About Me
Personal Me
I'm a Holistic Mind-body Somatic Practitioner, yoga teacher, farm girl, storyteller, poet, artist, and seeker of personal growth and development. I live in Washington State with my husband, adopted 13-year-old son, chickens, and three dogs.
My interests and passions include gardening, chickens, dogs, llamas, graphic design, floral beadwork, holistic wellness, and creating digital art to print on fabric, leggings, bags, totes, wall art, and blankets. Because of my multi-ethnic and cultural background, I consider myself eclectic and diverse in my views and spiritual practices.
I love dancing, historical romance movies, and all things farm life. People describe me as warm, outgoing, dependable, and funny. If I could snap my fingers and be anywhere, I would be dancing barefoot on a warm beach at sunset, with my pups, good company, and music that connects to your soul in that oh so good way.
Professional Me
Tessa Sayers is the owner and creator of Soul Curiosity, a brand that inspires self-healing through art, storytelling, coaching, workshops, and virtual programs. As a Holistic Mind-body Somatic Practitioner, she supports others in nervous system and trauma-healing resilience.
She has a B.A. in Sociology focusing on Native American studies from Western Washington University. As Co-director of the Native American Mentoring Program at WWU, she tutored and mentored youth on the Lummi reservation. After moving to Salt Lake City, she obtained an M.Ed. in Educational Psychology at the University of Utah and became a counselor at NAYA ECA, a Native American high school in Portland, Oregon.
In 2010, Tessa transitioned to the Nike World Headquarters for 6.5 years in program, product, merchandising, and brand roles. With a desire to be closer to family, Tessa joined Wenaha Group, a Native-owned Construction Management company as Director of Marketing and Business Development. Eager to lead a team, she then landed at Kitsap Regional Library to manage the Communications Department and oversee nine regional library branches that served over 80,000 patrons and two tribal communities.
In 2022, she received the National Center for American Indian Economic Development's 40 Under 40 Award. Tessa is currently the Director of Marketing and Program Development for American Indigenous Business Leaders. She writes business leadership and wellness curriculum, mentors Indigenous college youth, facilitates development retreats, manages AIBL's national annual conference, in addition to graphic design and marketing.
Tessa's artistic nature, mixed with leadership and organizational strengths, makes her a well-rounded creative who is ready to make an impact in the world.
Indigenous Me
I'm Indigenous from North America (U.S./Canada), Celtic, Norse, and of Germanic origin. My Indigenous heritage encompasses three tribes, Chippewa, Cree, and Metis, all of whom are represented within the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa community in North Dakota.
I'm a certified artist with my tribe, Turtle Mountain, and in 2019, with a desire to giveback, designed the Resiliency Woven Blanket. Believing in the power of art and its ability to heal, 100% of the blanket profits support Indigenized Behavioral Healing, an organization which facilitates workshops meant to empower courage and resilience within the Turtle Mountain tribal community. Since it's creation, the blanket has raised over $29,000.
