Yoga for cancer patients and survivors to help manage side effects of treatment, such as bone density loss, neuropathy, and fatigue, as well as promote inner strength and resilience.
About
The Center for Healing came to Kat in the midst of the pandemic when she was sitting deeply with the need for practices that can help people to become more fully embodied as human beings—to anchor into the body, to release what isn’t serving, and to move more easefully in the direction of positive change. These are practices that help each of us to know who we are at deeper and deeper levels, to come into the highest alignment with our destiny, and to serve those around us and Mother Earth in doing so.
The Center of Healing offers holistic modalities for working the physical, emotional, and energy bodies of all those seeking healing, wellness, and more freedom on these levels of being. These include somatic practices of yoga asana, massage therapy, energy work including reiki and quantum expansion, ayurvedic counseling for lifestyle and nutrition, and ancestral dreamwork, as well as other modalities.
These modalities can help address anxiety and stress-related issues, depression, the death of loved ones, relationship issues, and other conditions affecting well-being. They help us to find a place to rejoice, to come back to ourselves, to return to our connection with our bodies and with the Earth and our ancestors, and to find our own inner guidance. In healing ourselves, we may find that we begin to heal those around us, too, simply by being more ourselves. TO REMEMBER WHO WE ARE.
The Center of Healing offers online as well as in-person sessions through individual and group retreat settings.
Kat Janicka founded the Center of Healing in 2020 with a powerful vision: to make holistic wellness accessible to all, especially for those seeking safe spaces for healing and growth. Her journey is deeply personal; after navigating challenges with anxiety, loss, and the transformative impact of meditation and spiritual practice, Kat dedicated herself to helping others find their own paths to healing and self-discovery, moving from Europe to the U.S. to expand her work.
With over 20 years of experience, Kat has developed a unique practice that integrates hatha yoga (in the Sivananda tradition), Zen meditation, and Tibetan Buddhist teachings. Her approach to energy healing merges Reiki, Quantum Energy Healing, and shamanic elements, drawing from diverse traditions to support individuals on their healing journeys. In New York City, she led Tibetan Buddhist meditation and collaborated with the city to make yoga and energy healing accessible in parks, libraries, schools, and shelters. In Europe, she continues to empower and support Ukrainian refugees.
Currently pursuing a PhD in Transformative Studies at CIIS, Kat focuses on the integration of the divine masculine and feminine, consciousness, and transformation. This academic path further strengthens her commitment to the Center of Healing, fostering a community-centered approach to wellness, empowerment, and personal growth.
Through the Center of Healing, Kat offers accessible wellness programs, including workshops, retreats, and continuous support focused on personal and spiritual growth. Your support for this nonprofit allows us to reach those who need it most, helping us provide resources for healing, empowerment, and transformation.
Teachers & Healers
Esther Cho
TEACHER – KOMYO REIKI DO LINEAGE
Esther Cho is a Reiki Master/Teacher, certified in 2014 in the traditional Usui Reiki lineage, Komyo ReikiDo, under the guidance of founder Hyakuten Inamoto Sensei. Esther offers in-person and remote Reiki treatments for humans and animals, as well as Reiki certification classes from Level 1 to Master Level. Initial sessions typically last 1.5 hours, with follow-up sessions available at 45 or 100 minutes, depending on the client’s needs and preferences. This version improves flow and readability. Let me know if you’d like further adjustments!
A.L. Garris
A.L. Garris is the origin of Acasma Quantum Energy, a higher vibrational consciousness here to assist Humanity as they heal their Beings and remember who they are, Quantum Light. A.L. is a higher dimensional Being, a master healer, master teacher, and published author with clients and students from all over the Earth.
Pooja Amy Shah
Integrative Medicine Physician. Pooja is Licensed in Medical Acupuncture. She is a teacher of Eastern Mind-Body Practices @ O-p-e-n.com, The Path, + Nalanda Institute. Yoga Teacher Certified.
Lorraine Coulter
Lorraine’s teaching is intuitive and heart-centered, and draws from deep practice in Buddhist meditation, ashtanga yoga and pranayama, quantum healing, and Ayurveda.
Robert Palusiński
Jungian psychotherapist (facilitator, trainer, coach, therapist).
His primary (though not the only) tool is Process-Oriented Psychology developed by Jungian analyst Arnold Mindell.
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Maggie Zurowska
Maggie Ambika Zurowska is a certificate yoga instructor in hatha yoga, Sivananda style (200h) and kundalini yoga (300h) and so she combinetes physical asna work out -vinyasa style with the energy and breath work: kundalini. She believes yoga is all of it together-unity of a body, mind, and energy body. Maggie is also a level 2 certified Reiki healer, vegan chef, instructor and animal activist: “All is one. One is all. “
Shannon Larsen
Shannon has been sharing the practice of yoga locally and internationally since 2011. Her belief in the body and mind’s ability to push past limits and heal in many ways led her to study therapeutics, yoga for athletes, yoga for kids, and trauma-informed yoga. She has shared movement and mindfulness with teens in juvenile hall, school children, college athletes, and adults of all ages and abilities. As an instructor, Shannon’s goal is to hold a safe space for people to explore movement and connect deeper with themselves and beyond. In this space of openness, she knows our bodies can strengthen and align, and we can settle our minds enough to hear the inner whispers that encourage us to live our truth and offer our unique gifts to this world. Shannon trusts that the more connected we become with ourselves, the more connected we become with each other. Movement and visualization have played a huge role in Shannon’s own health journey and she is honored to share these practices with others through Yin, Hatha, Flow, Yoga Nidra, Mindful Art Sessions alongside her artist sister Andrea, and of course the invitation to laugh amidst the challenge. As a lifetime musician, Shannon often incorporates some form of soothing sound in her classes.
Wafaa Adyadou
Wafaa Adyadou is an experienced and compassionate yoga teacher, meditation and breath coach, and certified Stand-Up Paddle (SUP) Yoga instructor. With over 6,000 hours of teaching experience, she has led transformative workshops across diverse settings, including corporations, universities, community centers, and hospitals. Wafaa is passionate about using yoga and mindfulness practices to foster healing, personal growth, and inner peace.
Her approach integrates the ancient teachings of yoga, including the wisdom of Patanjali, with modern scientific methods. As a lifelong student of yoga, Wafaa combines Trauma-Informed Yoga (ETI-based) and TBI Yoga, specialized in adapting practices for individuals recovering from traumatic brain injuries and concussions. She firmly believes in the healing power of yoga to reconnect the body, mind, and spirit, and her work is rooted in the principle of mindfulness, compassion, and holistic wellness.
Wafaa’s unique blend of practices is enriched by her multicultural background. Fluent in French, English, Arabic, and with some knowledge of Chinese, she connects with a diverse range of people across the globe, bringing a universal quality to her teaching.
Beyond her work in wellness, Wafaa is also an artist, with an Applied Arts background. Currently studying Neurographica, she expresses her creativity through painting, finding meditation and artistic expression deeply interconnected. For Wafaa, painting a human cell is a meditative process that is as intimate and transformative as yoga. This connection between art, yoga, and healing is especially influenced by her Moroccan and Amazigh roots, where anatomical metaphors and storytelling are still used to impart timeless wisdom.
Currently preparing to launch wellness retreats in Morocco, Wafaa invites both locals and international guests to experience the Kingdom’s breathtaking natural beauty, including its world-famous saltwater lakes and serene ponds. These retreats are designed to deepen one’s connection with nature while offering yoga, meditation, and healing practices for transformation and renewal.
Through her work, Wafaa creates spaces for growth, healing, and connection, and she is deeply committed to supporting others on their wellness journey.
Milica Radović – Mandić
San Francisco based, licensed in Electropuncture Diagnostics and Informotherapy by Medical University in Kyiv. Currently she is on her path of obtaining a degree in MSc in Psychology in the UK. Next phase of her life is dedicated to entering the psychedelic industry and plant medicine.
THE WORK: When we are healthy, our body is in a state of natural balance. This state allows our cells to communicate freely. When something like stress, pathogens, emotional shocks, toxins, poor diet etc, interrupts this state of balance, the exchange of information at the cellular level is interrupted. The disturbances in the electromagnetic frequency spectrum in cells lead to outbreaks of disease in the body. The restoration of natural balance is possible by using advanced technology that is at the crossroads of Homeopathy and Traditional Chinese Medicine by communicating with the cell in the language that they understand. The goal is to use this alternative medicine in order to remove the obstacles so that the body can return to its natural state where it can heal itself. When informotherapy is applied the information which is accepted by the body evokes the process of development of inner remedies which can be either a substance or an energy of inner physical processes.Informotherapy can also be used for miasm work – dealing with generational trauma and inherited patterns of behavior.
Jenel Ronn
Jenel Ronn has been practicing yoga for 10 years. Trained in the Sivananda style and earning title of Yoga Acharya, Master of Yoga certification in 2018 she continues to teach virtually in Vermont now having taught in NYC, Thailand and other studios in the US.
Jose L Cora
Jose L Cora practice Thai massage mixed with other styles that are integrated. His type of massage is a sequence of pressure on points and sen lines, circulatory compressions, joint mobilizations, stretching, and reflex stimulation. All chained in a regular rhythm, where the masseur’s breathing harmonizes with that of the patient. The goal is to balance the body to help toy heal itself.
Sarika Jain
Sarika Jain is a leading South Asian expert on love and Dating Coach to successful, go-getter women. Her unique approach encompasses everything from uncovering relationship patterns and closing one’s ‘Ex Files’ to practicing self-love and mindfulness in relationships, all with the goal of inspiring women to live the lives they’ve dreamed about – experiencing profound love, success and fulfillment.
Sarika’s background includes working in the corporate world and on Wall Street for over fifteen years before deciding to pursue her dream full time of creating a movement around healthy love and empowerment for women over ten years ago. She is a student of energy healing, psychology, feminine leadership and relationships. She’s been called a “Relationship Sorceress” by her clients. More information can be found on her website:
Nihal Atma
Imparts knowledge and inspiration through energetic techniques that tap into the power of Kundalini Yoga. This ancient practice has been handed down from guru to student for thousands of years. Explore the limitless possibilities of this practice as Nihal as your guide.
Robin Decker
Robin is an Quantum Energy Alchemist and her work is here to support you in remembering your wholeness and magic. Healing comes online from within you and you live directly from your own Source connection. Robin’s frequency emits a signal via her voice, image, and intention that entrains your vibration to a higher level, allowing you to shed old patterns, beliefs, and traumas in your unique way, tima, and space as no two people are alike and each session varies based on what shows up in the moment. A session consists of conscious conversation, movement of energy, sound healing, heart activations, and more, depending on each client’s intention and level of consciousness. Love is your true Source and Robin is here to remind you of this.
Alexander Puentes
Alexander Puentes has been drawn to mindfulness and intentional movement practices for several years. As a wildland firefighter and EMT, his physically demanding careers led him to seek a space for pause. His interest in health, wellness and settling the mind inspired him to become a certified yoga instructor. He enjoys teaching yoga with happy holds, a practice that allows for a pause while also stretching and strengthening the mind and body. In his spare time, Alexander brews his own artisan small batch kombucha as a way to support and inspire health from the inside out. He is always looking for ways to grow and challenge himself while maintaining a positive attitude everywhere he goes.
Iza Klementowska
Non-fiction writer focused on people striving to find peace and happiness amid life’s challenges. With a background in Tibetan Buddhism rooted in kindness, love, and compassion, and inspired by the teachings of Dr. Madan Kataria, she developed a unique tool to bring joy and relief: laughter yoga sessions combined with Kundalini yoga techniques and ecstatic dance. These exercises and breathing practices can reduce stress, boost the immune system, and maintain a positive mindset during difficult times.
Eliza Woznica
Eliza has worked as an esthetician for over 15 years. She combines the age defying benefits of leading advanced technology facials, such as: Intraceuticals Oxygen, Radio Frequency, LED Anti–Aging Light, Microdermabrasion, and Dermoacids with healing and detoxifying qualities of plant based cosmetics and oils, as well as highly customized deep tissue Sculpture Facial Lift massage, to deliver results above and beyond her clients’ expectations. Eliza is also certified by Greet the Day nonprofit organization to provide supportive skin care treatments to patients going through chemotherapy or recovering from cancer. In 2013, she obtained certification in Clinical Oncology Esthetics through Greet the Day organization that prepares professionals to provide safe, personalized spa treatments to individuals with health-challenged skin. In 2017, she received CITBAC certification in Holistic Treatments at Jamu Spa School, Bali. She also works with Buccal Lift ℠ – manual techniques for natural rejuvenation.
Victoriia Melnyk
Victoria is a devoted massage therapist and cosmetologist whose practice is grounded in education and professionalism. For her, education goes beyond formal training—it’s a philosophy that embraces the aesthetics and lessons of life itself. She believes that everything around us teaches and shapes us, nourishing our mind and soul, and that each encounter offers an opportunity for mutual learning and growth. With massage techniques as her tools, Victoria brings a deep sense of care, love, and gratitude to every session. She approaches each client with respect for their unique boundaries, personality, and inner experiences. To her, massage is a natural pathway to health, drawing on the timeless comfort of a compassionate touch to support and heal. Viewing each person as a universe unto themselves, Victoria has a keen interest in physiology, somatics, and human psychophysics. She embraces the balance of simplicity and complexity, light and darkness, approaching every client as a whole being—body, mind, and soul. Victoria’s techniques are designed to help clients find calm, inner peace, and deep relaxation. By creating a safe space to release tension and reconnect with themselves, she guides her clients toward renewed joy, peace, and self-care, cultivating a sense of compassion that extends well beyond each session.
Bodywork
The Center for Healing offers a range of body work modalities, including traditional massage therapies, shiatzu, Thai massage, Japanese face therapy, and cranial sacral therapy, and more. These are available on retreat and in individual and corporate settings by request.
Dreamwork
The Center of Healing offers dreamwork sessions for individuals and groups in retreat settings. Dreamwork helps us understand and integrate material from the subconscious so that we can become aware of deeper emotional patterns in the psyche, integrate messages from these patterns and release where necessary. It also helps our positive aspirations and dream elements become manifest in our lives.
Retreats
At our retreats, we offer a diverse range of healing modalities, empowering you to create a combination that aligns with your personal journey. As a holistic healing center, we believe that integrating multiple practices amplifies the transformative potential of each retreat. Additionally, all proceeds from our retreats directly support our nonprofit initiatives, helping us extend holistic wellness to communities in need.
Summer 2025
- Interested in a sailing retreat through the Greek or Croatian islands?
- Would you like a retreat in a unique or specific location?
- Looking to choose specific healers or modalities for a custom retreat experience?
- Planning a wellness weekend for friends, family, or your team?
Let us help you craft a healing experience tailored to your vision and goals. Contact us to explore personalized retreat options, including sailing adventures or customized healing sessions, and join us in supporting our nonprofit mission through every journey.
Join Us at the Conscious Life Expo Los Angeles 2025!
We’re excited to be back at the Conscious Life Expo 2025 in Los Angeles with this year’s inspiring theme: Planetary Transformation.
Visit us at Booth 86, where our Acasma Expo Team will be offering sessions and connecting with attendees. This is your opportunity to experience Acasma in a personal session or to join our Workshop on Friday at noon and Lecture on Saturday at 9 am to learn more about this transformative practice.
Whether you’re looking to deepen your spiritual journey or grow your practice, this Expo promises meaningful connections and powerful possibilities. Join us and see what new paths you’ll create and align for yourself this year!
Mythic Healing Retreat in Crete
Location: Keratokampos, Iraklio, Crete, Greece
Accommodation: Komis Studios, Keratokampos
Dates: May 10–17, 2025
Overview
Join us for a transformative week in the ancient heart of Crete, inspired by goddess worship and sacred mythologies. This retreat blends yoga, meditation, and rituals to align body, mind, and spirit with the archetypal energies of Crete’s Minoan heritage. Explore sacred landscapes and relax in the peaceful coastal village of Keratokampos.
Retreat Highlights
- Daily Practices & Rituals: Morning and evening sessions of yoga, meditation, and breathwork, with workshops on Goddess archetypes.
- Sacred Site Excursions (Optional): Visits to Zeus Cave, Knossos, Phaistos, and the Gournia archaeological site.
- Seaside Relaxation: Unwind on Keratokampos beaches, experience local tavernas, and enjoy the serene surroundings.
- Evening Circles: Gather for moonlit meditation, journaling, and sharing circles under the stars.
Join us in Crete for a journey of healing, connection, and transformation!
Mythic Healing Retreat in Crete Dates: May 10-17, 2025 Location: Keratokampos, Iraklio, Crete, Greece
Pricing Options
• Shared Room: $1,800 – $2,000 per person
• Private Room: $2,100 – $2,500 per person
• Early Bird Discount: $200 off for participants who book before December 20th
• Scholarships Available: Limited scholarships are offered to make the retreat more accessible, supporting those who may be on a budget but are deeply committed to this transformative experience. Retreat Highlights
• A unique blend of yoga, meditation, and goddess archetype workshops set against the sacred landscapes of Crete.
Ayurveda
Retreats are also supported by Ayurvedic cuisine and awareness of energy cycles. The term Ayurveda comes from the Sanskrit words ayur (life) and veda (science or knowledge). Retreats with in-depth Ayurvedic instruction help participants identify their constitution or dosha type, and design an ayurvedic regimen for body practices, nutrition, herbs, and lifestyle elements for lasting well-being of the body and mind.
Kids
The Center for Healing offers individual or one-on-one online therapies, classes, workshops to awaken little ones’ connection to Spirit and their inner healing, knowing, inspiration, creativity and imagination. Our staff is also experienced in working with difficult emotions and mindfulness techniques to help kids navigate their feelings with awareness and curiosity.
Kat created a meditation class for kids at the Shantideva Center in New York, she has also worked with elementary schools in Brooklyn to create yoga and mindfulness programs. She started the Zen Zoo Yoga program at the Boathouse of Prospect Park which helps to bring children into awareness of their breath and their bodies through games and exercises that incorporate animal sounds and simple breathing awareness techniques.
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Breathwork
We offer instruction in simple breathwork practices rooted in the yogic tradition that help to bring various outcomes ranging from calming and soothing to energizing the body and mind while regulating the nervous system bringing the connection between body and mind into balance.
Reiki
Reiki is a system of energy healing that reduces stress while providing deep relaxation and greater well-being through channeling the flow of energy through the hands from the reiki practitioner to the client.
The word reiki is made up of two Japanese words — rei meaning the universal or spiritual energy source; and ki meaning the electro-magnetic energy associated with our physical bodies.
Quantum Healing
Quantum healing helps connect clients with their Higher Self, as well as higher dimensional guides. Sessions take place either one-on-one (online or in-person) or consciousness to consciousness without the need for online contact. Clients receive activations, attunements to higher dimensional energy, and may receive messages or energetic healing from guides and higher dimensional beings. This kind of healing helps us remember who we are and allows for an expansion of consciousness and awareness beyond the third dimension.
Explore Our Nonprofit Initiatives
Discover how the Center of Healing extends its mission beyond retreats. Visit our nonprofit arm to learn about our projects focused on community wellness, accessible healing, and empowerment initiatives. Your support helps us reach those in need and bring holistic wellness to underserved communities.