We are Mohari Wellness. We are a comprehensive, integrative, progressive and holistic wellness resource for individuals and communities seeking to thrive.
We are a diverse family of health & fitness practitioners—Acupuncture, massage therapy, eastern nutritional counseling with herbal prescriptions, AcroYoga, Aerial Silks, Sound Healing, meditation and more. We are unified to support a whole, empowered community. We are an open, all-inclusive, non-judgmental and non-discriminating healing space. Our practitioners help people heal, learn, grow and thrive. We empower the full Oakland community with affordable options for students, teachers, veterans and elders. We look forward to having you as part of our community at the Mohari Wellness.
OUR COMMUNITY
August Varlack L.Ac, C-DOAM, C-Ph.D
Licensed Acupuncturist & Eastern medicine Specialist
August offers the following services for the physical and emotional being: acupuncture, herbal prescriptions, Shiatsu massage, Facial Micro-Current Therapy, Constitutional Facial Rejuvenation™, counseling, nutritional consultation, stress management and pain relief.
Credentials
- California Licensed Acupuncturist
- Masters in Chinese Acupuncture & Herbology (3,400 hours of study), AIMC Berkeley, CA
- CSOMA Professional Board Director
- Ace Certified Personal Trainer
- Pain & injury training: San Francisco 49ers (Acupuncture)
- Residency at UC Berkeley (CAL Bears Athletics): treating acute and chronic injury
- PhyzioQuest Institute: Reposturizing massage and body manipulation
- Minor in Aerospace Science (USAF Reserve Officer Training Corps)
- BA in Politcal Science
Christina Veverka, CMT
Neuromuscular Therapist & Health Educator
Christina specializes in neuromuscular massage therapy and health education. Her work focuses on treating the root causes of acute and chronic pain, and is supportive and effective in post- injury treatment to decrease pain and scar tissue and restore range of motion. Christina’s mission is to help bring an overall well being to her clients through education and by empowering them to take control of their health.
Christina tailors her bodywork sessions based on each client’s needs using thorough evaluation to help provide custom therapeutic sessions. With her extensive knowledge and training in health and wellness, she helps facilitate the healing process of her clients on a physiological and energetic level.
CRENDENTIALS
- California State Certified Neuromuscular Massage Therapist and Health Educator
- Graduate of National Holistic Institute, CA (1120 hrs of education)
- Trained in both Eastern and Western modalities: Myofascial Therapy, Deep Tissue, Swedish, Neuromuscular Therapy (Trigger Point specialist), Shiatsu, Basic Lymphatic Techniques, Sports Massage (pre and post-event support)
- Candidate, MS in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences
Tamara Vodovoz
Yoga Instructor Thai Massage
Tamara has been practicing yoga for over 20 years and teaching since 2012. Her greatest passion is sharing AcroYoga, because she believes that true yoga happens when we apply all the inner and outer work achieved in your individual yoga practice to connect with others in kind and playful ways. As an AcroYoga teacher she will cheer and coach you into discovering your abilities for greatness, play and trust. Tamara discovered the healing magic of Thai Massage through the practice of AcroYoga. Seeing the value and need to maintain balance in her own body she became more curious about the therapeutic and healing practices. This lead her to travel to Thailand twice and continue furthering her training and understanding of this ancient healing art.
Monika Kobyleca
Acupuncturist and Clinic Supervisor at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Monika Kobylecka is a licensed acupuncturist who practices a unique style of Japanese acupuncture called Kiiko Matsumoto style of acupuncture.In addition to her private practice, she received privileges at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, where she treats young patients and is a clinic supervisor for the CHLA-YSU Pediatric Acupuncture Program.
Her current practice was shaped by meeting renowned Japanese practitioner Kiiko Matsumoto in 2004 and learning this master’s unique style – an interactive and practical approach to acupuncture, something that a patient doesn’t have to believe is working; they can feel it working right during the treatment.
Education
- Master of Science Traditional Oriental Medicine (MSTOM), Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, San Diego 2003
- Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of California San Diego 1998
- License Information California Board Certified Acupuncturist (L.Ac.) Nationally certified in Acupuncture, Oriental Medicine and Herbal Medicine by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM)
- Oregon Board Locum Tenens Acupuncture License
Sarah Ismail
Yoga Instructor
Sarah Ismail received her 200-Hour Trauma-Informed Raja Yoga Teacher training from Niroga Institute in May 2015 and has been teaching yoga mostly to women in the east bay in her Berkeley home and Muslim women at Ta’leef in Fremont. Sarah first became interested in yoga after enduring chronic pain due to a spinal fracture. She found that raja yoga was a nice low-impact method to deal with her pain. The breathing and mindfulness coupled with movement of Raja yoga helped her move more freely and comfortably. Sarah is a Bay Area native born to Egyptian immigrants and has spent some time living in Egypt as an adolescent. She is a proud and practicing Muslim woman who wears hijab and is welcoming of any questions about her faith. Sarah has a background in public health and education. She loves being in nature, travels, and loves to participate in improv drop-in classes. She is also a KonMari tidying consultant so if you have questions about that, feel free to talk to her.
JEFF MOONEY
MUSICIAN, RITUALIST, ARTIST, CULTURE WORKER
Jef Mooney has taught in the Bay Area, and various places in the US and Canada, for over 20 year. Jeff’s unique approach to rhythmic and vocal expression has developed through recognizing the power of human connection in a practice of collective joy. He sees interactive, mindful music as restorative to community health. Share your rhythm. Share your voice. Heal as one!
JEN HEALY
Master Practitioner
Advanced Body Therapies || Empowerment and Evolutionary Practices
As the founder and CEO of Zen Healyng and Healyng Technologies, she offers over 18 years of experience bringing together the best information and excellence in Quantum Healyng Technologies, Energetics/Energy Management, Advanced Body Therapy, Conscious Movement, Empowerment and Evolutionary practices. She is dedicated to advancing the healing arts through a blending of spirituality, somatics, nutrition, yoga therapy, dance, movement, and meditation with the sciences. Her love for sacred geometry and quantum physics inform and inspire her work. As a pioneer and revolutionary, she embodies this new wave of Conscious Movement to awaken the body, mind, and soul.
Body Engineering And Energy Management
Jen Healy has focused her bodywork on bridging the gap between science and the healing arts. She combines her background in Electrical Engineering and Physics with numerous healing modalities from Eastern and Western philosophies to offer a unique style of Body Engineering and Energy Management. What you will experience from her sessions is a clear understanding of the function energy, alignment and balance plays in the body. While gaining structural stability, there is a sense of deeper relaxation and release of accumulated emotional and physical stress, chronic pain and fatigue. This healing process is informative and fun yet intense and profound. This spiritual-based, meditative approach promotes balance and harmony by working with the universal life force and the body’s own healing intelligence. The focus and goal of her work is to uncover what Truths are held in the body’s energy system, what message is behind the disharmony, and what is blocking the natural flow of energy. The sessions seemlessly weave together Deep Tissue, Energy Healing, Myofascial, NeuroMuscular, Thai Massage and much more into a Integrative Intuitive Deep Transformative Experience. Her 20 years of experience with somatics, nutrition, Anusara yoga therapy, dance, and breathwork also inform and inspire her work. She works off of the basic premise that the body knows exactly what it needs to heal itself, thus, a good practitioner will listen closely, pay attention, stay present, and support the body in it’s healing process.