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Professional Bio

B.A., 1995; M.A/PhD.; in Traditional Knowledge and Recovery of Indigenous Mind from California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, California 2000.

Illana Berger, Ph.D., is an expert in the field of spiritual practices and personal transformation. Specializing in relationships, she is a pioneering force in the arena of divorce. Illana incorporates the study, experience, and integration of the world’s spiritual practices in her work as vehicles for the expansion of consciousness. Based in diverse spiritual practices her work emphasizes that the healing of relationships begins with an internal shift and the ability to perceive ones thoughts and actions in order to make conscious choices in life.

Illana is the founder of Mindful Partnership ~ Mindful Divorce and Living The Sacred. She earned a Ph.D. in transformative education with an emphasis in traditional knowledge and recovery of the indigenous mind from California Institute for Integral Studies in 2000. She has been working with individuals, couples and groups for more than 20 years assisting them to move their lives from suffering to joy and possibility.

Illana trained with healers and medicine people from around the world and is initiated as a Kriyaban in Kriya Yoga. She facilitates vision quests, initiation programs and ceremonies and is a practitioner of Zen, Koan Practice, Indigenous Ritual & Wisdom, Jewish Shamanic Healing, Women’s Wisdom, Healing, and Ceremony. She is an Adjunct Professor at JFK University in Campbell, California, a spiritual counselor and healer in private practice in Berkeley, California, a workshop facilitator and spiritual teacher.

Illana has devoted her life to working with individuals seeking to deepen their relationship with the Divine. She teaches with Indigenous Healer Mandaza Kandemwa from Zimbabwe, Traditional Drum Maker Dennis Miranda from Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Jewish Shamanic Healer Rabbi Gershon Winkler from California. Illana is recognized for her extraordinary insight, sincere heart, loving wisdom, and profound commitment to inspire people to achieve their highest potential. Illana inspires people to remember the totality of who they are – spiritual beings expressing the vast potential of the universe.