Sana Healing Collective

Sana Healing Collective Sana Healing Collective is a non-profit committed to individualized, client-led approaches promoting the well-being of the whole person and community.

At Sana Healing Collective we embrace an ecological understanding of humans, recognizing that mind is inseparable from the body, and people live in the context of their relationships, environment, community, and culture. We aim to realize and integrate Sana, or healing, through a multidisciplinary approach incorporating cutting-edge innovation in mental health, bodywork, group, art, community, and environmental programs. We also recognize time-tested wisdom cultivated over millennia, and strive to weave this knowledge into our work at all levels. We are committed to individualized, client-led approaches that promote the wellbeing of the whole person, their community, and our environment.

🚨NEW OFFERING!🚨We are excited to welcome Chrissy Schmidt to Sana on Saturday, October 24th at 11 am! Chrissy will be fac...
10/10/2026

🚨NEW OFFERING!🚨

We are excited to welcome Chrissy Schmidt to Sana on Saturday, October 24th at 11 am! Chrissy will be facilitating a wonderful Conscious Connected Breathwork journey!

When we breathe consciously and intentionally, we invite the body out of its stress response and into a state of genuine calm. You know the feeling, the to-do list that follows you into the weekend, the sleep that doesn’t quite restore, the sense that you’ve been running longer than you’d like to admit. This session is designed to meet you there, and bring you home to stillness.

WHAT IS CONSCIOUS CONNECTED BREATHWORK?

Conscious Connected Breathwork (CCB) is an active, embodied practice that uses a continuous, circular breathing pattern (no pause between inhale and exhale) to shift the body out of everyday thinking and into a deeper state of physiological and emotional release. Unlike meditation, which often works through stillness, CCB works through movement and activation: the breath itself becomes the tool that unlocks tension, emotion, and stored stress held in the body. Many people experience it as a kind of moving meditation, sensation, emotion, and insight can surface and move through without needing to be analyzed or talked through. It’s a practice rooted in the body’s own intelligence, supported by a facilitator who holds the space for whatever arises.

Advanced registration is required as space is limited!

Please visit the 🔗 in comments for more info and to sign up!

10/06/2026

🚨NEW OFFERING!🚨

We are honored to welcome Alé Salinas to Sana Healing Collective to host one of his wonderful and FREE Death Cafés!

Date: Sunday, October 25th

Time: 11:00 am - 2:00 pm

Location: In Person at Sana Healing Collective, 3324 W North Ave.

Sana community may remember Alé as one of our artists! Aside from being an incredibly talented musician, massage therapist, and yoga instructor, he’s also the co-founder of the Chicago Death Doula Collective.

A Death Café is a group-directed discussion around death and grief over light snacks. The objective is to practice the art of talking openly about our own mortality and grief so as to make the most of our finite lives and find comfort and wisdom in community. Anyone of any age, background, spiritual belief (or lack thereof!), is welcome to attend. Let’s break the taboo together.

Visit the link in the comments to reserve your spot!

🎵: Puerta Sagrada by Ale Salinas for the album available on

🚨NEW OFFERING!🚨Join us on Sunday, October 18th from 11-2 for a creative, embodied experience that explores the synergy o...
10/05/2026

🚨NEW OFFERING!🚨

Join us on Sunday, October 18th from 11-2 for a creative, embodied experience that explores the synergy of somatic art practice and mindful movement, co-facilitated by Valery and Jean.

Please note that this will take the place of our Monthly Open Art Studio in October!

This workshop blends sensorimotor art and yoga practices. We will explore the terrain of the body through grounding yogic practices of movement and breath. We will translate those experiences through mark making on paper, creating a record of sensation and the impact of movement, breath, and attunement to ourselves.

We will make marks on paper, make shapes with our bodies, and make marks on paper again to witness visual evidence of the impact of movement.

Visit the link in comments to sign up!

🍁October Events at Sana!🍁Autumn really came in quite dramatically, didn’t it? Transitions can be challenging, and the Sa...
09/29/2026

🍁October Events at Sana!🍁

Autumn really came in quite dramatically, didn’t it? Transitions can be challenging, and the Sana team is here to help ease you all into a cozier season.

First, we start with a BRAND NEW offering of a Weekly virtual Meditation Group, happening on Wednesday evenings starting October 7th, facilitated by Sana cofounder, Dr. Lakshmi Athota.

Our Yoga Thursdays with Jean Movement and Medicine continues with classes on October 1st, 8th, and 15th.

Our Open Art Therapy Studio session is NOT happening this month, but only because we have another very exciting collaboration happening:

The Embodied Creativity: Art and Movement Workshop on October 18th combines the powerful gifts that Jean and Valery bring to Sana to bring you a unique experience of embodied expressive practices!

We are excited to bring Chrissy Schmidt Kaivalya to Sana’s community space on October 24th to facilitate a Guided Conscious Connected Breathwork Journey.

Geoff will be providing another unique training through the Chicago School called Intermediate Psychedelic Integration, Harm Reduction, and Ketamine Support on October 27th.

We hope to see you this month!!

09/28/2026

🌸Uptown Rhythm Festival🌸

We were so honored to once again lead the closing ceremony for Uptown Rhythm Festival last week!

Although we weren’t able to release the mandala to the lake due to rain, Valery and Vilmarie went out a couple of days later on a blustery evening to do so. (We did our best, the wind had other plans 😆).

Thank you to all the participants that came together in community to create this beautiful mandala with blooms generously donated again this year from Floriography Fellows (who source from Chicago Flower Market) and Flora Chicago.

If you created your own despacho to take home with you, we’d love for you to send us pics or videos of how you chose to use or release them, or tag us in your photos and videos.

We are so grateful to Shiwali, Amy, Jui, and the whole organizing crew for another successful event!

Shout out to the performers and educators for your beautiful contributions to the day:
Korean Performing Arts Center of Chicago
Yin He Dance
Uptown Rhythms
Leticia Aravena
Victoria Djembe Academy

Special congrats to The Eco Flamingo for winning the Rhythm Within award!

We love attending this festival every year, as it’s a wonderful example of how community comes together to make the world a better place!!



🎵: Gabriela Mejia from our album

🔥Hot off the press!🔥We are incredibly grateful to Block Club Chicago and Ariel Parrella for stopping by our office to ge...
09/18/2026

🔥Hot off the press!🔥

We are incredibly grateful to Block Club Chicago and Ariel Parrella for stopping by our office to get to know what we do over here at Sana Healing Collective.

Ariel sat down with our co-founder and director, Vilmarie to chat about what we’ve been building, how we are growing with the help of our community, and how we hope to be ready for the future of psychedelic-assisted therapy in Chicago.

Here are some highlights, and be sure to check out the full article at the link in comments.

CLOSING THE FESTIVAL IN UNITY & HEALING 🌸🌊✨We are deeply honored to feature Sana Healing Collective () as our official c...
09/18/2026

CLOSING THE FESTIVAL IN UNITY & HEALING 🌸🌊✨
We are deeply honored to feature Sana Healing Collective () as our official closing ceremony leaders for Uptown Rhythm Festival 2026!
Sana Healing Collective provides holistic, community-centered care across Chicago—reminding us that our personal and collective mental well-being is deeply connected to the earth we inhabit.
To end our day of rhythm, movement, and climate action, Sana Healing team will guide us in creating a community flower collage. Together, we will weave our collective intentions, gratitudes, and dedications to Nature into a beautiful floral artwork.
We will then walk together to Lake Michigan for a sacred water offering, releasing the flowers into the lake to honor the waters that sustain us.
JOIN US FOR THE CLOSING CEREMONY:
📅 DATE: Saturday, September 19, 2026
⏰ TIME: Festival Closing Sequence (Late Afternoon)
📍 VENUE: Haymarket House (800 W Buena Ave) ➔ Lake Michigan
🎟️ TICKETS: FREE RSVP!
COMMENT "SANA" below and we will automatically DM you the link to reserve your free spot, or tap the link in our bio (urf2026.eventbrite.com) to RSVP!
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🪷New!! Weekly meditation at Sana!🪷We are excited to launch our newest offering, a weekly virtual meditation series facil...
09/15/2026

🪷New!! Weekly meditation at Sana!🪷

We are excited to launch our newest offering, a weekly virtual meditation series facilitated by Sana co-founder and board member, Lakshmi Athota!

Our weekly meditation gathering blends practices rooted in non-duality and mindfulness. We will explore a variety of practices focused on open awareness to compassion, resting as being, and healing ground practices. No experience necessary; all are welcome.

This group is for you whether you’re new to meditation or a seasoned practitioner. Practicing in community can deepen and enrich our individual practice. The power of Sangha/community is in being held and witnessed alongside others on this path.

Visit the link in the comments to learn more and sign up!

09/14/2026

🚨FDA Public Hearing on Psychedelics🚨

Here is our co-founder, Geoff Bathje, PhD providing commentary for the public hearing on psychedelic medicine hosted by the FDA today!

It’s incredible to witness all this wisdom and knowledge in the room and across the world from the virtual commenters. A lot of poignant points being made in consideration for what’s important to ensure safe and effective access to psychedelic healing across disciplines.

You can catch the livestream on YouTube today!

🚨FDA public hearing on psychedelics TODAY!🚨Our co-founder, Geoff Bathje, PhD will be providing public testimony during t...
09/14/2026

🚨FDA public hearing on psychedelics TODAY!🚨

Our co-founder, Geoff Bathje, PhD will be providing public testimony during today’s hearing on psychedelics hosted by the FDA. He will be touching on providing training and credentialing specific to patient safety!

We are so proud of Geoff stepping up to represent Sana and our other selected friends and colleagues who will be speaking today and who submitted written commentary.

Find the link to watch live now in our comments !

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