Step Into Our Vision
Step Into Our Vision
At The Portal, we believe in the power of experienced guidance to facilitate your journey towards expansive healing. Our team of PortalKeepers are committed to creating a nurturing and supportive environment for your personal growth and transformation.
With diverse backgrounds and expertise in unique wellness modalities, we are here to inspire, empower, and guide you, every step of the way.
At The Portal, we believe in the power of experienced guidance to facilitate your journey towards expansive healing. Our team of skilled facilitators is committed to creating a nurturing and supportive environment for your personal growth and transformation. With diverse backgrounds and expertise in various wellness modalities, they are here to inspire, empower,
and guide you every step of the way.
MEET YOUR GUIDES
Astara Rose
FACILITATOR
Astara, a visionary somatic facilitator, curates Sacred Transformational journeys with a unique blend of modalities including vocal guidance, intuitive bodywork, acupressure, and energy healing. She guides clients through release and repatterning, employing dynamic techniques such as breathing exercises, movement, and sound healing, drawing from her training in Himalayan Kriya yoga to ignite deep inner transformation. With a nurturing presence, she creates a safe space for healing, utilizing Somatic Arts and Quantum Theta Healing to shift deep-seated patterns and belief systems, alongside specialized services such as Intuitive Massage, Watsu Waterflow, Womb Healing and Tantra Arts. Astara is dedicated to helping individuals integrate their experiences, crafting lifestyles that nurture growth and sustain revelations, illuminating pathways to healing and self-discovery.
Michael Garvin
FACILITATOR
Michael, a multifaceted somatic practitioner, blends ancient wisdom with modern modalities to address deep-seated imbalances, both physical and emotional. Specializing in deep tissue manipulation, Chi Nei Tsang, fascia release, intuitive bodywork, and quantum healing, his mission is to liberate individuals from entrenched narratives and emotional imprints stored within the body. With foundational training in bodywork, and a focus on Chi Nei Tsang abdominal massage, Michael facilitates the release of stagnant energy and emotions, promoting a more comfortable and present experience of life. He was certified as a Massage Therapist from Florida Academy in 2017, mastered Taoist abdominal massage from Ananda Healing Center in Guatemala in 2018, and completed the Quantum Healing Mastery online course in 2022. He empowers others to embark on their own paths of self-discovery and vitality.
Aliza Rivka
PRACTITIONER
Aliza is the visionary force behind Mariposa Movement - a movement modality & global community here to further our personal and collective awakening through dance. With over 15 years as a dance/movement therapist, DJ, ritual curator & embodiment guide, Aliza has helped thousands of people access liberation through movement. Her uniquely heart-centered & earth-based approach to dance inspires people all over the world to return to their wild essence.Aliza is a Board Certified Dance/Movement Therapist with the American Dance Therapy Association, an ordained Kohenet Hebrew Priestess & a certified DJ Witch- graduate of Tasha Blank’s PhDJ program. She is a valued leader of the dance community in Costa Rica, and Creator of Flight School Dance Leadership Program, which continues to change women’s lives, offering personal empowerment through dance.
Taryn Swanepoel
PRACTITIONER
Taryn is a Breathwork facilitator with a background in nutrition and a passion for all things travel and nature. As a Transformational breathwork coach she helps individuals access their inner wisdom and create positive changes in their lives. After experiencing major burnout from an exhausting work load and having a major health scare in 2020, breathwork became an imperative part of her healing journey. Sharing all that she has learned over the past few years with enthusiastic compassion, her unique approach allows for each journey to be a customized experience based on the needs of each individual.
Catherine Ayotte
RITUALIST
Catherine is a ritualist and transformation mentor who designs jungle rituals in Costa Rica that celebrate life’s passages through nature and the elements, fostering deep connections to heart and soul. She has guided numerous individuals in reclaiming their sensuality, creativity, and personal power after leaving a successful corporate career in Quebec to pursue her calling. With over a decade of training, Catherine holds certifications as a ritualist and rites of passage practitioner from Ho rites de passages in Canada, as well as completing the Sensual Embodiment Trauma Informed Facilitator Training internationally with Sensual Somatics. Her journey is fueled by a lifelong passion for the frequencies of the ocean, waterfalls, and tropical rainforests.
Jamie Vogt
PORTAL CHEF
Chef Jamie's culinary journey began at the age of 13, driven by a desire to optimize her diet as a competitive athlete. While excelling at a high level in gymnastics, she recognized the importance of fueling her body for peak performance. This realization marked the beginning of her love affair with the art of cooking. As Jamie delved into the kitchen, she discovered a passion for crafting nourishing, delectable, and visually stunning dishes. Over the years, this culinary passion has only intensified. Today, Jamie seamlessly integrates her skills as a chef with her love for art, yoga, and healing, creating a unique blend of culinary magic for The Portal clients. Her diverse expertise converges to deliver a harmonious and enriching culinary experience, reflecting her commitment to both flavor and well-being.
Sukha Sakin
PORTALKEEPER
Sukha Sakin is a true curandero healer, native to Costa Rica. She works with energy and non verbal communication, acutely aware of others, connecting to their hearts through her intuitive channel. She is the official greeter of The Portal, welcoming all into a new day, one heart at a time. Sukha’s energy calms and grounds, alchemizing any adversarial situation. She gives what is needed in every moment through unconditional love, touch, and relating to your Higher Self. Sukha’s name is the perfect reflection of her embodied self. Sukha in Sanscript means joy, pleasure, ease, and bliss, and the authentic state of happiness. She was born into this work, supporting plant & animal medicine ceremonies since she was very young. Sukha is the true medicine; always balanced, never wavering; guiding clients alongside her human mother, Alyee, to release their fears and live their greatest life.
Alyee is a Wellness Facilitator of all things growth and transformational, in ways greater than you can imagine. For the past 17 years, she has been consistently committed to higher consciousness,, embodying her vision of creating consciousness and healing in the world. She is the Creatress of The Portal Costa Rica & Conscious 360 Movement as well as an Activational Speaker, Channeler and Transformational Life Leader. She works globally with men and women, supporting all to embody a positive mindset, clear vision, and balanced lifestyle. Alyee has alchemized her life hardships, applying Rumi’s quote: “The wound is the place where the Light enters you”, to guide and empower all humans to fall in love with themselves, stand in their truth, and live their best life! Throughout her journey, she has been graciously honored by her peers, receiving the Women That Soar award, and has been featured on the Today Show, E! News, and in VOGUE magazine, among many other accolades. She has been a dedicated yoga practitioner for over 26 years and lives by Ram Dass’s profound statement, “We're all just walking each other home."
Alyee's trainings & certifications include:
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Ascension Leadership Academy: Personal Development, Transformational Work, Coaching Training
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Authentic Relating Training
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NLP Mastery Training and Certification
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Mastery of Leadership Certification: PHD Leadership, Coaching, & Public Speaking
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Off The Mat: 5-Day Yoga, Purpose & Action Intensive Training
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Transcendental Meditation
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Trauma-Informed Facilitator Certification
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Vipassana Meditation
Alyee Sakin
CREATRESS
Kim Horn
PRACTITIONER
Kim’s journey into the world of massage began in the United States, where she earned her massage and bodywork license in 2007. Her approach combines clinical expertise with intuitive sensitivity, creating a healing experience that is both targeted and deeply restorative. As a Reiki Master, Kim is equally passionate about working on an energetic level, while also embracing the challenge of addressing muscular adhesions and releasing physical restrictions. She has spent years studying under physical therapists and chiropractors, continually expanding her understanding of the body and honing her skills in injury rehabilitation. Kim believes that massage and bodywork are her true calling, and she is honored to support each client’s unique path to wellness.
Crystale Boisvert
FACILITATOR
With over a decade of dedicated practice and study, Crystale has mastered the transformative arts of Yoga, Movement, Mindfulness, Breath work, Energy Healing, Tantra, and Emotional Intelligence. Her work seamlessly weaves sacred wisdom, intuitive insight, and personal life experience, offering a path to profound clarity, emotional harmony and self-awareness. She loves seeing her client's eyes come alive with radiance, experiencing deep insight and relief. Crystale specializes in providing tools that help cultivate inner balance, turning stress and emotional turbulence into powerful sources of growth. A firm believer in the power of embodied presence, Crystale invites her clients to work with the intelligence of their own miraculous bodies, falling in love with movement, breath, and themselves.