Elena Velez, CHI™ Healthcare Interpreter and Culturally Sensitive Wellness Educator

Elena, the Founder/Director of Community Restorative Training (CRT), brings 18 years of experience as a Certified Medical Interpreter (CHI) to create a bilingual stress reduction wellness program for essential workers. 

Her insights from community behavioral practices, learned through interpretation, fuel CRT's mission of offering simple stress reduction techniques to prevent workplace injuries. 

With a background in bilingual environmental education, Elena extends her workshops to the Latino community, aiming to build a multicultural support network emphasizing empathy and mutual respect. 

CRT's approach, rooted in neuroscience and neuroplasticity, focuses on facilitating lasting mental, emotional, and physical balance for participants, promoting a healthy and active lifestyle in the short and long term. 

Elena's CRT sessions blend education, restorative movement, and relaxation, yielding significant results for participants with no prior experience required. Her commitment to understanding stress's causes and consequences led her to train in Mindful Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and suicide prevention Question Persuade Refer (QPR) certified.

Elena's personal practices include meditation, breathing exercises, and positive lifestyle choices, reflecting her dedication to a balanced life. 

Elena's journey is a testament to the effectiveness of CRT practices, demonstrating positive transformations and reinforcing her mission to empower others community workers towards a longterm well-being

Elaine Oyang is a certified yoga therapist passionate about helping women restore balance from chronic health issues so that they can show up fully in life with more ease. 

She teaches her clients the simplicity of self-nurture, of how a few minutes a day of sacred, nurturing practices for the self can go a long way in someone's healing. 

She combines her 10+ years of experience in teaching, and working with clients using yoga therapy, mindfulness, stress management techniques, and lifestyle coaching to guide women to return home back to themselves. 

She offers a variety of yoga, breathing, and guided meditation practices in her Sacred Nurture Video Library, an online on-demand video and audio library to help you build in sacred self-nurture moments. 

The practices in the Library are searchable by benefits you would like to gain (e.g., less stress, better sleep), problem areas you would like to resolve (e.g., lower back, upper back, headache), accessibility (seated in a chair, on a bed, or on the floor), and more. 

Elaine helps women restore balance from chronic health issues and nervous system complexities so they can show up more fully in life with ease. 

If interested on Elaine's virtual supporting services feel free to go to
www.elaineyoga.com and connect with her directly.

Dr. Ward interest in chiropractic began during her undergraduate studies involving athletic training, personal fitness training and health club design. 

Her background in fitness, personal training, and her in-depth knowledge of Physical Therapy makes her uniquely qualified to treat all kinds of injuries with chiropractic and physical training methods. She brings to treatment the tools to diagnose, treat and train the patient to prevent future injuries and correct the current situation.

Dr. Ward practices traditional chiropractic methods or “adjusting” styles. Her ability to do extremity work (feet, knees, hands, etc.) as well as soft tissue work allows her to create a total picture of health and alignment. 

Her philosophy that every part of the body affects the others, and her ability to see the whole, can sometimes solve a problem where others cannot. “Chiropractic is a part of the care – your active participation in your health is the best approach,” is Dr. Ward’s approach.

Dr. Ward is also very involved in the community. She was winner of the San Leandro Chamber of Commerce “Rookie of the Year” award for outstanding new business for the 2001 year. She was also president of the San Leandro Downtown Business Association for the 2002 year.

She has also sponsored youth sports teams. She can be found doing public service and speaking to groups about chiropractic throughout the year.

Dr. Ward was part of the US Naval Reserve enlisted personnel 1996-2004 

Dr. Jason holds his Bachelor of Medicine from Zhejiang University of Chinese Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China since 1983.

He then enjoyed applying his skills when he became a Physician at the Teaching Hospital of Zhejiang University of Chinese Medicine in Hangzhou, China for four years, where he provided acupuncture services for inpatient and outpatient care in a collaborative and integrative healthcare setting.

Dr. Jason became a Doctorate in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine at American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in San Francisco, CA in 2009.

Dr. Jason has been a dedicated acupuncturist within the San Francisco, Bay Area since 1988, serving the San Leandro and its surrounding community with exceptional professionalism and care.

Renowned for his attentive listening and compassionate approach, he excels in understanding the root causes of his patients’ health issues. His holistic practice focuses on personalized treatments, ensuring that each patient receives the most effective care tailored to their specific needs. 

With decades of experience, he combines traditional acupuncture techniques and cupping with a deep commitment to patient well-being, making him a trusted and beloved practitioner in the field.

His meticulous attention to detail, commitment to cleanliness and organizational skills ensure that his studio maintains the highest standards aiming for patient satisfaction.