Mind-Body Reprogramming

Alexandra R.

Alexandra R. Johnson, MD, is a board-certified Family Medicine physician practicing integrative and functional medicine in Oakland and Santa Cruz, California. She trained in Family Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, completed a fellowship in obstetrics, and served as teaching faculty for the University of Colorado and Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia. Dr. Johnson uncovers the physical, mental, and emotional stressors affecting your well-being. "I have found Breema's non-judgmental atmosphere to be invaluable in working with any health condition. I am consistently amazed at the effect of Breema bodywork, Self-Breema exercises, and the Nine Principles of Harmony in increasing vitality, addressing acute concerns, and offering new templates for relating to body, mind, and feelings. I began working as a Practitioner at the Breema Clinic in 2002, and since 2017 have combined Breema bodywork with Integrative Family Medicine, for an unparalleled approach to healing. I instruct Breema workshops for doctors, healers and other groups internationally. I have clinic hours at the Breema Clinic in Oakland and Hummingbird Valley Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, California."Show More

Reiki

Intuitive, warm, humorous, and grounded are words others have used to describe me. Born and raised near the Santa Monica mountains of Southern California, my path has included a variety of experiences that influence how I show up in the world. I hold a master's degree in counseling psychology and have nearly a decade of experience as a therapist, working with youth, families, and individuals in community-based settings, schools, and foster care. Additionally, I ran a professional birth doula business. Currently, I work as a life coach, helping others "birth" their authentic selves. Before this, I lived in Northern New Mexico, where I helped establish school gardens and implemented environmental education programs. When I'm not working, I can be found hiking, practicing yoga, dancing, engrossed in a creative project, or simply cradling a cup of coffee and taking in the view of the pine trees outside my home in Truckee.Show More

Gyöngyi Ridenour

Gyöngyi Ridenour Gyöngyi Ridenour is a holistic practitioner, sound healer, and yoga teacher with over 17 years of experience supporting individuals in finding balance, clarity, and well-being. She draws on her diverse background as a business owner and former professional ski instructor, bringing a unique combination of discipline, focus, and practical guidance alongside deep intuitive healing. Her wide-ranging experience allows her to meet clients where they are, providing support that is both grounded and transformative. A lover of nature and dedicated mother, Gyöngyi enjoys raising her son in the Tahoe area, where she immerses herself in skiing, outdoor pursuits, and the vibrant local community. Her connection to the natural world informs her work, inspiring a holistic approach that nurtures both the mind and body, while fostering a sense of harmony and grounding.Show More

Astrology

CHEK Practitioner | Integrative Movement Specialist | Holistic Lifestyle Coach I grew up as an athletic kid who was always injured, bouncing between physical therapists, feeling frustrated that no one could explain the root cause. Everything changed when I completed my YogaWorks 200hr training in 2017, which taught me how breath, proper muscle activation, and nervous system regulation shape the way we move and work through the growing pains of life in a healthier way. That foundation deepened during my four years ski instructing in Keystone, CO, where I analyzed hundreds of bodies and learned how to teach movement with clarity, safety, and intuition. In 2020, I became a NASM Personal Trainer, but I knew I needed something more comprehensive. That’s when I found Paul Chek and the CHEK Institute. For the past three years I’ve been immersed in corrective exercise, functional movement, holistic lifestyle coaching, somatic work, and emotional-root-cause healing. I’m currently awaiting my HLC Level 3 certification and completing Integrative Movement Science Level 3 February 2026. My mission is simple: Help you feel strong, balanced, and pain-free so you can live the life you love. From chasing the kids to playing adult soccer or pickleball, I believe your injuries are feedback, not failures: invitations to listen, unlearn, and rebuild with intention. Whether your dream is to eliminate pain, prepare for pregnancy, return to play, or reconnect to your body, I blend science, intuition, and integrative health medicine principles to guide you back to natural movement and true vitality.Show More

Hi, I’m Dr.

Hi, I’m Dr. Lara May, Advanced Practice Clinical Pharmacist & Health Coach, specializing in functional medicine & energy medicine. I learned how to transform my health, digestion, and body – and I’m here to help you do it, too! Let me tell you a story… Ever since I was young, I have always had trouble with my stomach. I spent most of my years relying on acid reducers, and everything I ate caused my body distress. I often felt bloated, struggled with constipation, and I was at a loss for what to do about it. So, I did what most people do after seeing doctor after doctor and not feeling any better, I read every book, tried every program, and well… nothing worked for me. My stomach would ache afterward, my pants fit tight, and going to the bathroom was a less than pleasant experience with all the cramping, constipation, followed by cyclical diarrhea, etc. Now, I know that the food I was eating wasn’t nourishing my body or benefiting my gut. They were making the problems worse! Until I truly dug in and gained the knowledge, I had no idea how my gut was being impacted by what I was eating every day. Hitting Rock Bottom... My gut problems persisted. They didn’t improve because I kept eating all of the foods that were making the problems worse. I wasn’t paying close attention to how certain foods were making my stomach feel. I was frustrated and thought my body wasn’t working quite right. This was all because I was just feeding my gut problems. Even worse, I felt exhausted, sick, and moody all the time. I never had any energy, my body hurt, and my digestion was a mess. It was when I realized that my poor gut health and all the symptoms I faced every day were keeping me from being the person I dreamed of being! The Journey to Healing I began to look more closely at my life and at my diet, suddenly realizing that the food I was eating was just contributing to the problem. All it took was a bit of research for me to see what I needed to see. The food I was eating was having a negative impact on my gut. Then my poor gut health was having a negative impact on the rest of my health and my life. So, of course, my first step was to change the food I was eating every day. It was tricky to get used to because I had never considered what I was eating. I bought and ate the food that I wanted to. My research led me to realize that my gut health is connected to the rest of my health. So, after hours of research and plenty of time figuring out what worked best for my body, I healed all those gut issues. And as a result of that, I healed a ton of other issues. What a difference this made! In just a few weeks, I saw a change. I was less grumpy, had fewer stomach pains, and felt better as a whole. Since then, I’ve only gotten better. A New Found Purpose & Journey to Integrating Functional & Energy Medicine… My experience changed my life in wonderful ways, and now, I’m on a path to help others! I want to help you reclaim your life by getting your gut in great shape! As a functional medicine specialist, I help people uncover the source of their diseases and imbalances to get to the root of where things start. I focus on empowerment, transformation, & healing through real evidence-based methods combined with energy healing modalities. I give my clients the tools they need to help reduce or in some cases, potentially, even stop their prescription medications (with communication to their doctor, of course). But the biggest benefit my clients speak about is that they fall in love again - with their lives, with what they are doing, and the person or people that mean the most to them. My unique approach and integration of techniques allow my clients to shift energetic patterns, release old beliefs, clear blockages, and create lives of fulfillment, wellness, and joy. My journey to energetic & functional medicine began in 2014 as a patient myself struggling with uncontrolled chronic migraines, irritable bowel syndrome, chronic heartburn, and chronic sinus infections. Frustrated with not getting better and the lack of answers from western medicine, I sought out a new solution. Integrative Nutrition & Functional Medicine combined with energy healing modalities empowering myself to heal myself from all of the above ailments. And today I am dedicated to helping you do the same.Show More

Spiritual Healing

My path into healing work was deeply personal, as I'm sure most of us share this sentiment. For much of my life, anxiety was a constant companion, along with periods of depression, numbing, and the effects of a childhood marked by instability. Like many who step into this work, the journey began with a simple desire to understand why certain patterns felt so difficult to change, and more importantly how to begin the shedding of these outdated stories and negative looping. Over time, that search led to deep inner work and eventually to hypnotherapy and subconscious healing. These approaches revealed something powerful: many of the struggles people carry live beneath conscious awareness, within the nervous system and subconscious mind. When those deeper layers begin to shift, lasting change becomes possible. What inspires this work mostly for me is witnessing the moment someone realizes they are not broken and that the patterns holding them back can soften, shift, and transform. Because beneath the anxiety, overwhelm, and coping mechanisms, there has always been a whole and capable part of us waiting to be remembered. At its heart, this work is about one simple truth: people are far more capable of change than they have been led to believe.Show More

Forest Bathing

I have been doing spiritual activations and meditations for over five years. My journey of transformation began in 2019. I started to receive the codes of christ consciousness and have been sharing these codes with others since. I have studied many healing modalities such as Venusian healing arts, reiki, electromagnetic frequency healing and theta healing. I hold ceremonial space for others with the sisterhood of the rose. I began spiritual activations in 2022 with a small client base. I began connecting to my higher self and receiving the guidance to start using my gifts to facilitate meditations and healings through plasma light. I have attuned my body and minds eye to connect with the epoch on the earth on Atlantis. A time when the elemental frequencies were at there potency with healing potential. As I studied these techniques with my higher self I noticed a dramatic difference in my body and organs. I work with others in my combined training with healing modalities and meditation to facilitate plasma frequency healings. This increases cellular memory in the body and restores youth codes. I help others to activate there gifts with there higher self. These are called higher-self activations.Show More

Acupressure

As a youth, I suffered from chronic stomach pain and other maladies. At age 16, I went to a traditional western allopathic doctor. He spoke with me for twenty minutes. I was asked questions such as “What type of recreational drugs have you tried?” and “Where is your pain?” I was not asked ‘Do you exercise?’ ‘How much fruits and vegetables do you eat?’ ‘Do you sleep well?’ ‘What do you do to create happiness in your life?’ The doctor then prescribed me four pharmaceuticals. They were Celebrex for the back pain, Zantac for the stomach pain, Valium, and Zoloft for I can only imagine why. I felt that the pharmaceuticals were not going to heal me but just mask the symptoms. I was offended to be only offered drugs without any help or advice towards health and wellness. I refused them and started to look into alternative health modalities. Six years later, I was referred to an amazing acupuncturist and gifted healer. It was the first time someone understood how sick I was since their diagnostic methods could see past my outer “healthy” appearance. The acupuncturist diagnosed and treated the imbalances that were ruining a lot of my days. The treatments and information changed my life and inspired me to discover how it all works. Now by sharing my knowledge and experience with others, I can help ignite the light inside of them, to find the desire to heal. I can do this by bringing my patients the tools and power needed to create wellness and health in their own lives. This is done by integrating the Eastern and Western medical systems, frequency medicine and patient education, thus creating high-quality true health care.Show More

About Donna Hartley

About Donna Hartley Discover how your past lives shape your present with world-renowned speaker and intuitive reader Donna Hartley. Donna’s extraordinary gift awakened after a near-death experience at age six and deepened through her survival of the Continental Flight 603 crash and three heart surgeries. Drawing from real past-life readings, she reveals how to identify unresolved patterns, heal emotional wounds, uncover hidden talents, and recognize soul connections. Learn how past-life healing can elevate your intuition, raise your vibrational energy, and guide you toward deep healing and forgiveness—transforming your life on every level. Graduating from the University of Hawaii with a bachelor’s in education, a former Miss Hawaii, and television actress who worked with Robin Williams and Dick Van Dyke, there is no one quite like her. She has shared her amazing life story on five continents, and on the television networks NBC, ABC, PBS, and The New York Times. Donna sponsors international women's retreats, is a member of the National Speakers Association, Screen Actors Guild, Nonfiction Writers Association, and the owner of Hartley International. She is the author of Fire Up Your Life!, Fire Up Your Intuition!, Fire Up Your Healing!, and the Healing Meditations downloads. She has published six stories in the Chocolate for a Woman's Soul series and two in the Chicken Soup series.Show More

Somatic Therapy

I’ve always been deeply curious about the human mind, why we are the way we are, how our experiences shape us, and what it takes to create real, lasting change. My own journey through personal struggles in childhood and young adulthood led me to seek therapy, an experience that was nothing short of transformational. It showed me firsthand the power of healing, growth, and self-awareness. This passion led me to work in eating disorder treatment centers and addiction recovery programs, where I witnessed the profound strength of individuals reclaiming their lives. What I love most about this work is the transformation, watching pain turn into wisdom, struggle into resilience, and self-doubt into self-trust. Now, as a therapist, I’m here to guide others through their own journeys of healing with a somatic, trauma informed approach. I believe that growth and healing happens not just in understanding ourselves, but in taking the small, intentional steps that lead to lasting change. Whether you’re navigating life transitions, healing from past wounds, or seeking a deeper connection with yourself, I’m here to walk alongside you in the process.Show More

Reiki

Hypnotherapy

Kirsten Whitt, CHT, is a trained hypnotherapist that has graduated from the Hypnotherapy Training Institute in Corte Madera, CA. She is certified through the American Council of Hypnotist Examiners ACHE. Kirsten is a certified Medical Qigong practitioner. She has trained at Five Branches University in San Jose, CA where she is also currently pursuing a doctorate in Traditional Chinese Medicine TCM. ​ Kirsten has lived in Tahoe for over 10 years and enjoys all that the area has to offer: snowboarding, cross country skiing, snowmobiling, mountain biking, kayaking, hiking, and backpacking. She has been a member of Douglas County Search and Rescue since 2018. Before starting school for TCM, she was a naturalist hiking guide in Yosemite National Park where she specialized in ethnobotany. In addition, she worked in many outdoor industry positions in Tahoe including outdoor education, kayak guiding, and snowshoe guiding.Show More

Trance Healing

Theta Healing

Animal Reiki

Divine Healing

Creative Healing