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Creating bridges to embodied mental health care

Antara Institute - Wellness & Training Center

We bring services directly to the community, AND we train practitioners to offer services, that blend yoga and mindfulness with current mind-body research to support mental and emotional wellness.
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Meet The Antara Institute Team

Our teachers and practitioners are devoted to uplifting the hearts, minds, and spirits of individuals, communities, and the greater collective. We are a diverse group of humans with a range of specializations, certifications, and licenses in various forms of holistic health care.
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Accessibility

We are committed to overcoming barriers to quality mental health care, such as: social stigma, limited resources, and lack of integration with other institutions . At Antara, we  focus on taking the pathology out of mental health care in order to foster well-being, interconnection, and belonging.

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Therapeutic Yoga & Somatic Therapy

All of our offerings and trainings are devotedly trauma informed, some drawing on tools more specific to yoga and other ancient traditions, others utilizing a broader range of tools and practices grounded in current mind-body research.

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Ecotherapy

We are slowly growing our capacity to offer services in outdoor, natural settings. When we connect with the elements, we are reminded of how we are merely a reflection of nature’s ways. Observing nature, whether in our environment, or within our own self, is key to developing wisdom.

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Supporting Your Mental And Emotional Well-being

Beginning from a place of compassion, Antara Institute's mission is to promote mental and emotional wellness, at both the individual and collective level - meeting an increasing need for and disparity in these services. Our trainings and community services are grounded in principles of ancient and indigenous wisdom practices, and integrated with modern psychology and research. We focus on practices that encourage rest, renewal, and emotional regulation, and those that open up our ability to connect to a “path with heart” into the future. We are dedicated to supporting the mental and emotional well-being of:
  • Individuals
  • Families
  • Groups
  • Organizations
  • Communities

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    the team

    Meet our team

    Juko Holiday

    Co-Founder, forest steward, therapist

    Dr. Juko Holiday holds a doctorate in psychology and is the founder of initiatives like Ease Mountain Yoga and The Care Forest Project in California’s Santa Cruz Mountains. Integrating psychology with yogic principles, the healing power of nature, and she emphasizes human potential and resilience.
    Patricia Katsky

    Patricia Katsky

    Co-founder and Board President

    Patricia Katsky received her Ph.D. from UCLA and taught in the School of Social Welfare and the Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA for many years. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship in psychology at the Cedars-Sinai Mental Health Institute in Los Angeles.
    Other Team Members

    Thank you To Our Partners…

    Yoga Belly
    Survivor Healing Center
    Ease Mountain Yoga

    Our Mission

    To Bring more body-centered mental health support into our communities

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