About Spiral Studio
We offer a full spectrum of classes, workshops, retreats, and events—from joyful, high-energy dance to restorative stillness and embodied reflection.
Every experience is inclusive, choice-based, and rooted in compassion.
At Spiral Studio, We Promise To Meet You Exactly Where You Are.
Start Where You Are And Let Go Of Expectations And Results.
Reconnect with your body in ways that feel intuitive, empowering, and supportive.
Regulate your nervous system and unwind the stress you’ve been carrying for too long.
Slow down, reconnect, and reclaim joy—on your own terms—through practices that honor all bodies and all ages.
Feel seen and supported in a community that centers care, compassion, and authenticity.
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How We Move, Teach & Show Up Together
Trust Yourself.
Your body holds wisdom. We honor your agency and encourage you to move in ways that feel right for you—on your own terms, at your own pace.
Come as You Are.
Every body, emotion, and identity is welcome here. Whether you’re energized or exhausted, tender or strong—you don’t have to be anything other than yourself.
Be Real. Be Rooted.
We lead with integrity and heart, holding space for truth over perfection and connection over performance. Here, authenticity is the practice.
Every class, workshop, and conversation is grounded in these principles—because how we move matters. Our classes will give you a living, breathing practice, rooted in care, truth, and choice.
We Invite You To Join Us.
Our Story Is a Spiral
Spiral Studio began as one woman’s refusal to choose between the head and the heart, between intellect and embodiment, between care and rigor.
Founder, Sarah Hentges, envisioned a space where movement could be more than exercise—where it could be ritual, rebellion, and return.
What began as a personal call became The Spiral Goddess Collective, a collective of teachers and facilitators and a container for healing and transformation.
Today, we call our downtown Bangor location Spiral Studio—a home for inclusive, trauma-informed movement and restorative practices that meet you exactly where you are.
No mirrors. No pressure. Just space to breathe, move, and remember who you are.
And we’re just getting started.
Our spiral continues—growing deeper roots, building stronger community, and expanding what’s possible through movement, joy, and collective care.
This is more than a studio. It’s a movement.
We Welcome You To Join Us!
Meet Our Founder
Sarah Hentges
Sarah is a feminist movement facilitator, professor, and author who blends somatics, scholarship, and spirit to guide people into joy, release, and reconnection. Owner of Spiral Studio and founder of The Spiral Goddess Collective, she brings over 25 years of teaching experience and a trauma-informed approach to classes like JourneyDance™, Spiral Flow Yoga, and Spiral Dance Fitness. She is the author of Demystifying American Yoga and regularly shares movement practices with community organizations. When she’s not holding space for others, you’ll find Sarah dancing in her living room or curled up with her cats and a dystopian novel.
Meet Our Instructors
Nick Aro
Nick teaches vibrant Kukuwa Dance Fitness classes inspired by his global travels and passion for connection through movement. As Maine’s only certified Kukuwa ambassador, he brings joy and cultural diversity to his teaching style. Outside the studio, Nick enjoys life with his husband and cat while continuing his love of languages.
Geneva Gallant
Geneva brings 21 years as a massage therapist and lifelong yoga devotion to her classes, emphasizing breathwork and bold embodiment. Her RYT-200 training supports students in connecting deeply with body, emotion, and energy. Geneva is a proud mom of four who cherishes witnessing her students’ joyful healing journeys.
Rori Knott
Rori blends her licensed therapy expertise with yoga to offer deeply healing, integrative classes that honor the body, mind, and spirit. Drawing from her own journey and Kripalu training, she creates brave, inclusive spaces for growth and transformation. Outside teaching, Rori cherishes the chance to connect and support others on their healing paths.
Kate Maginn
Kate is a therapist and trauma-informed yoga teacher specializing in recovery and healing. Her extensive social work and yoga background fuel a compassionate approach that integrates body and mind in trauma healing. When not teaching, Kate finds fulfillment in family life and community work in Maine.
Gwyn Esty-Kendall
Gwyn offers mindfulness practices rooted in social justice and trauma-informed care, integrating movement, laughter, and compassionate curiosity. With clinical mental health training and a personal healing journey, she guides students toward radical self-love and authentic presence. Gwyn is energized by creativity and believes mindfulness is for everyone.
Imke Jandreau
Imke’s teaching centers on choice and personal power, drawing on her RYT-500 yoga certification and communication background. She guides students as a supportive pathfinder rather than a director, encouraging everyone to reconnect with their own inner strength and wisdom. When not teaching, Imke embraces her role as a mom and active community member in Maine.
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Suzanne Kelly
Suzanne is a joyful movement facilitator with 30+ years of experience in dance and community classes like “Sunrise with Soul.” Her freeform style celebrates authentic expression without pressure or performance. Suzanne loves the energy of shared movement and invites all to join in the joyful dance of life.
Kate Peppard
Kate’s journey from recovery to yoga teacher informs her compassionate, presence-based classes rooted in Bhava Yoga and meditation. Certified in multiple modalities, she holds brave, gentle space for students to explore healing at their own pace. Kate is passionate about community connection and living our best lives through yoga.
We Don’t Sell Perfection. We Invite Possibility.
Spiral Studio is more than a yoga or dance studio. We're that essential third space between work and home, where true healing and growth is cultivated.
Through presence, choice, and trust, every class is designed to help you feel more like yourself.
You don’t have to earn rest. You don’t have to be flexible or fit. You don’t have to do this alone. You just have to begin.
Ready To Experience Movement That Meets You Where You Are?