If you have experienced trauma, the following Sága Circle members would be honored to support you. Learn about the various modalities and services available to you below. Please feel welcome to contact any Sága Circle member individually or to reach out to Sága for an introduction or recommendation. Practitioners are listed alphabetically by first name.

TIMBo Group for Women, EMDR or Psychotherapy

with Psychotherapist Alex Murray-Golay

TIMBo (Trauma-informed mind and body) combines movement, breath, guided meditation, and a workbook-based approach to explore and better understand emotions such as fear, shame, and grief. EMDR allows the right and left brain to become “unstuck” and to fully process traumatic events. Psychotherapy allows you to talk throw it all with a licensed professional. Learn more about Alex, including how to contact her, below.

Alex Murray-Golay is a licensed clinical mental health practitioner who believes in the power of the mind-body connection and the capacity to recover and heal.

Alex started working in the field of psychology and mental health in college, and has continued her practice over the past 20 years. Through this journey, Alex recognized that trauma is at the heart of all symptoms, and that people can recover when they connect to their bodies and create new responses. Through her specialty in trauma, Alex has worked with severe and persistent mental illness, in crisis centers, residential treatment and emergency rooms, and is currently in private practice. She specializes in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) and TIMBo (Trauma Informed Mind and Body).

Alex became certified in EMDR in 2013 and uses it daily in sessions with patients. This allows the right and left brain to become “unstuck” and to fully process traumatic events. She is currently finishing the 100-hour training in TIMBo, which combines movement, breath, guided meditation, and a workbook-based approach to explore and better understand emotions such as fear, shame, and grief. Alex launched New Hampshire’s first TIMBo group in Peterborough in September.

Connect with Alex:

Email: alexisgeorgina@gmail.com
Instagram: @messycook

Email Alex to learn about upcoming events ↠

Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (TSY) / Trauma-Informed Yoga (TIY)

with Ivor Edmonds of Sága

Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (TSY) or Trauma-Informed Yoga (TIY) is designed to help you heal from your more painful experiences, whether they are physical or emotional. The slow movements, rhythmic soothing music, and the deliberate exercises and poses in this class address various unique reactions to trauma present in our neurobiology and energy fields.

Ivor Edmonds, MHA, YACEP, C.Qg, Reiki M is a healer with 20 years of experience working with homeless populations, victims of violent crime and trauma, gangs, the mentally ill, and seniors.

As a Master of Gendai Reiki Ho, a Level II Usui Reiki Healer, an E-RYT 200 certified Vinyasa Yoga Instructor, certified Qi Gong and Kemetic Meditation Instructor and soon-to-be-Certified Pilates Instructor, Ivor has taught seminars, corporate wellness programs and classes at Boston Public Schools, Oberlin College, Harvard Divinity School’s Reiki Association (2006), St. Francis House, Action for Boston Community Development, Tewksbury Hospital and Boston Medical Center.

Ivor has also created and implemented many programs integrating traditional healing methods in modern contexts, including an ongoing yoga program for the MIT Track/Field and Cross Country Teams. He has worked with patients in hospital settings and with individuals, as well.

Ivor runs classes, workshops, reiki certifications, Qigong apprenticeships and cares for private clients through his Boston-based yoga and wellness studio, Taireiki. A new resident of Peterborough, who has been connected to the area since 2003, Ivor is also Brianna’s partner and the co-founder of Sága.

Connect with Ivor:

Email: ivor@sagamonadnock.com
Website: sagamonadnock.com
Instagram: @sagamonadnock

Check out Ivor’s upcoming events here ↠

Sound Healing and “Let’s Get Vocal”

with Marybeth Hallinan of Fundamentally Harmonic

Marybeth Hallinan’s work through Fundamentally Harmonic is a synthesis of a lifelong career as a singer, pianist, educator, director, and intuitive healer; a life rooted in love for her fellow human beings. Music's innate ability to bring people together and to heal have led Marybeth naturally to a place of intentional healing through sound, vibration, and chant.

Marybeth has been known for years as a gifted singer, teacher, director, and guide. Through her wisdom, humor, intuitive strength and grounded presence, she is the perfect companion to your healing or vocal journey. Marybeth's expertise, versatility, and non-judgmental approach ease her clients into their own vocal, empowered self.

Marybeth also founded and directs Two Rivers Community Choir, TraverSing Hospice and Palliative Choir, as well as Voicings Adventure Singing Camp and is an intuitive, trained sound healer. She has spent a lifetime synthesizing voice, vocation, and livelihood — creating avenues to assist others in doing the same.

Connect with Marybeth:

Email: keysofmb@gmail.com
Website: fundamentallyharmonic.com
Facebook: @harmony.nature.healing
Instagram: @fundamentallyharmonic

Check out Marybeth’s upcoming events here ↠

Yoga Therapy

with Shae Sterrett

Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy combines yoga, Buddhism, psychology and neuroscience for a truly life empowering experience. Throughout a session, clients may experience movement, meditation, mindfulness, Thai Yoga Body Work and life mentoring to improve mental and physical health.

Shae Sterrett is a holistic wellness practitioner offering a unique collection of services that help people befriend their body, quiet their mind, manage stress, and live with more ease, intention and clarity. Shae offers Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy, Thai Yoga Bodywork, Reiki, vibrational sound healing, yoga and meditation, trauma informed yoga and meditation, and life coaching as stand alone or collective experiences to support a personal journey and evolution.

Shae curates classes, workshops, retreats and has created the Evolution Life Mentoring program to help people realize a life of wellness that supports the highest version of themselves.

Shae’s credentials are extensive, including Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy Certification (600 Hour from Phoenix Rising School of Yoga), Registered Yoga Teacher (500 Hour from Sadhana Yoga School), Thai Yoga Level 1 (from Thai Transformations), Tibetan Reiki Level 2 (from Harmony House of Healing), Vibrational Sound Healing (from Kathmandu Center for Healing), Achology Coaching, Prison Yoga Project, Warriors at Ease (Level I), and the School of Womanly Arts.

Connect with Shae:

Email: shae@shaesterrett.com
Website: shaesterrett.com
Instagram: @shae_sterrett
Facebook: @ShaeSterrettLLC

Check out Shae’s upcoming events here ↠