Ilana Berman LMT, E-RYT 200
Philosophy and Style
Ilana believes strongly in the power of simply feeling at home in your body, and sees yoga and massage as incredible tools for listening inwardly and finding what makes each of us, as unique beings, feel most vibrant and alive. As a massage therapist she has a compassionate and confident touch, holding safe space for releasing old patterns of tension and allowing fresh energy and healing to come through. For more on her massage work click here.
With a playful spirit, Ilana brings to her teaching an emphasis on anatomical and kinesthetic awareness and developing sensitivity to your body's intuitive wisdom, in order to find presence in each movement and breath. Using a combination of the invigorating and surrendering aspects of yoga, and a passionate understanding of how the body works, she helps students to steadily progress and deepen their practice while receiving the therapeutic benefits of building strength and flexibility of both body and mind. She sees the yoga mat as a place of safety and freedom where you can practice being your most empowered, loving and awesome self.
Education and Training
Originally from Brooklyn New York, Ilana is an E-RYT 200hr and received her Teacher Certification from the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Lenox, Massachusetts in 2011. Seeing the potent healing affects of the compassionate body awareness that yoga offers in herself and her students, she felt inspired to deepen her understanding of the physical and energetic body with the study and practice of massage therapy. In 2013, she graduated from the Finger Lakes School of Massage with 1000 hours of training for her License in Massage Therapy, and was on the teaching team at FLSM from 2015 to 2017 teaching Swedish Massage, Connective Tissue Therapy, Pregnancy Massage, and Communication Skills. She has completed further trainings including: Biodynamic Craniosacral work with Jenna Milner, Thai Yoga Massage through the Lotus Palm school, and Embodied Anatomy with Leslie Kaminoff and Amy Matthews at The Breathing Project in New York City, and more! In 2021, she completed the 20 hour Pelvic Floor Yoga teacher training with Leslie Howard.
In 2018 she completed an Herbal Apprenticeship with Heartstone Center for Earth Essentials, combining a western science and heart centered approach to plant medicine. In November of 2020 Ilana and her partner Daniel welcomed their baby Noam into the world. Her and her little family are currently in the process of building home and homestead on land in Brooktondale, NY.
Rose Zonetti LMT, RYT-200
*Rose will be seeing client’s in the Anahata Healing Arts office on Mondays, Tuesday & Thursdays starting in April, while Ilana is on maternity leave.
As a massage therapist, I feel grateful and privileged to honor another’s body and soul through safe, nonjudgmental, therapeutic presence. In each of my sessions, I strive to create space for breathing into the marvel that is all of us, and in doing so, I hope to expand our potential for inward and outward connection, buoyancy, compassion, and joy.
Prior to my career in bodywork, I indulged my passion for sustainability, community building, and all things food: I worked a season at Early Morning Organic Farm in Genoa, New York followed by a year of service as an AmeriCorps member with the Food and Health Network of South Central New York, a local food coalition where I ended up working for four years. Both fed my soul, yet I was still inspired to explore other paths. In January 2012, I accepted a position in Admissions at the Finger Lakes School of Massage (FLSM) in Ithaca, New York. Just three months after, I started as a student at FLSM and graduated in 2013.
In addition to my work as a massage therapist, I’m a committed student of yoga. I’m a 200-hr Registered Yoga Teacher, and my yoga practice and love for inquiry-based movement deeply informs my work as a massage therapist.
I also hold a B.A. in Writing from Ithaca College, where I focused on creative nonfiction. I continue to write in my free time, and I find that this inspires my approach to bodywork: Creative practice cultivates my capacity for deep presence, curiosity, and wonder, all of which deepen the way I offer massage therapy.