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.

Certified as a yoga therapist (C-IAYT) and experienced yoga teacher (E-RYT), she specializes in treating low moods, stress, trauma, and loss.

Among her yoga teachers are notable instructors including Lilias Folan, Mark Stephens, Indu Arora, Dr. Lorin Roche, and Judith Hanson Lassiter.

Juko is ordained in the Soto Zen Buddhist tradition, leads a weekly circle of practitioners, and has shared her approach to meditation in corporate, educational, and private practice settings.