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Meet The Antara Team

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Meet our team

Co-founder and FACILITATOR

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.

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.

Executive Director AND FACILITATOR

Rebecca has been working in the mental health field for over 25 years, counseling a highly diverse population of individuals, families, and groups in schools, community centers, and in a private practice setting. She also began her yoga journey over 25 years ago .

Therapeutic Yoga Specialist & Facilitator

Aaron is the founder and director of Yoga Belly, which consists of a private practice and training programs, along with other business initiatives. His professional, creative, and academic work reveal a love for self-expression and a desire to help others by sharing the gift of yoga. He believes in our inherent ability to open the door to truth and light at any age and transform obstacles into sources of love, light and enlightenment.

​Therapeutic Yoga Specialist

Sarina King is a yoga therapist with a focus on mental health who has completed a 3-year yoga therapy training program under Juko Holiday, Ph.D.

She has completed 200-hr yoga teacher training and has a Master’s in Science in Healthcare Administration.

​Therapeutic Yoga Specialist

Aria is passionate about health and wellness, including mind/body/spiritual health. She worked as a nurse anesthetist for 21 years and has taught clinical anesthesia, ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support), PALS Pediatric Life Support), Pilates, yoga, and meditation.

Board Members

Patricia Katsky

Dr. Pat Katsky
Board President

Leilani Jefferies
Board Secretary

Thomas Drinkard
Board Treasurer

Krystle Hemmings
Board Member at Large

Jan Freya
Board Member at Large

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