Meeting Anastasia Nana: The Siberian Healer Guiding Transformation in Costa Rica
Anastasia: The Soul Weaver
From a quiet town in Siberia to the lush jungles of Costa Rica, Anastasia’s path has been one of deep listening—to the body, to the land, and to something greater.
Leaving Russia at 22, she followed an intuitive thread that led her through the ancient healing systems of China, the sacred stillness of Bali, and ultimately to the wild beauty of Costa Rica, where she now lives and works.
Anastasia is not your typical therapist. Her work transcends the physical, touching on the emotional, the energetic, and the unseen. She’s a body whisperer, a soul guide, and a healer in the truest sense. Her treatments—if you can call them that—are long, immersive journeys that blend traditions from Asia, Mexico, and her native Slavic roots. Each session is completely individual, often described as both deeply grounding and otherworldly.
What she offers is what she calls a “physical and energetic assembly”—a full-body experience from toe to crown that lasts over two hours. It’s not simply massage; it’s a ritual of remembrance, a ceremony of coming home to oneself.
In recent years, Anastasia has turned her focus toward women’s wellness. She is currently studying obstetrics and offers specialist bodywork for every stage of womanhood—from nurturing prenatal massage designed to support gentle birth, to deeply restorative postpartum care. She also offers therapeutic massage for female health and hormonal balance, often holding space for women during times of transition or emotional vulnerability.
One of her most revered practices is the Swaddling Ceremony—sometimes known as the Rebirth Ritual. This sacred experience is for anyone standing at a life threshold—be it birth, loss, transformation, or renewal. Held in reverence, it’s a cocooning, soul-deep process that leaves many feeling profoundly reset.
Beyond bodywork, Anastasia is a certified facilitator of Lila, an ancient transformational board game that offers insight, reflection, and guidance. For those navigating uncertainty or change, this meditative process can be a powerful mirror, revealing deeper truths and forgotten clarity.
At the heart of everything she offers is a single belief: healing begins with self-connection. Through her intuitive touch, still presence, and unwavering openness, Anastasia holds space for people to remember who they are.
“Healing happens,” she says, “when we stop deceiving ourselves and dare to look life in the eye.”
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