Tyese Wortham

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Practitioner

Education & Certifications:

  • Vagus Nerve Master Class with Jessica Maguire 2022

  • Dynamic Neural Rewiring System with Annie Hopper 2021

  • The Gupta Program with Ashok Gupta 2022

  • ThethaHealing Practitioner - ThethaHealing Basic DNA 2014

  • ThethaHealing Practitioner - ThethaHealing Advanced DNA 2014

  • iap2 International Association for Public Participation Certification

  • Planning for Effective Public Participation 2020

  • Techniques for Effective Public Participation 2020

  • The Association for Performing Arts Professionals in partnership with Arts Leadership at the University of Southern California Leadership Fellows Program 2018-2020 (APAP Fellow 2018-2020)

  • Member of the Isadora Duncan Dance Awards Committee 2011

Contact

thrivingwithlyme.com

twortham@thrivingwithlyme.com

‪(657) 799-4590‬

IG @thrivingwithlyme

Tyese, a mover at her core, nearly lost this integral part of herself during her chronic illness journey that started over 30 years ago with a tick bite. It took 25 years to learn that she had been living with Lyme, but ever since that diagnosis, spirit had been calling her to share her health and healing journey. 

For the past 20 plus years, she’s committed her life's work to cultivating safe, inclusive spaces for black and brown folks to thrive through the production and presentation of culturally-specific dance at World Arts West, cultural equity grantmaking at the San Francisco Arts Commission, and cultural placekeeping at the Community Arts Stabilization Trust.

She has been performing, teaching, and studying folkloric, popular, and social dance as a principal company member nearly all her life and has had the honor to perform in venues such as the Palace of Fine Arts, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, and the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco. None of this would have been possible without her incredible teachers, master artists, and peer mentors: Nzingha Camara, Teresita Dome Perez, Jose Francisco Barroso, and Gabriela Shiroma, and EMESE: Messengers of the African Diaspora. 

Now, she extends her equity lens to bring visibility to Lyme disease and other multi-systemic chronic illnesses in queer, trans, and BIPOC communities using cultural movement traditions as medicine, community connections as care, and joyful downloads as healing. Combining the folkloric, spiritual, and performative traditions of the African diaspora with various integrative and functional healing techniques, Tyese created Thriving With Lyme to share an alternative pathway to optimal health that helped her reclaim her power and agency on her healing journey.

Sarayu S. Kulumani, MBA

Practitioner

Education & Certifications:

  • KERALA AYURVEDA ACADEMY: Ayurvedic Holistic Coach (pending 2025)

  • RISING SOL YOGA SCHOOL: 200 HR YTT; Concentration in Power Vinyasa (2024)

  • YOGA ALLIANCE 200HR RYT: 425338 (2024)

  • Adult and Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED: Credential ID 01GGACN (2024)

  • NORWICH UNIVERSITY: MBA, Organizational Leadership (2018)

  • UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: B.A., Psychology (2010)

Contact

sara.kulumani@gmail.com

IG @hellosarayu

Sarayu is a yoga instructor, Ayurvedic coach, military veteran, and social justice advocate. Drawing on her roots in meditation and breathwork from her Indian upbringing, as well as her transformative experiences in the military, Sarayu blends intention, strength, and body-awareness practices to create inclusive, supportive spaces where students can reconnect with their inner selves and restore balance.

With a passion for accessibility, Sarayu offers Ayurvedic consultations and yoga services at reduced rates to ensure wellness is available to all in her community. Her approach is shaped by years of leadership experience, a deep commitment to public service, and her ongoing work to advance racial and social equity for the State of California.

In addition to her wellness practice, Sarayu holds an MBA from Norwich University and a bachelor’s in psychology from the University of Illinois-Chicago. She advocates for mental health awareness and works to uplift marginalized communities. Outside of teaching, Sarayu enjoys culinary arts, volunteering, and practicing self-care rituals.

Her mission is to create healing spaces where people of all backgrounds feel safe, seen, and supported on their journey to wholeness.

Alicia Faris, NC

Practitioner

Alicia is a culinary educator, holistic nutritionist, and local food advocate in Oakland, California. She’s on a mission to help families make healthy habits come to life in tangible and sustainable ways, teaching young eaters to cook nutritious meals from scratch and build lifelong healthy relationships with food. She created Path to Panacea as a platform to facilitate learning through creative culinary expeditions and summer camps for kids aged 9-15 (now from the comfort of their own kitchens)! On a sunny day, you will find Alicia merrily frolicking around any number of local farmer's markets, wildcrafting botanicals, or exploring the hidden gems of the Bay Area with her partner.

Katerine Ricardo

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Instructor

Contact

Website: https://katerinetrabajo.wixsite.com/paginacompleja

Email: katerinetrabajo@gmail.com

Actress, writer, and dancer in the company, Tango Entre Mujeres. She is a student at the National University of the Arts in Buenos Aires, Argentina, majoring in Choreography. She is currently teaching tango classes on-line (in English) to beginner and intermediate-level dancers. She also teaches a bilingual (Spanish/English) class in physical training for tango dancers as part of the Company school Tango Entre Mujeres.

Donna Shields, MS, RDN

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Practitioner

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Contact

Co-founder Holistic Cannabis Academy

Website: www.donnashields.net

Email: donnashieldsllc@gmail.com

Donna Shields is co-founder of the Holistic Cannabis Academy, an online training program for health practitioners and canna-curious consumers.. As a registered dietitian, Donna began in the US Army Medical Corp, as a spokesperson for Fortune 100 food brands and managed health communications, globally, for The Coca-Cola Company. She’s been a freelance food and nutrition writer, full time faculty at the Culinary Institute of America and authored several cookbooks, including contributor to The Cannabis Kitchen Cookbook. Donna consults with the cannabis industry, offers holistic female retreats (Fall 2021 in Nicaragua) and assists health practitioners, in the US and Europe, build their cannabis coaching businesses.



Rachel Turner Williams, MS, BCHN (candidate)

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Practitioner

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Rachel enjoyed being part of the sixth generation of her family to grow up in a small town on the Mendocino Coast, where her family maintained a large vegetable garden, apple orchard, and raised chickens.  Influenced strongly by the natural beauty around her, as well as her mother’s amazing gift and love for cooking, Rachel was instilled with a strong commitment to the environment and a passion for real food at an early age. This calling led her to pursue an undergraduate degree in Conservation and Resource Studies, and later, an MS in Global Health and Environment, both from UC Berkeley.  Rachel’s educational background led her to work for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  At the EPA, she worked on hazardous waste issues along the US-Mexico border; pesticide programs; waste reduction plans; environmental grants and programs for Native American tribes; and the development of national presentations and publications focusing on environmental health issues facing underserved populations in the US.

After her stint with the EPA, Rachel’s focus shifted to raising a family and promoting local food production within her community.  She led gardening and composting programs in her kids’ schools, teamed up with non-profits to offer gardening and environmental education, and started a local food sharing program in her neighborhood.  Further advancing her public health background, Rachel completed coursework in nutrition therapy and certifications through MindBodyFood Institute and The Institute for Integrative Nutrition.  She then underwent the process to become Board Certified in Holistic Nutrition (candidate) through the Holistic Nutrition Credentialing Board.  

Rachel currently has a holistic nutrition practice based out of Boonville, California, where she works one-on-one with clients to meet their health and wellness goals. She is also a food and nutrition educator, and a local food advocate, organizer and writer.





Susie White, NC, BCHN

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Practitioner

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Contact

Website: www.susiewhitewellness.com

Email: susiewhitewellness@gmail.com

Susie White is a Certified Nutrition Consultant, Board Certified in Holistic NutritionⓇ, and a professional member of the National Association of Nutrition Professionals. Ms. White is the owner of Susie White Wellness, LLC where she empowers individuals to reach their health goals through research-based nutrition counseling and practical cooking skills. She develops nutrition educational programs for community and workplace groups, and as a cancer survivor supports others to thrive beyond a cancer diagnosis.