Yana Castle, PhD offers an East/West approach to her mentoring practice.

Mentoring
I approach this work as a form of spiritual companionship. With over twenty years of mentoring and counseling experience, I offer a steady, compassionate presence where you can explore what is unfolding in your life at your own pace. There is no pressure to become anything other than who you are. From that place, something begins to soften, and a clearer sense of direction often emerges.

Hypnotherapy
Hypnotherapy allows us to gently access deeper layers of awareness, where long-held patterns often take root. In that quieter space, change can unfold in a way that feels natural. As the founder of Repatterning Hypnosis, I’ve supported many people who are ready for a shift towards a more authentic way of being and living.

Energy Work
I work with approaches that support the subtle body system's balance using somatic awareness exercises and breathwork. I also draw on the Unity Consciousness work of Christina Donnell, Ph.D. and her teachings on the value of cultivating silence. These are among the many methods that can open one to a different kind of sense of connection that thinking alone often can’t reach. 

Western Approaches
My background in Western healing includes: Transpersonal psychology, Internal Family Systems (parts therapy), Emotional Freedom Technique, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Holotropic Breathwork, Shamanism (Harner), and ASMR-based relaxation. I draw from these in a flexible way, allowing the work to stay responsive to what is unfolding rather than fixed in method. I also draw on dreamwork which is my specialty (see my book on dreams in the above menu).

Eastern Wisdom
Buddhist psychology has also influenced my work, particularly in how we come to understand and relate to suffering. Rather than trying to push it away, we begin to meet it with greater awareness. I often weave in meditation (including meditation instruction), Tibetan healing practices drawn from Tibetan yoga Lejong, and the Bön tradition working with the five elements as a way of sensing imbalance and restoring a feeling of harmony. 

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If you’d like to learn more or arrange a complimentary introductory meeting to see whether working together feels right for you, please contact me through my contact page. Sessions are 60 minutes and take place on Zoom.

I think what we're seeking
is an experience of being alive,
so that our life experiences
on the purely physical plane
will have resonances
with our own innermost being and reality,
so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive.
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— Joseph Campbell

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Please note Dr. Yana Castle is currently on a sabbatical. 

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