A little bit about me…

I’m Sandra Jones (most folks call me Sandy). I am a white cis female and I use she/her pronouns. I’ve been in the business of helping folks heal, physically, mentally, emotionally for over thirty years. My healing journey was fueled by my own experience of suffering from developmental childhood trauma and it’s impact on my health.

I am a survivor of the destructive effects of diet-culture and fat phobia.

I struggled with asthma as a child and young adult. Later in life I suffered from uterine fibroids and flooding (menorrhagia) due to what I later learned was estrogen dominance.

It seriously impacted my menopausal transition, leaving me depleted, frustrated and looking for answers.

I couldn’t find the right alchemy of medicine and modalities to address my health challenges so I decided to become that medicine – A holistic, relational, trauma-informed approach to healing and health best described as Functional Wellness. I’ve been dedicated to learning and teaching others how to maximize their health and wellness ever since.

My approach incorporates my skills as a trauma-informed NARM professional, Safe and Sound Protocol practitioner, a bodyworker and a practitioner of Natural Therapies including homeopathy and bio-individualized functional nutrition. I know that healing complex trauma is a vehicle for transformation on a personal and collective level.

My formal training includes a certification from the Rolf Institute of Structural Integration (RISI) in Boulder, CO and a certification as a Professional Structural Integrator from the International Association of Structural Integrators (IASI). I have also studied other complimentary modalities including visceral manipulation, DNM (dermo-neural modulating), cranio-sacral therapies and Rolf movement.

My healing path also led me to use and subsequently study Homeopathy. I graduated from the prestigious four-year program in classical homeopathy at the Northwestern Academy of Homeopathy in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the spring of 2009.

I also studied with Misha Norland of the Devon School of Homeopathy, Jayesh Shah from the “Bombay School,” and I received certification as a Master Clinician after four years attending the Luminos Homeopathic Courses taught by Lou Klein. I hold a national certification by the Council for Homeopathic Certification and I am a member of NASH, North American Society of Homeopaths (NASH) and The National Center for Homeopathy (NCH).

In 2015 I became a Functional Nutritional Therapies Practitioner, certified by the FNTA, Functional Nutritional Therapies Association, and in 2016 I began my studies with RWS/RHI, Restorative Health Institute. I utilize a functional medicine approach, and I ground my work in the ability to listen deeply to the narrative of the body.

After working for years with folks I arrived at the realization that it takes a combination of  modalities and approaches to heal deeply.  Nervous system regulation is foundational to increasing our resilience and decreasing our susceptibility. 

I come from a healing justice framework. “Healing Justice” is both a term and movement. First coined by the Atlanta-based Kindred Southern Healing Justice Collective in 2007, it aims to address widespread generational trauma from systemic violence and oppression by reviving ancestral healing practices and building new, more inclusive ones.

I focus on root causes, always looking upstream, and always remembering that we can’t heal on an individual level until we collectively have the capacity to heal.

When I’m not in my south Minneapolis office (or working via zoom), you can find me walking my husky mix, Marzipan; marveling at the interplay of science and divinity while in my gardens, or conjuring deep care and justice in my local communities.