Andrzej (pronounced: Andjay) is a Spiritual Life Coach, Yoga and Meditation teacher, Clarity Breathwork Practitioner/Trainer and Aquatic Bodyworker with extensive training and certifications in Watsu, Waterdance, Healing Dance as well as Esalen, Thai, Swedish, Tantsu, Self-Healing, Movement Education, Anahatha Yoga and Taoist Chi Gong. In his twenties, Andrzej had a near death experience that was his first spritual awakening. Since then Andrzej has been travelling extensively, has lived in India and Africa, and has spent a lot of time in meditation, silent retreats and embraced various spiritual practices. His main passion is learning to live an awakened life and to share it with others. He enjoys in-depth study and practice of self-inquiry and meditation as a path of liberation. Andrzej lives now at Spirit Springs Mountain Retreat where he leads spiritual retreats. You can find out more about Andrzej, his breathwork and aquatic bodywork practice at: www.fluidbreath.com and www.claritybreathwork.com.
Other Practitioners
Yvana Puharich serves as a guide into wholeness of being—through spiritual, emotional, mental, nutritional or dietary support. Drawing from a rich and varied array of personal life experience and training, she has the capacity to feel and hear beyond the periphery of outer circumstances and story into a deeper sense of truth. Yvana offers "Essential Touch," heartful bodywork that facilitates relaxing into essence. Her work is influenced by a variety of energy and spiritual healing modalities, Esalen massage certification, as well as aquatic bodywork. She also provides a joyful presence in raw food preparation.
Deidre Sommers was raised within a Sufi community and by a family of healers. From a very early age, she discovered the power of love and our innate capacity to heal and awaken to our true nature. Deidre is the founder of Alchemy of the Heart, a sanctuary for conscious evolution in Calistoga, Ca. since 2002. Deidre's mission and passion in life is being a visionary and steward of evolution. She is a certified Biodynamic practitioner and teacher of Biodynamic Cranial Touch through the Dynamic Stillness School. She is also a certified massage therapist as well as an ordained minister in professional practice in the U.S. and Europe since 1989. More about Deidre at: www.alchemyoftheheart.com.
Satya Marga is an international yoga teacher who inspires people to discover who they really are as embodied spirits and live creatively from that space. She is known for her charisma and depth of understanding of body, heart and spirit. Her primary yoga training was with Jivamukti and Standing Wave. She is founder of the Yoga Program at Harbin Hot Springs, and is featured in the DVD's Ecstatic Yoga and Tantric Yoga for Lovers. Satya studied dance at The London Contemporary Dance School and on Africa’s Ivory Coast. Her primary interest is to help students discover the power and pleasure of incarnation, and to use their bodies as the vehicle for awakening.
Ghania Dawn Joia is a gifted healer with over 30 years experience specializing in working with the body's innate ability to open, release and heal by expanding the connection with your physical, emotional and spiritual nature. Ghania works with Ortho-bionomy, Inner Landscape, Reflexology and Detox Foot Baths to unlock and release trauma and stuck patterns that create toxicity, pain and discomfort.
Constance Hart, founder of Conscious Colors & Color Aromas, is an internationally-recognized color therapist and the pioneer of color aromatherapy in the U.S. She is a color intuitive with over 20 years experience in the healing arts. More information at: www.consciouscolors.com.
Jim Gilkeson, B.A., C.M.T, C.S.T. is a creative bodywork therapist, teacher of energy healing, and the author of A Pilgrim in Your Body: Energy Healing and Spiritual Process (iUniverse) and Energy Healing: A Pathway to Inner Growth (Marlowe & Co.), which the "father of bio-feedback," Elmer Green, Ph.D., called "the best book I've seen on this subject." A former brother in a semi-monastic spiritual order, Jim was a co-founder of the Institute for Healing Studies. In his private healing practice, Jim combines subtle energy therapy with cranio-sacral work and therapeutic massage. His background in meditation and spiritual practice and his love for experiential learning have made him keenly attentive to the developmental and initiatory dimensions of bodywork and energy healing. More about Jim at www.jimgilkeson.com.
Vanessa Hajje, LAc holds a Master's degrees from Emperor's College in Santa Monica, California. Vanessa specializes in helping people with chronic pain, addiction recovery, digestive disorders, and stress management through acupuncture, energy work, herbal medicine, massage, and detoxification therapies. Vanessa has treated a broad range of ailments including Ob-Gyn, emotional, and pain management issues. Her love of community acupuncture was ignited when she began working in Mexico for non-profit. Vanessa is very passionate about and committed to, promoting wellness and healing through community acupuncture. Her goal is to make acupuncture affordable for the many rather than the few.
Scott Catamas is considered to be a Master Coach and Teacher of Compassionate Communication. Scott started teaching in 2002, and has led hundreds of classes and workshops throughout the U.S. During this time, he has become a popular teacher and his events continue to expand. He has recently been invited to teach throughout Europe and Asia. Working as a Coach and Teacher has become Scott's full time occupation. He has privately coached over 200 singles, couples, families and small businesses. His classes, workshops and private coaching has changed the lives of thousands throughout the U.S. and Europe. Scott embodies Compassion in his work, private life and volunteer service. When he is at home in Middletown, CA he is available for private sessions at Spirit Springs. More about Scott at www.lovecoachscott.com.
Caitlin Lyon is a holistic health coach offering Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, Yoga, and Nutritional Consultations. She has taught therapeutic yoga and meditation in yoga studios, cancer centers, and the homes of those with special needs. For the past few years, she immersed herself in the studies of Anusara Yoga, Chinese Medicine, and grassroots healthcare. Her passion is integrating mindfulness, conscious embodiment, bodywork, and plant-based nutrition to support others in finding their own, unique path of sustainable wellness. She enjoys empowering others to make gradual, lifelong changes to reach their health goals and discover confidence in learning about new foods and creative ways of cooking. Caitlin is available at Spirit Springs and for private sessions in the Bay Area or by phone. More information at www.lightonshri.com.