Licensed Massage Therapist
Thai Massage Practitioner
Yoga Instructor
Cacao Ceremony Facilitator
Elaina began her studies in yoga and meditation at age 18 with Juliana Trejo Bossano in Coral Springs, Fl, completing a 200 hour Hatha yoga teacher training. She is now RYT 500, E-RYT 200, RPYT through the Yoga Alliance. Elaina’s yoga and meditation studies are rooted in Hatha, Kundalini, and Mystical yoga philosophies with a deep emphasis on Thai yoga assists. She completed a 108 hour Thai Massage certification through the Bodhi Sangha School of Thai Massage here in Gainesville, Fl in 2016. In May 2016, Elaina studied with Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa at Golden Bridge Yoga NYC and completed a Kundalini Prenatal yoga teacher training. In December 2017, Elaina completed a 300 hour Mystical Yoga teacher training on Lake Atitlán, Guatemala through School Yoga Institute with in depth focus on the Andean medicine wheel and shamanic practices. Elaina’s yoga, meditation, and thai massage studies guided her to continue learning more about the art of bodywork. In November 2019, Elaina graduated the Florida School of Massage with studies in Massage Therapy & Hydrotherapy. Elaina believes in the support and integration of her work in different, yet complimentary practices. She provides a space for clients to ask for what the need with the encouragement of breath and energy to explore.
Elaina was introduced to the medicinal plant cacao in 2015 attending a meditation at a friend’s home. Continuing to sip and experience the healing properties of this warm drink led Elaina to taking a Cacaoga guide training with Liz Getman in June 2016. Elaina has traveled to Lake Atitlán, Guatemala and attended private and public cacao ceremonies led by local shamans. Elaina traveled to BFREE Reserve in Belize to further study the plant. Elaina believes in a regular practice of preparing, sipping, and meditating with ceremonial cacao.
Cacao is heart medicine, meeting us where we are and facilitating healing and nourishment. Elaina has found a deeper connection with sensitivity and emotions, trust in her voice and writings, and a grounded sense of being through studying and working with this sacred plant.
Elaina is a mystic mama. She gave birth to her son at home in December 2020. This new role in her life has given her a depth and fullness to her days. A way to experience life sweetly and slowly. She aims to nurture and mother herself, family, work and allows for a deep reverence for the feminine power. She loves working with those who are pregnant, postpartum, and healing from any traumas of the womb. She believes support, trust, and comfort are important during transitional times. She recognizes the relationship in the cycle of life, death, and rebirth. She has worked with clients through heavier energies and emotions like grief, depression, and anxiety.
Elaina is elated to be apart of the awe-inspiring space and home of House of Yin. Her intention is to create a practice implementing her range of knowledge in different healing modalities and connecting with others to find comfort, support, and trust in where they are. Presence is the most important aspect of this journey.
Elaina believes there is much to observe, give, and receive from each other and this beautiful land of Mama Earth we are apart of. These practices have allowed her more space for learning and understanding this wild human existence. She loves being able to share these tools with others.