Mind Roads Meditation Center

Thérèse Jacobs-Stewart

Thérèse Jacobs-Stewart has been a practicing psychotherapist, meditation teacher, and international consultant for more than twenty-five years. In 2004, she founded MindRoads Meditation Center, a neighborhood practice center integrating contemplative practices from both East and West and home of the Saint Paul, Minnesota chapter of Twelve Steps and Mindfulness meetings.

Thérèse has studied with Tibetan monks in Nepal and India, Carmelite contemplatives in a monastery in Arizona, and the Soto Zen community at Green Gulch Farm Zen Center in San Francisco, California.

Thérèse is a recognized subject matter expert in emotional intelligence, and the author of Paths are Made for Walking: Practical Steps to Attaining Serenity. Her newest book, released in June 2010, Mindfulness and the 12 Steps, Living Recovery in the Present Moment, offers recovering people a new resource and fresh perspective for developing their own spiritual path. Included are lessons from ancient and modern Buddhist teachers, and a guided approach to putting mindfulness practices into action.

Jim Jacobs

Jim Jacobs, LICSW, has been a marriage and family therapist for over 40 years. An ardent meditation practitioner and wonderful teacher, Jim has been a student to the Zen Buddhist tradition for the past fifteen years. He did his Jukai ceremony at Clouds in Water Zen Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota and currently studies with Tenshin Reb Anderson, senior dharma teacher at Green Gulch Farm Zen Center in San Francisco, California.

Jean Fraser

Jean Fraser is a teacher specializing in wellness, yoga, and personal development. Her teaching is informed by over thirty years of study in therapeutic movement, yoga, and stress management, and she refines these practices into accessible tools for everyday life. Founder of Soma Yoga and Soma Ventures, Jean is a member of the Kripalu Yoga Teacher's Association and the American Society for Training and Development. 

Three Little Yogis

Kristine Volovsek fell in love with yoga at the University of Minnesota in 2004. As a psychology student, she was attracted to yoga's effects on the mind and how it began to change the way she felt about and reacted to the world around her. Since then, Kristine has been certified in both Integration Yoga and Hot Yoga through the Yoga Alliance. At the U of M, she has led students and staff alike through Kundalini and Vinyasa yoga classes as well as guided meditations. Kristine's goals are to reduce the suffering of animals and to change the world through yoga. She is looking forward to meeting you.

Brenda Griffin-Wagner was certified to teach Kundalini yoga by the Kundalini Research Institute and began teaching in 2003. She has been teaching at The Center for Happiness since 2005 and at the University of Minnesota since 2004. She holds a BA in Chinese Mandarin and East Asian Studies, magna cum laude, from the University of Minnesota. She is also a local artist, selling her work in galleries and art fairs through out the country. Students have described her classes as dynamic, challenging, encouraging, vibrant, diverse and FUN!

Osiris Guzman is a certified Kundalini Yoga Level I Teacher seeking her Level II certification from the Kundalini Research Institute. She recently completed the Integration Yoga Program at The Center for Happiness. She has been a beloved teacher and volunteer at the Center for Happiness for many years. She currently works and teaches Kundalini Yoga at Saint Catherine University. She is eager to uplift and engage students with the goal of bringing yoga to others so they can experience their true identity