Hi, I’m Elan.
(pronounced uh-LON)
I’m a somatic therapeutic coach for sensitive changemakers.
That means I help spiritual, intuitive, self-reflective people make radical progress on their path of healing and awakening.
I get what a mess this “being human” thing can be...
I was born in the former Soviet Union, combining a hefty dose of Jewish ancestral trauma with a horrific birth story. All those embodied, undigested imprints, plus my share of childhood wounds, meant I spent a good chunk of my life frozen in chronic pain and numbness. I was dissociated, miserable, and felt completely unsafe on Earth.
I also carry a radical vision of what’s possible.
I believe it’s our conception right to experience being in our bodies as easeful, pleasurable and joyous. Over the years, through thousands of hours of workshops, therapy, and healing work, I found my own connection to a wild well of nourishment, power, connection, and pleasure.
For a long time, I lived a double life. I worked in tech starting in 1993, and ran a successful IT business supporting multi-million dollar clients until 2022. In parallel, I used every spare moment to explore the frontiers of human experience — beyond our toxic social–cultural conditioning.
I have over a thousand hours of training in Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy and Polarity Therapy.
I’ve completed the Castellino Perinatal and Birth Therapy training twice and participated in 16 womb surrounds that Ray Castellino facilitated. I’ve participated in 27 womb surrounds total; I think I hold the world record. “Elan is a walking womb surround.” —Ray Castellino
I’m a Registered Somatic Movement Therapist and an Authorized Continuum Movement® Teacher.
I participated in 500 hours of retreats and workshops over the span of 7 years with Emilie Conrad, founder of Continuum Movement. I’ve done hundreds of hours of practice with other Continuum teachers including Susan Harper, Cass Phelps, Beth Riley, Robert Litman and Gael Rosewood.
Trained in Daniel Foor’s Ancestral Repair Process
Neufeld Institute Level 1 training in attachment-based development
200-hour hatha yoga teacher training
Hoffman Quadrinity Process graduate
Trained as an actor at American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco; graduate of the multi-year BATS (Bay Area Theatresports) improv training program
Institute for Building Biology and Ecology graduate; pursuing certification as electromagnetic remediation specialist
I’m more trained than a circus full of monkeys.
You can’t fake this depth of learning: I’ve spent over $700,000 on individual therapy, bodywork, and trainings in the last 22 years to find what really works to heal the roots of suffering.
Listen to a recent Podcast Interview on Healing with Somatics with Elan
