anne, Miriam Barbosa, Erika Hassan, Shannon Horn, Jane Gotch, and Kerry Parker. Learn more: https://nonedwards.com

Kundalini Yoga, Barre

Greta Ertl has been teaching yoga since 2010 and barre since 2012. She is passionate about guiding clients through expansive experiences that leave them feeling connected to their bodies and souls. You can expect upbeat, FUN and energizing barre classes that make you sweat and glow from the inside out. Her kundalini yoga classes are deeply spiritual and mind opening, as well as challenging. Greta loves bringing radiant, positive energy that shifts you into higher states of awareness. Outside of teaching Greta is a spiritual life coach who helps people break free from toxic habits, improve their relationships and develop a daily spiritual practice.

Pilates Mat, Pilates Reformer, Pilates Private Training

Ashley Fresquez has been teaching Pilates for 12 years. As well as teaching clients she has been a part of Pilates teacher training programs. She loves introducing Pilates to people for the first time and helping them discover a deeper connection to and understanding of their bodies. She is especially interested in the transformative outcome of mind-body connections made through movement practices.

Pilates Mat, Pilates Reformer, Pilates Private Training

Gwen Head has been teaching comprehensive Pilates since 2019. She provides a positive, fun and supportive environment in both class settings & private sessions. Gwen is passionate about helping clients find the benefits of Pilates in their daily lives particularly the strength, balance and flexibility achieved with a steady practice.

In addition to teaching, Gwen has been practicing Pilates for over 20 years and can personally attest to the benefits of a long-term practice.

Gwen continues to enhance her Pilates skills by attending continuing education workshops. In addition to studio teaching, Gwen also teaches Pilates at community centers, K-12 school settings and corporate gyms.

Hatha Yoga, Restorative Yoga

Greg Hines is an experienced yoga educator with 15 years of teaching under the guidance of mentors in MN, NY and MD. In 2021, he completed his M.S. in Yoga Therapy from the Maryland Institute of Integrative Health. Postural alignment, mindfulness practice, energetic anatomy and theoretical frameworks for human health inform his therapeutic techniques and tools. Greg’s approach explores the intersections of Indian yoga philosophy, sacred geometry, five-element frameworks from Eastern healing traditions and Taoist influences from New York-based Katonah Yoga methods.

Vinyasa Yoga, Hatha Yoga

Erin Jorich has been teaching yoga and movement classes in the Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN area since 2009. Her classes emphasize alignment, technique, and the balance between strength and flexibility while providing space for students to explore their own personal practice. Erin’s sustainability-focused approach to movement is inspired by her primary teacher Jason Crandell with whom she completed her Advanced Yoga Teacher Training in 2017.

Beyond teaching yoga and movement classes, Erin loves dogs, running, lifting weights, and obsessing over sports like soccer, tennis, and Formula 1 racing.

Fascial Maneuvers

Courtney Krentz is a bodywork specialist utilizing deep tissue, fascial unwinding, cupping, gua sha, and tuning forks as her modalities of choice, while also coaching people in the healing art of fascial maneuvers, a powerful movement & breath work philosophy designed to unwind the fascia. She has helped her body heal from debilitating Lyme disease, complex trauma, surgeries/injuries, and more using these simple counter rotational movements combined with breath and is honored to share them with the world to teach others how to tap into the body’s innate ability to heal itself.

Restorative Yoga

Sanjiv has been a mental health provider for more than 25 years and has completed his postgraduate training at Harvard University and the National Institute of Mental Health. He has had a longstanding interest in complementary medicine and mind body practice. Restorative yoga promotes relaxation and allows the body to stay centered which is vital for stress management. Sanjiv strives to provide students with a calming energy that will allow them to become grounded in their space, especially in their breath. He have completed his Teacher Training from CorePower Yoga and has completed additional training in Trauma Informed Yoga Practice.

Vinyasa Yoga

Nic Lincoln completed a 500 hour certification in Yoga Instruction through CorePower Yoga. He has also completed an additional 100 hour training certification in additional formats beyond Vinyasa and Strength Training Yoga. He taught yoga at CorePower Yoga for 5 years and is excited to be teaching at Sunna. He was also a Principal Director for the dance department at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp for 8 Years, specializing in ballet, modern, and yoga studies. He taught company class for James Sewell Ballet for 10 years, and was a guest teacher for dance at the Lines Ballet BFA program, and was also a guest professor at Hope College. Nic has been the Artistic Director and choreographer for Nic Lincoln Dances since 2005.

Vinyasa Yoga

Liz has been a life long gym rat that eventually found her way to Yoga. She first tried yoga to round out her cardio and weight workouts over 20 years ago and quickly became hooked on yoga. Initially, she enjoyed the physical challenges of trying new poses, developing strength and flexibility. Over time, she noticed that there were other changes. She liked how yoga always seemed to know what her body needed. If she was tired, it gave her energy. If she had to much energy, it relaxed and grounded her. This peaked her interest to dive deeper into yoga. In 2015 she did her 200 hour LifePower yoga teacher training through LifeTime Fitness. Since then she hasn’t looked back and life is full of “all things yoga.” She continues to expand her yoga knowledge and universe by attending workshops and retreats and passing this onto others. She likes the creativity yoga provides in creating classes but more than that she loves the connection it gives her to others.

Dance + Tone, Mindful HIIT

Emily, a London born, Vermont raised, former dancer, and Mama of two, is relatively fresh to the Twin Cities! She landed in Saint Paul in March of 2023 with her husband and daughter, while her youngest daughter was in utero. One of her missions in life is to help people feel seen and understood, as they discover and develop the tools needed to feel empowered in their own bodies. She has spent the last 12 years accumulating a multitude of certifications and teaching a variety of modalities in cities such as LA and NYC, while also training individuals 1:1. The majority of her education in the world of fitness came from her time in NYC where she studied and worked under the likes of celebrity trainer, Anna Kaiser, and Taryn Toomey of The Class. You can follow her @emilychristinemara

Studio Manager

Sarah is a movement enthusiast, freelance performer, and educator in contemporary dance forms. Originally from Virginia, she received her BA in Dance and Mathematics from James Madison University in 2018. Since joining Minneapolis’ dance community in 2018, she has had the pleasure of performing in works choreographed by Berit Ahlgren, Alexandra Bodnarchuk, Carl Flink, Helen Hatch, Marisol Herling, Mathew Janczewski, Taja Will, and more. Sarah also regularly leads intermediate to professional level contemporary classes at Zenon Dance School, Hothouse, and The Arena. Throughout her career, she has turned to her yoga practice not only to maintain strength and mobility but to also cultivate the mental agility and groundedness needed to navigate a freelance dance career. She is currently pursuing her 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training, and is excited to expand her movement offerings later this summer.

Pilates Mat, Pilates Reformer, Pilates Private Training

Samantha Meryhew is a STOTT Certified Instructor based in Saint Paul. She has been teaching Reformer and Mat Pilates since 2019 and has expanded her exploration in Pilates instruction with Chair and Cadillac.

Samantha has always been moving and dancing. She first was introduced to Pilates in high school where Mat Pilates was a part of her dance conditioning classes. She found that Pilates helped her stay strong and supported her dance training.

In addition to teaching Pilates, Samantha is a professional dancer in the Twin Cities. She began her pre-professional training at The School at TU Dance in 2011, and received her bachelor of Art in Dance and Art from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities in 2019. She is proficient in classical and contemporary ballet, modern, and African dance. Today, her knowledge and passion for dance inspires her Pilates work and is a large part of her instruction.

Foundational Yoga, Trampoline

Eva Mohn holds her BA in Dance Studies from the University of Minnesota and MFA in New Performative Practices from Stockholm Uniarts. Eva has worked in Minneapolis, New York, Germany, Poland, Lithuania and Sweden as a dance artist since 2002, and currently lives between Stockholm, Sweden and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Eva was a company member with Cullberg from 2012-2023. She is a practitioner of improvisation, Hatha yoga, and Vipassana meditation. Eva completed her yoga teacher training with Richard Freeman in 2009. She is a mother of two, an outdoor enthusiast and has mosts recently been working as a farm manager for a small scale organic sheep farm in Bloomington, Minnesota.

Pilates Mat, Pilates Reformer, Pilates Private Training

Amanda is a freelance contemporary dancer. She has toured internationally and performed work by Alvin Ailey, Ihsan Rustem, Yin Yue, Helene Simoneau, Stephanie Martinez, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, and many others. Throughout her dance career, Amanda has used Pilates to stay healthy, prevent injuries, and build strength.

In 2012, Amanda received her mat certification through Core Pilates in NYC and continued her Pilates education with the comprehensive equipment certification through Balanced Body in 2020. She is thrilled to be sharing the Pilates experience with others and helping people achieve the strength, confidence, and trust in their bodies that Pilates has offered her.

Pilates Reformer

Kari is professional ballet dancer and a certified STOTT PILATES® Instructor. Since her certification in 2012, she has worked with people from all walks of life, though she particularly enjoys helping dancers build stability, strength, and stamina to meet the challenges required of today’s performing artists.

GYROTONIC® Private Training

Genevieve Waterbury is a certified instructor of the GYROTONIC® method as well as a dancer and choreographer. Originally from Colorado, she studied dance at Boulder Ballet and Colorado State University before joining Nevada Ballet Theatre in Las Vegas. Her move to Minneapolis came after 4 years in New York City where she began her initial certification. Genevieve’s GYROTONIC® journey paralleled her artistic shift from ballet to contemporary dance. The method was introduced to her as a form of cross-training and it brought forth a connection between her body and nature that ballet training had not, one that continues to impact her as a teacher and dancer. The method offered opportunities to recognize and confront habits, to breathe, to find presence in her body and freedom in her movement! Genevieve loves teaching because she really believes in what the GYROTONIC® method offers and loves sharing its benefits.

Vinyasa Yoga, Restorative Yoga, Pilates Reformer, Pilates Private Training

Paige began practicing Yoga in 2009 and Pilates in 2015, and quickly fell in love with both. Mindful movement helps her stay calm and find joy in the chaos of life. She loves teaching because it allows her to facilitate that experience for others. When not teaching or practicing, you can find her playing with her dogs, hiking, camping, or curled up on the sofa with a good book and a glass of wine.