Mind Body Solutions' Humanity Update 2016

humanity disguised as yoga.

humanityupdate

august 2016

what’s inside...

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our mission: making a statement.

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our founder: a few words from matthew.

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our programs: helping people in the ways we do best.

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our numbers: making an impact.

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our year: taking a look at 2016.

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our future: taking a look ahead.

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our tribe: the minds and bodies of mbs.

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our support: those who have our back and make the work possible.

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our team: the staff and board members.

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our mission Mind Body Solutions transforms the lives of people living with trauma, loss, and disability and those who care for them by helping them integrate mind and body.

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from our founder At Mind Body Solutions, we believe in changing lives and making the world a better place. Thanks to your support, we are able to work hard, innovate, and serve people living with trauma, loss, and disability in 2016!

I want to introduce an innovative new kind of annual report. This digital booklet is your opportunity to see, feel, and connect with the people and work of MBS. It’s 40 pages long; but don’t worry, it’s mostly pictures! Page through quickly or read every word, we want you to know that your support counts.

While our adaptive yoga classes are at the core of our mission, we are much more than a yoga studio. This year we have helped caregivers at the Minneapolis YWCA, Gillette Children’s Specialty Health Care, Health Partners, and Park Nicollet. We participated in a yoga research study and expanded our insights to story telling, healing, and transformative narrative, including our upcoming Mind Body Dialogues program on December 13 on Embodied Compassion at St. Catherine University with Cathy Wurzer, Krista Tippett and me. Please join us!

Throughout this year and next, we are launching two new programs, both of which are designed for people and their families going through catastrophic life changes. (See page 14) We aim to serve people through their entire life arc. At Mind Body Solutions, we know our core insights apply well beyond yoga. We are an emerging educational center whose reach is expanding exponentially.

We promise to make your support count every single day.

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our programs

We also provide outreach via speaking engagements, demonstrations and classes throughout the TC Metro.

adaptive yoga opening yoga classes for everybody teacher trainings

healthcare provider & caregiver trainings

We adapt the principles of yoga for people in physically difficult and changing bodies. Our work is accessible to everyone, regardless of physical or neurological ability. Through our weekly yoga classes at our studio, two local studios, and Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Center, we unleash the best of humanity by improving the quality of life and providing hope and healing in unexpected ways.

We train healthcare professionals and organizations how to incorporate mindbody principles into everyday work life, both for themselves and for patients.

The result is a double bottom line effect: Improved outcomes for both patient and caregivers alike. In our approach, healthcare professionals experience increases in ability to manage stress, commitment to their profession and to their employers, as well as improved quality of life.

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Our pre-eminent adaptive yoga teacher training is based upon the unique experience of our Founder Matthew Sanford, an award-winning author, nationally renowned yoga teacher, and paraplegic for the last 37 years. Our goal: We want a skillful adaptive yoga teacher in every community. We offer progressive levels of study in week long workshops as well as a Opening Yoga Certificate Program.

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our 2015 numbers A fraction of our impact last year.

10,000+ Adaptive Yoga Participant Hours 3,700

Newsletter Subscribers

3,000+

Facebook Likes

1,560

Email Inquiries

863

Donations

6,433

YouTube Views

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Opening Yoga Scholarship Recipients

800+

Adaptive Yoga Teachers Trained to date

1,000+

Healthcare Providers Trained to date

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our year

In addition to offering 11 weekly adaptive yoga classes, community outreach, Opening Yoga teacher trainings and new programs tailored for healthcare providers both on site and in our studio, we offered some exciting new ways to share our work and our mission this year.

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Over the past year, we welcomed 18 eager, thoughtful, courageous, and creative yoga teachers into a deeper level of MBS training - the Opening Yoga Instructor certification program.

Each participant has made the commitment to expand their teaching by taking part in a self-directed course of study. At their own pace within a three-year term, candidates complete two experiential courses, as well as additional studies under the guidance of MBS senior faculty. OYI graduates are able to teach anyone, including people living with neurological deficit, those suffering with PTSD, mental health conditions and the elderly. OYI Certificate candidates gain unparralleled insight into the nature of trauma, loss and disability while employing a method that derives from universal principles of the asana. These 18 pioneers are part of a unique group of teachers who are recognized for their exceptional diligence, creativity, and commitment to furthering the principles of yoga as they apply to people of all abilities.

Another year, another whopping yogathon success! Once again, more than 150 yogis from around the world joined to proclaim February as their month to DO YOGA to SHARE YOGA. Some made a pledge to do a handstand every day of the month,

while others decided to practice with their pup or visit EACH of the 37 Yogathon Passport Studios in 28 days!

It was a remarkable effort by all participants - each one helping us raise nearly $60K for our adaptive yoga program. Proceeds helped us fund our adaptive yoga training scholarship program, buy new props and equipment, and offer MBS staff addtional PTSD training. Above all, it helped us continue offering 10,000+ participant hours of adaptive yoga here, and tens of thousands more nationally, to those living with trauma, loss, and disability.

This year we began to break new ground in a much anticipated, highly sought-after workshop entitled Body. Mind. Story. It was billed as a transformative experience.

It delivered as promised. Renowned storytelling trio Kevin Kling, Patricia Francisco, and Matthew Sanford led 18 brave storytellers in what not only turned out to be a ground breaking new way to teach storytelling, but also to recognize the true healing power of a story shared - both for the teller and the listener. The goal was to help participants explore the role of both mind and body in recognizing and telling the stories of their lives. The workshop was so profoundly effective, we’re planning two more in 2017.

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The Body. Mind. Story. weekend workshop began with a creative new public gathering. Long-time friends and storytellers Matthew Sanford, Kevin Kling, and Patricia Francisco engaged an audience in an unforgettable evening. Together they shared stories about life, about wonder, about healing, and about becoming – all with a “just right” mix of tenderness, humor, and music.

Join us December 13th for the third Mind Body Dialogues. This year’s conversation, Embodying Compassion, will feature Krista Tippett, Matthew Sanford, and Cathy Wurzer.

Compassion is lofty virtue, one that makes the world a better place. In practice, true compassion is much more difficult and challenges our humanity. In this year’s live dialogue moderated by Cathy Wurzer, Sanford and Tippett explore the underlying nature of compassion and the integral role that the body plays in both experiencing compassion and sharing it.

The three will also explore the application of compassion to other contexts, including healthcare, the dying process, and human touch. The goal of the evening is to bring compassion out of the clouds and into our bodies. mindbodysolutions.org

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our future Finding new ways to share our work in the world for those who need it most.

new programs LIVING TIL THE END

MBS PEER VISITING PROGRAM

The final stages of life are filled with uncertainty. Mind Body Solutions’ Living til the End program is designed to nourish both the individual and their caregiver(s) during this difficult life transition. This program will introduce participants to a mind-body approach that redefines the concepts of healing and living well. Using the universal principles of yoga and simple practices taught by trained Mind-Body Ambassadors, this program will help both patients and their caregivers find ease, relief, and connection in this time of shared uncertainty.

When the unthinkable happens - a new diagnosis, trauma, or loss - it can be hard to know where to turn. How does one begin to navigate in a new life or learn to live in a “new� body?

We can help. MBS is pioneering a program that enlists the aid of people who have been there; people who know; people who can help. They are the core of the MBS community adaptive students, caregivers, assistants and teachers.

This innovative program is focused on those who are approaching the end of life and their caregivers. This may be defined as those who are entering hospice or palliative care programs, those who are living with a terminal diagnosis, and those who are living with serious chronic illnesses. The participants may be ambulatory, use a wheelchair, or be bed-bound, and should be willing and able to take part in the mind-body activities as their condition allows. Family teaching and participation is welcome and encouraged.

The Peer Visiting program pairs those living with trauma, loss, and disability with trained Mind Body Ambassadors (MBA) who share with program participants a mind-body approach to living. Our goal is to help people feel hope about the future and how a mind-body approach to living can lead to improved quality of life.

Together with their highly trained MBS Ambassador, participants will establish a nurturing and sustainable mind-body practice that can be done independently or with the assistance of a support person. Program participants, or their family and caregivers, will be able to access mind-body resources for continued practice.

Both programs will begin late fall 2016. Look for details in our upcoming newsletters and on our website: mindbodysolutions.org. Contact amy@mindbodysolutions.org.

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our tribe The nine folks you will meet on the next few pages represent who we are and why we do what we do.

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meet lisa.

An Occupational Therapist living in Sydney, Australia who is bringing the work of MBS “down under.”

Adaptive yoga is steadily growing in Australia. I work mainly within the State Health system, the Australian Defence Force, a Rehabilitation Centre and a Non Profit Disability Organisations who specialises in Cerebral Palsy.

awareness and get more teachers confident to work with people who have a disability or chronic illness.

Matthew kindly Skyped in to offer his words of wisdom. (However this doesn’t mean I won’t give up on asking him to come “down under.”)

I started teaching one class in the back room of a Rehab Hospital 3 years ago - I’m now teaching around six classes a week – some are open groups for anyone to drop into, others are private group classes for specific organisations. Last year I ran the first “Yoga for (dis)Ability” teacher training workshop here in Sydney to increase

As an Occupational Therapist working in the area of neurology for over a decade, it was a chance discussion with one of my patients that changed the course of my life! I embarked on a journey to combine my love of yoga and rehabilitation and haven’t looked back. Upon completing my yoga teacher certification I dusted

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off my passport and headed straight for MBS! One of the things that is so important to me as a yoga teacher is learning. I want to always explore and to continue studying with amazing teachers and incredible people. There’s never been a single yoga class that I’ve attended where I haven’t learned something new.

I’m completing a Masters (by research) at the University of Sydney, looking into the impact of yoga for people with a spinal cord injury.

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meet carol.

A tractor pulling champion, motor cycle adventurer, and a new adaptive yoga student.

In 2013, after a snowmobiling accident left Carol Suchy with a severe spinal cord injury, it was her community - her friends, family and peers - that helped her maintain a positive outlook, which inspired her to work hard and continue to live the active life she always had and loved.

ties with her busy family or heading away on camping trips or motorcycle rides with her adventurous friends.

She even competes with the National Tractor Pulling Association, which is another whole story!

Then she saw a flyer for adaptive yoga and wondered if it might help her find relief from her tight hips. Being one to never shy away from a challenge or try something new, she gave it a shot.

After practicing with MBS for nearly eight months, Carol has definitely noticed that her hips are more relaxed and open. But she has also discovered that there’s more happening in an MBS adaptive yoga class than what meets the eye.

Carol has always seen the importance of being part of a community and explains that she has always been active, whether going out to activi-

Not only is she finding new ways to move and be in her body, she has found another community with MBS. In speaking about MBS adaptive yoga

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classes, Carol says, “I definitely enjoy the people. The [students], teachers and volunteers are rockstars.” She adds that the teachers and assistants have helped her ease into her yoga journey.

With this support, she has gained greater knowledge of her body and has found more ways to help her relax and center.

For these reasons, Carol’s advice to anyone considering yoga is to give it a try, no matter your reason. She says, ”You may find more benefits than what your original reason was for trying it.”

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meet tony & linda.

The couple that OM’s together, finds joy together. Why these two make yoga night a date night once a week.

Our entry into adaptive yoga started with a shared smile and a “What the heck, let’s give it a try!” Over 45 years together has taught us to meet the human condition [old age, sickness, and death] with effort and hope. Linda brings her sweat and elbow grease while I provide support.

She labors through many beautiful yoga movements while I brace her right hip or furnish my back as a wall.

guide volunteers who help participants tap into the infinite joy of liberating their minds and bodies. Each action resonates in the strength of peace.

We help each other under the guidance of two caring teachers and several wonderful volunteers. Here are four benefits we have directly experienced in adaptive yoga.

2. Each session returns us to playfulness.

We leave the world’s serious baggage at the entry and find a realm without failure where simple effort is greatly rewarded.

The teachers often light up the room with “let’s see how this works” encouraging creative problem solving through active participation. We find inventiveness the platform for a spirit of aliveness surrounding all of us in the great happiness of just trying.

1. Healing energy flows through every movement. Teachers generate a loving and kind environment immersing everyone in compassionate learning. Teachers

3. Adaptive yoga is a wonderful date destination. We’ve been going out together for over 50 years and we still look forward to a fun rendezvous.

Adaptive Yoga helps us share time together by focusing on the same healing point.

4. Adaptive yoga helps renew faith in people. These are cynical times awash with angry and negative energy. And yet, we intuitively know that pessimism is a bone-shaking ride. Adaptive Yoga teachers shape the effort of our diverse group and connect caring for each other through good humor and support.

The great mystery of adaptive yoga is that you cannot grasp it, it grasps you.

The best way to express gratitude for this unique approach is to do it and realize the benefits directly. The outcome is immense joy for our teachers, environment, and new friends traveling together on a great energy path.

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meet lorrie.

US Military Veteran, MBS adaptive yoga assistant, VA adaptive yoga teacher and service dog-trainer extroadinare.

It all started with just a pain in the neck that wouldn’t go away. After exhausting all traditional avenues of western medicine, someone suggested a couple non-traditional approaches like yoga and cranial sacral therapy.

attended Kripalu Training Center.

On my return to Minnesota, I was asked to volunteer to train a service dog and was matched with a Golden Retriever who I named Jaya (the victorious one).

I started seeing positive effects of yoga and wanted more.

At MBS I started as a student in a veterans class and then came to learn from Matthew’s class. I took Level I and II in the Opening Yoga teacher training classes offered and next thing I know I was assisting in adaptive classes on a regular basis. Teaching

When I started feeling better with a regular practice, helping others just came second nature. To teach other veterans I needed to be certified so I

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classes for the VA Spinal Cord unit and veterans in general has given me a place to practice and give back to community.

Training my service dog to help those with disabilities and working with those who have special needs has become quite rewarding.

Being the change and seeing the change around me has made life easier to take as it is.

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meet the mccraes.

The McCrae’s bring three generations of full recoveries, long rich lives, and great big smiles to the adaptive yoga studio at MBS.

Has practicing yoga (the poses, and the class experience) affected you in any way?

If so, how?

(All answers in the words of family father, JD McCrae.)

Debbie is 88 years old, has broken both hips and fully recovered from those surgeries. She loves the social interaction of classmates. She does not fully realize the benefits physically, but I can tell you she is much more flexible, has better balance and has a stronger gait to her walking. She needed an aid (cane and/or walker) before starting her practice, but now needs no cane for short distances, and she is not wobbly like she was. In addition to that, she seems to stand straighter.

Michael has just started, but for two days after each class he is very loose in his arms and legs. We have seen better flexibility in his twisting too. He has very tight muscles in his entire body, with extreme limited movement in all limbs due to his cerebral palsy, but he is able to use his right hand to control a wheel chair (and the TV remote!)

J.D. (I’m writing this and it’s actually spelled Jade) had a heart transplant two years ago after being extremely sick for 18 years. I was expected to die 15 years ago, but am much too stuborn I guess.

I started yoga with the intent of getting mom involved so she had better balance and was strong enough to get up if she fell. I joined the class as her support, but discovered how amazing yoga was for me. I originally found the mind-body relationship to be intriguing, and how this extended to my soul, the environment, the class and the community. In four months I have become an addict.

After my transplant I worked very hard (three hours a day) to regain muscle mass lost from 18 years of hardly being

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able to walk twenty feet. Yoga presents a perfect extension for my body. I have lessened my exercise to an hour –two hours a day, and have added two hours of yoga a day. It’s not only the flexibility and strength that yoga provides, but the connection and understanding of my body allows me to develop physically and mentally. I have found my concentration is better, and I am able to stay in focus longer. I feel much more in harmony with self and environment.

My wife Julie has practiced yoga in the past, but as I got sicker, it seemed to fall away. She is joining me to help Michael on Fridays. We have attended Julie W.’s class on Mondays, but now with spring, we are practicing sailing as we are training for a world Championship in Austria in July. That is the most amazing fact for me, I never expected to sail again, but after 20 years away from a boat, I sailed well enough to qualify to be one of four boats representing the USA in Austria. Julie is one of two crew members. She and I practice yoga at home twice a week.

Has practicing yoga affected any of your relationships, with yourself, each other, others?

For Debbie the social component is extremely important and yoga has introduced her to new friends at her level. It has opened her world some, and that is great.

For Michael it allows him to see others in wheelchairs with more and less limitations than he has. He can see them gaining and gives him inner strength knowing he can gain or at least maintain where his body is. My hope is it helps him to not progressively lose body control.

For me, it has helped me understand where I belong in the community. My personal journey has been inspirational to many, and through yoga I have found new avenues to share and help others who might be on their own difficult journeys. I have perspective from what I have learned; yoga has actually helped me understand some of it better. I believe the potential to impact others is limitless, and therefore I am very excited for the future of my practice.

Is there a ring leader among you three?

Is one of you the main cheer leader to get the others excited about class? Who is it?

What’s the cheer (mantra)?

Yes, that is clearly me. I am always one to jump in with both feet and then ask why I did it. I am so excited about how yoga can help all my family, and how my family can help the community. No mantra, just excitement.

Other things you would like to add?

Sky’s the limit.

Speaking for the entire family, we are humbled and honored to be asked to share our family’s story. I hope it inspires others to explore and expand the possibilities of their practice. We are excited how quickly we have been welcomed into the Mind Body Solutions community, and how we are able to help the community in the ways we can.

Thank you for your generosity and lovingly taking our family under your wings. We are all blessed.

the mccrae’s are mbs.

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our support

We’d like to recognize the following organizations who have our back every day.

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In addition to the steadfast support we receive from hundreds of individual donors every year, we have been fortunate to also have the backing of a few key foundations and progressive organizations who believe that transforming lives in big and little ways is a wise investment in everyone’s future. Thank you.

Dorothy G Bender Foundation Goldman, Sachs Lakewinds Natural Foods Medtronic Moccasin Law Firm Chtd

McCashin Law Firm Richard M Schulze Family Foundation The Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Park Nicollet Women’s Services

St. Joan of Arc Parish Foundation Twin Cities Orthopedics US Bank Foundation Valerie B. Schwartz Foundation Wawayanda Lodge #34 I.O.O.F

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Barbara Aaberg Bryan Aaker Karen Abele David & Susan Abelson Lois Abraham Mikki Abraham John Abraham Madelin Adames Kelli Adams Donna Adkinson Ernesto Aguero Niki Ahrens Femi Akinnagbe Martha Albrecht Beverly Allen Julie Allis Tama Almquist Richard Almquist Noah Alper

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Brigid Alseth Jaber Alsiddiqui Raji Ambikairajah Vincent Amendola Michael Amy James Amy Karl Anderson Kari Anderson Therese Anderson Cary Anderson Bailey Anderson Marty Anderson Holly Anderson Laurie Anderson Lee Anderson John Anderson Tasha Anderson John Anderson Soma Angelus William Ankeny

Jody Ansell Carla Anselm Jan Apple Anne Archambault Amy Artmann Erin Atwood Caryn Aulenbach Erika Austin Joan Autrey Don & Dorothy Bachman Molly Bachman Lori Bakken Shana Baldassari Diane Baldwin Sue Baldwin Lindsay Ballard Pamela Ballard Charlie Ballard Rob Barber

Nicole Barker Colleen Barnett Jane Barrett Jill & Bill Bartel Cynthia Barthel Grace Barthell Rachel Bass Tom Battley Rose Becker Kathryn Begley Eric & Lynda Beinlich Olman Bejarano Carolyn Bell Kelly Beller James Benick Win Bennett Sue Benson Christine Benson Judy Benson

Tiffany Bergin Danielle Berres Rachelle Berthiaume Teri Bibeau Beka Bickel Lisa Bidgood Cynthia Billington Denise Bisanz Jolynn Blaeser Marjie Blevins Liz Boo Neuberger Marla Bookhout Mike Borg Steve & Iris Borowsky DeAnn Bosiljevac Christopher Boswell Gwenda Bottoli Barbara Boukal Barbara Bower

Jean Bower Dawn Boyle Neva Brady-Morgan Natalie Brandt Erika Brant Thomas & Nancy Bray Ali Britton Noah Brody Kellie Brooks Robert Brose Tracy Brunner Stephen Bruns Johanna Buckentin Jill Buell Hannah Bundlie Dennis Burke Laura Burke Mary Anne Burns Cassidy Burns

our donors

Our biggest thanks to these 863 friends who supported the work of Mind Body Solutions in 2015.

Melinda Bury Emily Byers-Ferrian Kim Cable Ashlyn Cahill Jo Cameron Neal Cannon Jeanne Carpenter Laura Carpenter Ed Cerier Louise Chalfant Amy Challgren Julie Champ Caroline Chang Faith Chapman Ellen Chase Julia Chewning Karen Chewning Stacy Childers Anne Childs Kate Christensen

Peter Christman Gwen Chynoweth Leslie Clark P. J. Clark Katie Clark Laureen Coffelt Brad Cohen Scott Conlon Ladd Conrad Gail Conzet Holly Coombs Gene Cooper Debra Corea Alma Corla Mary Cousineau Natalie Cowell Linda Crable Alyce Cranston Amanda Crofton Molly Cronin

Beth Curtiss Tamara Czapiewski Harold & Kathy Dahl Sharon Dahlstrom Angela Dailey Melissia Dailey Hetal Dalal Patrick Dale Shari Danielson Christine Danner Betsy Davies Barbara Davis Eric Day Kevin Dean Anne Deardorff Domenica del Caro Elizabeth DeLay Rachel DeLong Deb DeMeester

Christine Denson Joshua Derfus Miriam Derman Deborah Desigio Kristina Dewulf Colin DeYoung Kathy DeYoung Gary Diamond Bethany Dickinson Kathleen Diffatte Tara Dobyns Susan Doerr Elizabeth Doggett Patrick Donlin Mary Donohue Carrie Donovan Matt Dooling Susan Dosen Linda Doughty Diane Drost

Samantha Drost Gregg Drost Jo Duffin Patrick Duffin Lisa Dunkley Francine Durso Rosemarie Dwyer Laurie Dwyer John Dyer Timothy & Mary Dyrhaug Maude Earhart Catharine Eberhart Amelia Eddleman Melanie Edwards Theresa Eilerman Jon Eiss Julia Elders Neil Elkey Jeffrey Ellingboe

Diane Elliot Nancy Ellsworth Evelyn Emerson Kelsey Eng Kebra Engel Deborah Enrooth Susan Erickson Cari Erickson Carol Erickson Cecelia Erickson Benjamin Ervin Sandra Evans Patty Ewalt Shulamit Fairman Michelle Farinella Cindy Farmer Susan Farmer Heather Farmer Penny Farnell Sarah Farnell

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Fitz & Mary Pat FitzPatrick Brian FitzPatrick Karen Fkeze Tessa Flynn Kaja Foat Renee Forst Lisa Fort John Fox Mark Francis Lisa Franek Kathryn Franek Stephanie Frank Elvera Frank Heidi Friederich Stacy Friedlander Ryan Frink Emily Fuerste Julie Fuller Kirstyn Fulton

Mary Gaasch Cecilia Gabrelcik Dylan Galos Kelly Gant Jennifer Gasner Linda Gau Shannon Gaylord Sandra Gensmer Chiara Gerlich Christa Getchell Liza Getsinger Leah Getsinger Nancy Giguere Sue Gilad Michael Gilliland Mary Gilman Twyla Gingrich Susan Glander Rachel Glowacki Mendy Godman

Torreh Golben Zachary S. Gold Karen Goldman Sarah Goldstein Cristina Maria Goncalves Stacia Goodman Nancy Gormley Timothy Gormley J.A. Goslin Kristina Graber Amy Grack Nelson Jennifer Grady Kathy & Hazen Graves Fran Greelis Chelsey Green Susan Greene Charlie Greenman Laurie Greeno

Barb GreenwaldDavis Bob Gregory Robin Grierson William Grierson Sara Griffin Meghan Grossman Carol Grothem Susan Grzeskowiak Joyce Gudding Jamie Gunion Suzanne Gutterriez Tristan Guzman John Gwillim Jen H. Heather Hackett Martin Hage Aimee Halquist Gary Hanken Anne Hanley

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Your donations help us help others. Thank you.

Jen and Will Hector Diane Hedberg Karen Heim-Duthoy Lecia Heinen Audrey Heins Patricia Henderson Sarah Henderson Tom Henderson Joan Henly Annamaria Hernandez Virginia & Daniel Herzog Douglas Hesbol Kristina Hesbol Barbara Hestness Molly Hilgenberg Bernadette Hindman Colleen Hiner Mary Hirsch

Ketti Histon Alisa Hoang Anne Hobler Joel Hodroff Barb Hoffman Arthur & Nicole Hoffman Linda Hofmeister Dawn Hofstrand Nancy Holasek Carolyn Holm Cynthia Holtz Minna Hong Kirsten Hoogenakker Barb Horan Charles Horne Andrew & Catherine Horning John Hotz

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Kathy Jackson William K. Jackson Sandra Jackson Sarah Jaeger Kat Jahnigen Juanita Jahnigen Marie Janiak Megan Jennings Kari Jensen Teresa Jensen Mark Jenson Kathleen Jewett Mary Jodeit Allison Johanson Grace Johnson Mugs Johnson M. Antoinette Johnson Janet Johnson Beth Johnson

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Jana Lindberg Ann Linnea Sara Litke Allison Locey Gini Loch Shannan Lockhart Pilar Lorente Carol & James Lorenzen Peter Loring Michael Loscheider Jannette & Warren Lowe Tracy Luedtke Lynn Lukkas Judy Lu-Lawson Heather Lundgren Kenneth Lundquist Carolyn Lutz Richard Lynch Sarah Lynn Rebecca Lyon Elizabeth Lyons Thomas Mabie Mark MacDonald

Kathryn Mack Jade & Julie MacRae Dottie MacVeigh Linda Madden Jane Maguire Mary Mahoney Dina Mallya Catherine Mamer Amy Mangano Jo Ann Manthey Joanne Marshall Donna Martin Vickie Martinson Jo Mary Paul Massie Priscilla Massie Wendy Mattera Denise Maxwell Vanessa May Lisa Mayer Kathy McAlister Susan McCarl Christina Mccarty

Carla Mcclellan Beth McCue Sue McDonald Mary McGreevy Wendy McGuire Nancy McKay Patti McLaughlin William McMahon Carole McMonigal Barbara Meyer Liz Meyer Cathy Meyers Sharon Meyers Allison Midgley Judith Miller Bradley Miller Robert Miller Allison Miller Kristina Minnis Peter Mitchelson Tara Moghadam Bridget Molitor Maggie Molyneaux

our donors

Your donations help us help others. Thank you.

Wendy Mondello Louise Montague Amanda Moody Liza Morgan Lynne Morishita Denise Morrisette Sara Mountain Tracy Mouser Sharon Mrocek Stephanie Mullaney Betsy Mulvehill Charles Munson Sheila Murphy Cynthia Muskin Jessica Musta Mary Myers Charlene Myklebust May N. G. Sylvia Nasla Mary Neisen Herman & Mary Nelson Sally Nelson Sarrah Nelson

Patricia Ngong Rachel Nielsen Rachel Nielsen Kelly Nitschke Kathy Noeldner Devin Nordson Elizabeth Nordstrom Sarah Norman Ann Nye Katie O`Hearn Debbie Obrien Patti O’Leary Maureen Olofson Christine Olson Cyndi O’Neil Jennie Orchard Kimberly Orchard Erin O’Rourke Donna O’Rourke Kassie Pagaling C. J. Page Nancy Palesch Donovan Palmquist

Beth Pappas Derek Pappas Mary Parker Linda Passon-McNally Kelly Patnoe Christine Paul Bob Paul Ellen Pechman Jen Peer Rich Colleen Pelkey Lynn Peloquin Lynn Penney Laura Peppin Louise Percy Patty Perz Jennifer Peterson Jennifer Peterson Kevin Peterson Colleen Petroff Kate Pfaltinger Beth Pharro Catherine Phelps Laurie Phillips

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Rachael Rivard Nancy River Hugh Roberts David & Suzy Robertson Greg Robinson-Riegler Lisa Roebuck-Krasno Kim Roecker Ian Roettger William Roettger Gregory Rogers Susan Rohde Kristi Ronningen Becky Rooney Laura Rosenberg Beth Rosenberger Yaron Rosner Sharon & Dennis Rossing Myra Rucker Mae Rukavina Kathy Rundquist Eleanor Rush Laura Russell Carol Rydberg Joseph Rydholm

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Noorjehan Saiyed Sally Sales Erika Salmela Alan & Lucille Samson Barry Samson Amy Samson-Burke Steve Samuels Harold & Sandra Samuels P. Sander Amy Sapola Mary Saul Thomas Saylor Martin Scanlan Julie Schaub Diane Scheel Elizabeth Schepis Rob Schlenker Daniel Schlenker Maureen Schlenker Bob Schlenker Maureen Schlobohm John Schlorholtz Ann Schmidt Carol Schreier

Connie Schultz Jeffrey Schultz Janet Schultz Vicky Schumann Richard Schuster Eric M. and Sara W Schwartz Yvonne Schwartz Dianna Schwartz Linda Schwegman Peter Seals Kathleen Seamans Walt Seibert Shawn Seifert Andrew Seifert Carol Seifert Krishna Seshan Lauren Shaeffer Maureen Shaver Sarah Sheehan Hannah Shepard Karon Sherarts Barbara Simmons Amy Simons

Kris Sittler Carissa Skorczewski Julie Skovran Stephanie Skrivseth Peggy Slater Donna Smith Mark Smith Maureen Smith Tracy Smith Linda Smith Alaina Smith Melissa Smith Sharon Smith Charlene Smith Jane Snider Teresa Sokol Barbara Soria Jessica Sowers William Spring Jane St Anthony Ann St. Clair Jan Stamm Matt Stanifer Mary Beth Stearns

Todd Stebleton Bonnie Stein Mary Steiner Marcie Stenmark Leigh Stepan Meredyth & Bill Stern Alaina Stewart Michelle Stimpson Kathleen Stockhaus-Lee James Stockschlaeder Don Stone Jenna Strain Lutz Lorayne Streeter Jody Stricker Shannon Sturdevant David Suggs Carol Suggs Jane Sullivan Kathleen Sullivan Dan Super Gina Swanson Beverly Swanson Maureen Sweeney Diane Swenson

our donors

Your donations help us, help others. Thank you.

Renee Szarowicz Jane Tadsen Kim Taraschi Michael Tarnoff Tish Tate Karina Taylor Patrice Taylor Lavon A. Tell Eileen Terhaar Carissa Terry Mickey Thaden Louise Thielmann Janice Thielsen Morgen Thomas Ken & Jan Thome Claire & Alan Thometz Bradley Thompson Ann Thompson Eric Thompson Barbara Thomson Madeline Thomson Madge & Bradley Thorsen Sarah Thorsen Tom Thorsen

Julia Timm Jennifer Timmer Kevin Tina Patricia Tinder Kris Tripp Shannon Truempi Tamar Trulson Mike Truwe Kelli Tubbs Susan Turis Todd Twyman Whitney Ulvestad Pamela Ulvestad Nancy Ulvestad Dawn Uremovich Jan van Hoven Fallon Vannelli Meera Venkatraman Alyssa Vesco Karen Vizyak Lindy Vizyak Sean Vizyak Judith Voight Gail Von Gonten

Mark Voorhees Cindy Wagner Matthew Wahlquist Craig Walczyk Mark Waldrep Dora Wallace Carol Walsh Michelle Wanner Kay Ward Beth Warner Elizabeth Warner Beth Waterman Emma Watkins Jeffrey Watson Annette Watts Leslie Waugh Jennifer Weichert Evan Welle Julie Welle Charles Welle Robert Wenner Susanne Westegaard Roberta Westendorf John Wetli

Samantha Wheeler Kevin Whelan Leeann Whelan Tom Whelan Dale Widman Paula Wieckert William Wiegand Michael Wier Jen Wightman Bonnie Wightman Aaron Wilbanks Margot Willett Wink & Bonny Willett Judith Willett Nick Willett Elizabeth Williams Richard Wilson Jimmie Wilson Michael Wilson Antoinette Wilwerding Beth Wischman Jim Wohlford Katrina Wolf Michelle Wolff

Patrice Wolff Deborah Wolk Aaron Woods Betsey Woody Ben Worsley Patricia Wroten Brian Wu Robert Wyffels Jenny Yetzer Barbara Yoerg Janette Youker Melissa Yu Melissa Zachman Nan Zetzman Kim Zismer Hilah Zohar Jo & Mike Zukovich

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our volunteers Thank you for your time, energy, and commitment. Together, we transform lives...

Sari Abelson Brigid Alseth Gretchen Austin Karen Ba Molly Bachman Diane Bearman Rose Becker Antonella Borgatti Wendy Brom Sonja Brown Ashlyn Cahill Nancy Cockson Linda Crable Kathy Dahl Chandler Domian Ommen Melvin Donaldson Julia Fansler Judy Farniok Angela Fern

Fitz Fitzpatrick Mary Pat Fitzpatrick Rachel Gustin Nan Hagg Kirsten Hoogenakker Nancy Hughes Bethany Hutchinson Mandy Jensen Laurel Jung Paris Kaye Ana Killingstad Katie Kohlbeck AnnaMarie Landis Mike Lenarz Rob Ley Allison Locey Gini Loch Lara Lovhaug Chona Maglasang Nancy McKay

Lorrie O’Neal Kimberly Orchard Christine Paul Colleen Pelkey Sharon Radd Becky Rees Julie Riff Jennie Ross Amy Samson-Burke Carrie Shogren Katya Skogen Veronica Soria Miller KenUjifusa Jon Vaughan-Fier Susan Vaughan-Fier Shawn Whelan Aubrey White Jen Wightman Marcia Willett Emily Zoltai

Interested in volunteering for MBS? Please email kathy@mindbodysolutions.org. We’d love to add your name to the list!

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our staff The cast and crew of Mind Body Solutions.

founder, visionary

office manager

Matthew Sanford

Kathy Dahl kathydahl@mindbodysolutions.org

director, programs

social media / development coordinator

Amy Samson-Burke amy@mindbodysolutions.org

Katie Kohlbeck katie@mindbodysolutions.org

director, development

board of directors

Molly Bachman molly@mindbodysolutions.org

director, business strategy Robert Ley rob@mindbodysolutions.org

Kathy Graves, President Matthew Sanford, Executive Director Rob Ley, Secretary J.Marie Fieger Patrick FitzPatrick Emily Fuerste Ken Riff, MD

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