Tisana Scanlan

certified YOGA TEACHER, Transformational Recovery Coach & Trauma-informed

Tisana is a Transformational Recovery and Integration Coach with Being True To You, a 200 hr Yoga Alliance Certified teacher at Yandara in Baja, and a graduate of Y12SR (Yoga of 12-Step Recovery) with Nikki Myers.   

Tisana is from London, England, and has been living between Mexico and England for several years. Her personal recovery from addiction led her to the yogic path and a myriad of healing modalities including plant medicine ceremonies, the 12 Steps, Family Constellations, 5Rhythms and psychedelic/trauma therapy.  Long-term sobriety has gifted her with personal knowledge of the path of recovery and the wealth of tools available. Yoga, meditation, dance, breath work, exercise, and diet have been foundational for her personal healing. This inspired her to train as a recovery coach and she brings her own unique blend of her experiences and training to her coaching sessions. She appreciates that each person is unique and must find their own way to their true self and to self love. Her role is to guide, reflect, motivate, and empower you to be the very best you can be in this moment.

Lorenza Garcia Mendez

SOUND HEALER

Lorenza is from Chapala, Mexico, and found the magical language of sound healing while living in Auroville, South India in 2010. She had a spiritual awakening through sound. Music lover, world traveller and producer of sensorial creative experiences including the Mystic Frequency Sound Healing Festival.

Barbara Blum

KAP FACILITATOR level 2 | certified YOGA TEACHER | Meditation Teacher

Barbara is from San Francisco, California, who has made Yelapa, MX her home. She is a 500hr Yoga Alliance Certified teacher, with 150hr hatha & meditation training, 80hr meditation teacher training, and is a level 2 KAP facilitator. Decades of embodied practices, including ten years as a professional dancer and almost as long teaching yoga have brought a unique depth of understanding on the mind/body/spirit principal of union. Over the last several years, a strong commitment to spiritual growth has evoked a series of ever-deepening, transformative awakenings, bringing Barbara to a place of direct connectivity to Divine energies, which she transmits during her energy sessions.

During this committed pursuit, Barbara has accrued a vast background of experiences alongside an intellectual understanding in both the traditional teachings of India as well as that of the modern mystics, bringing a well-rounded approach to this path toward wholeness. Barbara’s deep well of experience in conjunction with an even deeper desire toward self-realization now leads her to stretch beyond lineages, and she find herself directly connected to Source energy itself. This connection brings with it a very clear directive that expands far beyond personal evolution… one that calls for service to humanity at large. In being a conduit for Divine energy, she shares simply:

“My duty has become clear: Awaken, and assist in the awakening in others.”

Victoria Abdelnu

iSHA JUDD SYSTEM & TRAUMA THERAPY

Victoria Abdelnur M.D. is a licensed physician in Germany and Argentina, she has a scientific and holistic understanding of health. Her work focus is in Integrative Trauma Therapy, Meditation, Stress management and Emotional Health. She sees each patient as a whole, paying attention to their mental, physical, emotional, social and spiritual health.

In a session, she will tune into your current life situation and guide you on what will best serve you. This will include many methods like the Completion Process, the Isha Judd System, Bioenergetics, Progressive muscle relaxation, Hypnosis therapy, inner child work, shadow work,  psychosomatic evaluation, the relation between physical illness and emotional problems. 

She works with private patients from many countries around the world through videoconference and very rarely attends organized retreats. 

Her website is www.victoriaabdelnur.com

Rachel Coffman

certified Yoga Teacher & Cacao Sacred Space Holder

Rachel is originally from New Mexico, USA, she is a women’s space holder and yoga teacher who is kind, energetic, and loves to encourage her students to get out of their heads and into their hearts and bodies. She loves to teach classes rooted in awareness, curiosity and gratitude. Rachel is really comfortable flowing with the needs of her students, meeting them where ever they're at in their practice with numerous modifications and amplifications for postures. Honored to be able to guide classes ranging from flow yoga style, ashtanga vinyasa, power yoga, gentle yoga and yin.

Rachel has over 6 years of experience teaching and 400hrs of certification through YogaAlliance. She has taught everywhere from the beach, to hostels, hotels, resorts and retreat centers and would be honored to be able to guild you in your personal practice. Available for private classes, group or retreat classes. She is a talented musician who loves to incorporate and encourage others to use their voice and song as a healing frequency. Rachel has over 400 hours in Yoga Alliance certified training in yoga, with experience in assisting and running various retreats ranging from women's retreats, yoga teacher trainings to music retreats. When Rachel is not holding cacao ceremonies by the sea she loves to play her ukulele, read and immerse herself in nature. Above all, Rachel’s greatest passion is helping guide women into authentic expression by creating a safe place to express and be heard.

Mesa Elaine

certified Yoga Teacher & SUP YOGA Instructor

Hello, my name is Mesa! I was born and raised in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. This gave me a strong connection to our Mother Earth, the elements and a drive to understand our connection with her better. We are all having an experience unique to us. We ebb and flow, make mistakes and grow, and it’s all part of being human. I believe one of the greatest gifts we can give ourselves is to show up. Even if it is hard and messy. I enjoy holding space for people to show up, dive deeper into this experience and see what lies beneath. I first discovered yoga while taking dance classes in the small mountain community I grew up in. What started as a means to be flexible and limber soon grew into a passion leading me down a path of personal and spiritual growth.

Over the next few years I practiced yoga of various modalities until an inner spark of curiosity for something deeper led me to a 200 hour yoga teacher training in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This is where my journey into self study began. Two years after completing my training I moved to Mexico where I dove deeper into my practice and began teaching on a regular basis. It was here that I fell in love with sharing the practice of yoga with others and holding space for personal experience and growth.

I have also completed my SUP YOGA training in the summer of 2020 and have enjoyed teaching classes as well as leading excursions. I am thrilled to share this joy with you! Join me on the water for an experience that will leave you smiling for days! Whether that be through yoga, time in nature with my standup paddle board, or community, I strive to bring people home to themselves in a way that is honest, inclusive and lighthearted.

Laura Albors Moncho

Yoga Teacher, hippocrates holistic wellness coach, & mind reprogRamming guide in meditation

Laura is a Yoga Wellness Instructor and Kids Yoga Instructor certified by the Government of India. She is a Chef specialized in Organic Raw Living Plant-Based Food, and Healthy Lifestyle Coach certified by the world-renowned Hippocrates Health Institute, in Florida. She completed the Progressive & Intensive Workshop of Dr. Joe Dispenza about changing thoughts and beliefs to go beyond our limitations through meditations.

In the sacred dance of life, few souls move with the grace and intention of Laura. As the heart and soul behind her project Maya Power, her story is one of passion, pursuit, and profound connection.

It was 12 years ago when Laura started the journey of opening her consciousness. Her love for the earth and animals led her to become vegan diving deep into the nourishing world of organic plant-based cuisine as well as living a more sustainable lifestyle.

She has owned and operated her own 100% organic, raw & living vegan food restaurant in Barcelona with the purpose of spreading awareness of health and healing through food and lifestyle, and honouring the planet with every dish she crafted. The restaurant was awarded as one of the healthiest of Barcelona. Her continuous pursuit of a holistic wellbeing led her to work on her mind and emotions with very deep and powerful meditations which afterwards led her to India to the revered AYUSH training, where she didn't just learn yoga; she lived it.

She has been several years leading retreats in India, Europe and Mexico. As a Holistic Wellness Coach, she guides countless souls, helping and empowering them to find balance, wellness, and a deeper connection to the inner and outer world.

Laura is a true giver and receiver of love. Her love, honesty and vulnerability will inspire you to activate change from inside out, to live your life align with your heart.

Dana Hutson

CMT, Holistic Consultant, Medical Therapeutic Masseuse, Shiatsu, Swedish, Prenatal, Deep Tissue, Reflexology, Myofascial, 2nd degree Reiki Master

Dana has been in the holistic health field for more than 25 years. She practiced medical therapeutic massage therapy for 8 years, working with nutritional counselors, homeopaths and chiropractors before entering the holistic spa world. Her official studies include Shiatsu, Swedish, prenatal, deep tissue/sports massage, reflexology, myofascial release, traditional herbal medicine and 2nd degree Reiki energetic healing. She never tires of learning and is constantly researching new innovative techniques from healing practices from around the world. Dana’s massage sessions are a synthesis of these creating unique client centered profound relaxation experiences. During her spa consulting years, Dana helped open the 5-star Allegria Spa at Ventana Inn in Big Sur, California. She helped design and consulted for the Cygalle Healing Spa at the prestigious Casa de Campo in the Dominican Republic. Dana is an award- winning massage therapist and she has had the honor of working on stars from the film, music and fashion world, but she treats all of her clients as if they are celebrities. She found Yelapa 19 years ago and fell in love with it’s incredible beauty and decided to step out of the busy world of holistic spa consulting to simplify her life. She now practices her healing art exclusively here in Yelapa.

Gabriella conigilio

Musician, neurogenic yoga teacher, massage therapist, reiki practitioner

Gabriella has been coming to Yelapa since early 2000. She graduated from the Cortiva Muscular Therapy Institute in Boston, MA in 2007 and then worked for several years on a small cruise ship in Alaska. She also worked with a circus both as a massage therapist and a performer before moving permanently to Yelapa.

Gabriella has collaborated with countless retreats here over the years and is always honored by the opportunity to work with people on their healing and spiritual journeys.

While her style intuitively tends to be slow and deep, she is able to customize her massages to a client’s individual needs and offers a variety of modalities including deep tissue, therapeutic, myofascial release, relaxation, thai, and reiki. Gabriella has also been writing and performing music since 1995. The very first night she arrived in Yelapa she ended up singing around a bonfire on the beach and became an instant star. She has performed professionally all over the world but still finds Yelapa to be her favorite place to play. She performs various styles of music for different audiences but her passion is to play healing based music using the gift of her voice and hopefully inspiring others to find theirs.

Claudia Brown

Plant woman, medicine woman, bodyworker, Master Hypnotist, 30 years experience as Body Worker in Harbin-style, Yogassage and Pheonominal Touch Massage, EnergyWorker by way of (channeling energy as a result of a 50 year practice of) Devotional Life Presence, deep Compassionate Listener, Intuitive Elder Councilor, Re-Evaluation Co-counselor, Sage Fem, Philosopher, Creator, Waking Dreamer, Maker of Yelapa Goddesswear. Life Student of The I Ching, Taoist Principles, Mayan Time-keeping practices, Natural History, Ornothology, Somatic Wellness, Shaking Medicine, Qi Qong practices, Vippasana, Middle Pilar and Passage Meditation, the Cosmos

and of the 10,000,000 other interesting things. Her roots are in San Francisco Bay Area and Sonoma County, California, she has lived year-round in Yelapa since 2003. For which she lives in gratitude and bliss in nature and amongst the beautiful community of Yelapanses.

llanet Hernandez Martinez

Masseuse

Llanet started giving massages to her husband, where he started to really enjoy them, letting her know that she should study the modality. She decided to study massage, and became more interested than she could have ever imaged. She really loves her work and what first became a hobby to a profession.

Her studies were in Vallarta at the Metropolitan University of Guadalajara for 2 years, and have worked for several years in the following therapies: Massage (deep tissue), Massage (hot stones), Massage (Swedish), Massage (holistic), Massage (Thai oil), Massage (aesthetic modeling), Body wraparound treatments, Foot Reflexology.

Ivan Amador Villa

Structural Alignment Masseuse

Ivan does several different techniques that he integrates into a session called structural alignment, which consists of the manipulation of the entire (MSS)(sistema musculo-esquelético) body from toes to head aiding with the proper healing of the body and possibly beginning a journey of healing and self discovery.

Rhiannon Okoye

Hypnotherapist

My name is Rhiannon Okoye, I am a hypnotherapist dedicated to bringing out the best in my clients. I know and understand that without a world full of people living their full power and true life purpose, we are doomed to keep repeating the mistakes of the past on a personal, societal and global level.

I use a combination of hypnotherapy, traditional talking therapies, neuro-linguistic programming, cell command therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, regression therapy, and yogic interventions to design a personalized approach that meets my clients exactly where they are.

Wesley Byrd

Masseuse & Sound Vibration THERAPIST

Wesley Byrd received his massage training from the Pacific Center of Awareness and Bodywork on Kauai in 2011. It was there that he also began to explore the positive benefits of sound vibration therapy. He has since worked to develop SomaWave Therapy, which includes an iPhone App, a sound table, and hand held Sonic Pods. Wesley combines deep tissue massage with sound therapy and also offers Sonic Pod sessions for more focused sound treatment.