Meet our 1:1 Practitioners
for the Healing Convergence
Nov. 21-24th at Mandala Springs
NOTE: 1:1 Sessions will be booked IN PERSON upon arrival. Head into the Lobby of the Event Space during meal times to claim a spot!
Eden Sipperly: Reiki
As someone who spent a previous lifetime in the STEM world, Eden shares energywork from a place of science and surrender. Her Reiki practice incorporates nervous system work, breath, meditation, and somatic experiencing practices to not be a healer, but to be your mirror.
Friday 8am-12pm: Book your 1:1 Session with Eden!
Danielle Smith: Massage + Reiki
Danielle is an event coordinator, yoga instructor, astrologer, Reiki Master, energy worker and massage therapist. She creates nurturing, ceremonial spaces and facilitates holistic healing experiences through an intuitive blend of modalities. Her offerings focus on accessibility, embodiment, play, structural alignment and releasing trauma.
Friday 12-4pm: Book your 1:1 Session with Danielle!
Amanda Marie: Bodywork
Amanda has been practicing body work for over 10 years. She originally started with Reiki, a Japanese lineage art. She is trained in cranial sacral therapy and Lomi Lomi as well. She is a part of the Luna Mountain Doula collective serving Western North Carolina. She has also done a bit of studies in herbalism and enjoys making tinctures and oils working with the prolific natural medicines of the area.
Friday 12-4pm: Book your 1:1 Session with Amanda!
Niko Hathaway: Trauma Informed Coaching
Nicole Hathaway aka “Niko” is a Holistic Wellness Practitioner with 8yrs experience, she is a Holy Fire Reiki Master, Sound Healer, Breathwork Practitioner, Ceremonial Space Holder, Past Life Regression Facilitator, Intuitive Guide & Trauma Informed Spiritual Coach providing 1:1 support sessions for processing grief, burnout & fatigue. Sessions may be verbal, somatic, sound focused or use a combination of modalities.
Friday 4-8pm: Book your 1:1 Session with Niko!
Chitra: EMDR
Chitra McDevitt is a certified Yoga Therapist C-IAYT and Trauma Therapist MSW. Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing or EMDR is a therapeutic process that uses mind and body to release stuck traumatic or distressing memories. This technique has been proven effective in short and long term healing for individuals who have experienced natural disasters. The process may or may not involve eye movements as there are other somatic ways to access the memories and beliefs that contribute to trauma. Each session will be 60 minutes to allow time to settle together, process what is most relevant and then integrate the material.
Saturday 8am-12pm: Book your 1:1 Session with Chitra!
Courtney Fincher: Somatic Experiencing
Courtney Fincher is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner with a focus on Attachment. The focus of her work is to illuminate how relationship dynamics shape our nervous system and impact our ability to make conscious decisions. Through talk and tracking of the attachment and nervous system she works with clients to notice the cues in their bodies, release excess activation from overwhelming situations, create more coherent narratives, and learn relational and embodiment skills to have more ease in their relationships and within themselves.
Saturday 8am-12pm: Book your 1:1 Session with Courtney!
Robin: Massage
Robin Fann-Costanzo has been working at the Esalen Institute and internationally since 1992 as an Esalen massage staff member, instructor, and registered yoga teacher. In addition to Esalen massage, Robin brings a lifetime of experience as a trained dancer and has extensive training in craniosacral therapy, somatoemotional release, gestalt therapy, life coaching, and dance therapy. Her love for learning and teaching led her to collaborate in the development of Esalen teacher's training program. Robin is featured in the Esalen massage DVD. She has developed continuing education programs taught at Esalen and offers classes in Asheville, NC where she currently resides with her husband and daughters. In 2012 at the World Massage Festival, Robin was honored for her years of dedication in the field of massage and bodywork, by being inducted into the World Massage Hall of Fame.
Saturday 12-4pm: Book your 1:1 Session with Robin!
Elisa Fox: Energy Healing
Elisa Fox offers intuitive healing touch, energy clearing and alignment. Her sessions release patterns of tension from emotional events that haven’t been fully processed by the body. Clients report that these powerful sessions leave them feeling renewed and more free in their bodies, aligned to their soul’s purpose, clear and energetic.
Saturday 12-4pm: Book your 1:1 Session with Elisa Fox!
Lillie Lumina: Sonic Reiki
Lillie Lumina is a trauma informed Board-Certified Music Therapist, Reiki Practitioner, Singer-Songwriter, Song Leader, and Vocal Explorer. Emotional expression and authenticity are at the root of all that she does.Reiki is a Japanese energy healing technique for stress reduction, relaxation, and well being. Sessions consist of gently laying hand on the body and sending energy to places where there may be blockages or density to help clear and reset the energy system. In addition, Lillie incorporates vocal toning, which helps to carry the Reiki through sound vibration.
Saturday 4-8pm: Book your 1:1 Session with Lillie Lumina!
Carrie Drapac: SPT Spinal Attunement
Carrie Drapac is a Somatic Movement Guide, Practitioner & Coach whose work holds an animist worldview - a deep recognition of the living relationship existing between all things. She has nearly two decades experience working with clients, and is trained in (and currently shares) a number of modalities, including: somatic movement, nervous system education and regulation, Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises®, SourcePoint Therapy®, Clinical Somatics, embodiment practices, energy work, and spiritual inquiry.
Saturday 4-8pm: Book your 1:1 Session with Carrie!