Healing Arts Center
Kula is honored to partner with some of our community’s most talented healing arts practitioners. The Healing Arts Center at the Shala is dedicated to offering our community a warm and sacred space to experience a variety of truly therapeutic services. Treatments are available seven days per week and are a great option to add before or after your yoga practice. You can read more about the healing artists, services available or book your appointment now at the links below.
Kula's Integrative Wellness Program
If you are looking for a more immersive therapeutic experience that goes beyond individual treatments, we invite you to make our team your team, through Kula Healing Arts Center's Integrative Wellness Program. This multi-modality approach to supporting healing and wellness brings together a diverse spectrum of services and practitioners working together as one team, on your behalf. Whether through one of our signature pain management or stress management programs or through a custom curated, concierge care program, learn more about how our team has created a unique opportunity to support your health and wellness goals. To read more about the Integrative Wellness Program, download our pdf brochure.
To schedule an initial consult for Kula's Integrative Wellness Program or to receive more information, contact Dr. Kimberly Vaccaro via email at kim@kulayogashala.com or via phone at 561.706.0665.
Healing Arts Team Members
Embodied Insight Coaching presents a uniquely powerful opportunity for individualized support in navigating one's inner journey. The Embodied Insight approach is designed to realign you with your essential nature and empower you in living an inspiring life in alignment with your soul’s purpose.
The sessions guide you through a personalized experience of insight tools & embodiment practices to support you on the beautiful, messy, and sacred journey home to your self. This powerful personal & relationship growth program requires both the willingness and devotion to sincere self examination and incorporates a variety of methodologies including contemplative inquiry, perspective re-framing, soul dialogue, journaling, meditation and breathwork.
Kristine Reed: Licensed Massage Therapist
Kristine Reed graduated from Alpha Institute in 1998 and has been practicing massage therapy for over 18 years. She is certified in Stone therapy and Cupping. Is a Reiki practitioner, and she specializes in Myofascial release, trigger point and Deep tissue. Kris pursued the healing arts to help others, and she utilizes the therapeutic aspect of massage to speed the healing and assist with pain management.Each massage she gives is customized for each individual client, focusing on the areas with the most need, and as the client request.
Contact : 561-348-0245 (License MA 34421)
Heike Amelung: Licensed Psychotherapist
HeikePema@gmail.com
Heike has been a licensed psychotherapist in Florida since 1997. She is also a Professional Member of the National Ayurvedic Medical Association. In 2016, she completed the teacher training at Kula Yoga Shala as an extension of her studies of the yogic traditions.
Her very holistic approach to psychotherapy is not grounded in the western medical model, but rather in the Vedic traditions. In collaboration with her clients, Heike focuses on supporting a path towards physical health, a peaceful mind and ultimately, the aim of all yogas, towards the unfolding of our true Self. The tradition of Ayurveda provides the great wisdom of daily practices (dinacharya), use of herbs, food as medicine etc. Yoga provides us with not just asana, but pranayama, mantra and
meditation. Above all, Heike draws from her very extensive work experience and eclectic use of techniques as a psychotherapist in her journey with her clients. Please call for appointments.
Contact: 561-252-2217. (Licenses MH 4451 and MT 1635).
Christina Grace: Health & Wellness Coach
Christina Grace is a certified Health & Wellness coach and a 2014 graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. After cultivating a deep love of yoga for many years while living in New York City, in 2017 she decided to deepen her yoga practice by studying to take the seat of the teacher. In the fall of 2017 she became a certified 200 hour RYT through the Yoga Alliance at Kula Yoga Shala in Jupiter, FL. In 2019, she completed her Prenatal Yoga Training and is now a certified PYT helping women to feel good in their bodies through pregnancy and labor.
Christina’s approach to health is the belief that each person is unique and requires a different path to wellness; there is no one size fits all approach. She focuses on healing clients from the inside out offering health coaching, meal planning and private yoga.
Over the last 10 years, exercise and healthy eating have given Christina a new outlook on life, and transformed both her mind and body. Christina truly believes in the mind and body connection and that one cannot be fully healed or optimally healthy without the other. Christina is here to help you discover that path: mind, body and soul.
Susan Wardle-Mitchell: Yoga Therapist & LMT
With over 15 years experience as a licenses massage therapist in the Jupiter area, Susan is committed to providing health and healing to her clients. Working intuitively, Susan combines therapeutic techniques, treating clients for their individual needs, including Swedish massage, neuromuscular, table stretching,and more, to ease pain and promote relaxation and healing.
Susan’s interest in the mind, body, spirit connection, lead her to Svaroopa® yoga some years ago, and through this practice found profound changes and healing, feeling calmer, stronger and more peaceful. Inspired by these results, Susan feels honored to share this style of yoga and
Svaroopa® yoga Embodyment® therapy to others. Susan continues her training in advanced yoga teacher training and yoga therapy with Svaroopa® Vidya Ashram in PA, committed to growing in consciousness and helping others on their path to expand, grow and heal.
Contact: 561-339-7189 (License MA 32466)
Dr. Paul O'Leary: Chiropractor
Dr. Paul O’Leary is a chiropractor who has been practicing in Jupiter/Palm Beach Gardens since 2010. He was born in New York and was raised in Palm Beach Gardens attending Rosarian Academy and Cardinal Newman High School. Dr. O’Leary holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Florida State University in Exercise Physiology and a Doctorate degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic. He enjoys his work most when he is treating patients who are focused on achieving a lifelong goal of creating and maintaining a healthy lifestyle by combining the very best hands-on-technique, state-of-the-art physiotherapy procedures, and providing the newest
and best natural vitamins and mineral supplements on the market today. When he is not in the office, he enjoys surfing, playing baseball, playing the drums or piano, and getting involved in local charity events.
Contact: 561-758-4811 (License: CH 10128)
Dr. Kim Vaccaro:
Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine & Egoscue Postural Alignment Specialist
Dr. Kim is a holistic lifestyle expert. With her background in Naturopathic Medicine, she empowers clients with an understanding of their unique physiology, identifying the root cause of symptoms and lifestyle factors that may be contributing.
As a health educator, Kim has guided thousands of clients to exceed their wellness goals and improve their quality of life. Dr. Kim’s passion for supporting people to heal themselves led her to the world-renowned Hippocrates Health Institute, where she served as co-founder of the Weight Loss and Fitness Academy.
Her unique background of: holistic wellness, yoga philosophy and therapeutic movement, equips Kim to offer the utmost in comprehensive self-care.
Dr. Kim currently offers individual sessions and small group programs, with Vis Integrative Wellness, remotely.
You can find her online at drkimvaccaro.com, onYouTube at “Move Nourish Recover with Dr. Kim” and on the Public Facebook Group “Lifestyle as Medicine, with Dr. Kim,” through Vis Integrative Wellness.
Kim is honored to share some of her favorite lifestyle wellness techniques at Kula!
Contact: 561.706.0665
Jenny Jangaard: Licensed Massage Therapist
My inspiration to become a massage therapist started at a very young age and became realized in 2004. With every passing year I find that my love for bodywork just keeps growing deeper. I am so happy to be part of Kula and to share my offerings of relaxation massage with fellow kindred spirits.
Contact: 561.758.2988
Hannah R. Griffin: OTR/L
Hannah is a national and board certified occupational therapist serving families in Northern Palm Beach County. Hannah specializes in mental and behavioral health for children, adolescents, teenage girls, young adult women, and mothers. Hannah is certified in Sensory Enhanced Yoga for Self Regulation and Trauma Healing, and offers both individual and group therapy sessions. Hannah is passionate about helping individuals experience purpose and joy in their everyday lives. For more information or to contact Hannah, please visit www.parentchildsuccessot.com
Nicole Romero: Ayurvedic Holistic Health Practitioner
AADP Ayurvedic Counselor/Educator 875 HR | RYT-800
We have forgotten how to hear the stories and songs of the wind; The wisdom found within the ancient rocks, or the regenerative powers of connecting with the rivers and oceans. We have lost the ability to listen to the plants as they tell us which ones to eat to live a healthy life or the gift of the elements as they bring us messages about our Life’s Journey.
Nicole’s consultations are unique in that they bring together the teachings and rituals of Yoga, Ayurveda, Plants as Medicine, Chakra & Shamanic Journeying. Through the learning of these ancient practices we clear a path to understand how we are inextricably linked to the phases of the moon, the sun and the seasons for deep cleansing and rejuvenation.
Nicole studied Ayurvedacharya with Dr. Naina Marballi and Dr. David Frawley. She is an 875h Ayurvedic Holistic Health Practitioner/Consultant with the AADP, 300h Ayurveda Yoga Instructor, an Ayurvedic and Addiction consultant with Yoga of Recovery
Ayurveda and Womb Shakti Medicine with Wise Earth Ayurveda, Green Medicine Herbalist, Shamanic Student and Journeyer, Certified ISHTA Yoga Instructor, Prenatal, Postnatal, Children’s, Restorative and MetaAnatomy Yoga Instructor.
LeAnn Hertz: Licensed Massage Therapist & Tibetan Cranial Practitioner
License Number: MA84511
Born and raised in Jupiter Florida LeAnn Hertz has a passion for being of service. Her Massage and Tibetan Cranial practice is an outlet for that. She started her healing arts journey in 2016 at the Florida School of Massage in Gainesville. She then began her three year Tibetan Cranial apprenticeship in September of 2017 while living and working at Sunrise Ranch in Loveland Colorado. She is very grateful to be sharing the work she loves in her home.
Since the human body is constantly changing, your needs may change as well. After our initial consultation, together we will create the perfect session for you based on what your body’s needs
are for healing and restoration. Everyone is unique and requires something different. Each session very personal.
If you are interested in working with LeAnn, you can call or text her at (561) 677-083 to schedule your session. You can learn more about Tibetan Cranial work at www.tibetancranial.org
Cecile Alfonso: Ayurvedic Health & Life Coach
Cecile is an Ayurvedic Life & Health coach and bases her coaching style around each client’s personal balance point or birth constitution. She integrates traditional tools used in Ayurveda (foods, diet, lifestyle, gem therapy, aromatherapy, yoga asana, mantra, meditation, visualization, sound and color therapy) and tools like Emotion Code (applied kinesiology) and Reiki to help her clients with their holistic health goals.
For more information and / or to book your free 30 min. initial consultation, please click here: https://linktr.ee/holdyourhand.life