Hana Raftery
yoga teacher | M.S. in occupational therapy | online & in-person offerings | based in Palo Alto, California
I am a yoga teacher with an M.S. in Occupational Therapy.
I support folks suffering from chronic overwhelm and overstimulation to settle their nervous systems, fall back in love with their lives, and express their creative gifts to the world in service of a brighter collective future.
I especially love working with moms, neurodivergent folks, and people with sensory processing sensitivities.
Settle your nervous system.
Fall back in love with life.
Express your creative gifts to the world in service of a brighter collective future.
My clients are seeking relief from the physical, mental, and emotional impacts of chronic overwhelm and overstimulation.
Some of the signs your nervous system is overloaded:
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digestive issues and changes in appetite
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sleep problems
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fatigue
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chronic pain flare-ups
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hypersensitivity or numbness
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low libido
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anxiety and mood changes
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feeling of disconnection in relationships
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lack of motivation, focus, inspiration, and creativity
My clients are longing to fall back in love with life and feel the spark of aliveness in their own bodies and in their work in the world.
My work combines my lived experience of mothering, entrepreneurship, healing from burnout and navigating life with sensory sensitivities, plus my 15+ years of practice and advanced studies in yoga, ayurveda, breathwork, reiki energy healing, meditation, life coaching, polyvagal theory, mental health, teen wellness, pre and postnatal care, sensory processing science, and trauma-informed somatic healing. I am also a certified Safe and Sound Protocol Provider, an evidence-based therapeutic listening program designed to help you think, feel, and connect better through nervous system regulation. You can read more about my background and education HERE.
At the end of the day, what I am most interested in is our connection to the creative life force (eros, shakti, creativity, vitality, nature, spirit, whatever you want to call it is fine with me!) and anything and everything that brings us closer to that feeling of actually being ALIVE in this lifetime so that we can act in service of the beauty of the world.
"Active Hope is waking up to the beauty of life on whose behalf we can act. We belong to this world." -Joanna Macy
NOTE: If you are overwhelmed, overstimulated, and burned out - it is not your fault. You aren’t "doing it" wrong. We live inside exploitative external systems like capitalism, patriarchy, and white supremacy that make it nearly impossible to get what we need for body systems to thrive (especially for women, moms, and those in marginalized bodies including neurodivergent folks and those with highly sensitive nervous systems). We are taking in 24 hour global news cycles, addictive social media feeds and fluorescent lights instead of morning sunlight, home cooked seasonal meals, and the nourishment of friendship. We live in isolated nuclear families and many of us don't have the support we need. We don't have time or space to process our emotions. In many cases, we are stuck working long hours in a role that doesn't allow us to express our creativity or offer our gifts to the world.
In our work together, we will use a variety of personalized healing modalities including yoga, breathwork, ayurvedic wisdom, and the Safe and Sound Protocol to settle your nervous system, fall back in love with your life, and express your creative gifts to the world in service of a brighter collective future.
