MEET THE ONYX TEAM
Owner
Cindy McLean
Onyx Wellness is excited to welcome our new owner, Cindy McLean. Cindy was born and raised in Billings, Montana where she graduated from nursing school at Carroll College. She moved to California shortly after getting married but found she missed the beauty of Big Sky Country. In 1998, Cindy and her husband Brian returned to Montana to start their family.
Cindy has had a passion for nursing from a young age. For over 25 years, she has served the Billings community in various medical settings. In 2019, when Cindy was diagnosed with Acute myeloid Leukemia, health and wellness became an even higher priority. Thankfully, she achieved complete remission and views it as a second chance to live life to the fullest.
Outside of her work, you'll find Cindy spending quality time with her family and friends. She loves exploring the great outdoors through hiking, golfing, and rafting trips with her husband Brian and their dogs, Winston and Willow. Gardening and yardwork are also favorite hobbies of hers at home.
Cindy takes her grandfather's advice "whatever you do, do it well" to heart. Her love language is serving others, and she looks forward to helping you learn about health, wellness, mind, body and spirit at Onyx. Cindy is grateful to now serve the Billings community in this new role.
Founder / Customer Service Specialist
Lisa Oppegaard
In 2019 Lisa opened Onyx Wellness in hopes of providing a space where people can explore natural healing in a unique and fun way. She enjoys visiting with everyone who walks through the front door and is grateful for the incredible support from the Billings community. Lisa grew up in Billings. As much as she loves to travel and explore the many gifts this life has to offer, she is honored to be a part of the simple yet explosive place that is Montana. Lisa loves creating, learning, inspired conversation, delicious food, a good joke, and music and dancing.
“If your body was a piece of music, how would you want it to sound? It might play differently each day, but it definitely requires a little attention and fine tuning. This is what Onyx does for me. It’s a place to fine tune your mind, body, and spirit so that it sounds just right.” - Lisa
Yoga Instructor
Beth Bakken
Beth grew up on the prairies of eastern Montana and has lived here all of her life except for a few years during college. Her 25 year teaching career came to a close recently, but she's not done learning yet! Beth has been tutoring students who have dyslexia for the past year and totally enjoys the one on one interaction. She loves to go on hikes with her husband and two dogs. She also enjoys bicycling, paddle boarding, reading and traveling. Beth's favorite thing at Onyx Wellness is yoga, of course! But she loves getting a massage and really loves the people - those who work at Onyx and our clients who are so warm and easy to get to know!
Onyx Customer Service Specialist
Christine Klepps
Christine grew up in Great Falls and has lived in both Saint Louis and NYC before landing in Billings, where she raised her daughter and 2 sons with her husband Steve. She has been involved in the community, fundraising for Billings Senior soccer and wrestling teams for her kids while they were competing. Now that Christine is empty nesting she is the newest fave behind the counter at Onyx where she loves quieting her mind in the infrared sauna.
Onyx Customer Service Specialist
Reiki / Human Design / Spiritual Direction
Erinn Overby
Erinn grew in Texas but has meandered around the country for the last season of life. Alongside working at Onyx, she’s a spiritual director and a writer. H er heart beats for laughter and freedom and the dirt of life, the hard and holy places are where joy is found. She is absolutely honored that you would consider journeying with her. She studied psychology and child and family studies at Baylor University for her undergrad. In 2017 she graduated from Denver Seminary with a masters in christian formation and soul care. In 2023 she got certified in Human Design and Reiki I & II.
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To book a session:
936.676.3583
Yoga Instructor
Onyx Customer Service Specialist
Melanie Romero
Melanie was born here in Billings, MT. In addition to working at Onyx, Melanie also teaches Yoga Tuesday - Saturday. She realized Yoga was a huge passion of hers, so she decided to become a yoga instructor in 2018.
She completed her 200 hr training and immediately enrolled in the 300 hr advanced teacher training program. Since then, she's been actively teaching in the community & teaching private yoga experiences at Onyx. Her classes are always taught with modifications in mind to keep classes accessible to all. Melanie's favorite thing at onyx is our Optimum foot detox and the Halotharapy.
Outside of Onyx she loves spending time with her family and two fur babies. Summer is her favorite season, rafting on the Yellowstone or camping in the mountains is where they all love to be. Her hobbies include rock hounding, gardening, painting and cooking!
Onyx Customer Service Specialist
Susie Cranston
Susie was born and raised in Billings and is the youngest of 5. She is married to her amazing husband, Steve for 27 years and has 2 awesome kids, Matt and Kara. Susie has a few other jobs, but most importantly she is taking care of her mom who is 89 years young.
Susie loves to sing! She often times sings at her church and has never had voices lessons. Her favorite thing about Onyx is all the people she has met and enjoys her time in the sauna!
Massage Therapist
Ann Lewis
Additional Service at Onyx
Ann was born in Minnesota but has lived in Montana a majority of her life. She is a massage therapist as a second career, medicine being the first. When she's not working, she is with her horses or reading in her swing. Ann's absolute favorite thing to do at Onyx (other than her job), is the salt room and yoga.
"I love what I do, I do what I love."
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*Ann is currently not taking new patients, as she has a full client base.
Breathwork Facilitator
Rachel Dehler
Additional Service at Onyx
Born and raised in Billings, Rachel harbors a deep-seated passion for unconventional healing modalities, shifting the stigmas surrounding mental health, and guiding others toward their own true north. Having struggled with a near fatal eating disorder for over two decades, today she confidently credits Breathwork as the foundation of her recovery and portal to self-awareness. After completing her immersive breathwork facilitation training in Sedona, Arizona, she is beyond thrilled to provide this transformational and life-altering service to others! We are honored to have Rachel, her compassionate spirit, and knack for providing a safe and sacred space join our Onyx crew where she will be facilitating trauma-informed breathwork sessions for both groups and individuals. Rachel is also a certified Human Design reader and will be offering this fascinating and life affirming service at Onyx as well!
Reiki Practitioner
Misty
Additional Service at Onyx
Misty is a montana native that loves the outdoors, horses, her family, and her real estate buisness. She has a strong passion for natural wellness and the metaphysical. Misty is an advanced reiki practitioner and specializes in energy work, oracle cards, channeling, and intuitive readings.
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To book your Reiki Session please call Misty at 406-529-7481.