Meet our expert team of compassionate healers, therapists and skilled body workers. They will customize your session to your specific needs and leave you feeling cared for, and grounded.
In 2006, Marcia, a former journalist and corporate executive, wrote the plan that launched Green Lotus. In 2007, Green Lotus opened, and Marcia and business partner Merry Beth Hovey, who joined in 2009, planted the seeds of service that are the foundation of the Green Lotus philosophy. "As teachers and healers," Marcia says, "we meet students and clients where they are. We learn and grow from each other -- and have fun doing it."
Read MoreAndrea Claassen is an Ayurvedic Wellness Coach, RYT 500 yoga teacher, author, and Wild Woman Project Circle Leader who has been in the wellness field since 2007. Her mission is to help you slow down, tune in, and connect to your divine body wisdom. She uses mother nature as the guide, inviting you to learn to live a cyclical and more aligned life.
Read MoreChristine is a massage therapist at Green Lotus Yoga and Healing Center in Mendota Heights. She specializes in deep tissue, sports massage, Swedish, hot stone, prenatal, geriatric, aromatherapy, and myofascial release.
Read MoreAmy Dirksen has combined her passion for wellness, for service to others, and for business by opening Green Lotus in Eden Prairie, Minnesota in 2015. A former marketing executive for a national banking company she also has many years of experience in teaching fitness and yoga classes in the Y system and at Green Lotus. She gives attention to students' individuals needs and is adept at adapting poses to make yoga accessible to as many people as possible. As owner of Green Lotus' first license, Amy brings new insight and energy, laughter, and care to its mission of integrated wellness. She lives in Eden Prairie with her wonderful husband and son (The Dude).
Read MoreMaureen began her yoga practice in 1992, studying one-on-one with a tantric yogi, and experienced dramatic healing on all levels of her being. She attended graduate school for Chinese medicine. In addition to her E-RYT 200, RYT 500, and YACEP certifications with Yoga Alliance, Maureen is certified to teach Yoga for CancerCare, Yin Yoga, Trauma-Informed Yoga, Yoga Nidra, and Restorative Yoga. She completed advanced training in the Yoga for Cancer Patients program at Sloan Kettering Memorial Cancer Center of New York. She developed and teaches Green Lotus' Yin Yoga Teacher Training programs and Yoga for CancerCare Training programs. She teaches workshops and offers private yoga instruction, specializing in working with those who have structural issues, back or neck pain, osteoporosis, and those whose life journey includes cancer. Maureen is also a Reiki Master, ordained minister, public speaker, bhakta, and she offers mantra meditation instruction.
Read MoreJessica Foss is a massage therapist and reiki master at Green Lotus Yoga and Healing Center in Lakeville and Mendota Heights.
Read MoreRebecca Fowler is a Reiki practitioner at Green Lotus Yoga and Healing Center of Apple Valley.
Read MoreMerry Beth became a partner in Green Lotus in 2009 and in 2013 retired from her corporate position as vice president of marketing for a global franchise company to focus full-time on Green Lotus. Now Green Lotus’s sole owner, she is also director of training for Green Lotus's Registered Yoga School and a core faculty member of the training programs.
Read MoreGreg was skeptical of chiropractic until a car accident in 2001 left him with constant headaches and severe neck and back pain. Desperate for relief, he saw a gentle chiropractor and was amazed by how good he felt after chiropractic care. Several years later, with the support of his loving wife and family, the Freitags moved from Maryland to Minnesota for chiropractic school. The rest is history. Dr. Gregory Freitag offers chiropractic care at Green Lotus Yoga and Healing Center in Lakeville.
Read MoreDavid is a massage therapist and a Reiki Master whose touch heals, inspires, and relaxes. David has been practicing and teaching Reiki for more than ten years. Reiki is used to aid the body’s natural ability to heal itself from headaches, colds exhaustion, sleeplessness, and any other forms of “dis-ease”. David completed his massage therapy training through The Healing Arts Center in Prior Lake, Minnesota. He is trained in Swedish, sports, and clinical massage and in acupressure. He also is experienced in area-specific methods and can conduct massage sessions tailored to aid the healing of specific areas of the body such as lower back pain, tension headaches, neck, and shoulder issues. David has completed training in Lomi Lomi, an ancient and ritualistic Hawaiian form of healing massage, integrating long sweeping strokes with rhythmic music that allows you to experience complete relaxation and healing.
Nancy King is a massage therapist at Green Lotus Yoga and Healing Center in Lakeville, Minnesota. In her sessions Nancy turns her full awareness to her clients and uses her technical skills and her intuition to personalize to each person's needs.
Read MoreGeorgie Kinlaw offers massage therapy and cupping therapy at Green Lotus Yoga and Healing Center in Lakeville and Mendota Heights.
Read MoreJamie Klein is an Esthetician & Skin Health Expert at Green Lotus Yoga and Healing Center of Lakeville. She does facials, waxing, brows, eyelashes, energy work, and other services. She has lots of advanced training including Ayurvedic Massage. Schedule with her and you will feel refreshed and revitalized.
Read MoreCrystal is a certified astrologer and lifelong seeker. Her passion is to help others better understand themselves and the world around them through the lens of astrology and to give them the permission to be who they really are.
Read MoreDenise Lewis, a native Minnesotan, earned her Masters in Oriental Medicine in 2005 at the Minnesota College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. She is certified by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) and is licensed through the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice. Her journey toward becoming a provider of health and healing services began with a career as a Family Medicine physician; as she approached mid-life burnout, her patients were telling her stories of their healing experiences with acupuncture. She made the decision to study this traditional medicine as she continued her conventional medicine practice. As she learned the foundations of Traditional Chinese Medicine, she felt she had come home to the medicine she had always wanted to practice: holistic, honoring the body’s own capacity for healing, natural support of that process, and an appreciation of the unique needs of each individual seeking health and healing. Although Denise’s medical license is no longer active, she approaches her practice of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine grounded in the base of knowledge from conventional medicine. She offers acupuncture, cupping, herbal consultation, nutrition counseling, meditation and guided imagery, and auricular acupuncture, and treats a broad range of conditions including pain syndromes, fertility support, menstrual issues, menopause symptoms, digestive disorders, respiratory conditions, sleep disorders, anxiety, and depression. Denise also completed the Green Lotus 200-hour yoga teacher training program and is enjoying exploring the intersections between Chinese Medicine principles and yogic philosophy and practice. Denise has two adult daughters and enjoys gardening, cross-country skiing, and Gopher football.
Natalia Logodko provides massage therapy and CranioSacral sessions at Green Lotus Yoga and Healing Center in Apple Valley.
Read MoreCindy is passionate about health and wellness especially in how the mind-body connection effects us and shapes the experience of our lives. She was raised in a holistic-minded family that utilized preventive medicine, recognizing the link between body, mind, and soul and the value of human touch.
Cindy became a massage therapist in 2010 with an associate's degree in Clinical Therapeutic Sports Massage from St. Paul College. She is an experienced practitioner of Swedish, deep tissue, myofascial release, sports, pregnancy, warm stone, and reflexology massage techniques. She also performs cupping and scraping, is a level two reiki practitioner and is trained in polarity therapy and matrix energetics balancing modalities.
Cindy recognizes the necessity of movement and exercise to well-being and longevity. After seeing how a regular Pilates practice, along with diet and lifestyle modifications, changed how she was living in her body - she lost 80 pounds - she became a STOTT Pilates instructor in 2012. She now is thrilled to be able to guide her clients and students and to witness the changes they are able to make in their health, in their bodies, and in their overall well-being. She teaches Pilates and offers massage at Lakeville and Mendota Heights.
Therese Naber practices Emotional Freedom Techniques at Green Lotus Yoga and Healing Center in Lakeville and Mendota Heights.
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