Yana Castle, PhD is a contemplative mentor, author, and certified clinical hypnotherapist with a rich and varied background in spirituality and healing. Yana earned her doctorate degree in Transformation and Consciousness Studies from the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco where she concentrated on Buddhism, depth psychology, and a wide range of East/West healing methods including shamanism, altered states, and dreamwork. She also holds a master's degree in Women's Spirituality and a B.A. in Archaeomythology.
Dr. Castle's studies, practices and spiritual interests led her to live part time in Nepal for over two decades. During this period she worked with prominent teachers and led numerous pilgrimage tours to temples and shrines dedicated to Buddhist, Hindu and indigenous deities, among them: Tara, Shiva/Shakti, Hariti and Ajima. She also offered healing and meditation retreats in locations with awe-inspiring views of the Himalayan peaks.
Dr. Castle is a Reiki Master, a Certified Massage therapist, and founder of Repatterning Hypnosis— a therapeutic approach to hypnotherapy that combines hypnosis with Buddhism, energy healing and imaginal methods. Her work has been featured on San Francisco's Channel 5's Eye on the Bay.
Yana is the author of Guardians of the Gates, An Investigation of Numinous Presence, 'Visions of the Divine,' in Dreams. As a side interest, she explores the archaeomythology of an ancient goddess culture in Romania with her artist husband Christopher Castle.
Dr. Castle's studies, practices and spiritual interests led her to live part time in Nepal for over two decades. During this period she worked with prominent teachers and led numerous pilgrimage tours to temples and shrines dedicated to Buddhist, Hindu and indigenous deities, among them: Tara, Shiva/Shakti, Hariti and Ajima. She also offered healing and meditation retreats in locations with awe-inspiring views of the Himalayan peaks.
Dr. Castle is a Reiki Master, a Certified Massage therapist, and founder of Repatterning Hypnosis— a therapeutic approach to hypnotherapy that combines hypnosis with Buddhism, energy healing and imaginal methods. Her work has been featured on San Francisco's Channel 5's Eye on the Bay.
Yana is the author of Guardians of the Gates, An Investigation of Numinous Presence, 'Visions of the Divine,' in Dreams. As a side interest, she explores the archaeomythology of an ancient goddess culture in Romania with her artist husband Christopher Castle.