Anna Fastenko, CCH
I bring to you what I have experienced myself on the way towards better health, integrity, personal growth, reduction of suffering, and overall happiness. I study in depth what has dramatically improved my own life, then I can relate your experience to my own.
After first extensive education in psychology, with degrees from MGU (Moscow State University) and Boston University, and related work experience, I had a good foundation to continue exploring what’s really mine in the vast field of helping professions. A chance flyer at a yoga studio I was frequenting in California led me to pursue a secondary 4 year education in classical homeopathy from the Pacific Academy of Homeopathy in San Francisco, followed by the national certification and a private practice in San Jose, CA from 2005 till 2022.
That same year our family moved to Portland, Oregon, a place that felt like home from the first walks, smells, and tastes. A welcome change of scenery allowed me to re-envision my career as a coach, finally bringing my three passions together – yoga, homeopathy, and facilitation work in family systems (constellations), a healing modality as simple and direct as realizing a connection to one’s own ancestors. Carrying the same familiar roles and themes as they did, we still have a potential to rewrite an order of events and relationships we call our life. Completing a full course on Bert Hellinger methodology, I’ve become a certified constellation facilitator and coach, working with groups and individuals both in person and online.
My initiation into yoga started at the age of 17, and it’s always been an ongoing journey of growing the practice on many levels, these days mental and spiritual as much as physical. I started teaching years before receiving a 200-hr yoga teaching certificate from BreathTogether Yoga studio in Los Gatos, CA, and now I teach gentle flow and senior yoga classes at AllHeartYoga studio in NW Portland, and lead an ongoing group online.
These three healing modalities are strong enough to bring about change in a given condition on their own, applying them in combination ensures you will have the most tailored approach to healing.