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Meet the Teachers @ Madrona House

VANESSA AINSLIE, LMT, CLC, CST, AWC
Owner + Founder

Having a strong passion for the healing arts field, Vanessa dedicates most of her life's work to facilitating healing and education to her community. She brings joy, curiosity, and compassion to well structured and thoughtfully designed workshops to train other healing arts practitioners as well as offering group sound healing events and ceremonies.

Vanessa enjoys cultivating a safe a sacred space within the walls of the Madrona House and curates the practitioners and class facilitators by hand to ensure a level of quality and sincerity can be found with any practitioner, class, or event.

For more information about Vanessa, please visit vanessamainslie.com
KATERINA LAMOLA, MSW, LICSW, ACHT
Owner Harmony Hypnotherapy + Counseling

Katerina is a licensed independent clinical social worker and certified advanced hypnotherapist with a private practice in the heart of central Seattle. She has worked in the field of addiction and trauma for almost 20 years as a mental health clinician in community mental health clinics, a public health community worker with high risk individuals, a chemical dependency counselor, a manager of programs focusing on PTSD among young adults and as a coordinator of research teams examining the factors that help individuals change behavior.

At the Madrona House she offers a monthly class on Breathwork, an effective method of therapeutic resolution of emotional, mental and physical blocks in the nervous system. Changes in consciousness can be induced by specific breathing techniques, deliberate increase of breathing can loosen defenses and lead to release of unconscious material.

For More information about Katerina please visit seattleharmonyhypnotherapy.com
SHARLEAN WINDUS
Aesthetician, Reiki Master  +
Yoga Nidra Meditation Teacher

Sharlean has 16 years of skincare experience, over a decade of experience in working with Reiki and has recently added Yoga Nidra guided meditation to her teachings to help others reach optimum balance and wellness. I love teaching and inspiring others to reach their highest potential.

Sharlean also teaches workshops on Oracle Cards which offer positive affirmations and suggestions as well as uplifting and gentle guidance to offer you each time you pull a card.

For more information about Sharlean please visit sharleanwindus.com
NATALIE HAMMERQUIST, Herbalist
Owner Adiantum School of Plant Medicine

Natalie Hammerquist is an herbalist born and raised in the Seattle area. She studied herbalism, plant taxonomy and food science at the Evergreen State College, and then went on to study with renowned herbalist Cascade Anderson Geller in Portland, Oregon. Since her studies with Cascade, Natalie has studied with several herbalists including Matthew Wood, Dr. Sheila Kingsbury, Missy Rohs, and Margi Flint. She worked as the lead herbalist and bulk herb buyer at Rainbow Natural Remedies on Capitol Hill, until she left to found the Adiantum School of Plant Medicine. She integrates aspects of both Chinese medicine and Western herbalism into her holistic approach. Her areas of focus include physical assessment methods and bioregional plant ID.

At the Madrona House she offers classes ranging from basic herbs and concepts to advanced classes including DIY tinctures and topicals. She also offers plant walks in nature and a full year long programs.

For more information about Natalie please visit adiantumschool.com
NICKOLE THORNTON GONZALES, LMT, CAP, CYI
Owner + Founder North West Ayurveda

Nickole is a Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner, Certified Massage Therapist, and Yoga Instructor. She travels to various Yoga and Ayurvedic centers across the United States and Mexico providing Lectures, Workshops, Retreats, Consultations, and Panchakarma.

Nickole graduated under the teachings of Dr. Vasant Lad at The Ayurvedic Institute where she was employed in the Panchakarma department. In 2008, Nickole continued her Ayurvedic journey to India and studied Advanced Ayurvedic Assessments with Dr. Lad’s Guru Kula Program.

At the Madrona House she collaborates with Vanessa to offer monthly Full Moon Yoga Sound Bath. In the Spring + Fall she offers series classes on Ayurvedic concepts, lifestyle, digestion, and health as well as some practitioner trainings. She's currently preparing to launch a full year program certified through NAMA for those looking to become certified Ayurvedic practitioners.

For more information about Nickole please visit ayurvedanw.com
KATE RYAN
Certified Sound Healer, 200Ryt Vinyasa teacher, Reiki attuned & Shamanic Initiate of  Peruvian Shipibo plant healing.

"My Finnish Maternal Grandmothers maiden name was Jakku, in Finnish this translates to mean a closet near the front door where one keeps sweaters & jackets.  By including my ancestral name I hope to honor the legacy of all those strong & soft women that came before me.  I am here now because of them.

I want to hold space for us to hang up the protective armor from natures elements & honor the ways it has helped us, while also remembering how to become vulnerable & love ourselves with FIERCE COMPASSION!!
I believe that when we heal ourselves, we heal our family & ancestors."

Kate currently offers Cacao Ceremony Sound Healing and Rose Plant Medicine Sound Baths at the Madrona House.

For More information about Kate please visit jakkuhouse.wordpress.com
COLLEEN BELL E-RYT

Collen is a trauma sensitive yoga teacher having studied Emotional Wellness for Yoga under the guidance of the expert teachers at Phinney Ridge Yoga and many other trainings.

"I have been practicing yoga for almost 20 years and love the self awareness and healing that yoga has helped me find. Even something as simple as the breath can change my mood. I have lived with depression, anxiety, and feelings of not being "good enough" for a big portion of my life. As a trauma survivor, I experienced shame around the abuse, until I developed the self confidence to realize that I had nothing to be ashamed of. The healing process has been downright painful but so worth it! I share my stories (on Instagram & Facebook) as part of my healing but also in solidarity with others who may be experiencing similar things. I'm blessed to be on this path and so grateful to be able to share emotional healing through yoga, with others."

At the Madrona House, Colleen offers many workshops on moving emotions through the body.

For more information about Colleen please visit yogawithcolleec.com
KATLYNN ROUMELIOTIS, E-RYT, LMT

Katlynn is a North West native offering both therapeutic massage ~$20 off your first session~ and yoga at the Madrona House.

Katlynn is a certified yoga instructor who teaches a powerful and grounding vinyasa flow. She unites intentional movement with breath and applies her background in chakra assessment, guiding an invigorating practice to tune into the subtleties of the mind-body connection.

For more information about Katlynn please visit katlynnroumeliotis.com
ROCHELLE ROBINSON, BA, BFA, MAT, MALA, RYT, MBB
Owner Andiamo Body

Each first and third Sunday of every month Rochelle of Andiamo Body offers intimate Restorative Yoga sessions and Mind Body Balance Chakra Healing individually or as a sensational pair.

Rochelle brings with her a lifetime of fitness and wellness experience and enthusiasm as well as a long familial lineage of teachers and spiritual leaders to the Madrona House. She knows the softer side of wellness to be incredibly powerful, nourishing and beautiful. She believes that as we learn to embrace and hold curiosity for our energy centers (or chakras) and dive into the experience of our subtle bodies, transformation and healing can truly begin within our very essence.

For more information about Rochelle please visit andiamobody.com
JANELLE LEONARD, LMT, CST, CSP
"I am a Mystic. I generate frequency using energy for the purpose of transformation. I am dedicated to this work because I believe we all have the right to return to our Authentic Self."
 
Janelle Leonard is a Sound Healer, trained Opera singer and Violist, Völva, Norse Shamanism Seiðr Practitioner, Reiki Master, SOMA Neuromuscular Integration® and CranioSacral bodywork practitioner in Seattle, Washington.

Janelle has more than 17 years of experience working as a licensed massage therapist and energy healer. Her intention has always been to help clients cultivate even more vitality and wellness within their bodies. This desire led her to Sound Healing, Shamanic Medicine, and on the physical plane, CranioSacral Release Therapy and SOMA Neuromuscular Integration®.

For more information about Janelle please visit janelleleonard.com
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