Our team
OWNER, CERTIFIED LIFE COACH AND GRIEF SUPPORT COACH, LICENSED
MASSAGE THERAPIST, MUSICIAN
Jennie Nuriya Akers
“Welcome to the One Heart House!” is how I greet you when you walk in the door. There is a place for you here. You belong here. It’s amazing to see my vision come into physical reality. I am honored to be a steward and space holder for this community gathering space!
I have been blessed with many roles! By day, I have served as a hospice worker since 2013 in the roles of a bereavement and grief coach, support group facilitator, chaplain, and massage therapist. As a licensed massage therapist and bodyworker, I offer massage therapy in Montezuma County in skilled nursing facilities and also provided mobile massage home visits, while maintaining my private massage practice at the One Heart House.
I am a graduate of the Boldly Embody Life, Elevate Coaching and Facilitator Training program and certified as a Transformational Life Coach with the International Coaching Federation. I am a graduate of the Tiospaye Living Vision Transformational Trainings in Durango, Colorado and served on their coaching staff for four years. I am also a graduate of a three year Hakomi Body-Centered Psychotherapy program.
I also love being a musician, vocalist. I lead Community Kirtan singing group every second Sunday of the month. I am a singer and songwriter with the One Heart Orchestra, a roots reggae band. I love to offer acapella lullabies and music therapy to hospice patients and their families. I also lead Heart & Song, Roots & Earth song circles and Dances of Universal Peace. I lead with a full hearted voice and encourages people singing with her to find their full voice, use it to vibrate the sacred syllables through their bodies, and tune into the harmonic and joy of the Oneness of all life!
MUSICIAN,
PERMACULTURE/PRIMITIVE SKILLS TEACHER
Daniel Wilson
aka “Magi”
Whatever it is he does, whether he is making music, working on landscaping, teaching. He makes himself present at The One Heart House to foster connection in a grassroots approach.
KUNDALINI YOGA TEACHER / GONGS
Colette “Hari Karan”
The Guru is YOU so it’s time to unlock your Infinite Potential!
Colette “Hari Karan” immigrated to USA in 2013 from Trinidad & Tobago. She is a 2nd Generation Yogi and a direct descendant of the indigenous Carib and Arawak tribes of the West Indies. As a down-to-earth KRI Certified Teacher and Practitioner of Kundalini Yoga (Level I and ongoing Level II), she also embraces practicing many other yogic, spiritual, and sound healing modalities. Passionate about achieving a happy and healthy balance in life, she enjoys guiding welcoming and comfortable, yet dynamic practices to help everyone get closer to unlocking their own infinite potential.
Being the Guardian of seven Gongs (6 planetary and 1 wind), she honors their powerful vibrations by facilitating Gong Sound Journeys on a regular basis. Hari Karan lives up to her spiritual name by channeling her creativity, prosperity and kindness while allowing the Universe to work through her for the benefit and upliftment of others.
She currently teaches twice weekly on-line zoom classes and is now honored to be offering Traditional Kundalini Yoga classes right here in Mancos!
ACUPUNCTURIST/ MASSAGE THERAPIST
Ashley Grandkoski L.Ac.,LMT, Reiki Master
Ashley is an acupuncturist, energy healer and herbalist who is dedicated to transformational healing, natural medicine and supporting shifts in human consciousness. She weaves together a wide knowledge base, drawing from Chinese medicine, nutrition, personal transformational work, and her ability to read the body energetically to craft sessions and recommendations that heal on all levels. Through working with her, you will experience her deep presence, strong intuition and powerful healing touch, and see an increase in your own wellness on not just the physical, but the emotional and spiritual planes as well. She also shares her gifts with the community through writing and a variety of events, including ceremony, dance, seasonal celebrations and community acupuncture. She is a Mancos resident and a dedicated and full-time mama to her two sweet kids, who will likely befriend you if you come to one of her events.
As an Ayurvedic Practitioner, Yoga Teacher, and Somatic Guide in Southwest Colorado, I help people learn how to use food, herbal medicine, yoga, somatic practices, and simple lifestyle shifts to heal themselves from within.
I am devoted to a natural, root cause approach to manage my own health, and with these tools I have reversed my own Hashimoto’s Hypothyroid diagnosis. I have supported hundreds of people and I would love to support you on your wellness journey.
AYURVEDIC PRACTITIONER/ YOGA TEACHER