Meet our Instructors

Team | Family | Community

At Sacred Ally, our yoga and movement instructors come from a broad range of training including: various yoga modalities, embodied movement, somatic awareness practices, and trauma-informed facilitation. This depth of training allows them to meet each individual not just at the level of the body, but within the full landscape of their experience—physical, emotional, and energetic.

Class Schedule
  • Older woman with gray hair, sitting cross-legged on a cushion, with hands pressed together in a prayer position, eyes closed, meditating in a peaceful indoor setting.

    Sylvia Robert

    Sylvia has been practicing Kundalini since 2005 and teaching Kundalini Yoga in the Missoula Valley for many moons.  She inspires wellness in others through yoga, laughter and the witnessing of the true self.

    Kundalini became her practice in 2005, teaching her how to affect the body, mind, and spirit with this technology.  Her life has been guided by her interest in health, wellness and self empowerment.  Sylvia’s Childhood experiences initiated her into an understanding of the direct relationship that breath has with body, mind and spirit. Studies in Shin Jyutsu and Kundalini yoga have established a trusted understanding in the effects, influences, and management of breath and energy.

    In her daily life, Sylvia is the steward of a magical piece of land and ushers sacred ceremonies into the world.  She is a lover of life, giving great reverence to the land we call home.

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    JoJo Phoenix

    JoJo (they/them) is prayerful human on this earth to challenge norms and inhabit play and praise . They are the founder and facilitator of Ground Swell dance, a trauma-informed trainer, and somatic coach for individuals and couples.

    Their facilitation style and ethos are shaped by their twenty year meditation practice and over a decade of facilitating movement and meditation classes in incarceration settings and with people in acute crisis. Through training, and mainly personal feedback and collaboration with impacted people, JoJo Phoenix learned how to inclusively hold a wide range of needs, perspectives, and sensitivities.

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    Sarah Schaefgen

    Sarah Schaefgen, Co-founder of Sacred Ally was certified in 2010 with a 200hr Interdisciplinary Yoga training. This training allowed her to study various yoga modalities and pull from a breadth of wisdom to curate unique and relatable classes for all levels.

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    Erin Anderson

    Erin Anderson is a 500-hour trained yoga teacher and facilitator whose work centers around myofascial release, Thai massage–informed touch, and the body as a site of truth, memory, and healing. With a background in sociology, history, and Intercultural Youth and Family Development, she integrates equity, culture, and embodied practice as tools for both personal and collective transformation. Rooted between Montana and Massachusetts, she believes authentic relationships are the foundation of community and meaningful change.

    She believes Community happens through creation & growth of authentic relationships. Her life inspiration has come through her relationships with her mentors and teachers Nelson Stevens, Malia Lazu & David Vendetti.

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    Christian Goldberg

    After 25 years in Boulder CO, Christian is now sharing her work in Missoula. She is a dedicated Ashtanga yoga teacher whose path is rooted in discipline, devotion, and embodied presence. Trained within the traditional Ashtanga lineage, she brings a grounded and intentional approach to practice—guiding students through breath-led movement that cultivates strength, clarity, and inner steadiness.

    Originally from Denver and now sharing her work in Missoula, Christian creates a space that is both structured and deeply supportive. Her teaching invites students to meet themselves with honesty and compassion, honoring the rhythm of the body while gently expanding capacity over time.

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    Elyse Paré

    Elyse has been practicing yoga for nearly 15 years, and it’s still the place she returns to when she needs to get quiet and come back to herself. She brings that same spirit into her teaching with creative sequences, funky playlists, and a genuine belief that there’s no hierarchy of poses or “right” way to practice. Her classes are an open invitation to show up fully, move curiously, and find what feels most alive in your body that day.

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    Lauren Wise

    Lauren Wise is a Somatic & Embodiment Guide and certified VITA™ Sex, Love & Relationship Coach offering transformational coaching for those seeking deeper connection with themselves and others. With a warm, grounded presence and trauma-informed approach, she supports clients in reconnecting with their felt-sense experience, regulating their nervous systems, and reclaiming their power and authenticity across all areas of life.