Nosara Wellness Center Services, Mission and therapists

Our Services

Nosara Wellness is unique in the sense that it offers a multidisciplinary approach for optimal care.
Nosara Wellness provides professional orthopedic and sports physical therapy to patients of all ages, various types of Massage, Shiatsu, Chiropractics, lymph drainage, Homeopathy, Energy Healing, The Fly Therapy, Azaya Soul Print Reading, Sound Healing, Breathwork, Somatic Coaching, Coaching with Horses, Hypnotherapy & Past Life Regression, and Trauma Informed Coaching.
Community Classes currently include Therapeutic Fitness.
Private classes can be organized and we offer Therapeutic Fitness, and many modalities of Yoga (Yin, Restorative, Vinyasa, Aerial, etc), as well as sound healing and breathwork.

Our Mission

We believe in the Body’s wisdom and our goal is to provide you with services, instruction and ideas which will lead you to self responsible health and fitness.We are dedicated to help you increase your lifestyle and body awareness by offering professional health and fitness services at one of the most beautiful pristine beaches in the world.
Embracing bountiful jungle and clean ocean waters, the small village of Nosara provides the perfect atmosphere for the enrichment of Body, Mind and Spirit. Movement Therapies allow you to focus within yourself and make the right choices on the path toward health, well-being and joy.

Jane Marchant, Founder

Jane graduated as a Physical Therapist (physiotherapist) in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1990. Since then she participated in various post graduate courses, including Manual Therapy, Instrumentalized Myofascial Release Therapy, Cupping of the myofascia, KinesioTaping and Floss Band.
(see diplomas below)
Massage, Exercise and Manual Therapy have always been her main tool in helping people with their diverse physical ailments.
Jane has also learned Nosara Yogassage (now called Pranassage) directly from Amba Camp Stapleton, founder of the method and Yoga Therapy from Don Stapleton. She is a certified Interdisciplinary Yoga Teacher since 1997 and has worked as a physiotherapist, bodyworker and yoga teacher at the renowned Nosara Yoga Institute with Don and Amba Stapleton from 1995 to 1999, before founding Nosara Wellness in 2000.

Jane is licensed to work as a physical therapist in Switzerland and in Costa Rica. She speaks fluent English, French, Spanish, German and Dutch.
In 2017 she got certified in Equine Facilitated Learning, combining her passion for helping people with her passion for horses.

Lise Melvin is committed to nurturing the creative and self-generative life force that lives inside each one of us. She is a Strozzi Institute certified somatic leadership coach, working with our thinking, feeling and energetic selves, bringing our attention, habits, practices, and imagination together, to align with what deeply matters to us. Lise is part of the Strozzi Institute teaching team and is on a lifelong path of mastery with somatics.
Lise has over 13 years of experience as a facilitator and enabler for cross-sector and cross-cultural dialogue and strategy. She works with private sector, government and not for profits. She is skilled moving and integrating into new places and cultures, living with a deep respect for diversity and difference.
She offers somatic leadership coaching and Strozzi Somatic Bodywork at Nosara Wellness.

Kate Cameron's background as a yoga teacher, positive psychology researcher and world traveler have allowed her a unique perspective and multifaceted approach to healing. It is not uncommon for a session to incorporate elements of breath work, small homework assignments, or even a bit of yoga or energy work in addition to hypnotherapy. - - - Certiﬁcate of Clinical Hypnotherapy: Southwest Institute of Healing Arts & the American Council of Hypnotist Examiners - Yin Yoga Teacher Training: Tymi Howard Bender - Life Coaching Certiﬁcate: Southwest Institute of Healing Arts - Certiﬁed Reiki Master: Lisa Powers - Registered Yoga Teacher: Samma Karuna School of Awakening & Healing - Honors in Psychology: University of New Hampshire

Jill Ryan is a seasoned massage therapist, approaching 20 years of bodywork. She specializes in Medical & Clinical work, is certified in Massage & Medi Cupping and much more.
Other specialties include: Deep Tissue with Trigger Point & Integrated Stretching, Pathology and “problem-solving” work and Massage Cupping specifically Cellulite Reduction & Body Contouring, Lifting & Firming. Studies in college in Child Psychology led her into Pediatric Massage, Prenatal Massage & Infant Massage.
She has also studied Reiki, Aromatherapy, Reflexology, Thai, Chakra Balancing, Sports & Lymphatic Massage. Following her love for animals she became certified in Equine & Canine Massage too! The majority of her work is medical, her forte being fixing injuries related to: pre/post-surgery, limited range of motion, rotator cuff, whiplash, sciatica, nerve infringement, migraine/headaches, bulging/herniated discs and any basic overuse and tightening.

Isabelle Gutierrez-Secretan
Homeopath and Energy Healer. Graduated from the Centre Homeopathique du Quebec and trained on homeopathic topical medicine over 10 years with Dr. Ignacio Moya, in Venezuela. She uses homeopathy to diagnose the physical, emotional or mental issues the patient may have, and may not even be conscious about. She looks for and releases energy blocks, knots or leaks at a physical, mental and emotional level.

Katherine Finley has been on a lifelong journey discovering how to fully live an embodied spiritual life. Beginning her career as a psychotherapist specializing in trauma opened her eyes to how stress and trauma are stored in the body, but also how the body is always seeking to move towards healing and wholeness if we have the tools to help it. Through years of engaging in different practices from her teachers in India, breath work practices, and various meditation practices, Katherine has integrated her knowledge and lived experience of living a divinely aligned life, and working with the body, to support her clients in living a thriving embodied life. This means supporting her clients in aligning with their true divine essence and embodying this to create a life that is filled with purpose and joy.

Claudia von Buren is trained in multiple therapeutic Work, Professional Shiatsu Therapist, Psycho-Spiritual Energy- & Bodyworker, Life Counsellor, Nutrition, PranaVinyasaYoga Teacher, YinYoga Teacher, Holistic Psychology, Polarity, Meditation, Etc.Claudia is a Energetica, sees and feels all as Energy, that manifests through the Elements of Life, loves all that is connected to movement, free flow and play. As Keeperess of the sacred Flame, she is entirely devoted to the Spark of Life, Love and Light. Nature is her own Guide & Healer, Source of Balance & Inspiration: Forrests, Mountains, Rivers & Lakes, as well as Ma Ocean and the Jungle – Surfing inner & outer Waves, serving and enjoying Pura Vida Vibes.

Kathia de la Rosa
Dedicated Alternative Medicine Professional with in depth knowledge in Chinese, Korean and
Japanese Acupuncture. Compassionate practitioner who integrates yoga therapy and lifestyle
coaching in her practice.
Outstanding work ethic with organizational and interpersonal skills. Self-motivated to work
independently or cohesive in a team.

Karina Rosales is our massage therapist. She was born and raised in Nosara.
She has studied various modalities of massage, has over 10 years experience and 2 years of physical therapy studies under her belt.

Melanie Jolicoeur
With 20 + years experience, Melanie incorporates all her knowledege of Wellness Coaching, Yoga Therapy, Breathwork, Ayurvedic Healing, Meditation, Chakra Reading, Sound and Tuning fork. She now offers her integrated services in The Fly Therapy, Azaya Soul Print Reading, and she is available for private yoga sessions and sound healing ceremonies.