Our Tribe
Island Tribe Wellness is committed to serving our local community and championing inclusivity by inviting everyone in need. We've nurtured a special team of certified practitioners and experienced instructors in a welcoming safe space for all regardless of Origin, Gender, Race, Age, or Sexual orientation.
OD Odero
OD Odero is a mental health advocate, a decorated US Army veteran, and an officer graduate of the US Army Medical Center of Excellence. He has a background in clinical Psychology and emergency medicine with a profound interest in holistic and spiritual healing methodologies. He infuses his extensive knowledge to lead healing experiences through guided restorative bio-hack meditation, breath-work techniques, emotional intelligence, and indigenous wisdom.
OD adopted meditation at the early age of 13yrs old. He has since formulated restorative bio-hacking meditative and breath-work techniques used as alternative somatic therapy for relieving fatigue, depression, trauma, and stressor-related disorders like PTSD. He also leads the Island Tribe Wellness veteran's healing experience initiatives that support US military veterans healing from service-related traumas.
OD Odero has traveled a profound spiritual journey through various cultures and religions of the world, having traveled to over 100 countries seeking wisdom in indigenous rituals and wellness practices. He is a public motivational speaker and an adjunct graduate university professor in executive leadership. He also holds a Master's Degree in Diplomacy, specializing in conflict resolution and arbitration.
Marsha
Marsha has been practicing yoga for over 40 years and took her first yoga class at age 14 in her hometown of Detroit, Michigan. Since then, she has been a program director for fitness guru Richard Simmons. She is also a certified personal trainer, shiatsu massage therapist, natural food advisor, and yoga teacher. After she pursued many styles of yoga over the years, Marsha began a regular program of the original hot yoga known as Bikram yoga at a studio in Boca Raton, Florida.
Marsha's passion for yoga continued to grow, and in 1997, she moved to Los Angeles, CA, where she attended her first yoga class with Ana Forrest. She spent the next four years studying/training under Bikram, his wife Rajshree, and senior teacher Emmy Cleaves.
In 2000, she received her first yoga certification as a certified Bikram teacher and taught her first class at her home studio in Beverly Hills, CA. Marsha relocated to Israel as the first certified teacher to teach Bikram yoga in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem a year later. She traveled extensively, teaching in over 50 studios throughout the U.S. and Israel with her mission to help bring peace to the world.
Bianca
Bianca is a multi-talented artist based in Southern California. Her work includes paintings, murals, jewelry, assemblage sculptures, digital art, dyes, murals, amongst her many talents.
“I believe that art is not so much a form; Its creativity that can be expressed in any form! I would describe my style as a realistic visionary, meaning my art realistically portrays ideas found only in my mind. The message behind a lot of my work is pass the inspiration along; I am endlessly inspired by life, and creating art is my humble attempt to share what, in nature, in people, and dreams, inspires me and hope that others will be inspired as well to open up their creativity to see the beauty around us” - Bianca.
Blair
Blair is a licensed massage therapist with over eight years of experience, including other certifications in various healing modalities. She is most interested in learning about the Body and the Mind and continuously discovering natural methodologies to facilitate healing. Since graduating from her massage program, she has built an extensive resume of experience, including working at top-rated luxury spas, chiropractic, and medical practices in the greater Palm Springs community.
Blair is also a certified holistic health practitioner focusing on eastern modalities, including acupressure, reflexology, and western modalities, such as myofascial, lymphatic, craniosacral, and medical-massage therapies.
In addition to her various skills, Blair is a loving mother with a sincere heart for children. She understands how vital it is to nurture children's well-being, which led her to begin her current path to certification as a children's yoga practitioner.
Through her personal quest to heal the "Self" and her loved ones, her journey has led her to dive deeper into healing and to share her enlightenment with others.
"I am grateful for the opportunities to share my gift with you, and I am so blessed to love what I do and be able to do what I love." - Blair
Anna
Anna has worked with breath medicine and healing for over a decade. She is a certified Breath-work Practitioner and a Reiki Master with over 10 years of Chakra Balancing practices in the Ukraine and Southern California. Anna enjoys reading and learning about different healing practices, hiking in nature and spending time with her precious cat Alla.
Tiffany Sade
Tiffany Sade is deeply devoted and rooted within the universal truths, healing energies, and modalities for our journey through healing, feeling, and being. She is fully embodied by the studies of her practices from her own life's journey as well as incorporating a holistic approach to healing the physical body and emotional body through Usui & Karuna Reiki along with meditation, chakra balancing, and coaching for a more restorative intimate approach to healing for those that need more clarity, guidance, and support.
Tiffany Sade has been studying the unforeseen human mind for 8 years, putting in place the Soulchemy Healing fundamentals and restorative reprogramming of the mind in her one-on-one coaching, breaking all unhealthy trauma bonds, emotional blocks, and barriers you have set against yourself.