Yana Castle, PhD, is a spiritual mentor, author, and certified clinical hypnotherapist with a deeply rooted background in Eastern religions and the healing arts. She earned her doctorate in Humanities (Transformation and Consciousness Studies) from the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, where her focus included East/West healing modalities—particularly altered states of consciousness, psychospiritual practices, shamanism, and the intersection of transpersonal and contemplative psychology. She also holds a master’s degree in Women’s Spirituality, and a B.A. in Archaeomythology.
To further her research and spiritual practice, Dr. Castle spent the last twenty-five years living part-time in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal, responding to a calling initiated through dream guidance. There, she engaged in intensive study with rinpoches of the Vajrayana tradition, and well as with indigenous healers. During this time, she counseled Western Buddhist students and led annual pilgrimage journeys during Dashain, the Nepalese festival honoring the Mother Goddess Durga.
To further her research and spiritual practice, Dr. Castle spent the last twenty-five years living part-time in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal, responding to a calling initiated through dream guidance. There, she engaged in intensive study with rinpoches of the Vajrayana tradition, and well as with indigenous healers. During this time, she counseled Western Buddhist students and led annual pilgrimage journeys during Dashain, the Nepalese festival honoring the Mother Goddess Durga.
Yana's book, Guardians of the Gate: An Investigation of Numinous Presence—Visions of the Divine—in Dreams, is an account and in-depth study of more than thirteen years of spontaneous lucid dreams. It is part spiritual autobiography and contempative inquiry of a woman in midlife who receives counsel from transpersonal dream messengers and invitations into expanded ways of seeing being, and experiencing ecstatic states of consciousness.
Dr. Castle is also the founder of Repatterning Hypnosis, a therapeutic approach that integrates hypnosis with counseling, Buddhism, energy healing, and imaginal methods. Her work has been featured on San Francisco’s Eye on the Bay (Channel 5).
Since returning to Northern California, Dr. Castle continues to offer spiritual guidance and mentoring sessions via Zoom, creating a compassionate and grounded space for healing, awakening, and inner transformation. As a side interest, she explores the archaeomythology of an ancient goddess culture in Romania with her artist husband, Christopher Castle.
Please note: Dr. Yana Castle is currently on a sabbatical.
Dr. Castle is also the founder of Repatterning Hypnosis, a therapeutic approach that integrates hypnosis with counseling, Buddhism, energy healing, and imaginal methods. Her work has been featured on San Francisco’s Eye on the Bay (Channel 5).
Since returning to Northern California, Dr. Castle continues to offer spiritual guidance and mentoring sessions via Zoom, creating a compassionate and grounded space for healing, awakening, and inner transformation. As a side interest, she explores the archaeomythology of an ancient goddess culture in Romania with her artist husband, Christopher Castle.
Please note: Dr. Yana Castle is currently on a sabbatical.