Our Team
Connect with our amazing team of practitioners!
Jenny Ahn LAc
Founding Mother
Jenny has been a lifelong student and Yoga teacher and has been immersed in the healing arts since 2005. Jenny’s background and experience are rooted in Traditional East Asian Medicine, Ayurvedic Healing and the Yogic Lineages.
Jenny has worked extensively as an Ayurvedic Postpartum doula supporting mothers in their recovery from childbirth since 2012. Jenny has been teaching Yoga in the Long Beach community for over a decade, including Senior Yoga classes and Yoga for Drug Rehabilitation. She leads workshops on herbal medicine making, courses in self care, and restorative yoga & mindfulness retreats with the aim of empowering folks to take control of their health and well being. She co-founded Sacred Roots Holistic Healing in 2013, a community wellness and education center located in Long Beach, Ca.
Having experienced deep healing by reconnecting and diving deeper into her cultural heritage-reclaiming the medicine she was raised with has led her to a deeper appreciation of her ancestral roots.
Jenny’s work is centered around preventative healing, using a trauma informed lens, and an understanding that wellness is interconnected to the health of the planet and society as a whole.
Currently, Jenny has been integrating and learning more about somatic therapy as to help further bridge the mind-body connection to those on the healing journey.
Jennyahnwellness@gmail.com
Dr Rufus Fuller LAc
Rufus knew as a child he wanted to be a doctor. Early on he understood the importance of treating the whole person not just disease. To understand the mind he studied Psychology, and received his BA from UCLA. Rufus became a massage therapist in 2000 which allowed him to strengthen his ability to connect and create the environment for healing. He received both Masters of Traditional Chinese Medicine (MTOM), and Doctorate of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (DAOM) from Emperor's College.
Jocelyn Fee Miller
Founder / Director started Sacred Roots in 2012 when she was 26 years old with Jenny + Kailey. Certified Massage Therapist, life long yogi, Panacea Holistic Institute Founder, creative at Jane Free Productions. Jocelyn is a general renaissance mom with a focus on emotional freedom.
Services Offered include: Self Care consultation, Green Business Coaching and monthly Sound Bath Jams on the second Friday of the month. Find her podcast featuring our Sacred Roots Family: The Self Love Line. Listen to her music Jane Free.
Jason T. Miller CMT
Jason’s holistic approach to bodywork incorporates a combination of various hands-on massage, cupping and energy techniques to promote healing of the physical, emotional and spiritual body. A 1029hr Sports Massage therapist, internationally certified advanced cupping therapist, Sensei Level Reiki Practitioner, Yogi and Peace Ambassador.
From Massage & Body Work to Energy work, Jason has something for everyone. All sessions are customized wellness sessions created to serve the needs of the individual. Applying the right service combination for optimal healing.
Stephanie Hall LMT, CMT
Stephanie Hall, LMT, CMT is a native of Houston, TX. She holds a Bachelor's of Fine Arts in Dance and has an extensive background in dance and performing arts. This has allowed her to understand the body in the way it moves, injuries and the road to recovery. To Stephanie, every massage is customized to each individual.
Her specialties include Cupping Therapy, Neuromuscular Triggerpoint Therapy, Myo-facial Release Technique, Pinning & Stretching and overall relaxation.
Touch is healing. Healing creates balance. Balance allows Chi to flow. Any type of therapeutic massage allows for improved body function and returns the body to homeostasis.
Matthew Anderson CMT
Matthew Anderson is a Minnesota native, but has made Long Beach his home since 1997. A bit of a renaissance man, he follows his heart wherever it leads, in an effort to help others open theirs. He is a lot of different things to a lot of different people, but always seems to find himself right where he needs to be, at the intersection of movement, the music and the magic. He is the co-founder of The Garage Theatre, DJ and sound designer for Morning Intentions Radio and beyond, an embodied mindfulness teacher, mentor and coach, and graduate of the Embodied Mindfulness School, a yoga instructor/peace ambassador with Yogalution Movement and Wellness, and a certified massage therapist and graduate of the body work and healing arts program at Panacea Holistic Institute and therapist at Sacred Roots Holistic Health Center. So much love and gratitude to all of the teachers and influences who have led him to where he is today. He is simply overjoyed with this opportunity to continue to share some of his presence and gifts right here in our beautiful city by the sea, where all the good things come together, the LBC.
yosoymra@gmail.com
Erin Grissom CMT
Massage Therapist Birth Doula
A resident practitioner at Sacred Roots, Erin Grissom serves her clients with over 12 years of study and experience in holistic wellness. A yoga instructor, Holistic Birth Doula, Certified Massage Therapist, and somatic listener, she brings a wealth of knowledge and a nurturing approach to her healing work. Erin works with array of clients with specific needs, but specializes in prenatal and postpartum care. A Jane of all trades, she is also a theatrical wiz, a mariner, and a mother to one precocious 8 year old daughter.
eringrissomlb@gmail.com
Alexandra Rix CMT
As a massage therapist and movement artist my main inspiration has always been the human body. With my experience in the fields of dance science, authentic movement practices, and massage therapy I tailor each session to the individual’s needs. Being able to provide a service that creates space in the body and the mind to expand, deeply listen, and restore harmony is so amazing. My work as a Massage Therapist mirrors my work as a professional dance artist. Approaching each session with curiosity and creativity, I create a personalized massage sequence for each client. Getting into the flow of a session is similar to getting into the flow of a dance. I specialize in relaxation massage, deep tissue work, sports massage, and more!
I offer a 20% discount to the dance community.
heyalexxrixx@gmail.com
Jessenia Galvan-Lloyd
Life and Health Coach, Yoga Teacher, Meditation Guide
Jessenia (she/her) is a Life and Health Coach, Yoga Teacher and Meditation Guide and she is all about empowerment, self love and healing the relationship with stress, food and the body. She has gone from feeling constantly overwhelmed, stressed, numb and drowning in bad habits to liberating herself through the tools that she now has the privilege of sharing with others. It is her great passion to guide others to learn how to love and accept themselves exactly as they are, feel good in their bodies and live more satisfying lives!
Ed Williams
Sound Meditation Instructor
Ed is from Belize and raised in Los Angeles. A Veteran of the U.S. Navy. In the latter part of 2017 challenges of life landed him at the Long Beach Veteran's Administration Hospital in the Substance Abuse Treatment Program. Yoga found him by way of the Pathways to Health Program Sponsored by the Veterans Yoga Project at the beginning of a journey of healing, introspection and spiritual development.
"The impact of the Veteran's Yoga Project, Free Yoga on The Bluff and the amazing group of teachers has had a tremendous impact on my life holistically. Attending yoga classes in studio elevated my personal practice preparing me for an amazing 200 Hr. Teacher Training experience."
The Journey and all its twists and turns over the course of a year has increased in depth and scope. Under the guidance of Dharma and an amazing community of Yoga Teachers, the culmination of his 200 Hr. YTT was the beginning of a renewed sense of self and purpose; a new life!
Anita Sundaram
Anita’s journey in the sacred healing arts began more than thirty years ago. She is a teacher, healer, yogini, botanical alchemist and passionate woman who shares her love for Ayurveda, Yoga and the Sacred Art of living. The fabric that makes up her lifestyle teachings is infused by the magic of her birthplace India, the spiritual lineage of her family and years of study with master teachers in a variety of holistic modalities.
Anita has always connected to sacred rituals and believes the elements of true beauty are more than skin deep. She created Anita Sundaram Beauty as a haven for Soul Nourishment. As a licensed face & body therapist she offers healing sessions incorporating the magic of botanicals, essential oils, pressure point therapy to balance and heal the senses. These sessions allow the clients to immerse themselves in the nourishing elixir of life and taste the magic of self-transformation.
For 30 years Anita has traveled the world inspiring health and wellness through the traditions of Yoga and Ayurveda. She currently facilitates Yoga Alliance approved yoga teacher trainings, offers lifestyle and wellness education programs and sacred retreats at some of the most beautiful places on the planet.
She lives in Seal Beach, California with her husband and dog Goldie.
“ My mission and hope is to inspire individuals to return to the Sacredness of life. It is imperative now that we come back home to simple principles. A foundation of balance, joy and in appreciation of this one magnificent life we have. This mind, body, spirit connection is aptly named for a reason, a profoundly sacred geometry that links us to everything on this planet.
Let us live as a whole in the influence of our health. It is our birthright.”
Blessings and Infinite Abundance,
