Em Grotton-Juco

Em Grotton-Juco (they/them) is a multifaceted creative and community leader in Colorado Springs. Em is an advocate, educator, yoga instructor/yoga therapist for the LGBTQIA+ & BIPOC community, model, photographer, and storyteller - committed to being of service, and celebrating expression of the queer and trans experience. Em has been involved in a plethora of Indigenous & Trans galleries across the country and overseas; celebrating the uniqueness, divinity, adornment, and power of embodying a queer and transgender vessel. Whether behind the lens capturing the stories of others, or in front of the lens challenging the status-quo ; Em believes in uplifting the stories and existences of those who are so often silenced, erased, and deemed less than in our current political climate. Here in Colorado Springs, they continue to cultivate spaces for radical expression, connection, and transformation—bringing their many gifts into service of the collective. 

Sarah Banta

Sarah Banta (she/her) is a certified Yoga teacher and Yoga therapist, with over 500 hours of education in Yogic studies and practices. Sarah’s teachings revolve around honoring the

Root and philosophy of Yoga- chipping away at the colonized mindset that has developed in the west around what yoga “should” look like. Her goal is to create a container for folx to

reveal and remember the wholeness and stillness within that is waiting to be witnessed. She feels strongly about cultivating a space free of comparison and othering

and meeting people as they are in this moment - nothing to fix.