Nosara Wellness was founded on the belief that authentic healing thrives through direct, personal connection. We've created a serene space where independent practitioners offer integrative care, fostering genuine relationships without the barriers of impersonal scheduling systems. Our commitment is to facilitate individualized, high-touch experiences. Clients communicate directly with practitioners via email or WhatsApp, ensuring every interaction is tailored and empathetic. This human-first approach is at the core of our wellness center.
Meet Jane Marchant, founder, physical therapist, therapeutic fitness instructor, and equine coach
Karina Rosales is a native of Nosara and a certified, highly skilled massage therapist with a passion for holistic healing. With an intuitive understanding of the human body and a compassionate approach, Karina expertly tailors every treatment to meet each client's unique wellness goals. As the leader of the massage team at Nosara Wellness, she collaborates with three other locally born, professionally certified therapists—each bringing over 10 years of experience to the table. Together, Karina and her team offer a diverse menu of therapies designed for relaxation, pain management, and athletic recovery,
Lise Melvin believes that transformation happens from the inside out. As a Strozzi Institute certified somatic leadership coach and faculty member, Lise is on a lifelong path of mastery with somatics. She works through the body to help individuals tap into their inner wisdom, change deep-seated habits, and embody the qualities they value most. For Lise, "leadership" is universal—whether you are leading your own life, guiding a family, or directing an organization. Based at Nosara Wellness, Lise combines coaching and Strozzi Somatic Bodywork to help clients bridge the gap between their current habits and the change they desire to see in their daily lives.
Born in Costa Rica and fluent in both Spanish and English, Marypaz Munay graduated as a psychotherapist from UCACIS and holds a Master’s degree in Bioneuroemotion, specializing in transpersonal and transgenerational psychology. For nearly a decade, Marypaz has woven together her academic background with native wisdom, sacred arts, and musical medicine to hold safe, compassionate spaces for deep emotional and physical healing. Marypaz integrates her extensive training into three core holistic offerings designed to align the body, mind, and spirit: CranioSacral Therapy, Women's Holistic Psychotherapy and Womb Massage. Beyond her clinical practice, Marypaz is a moon dancer and keeper of native wisdom who offers ceremonial cacao experiences, shamanic sound journeys, and singing circles.
Marcel Brenes is a trilingual (Spanish, English, and conversational Italian) Costa Rican licensed clinical psychologist with over 10 years of experience. A graduate of the University of Costa Rica (UCR) with a Master’s degree in Addiction Studies, his diverse background spans private practice, hospitals, rehabilitation centers, and his current role as school counselor at Nosara’s Del Mar Academy. Marcel provides a respectful, non-judgmental environment for children (ages 7+), adolescents, adults, couples, and families, specializing in EMDR therapy for trauma, addiction counseling, DBT, bereavement support, anxiety, and depression. His collaborative approach empowers clients to navigate challenges, build resilience, and achieve personal growth.
Kesh is an energy healer and intuitive guide who blends a rich heritage of Canadian, Guyanes with Indian spiritual wisdom. Gentle, grounded, and deeply intuitive, he specializes in helping clients navigate life transitions, emotional fatigue, and hormonal changes by restoring harmony to body, mind, and soul. Through a signature combination of intuitive chakra readings, personalized energy clearing, and hands-on Reiki healing, Kesh identifies and releases stagnant energetic blocks tied to stress or past patterns. His nurturing sessions provide a safe space to let go, offering clarity, renewal, and a profound reconnection to your natural vitality.
Jane Marchant grew up in Switzerland where she graduated as a physical therapist in 1990. In 1995 she moved to Costa Rica where for 5 years, she worked for Don and Amba Stapleton, founders of the Nosara Yoga Institute (NYI), Interdisciplinary Yoga and Pranassage. In 2000 Jane founded Nosara Wellness, a center for healing and movement therapies. In addition to being a Mom of two young adults, she continues to work as a Physical Therapist, and offers Therapeutic Fitness classes, and also Equine Facilitated Coaching. In the past two years she has been educating herself more about the myofascial tissue, how to treat it and how to rebalance the body through specific movements addressing the myofascial chains. Jane is licensed to work as a physical therapist in Switzerland and in Costa Rica. She speaks fluent English, French, Spanish, German and Dutch.
Claudia is devoted to supporting the spark of life within each client. Deeply inspired by nature and "Pura Vida" vibes, she offers a holistic fusion of Full Body Shiatsu, Near-Infrared Red Light Therapy, EnergyWork Chelation, and traditional Hawaiian Lomi Lomi massage. By blending rhythmic forearm movements, targeted acupressure, and subtle energy alignment, Claudia melts away tension, removes blocks, and balances Yin and Yang. Her nurturing sessions treat the body as a sacred temple, restoring vibrant health and well-being across physical, emotional, and spiritual levels.
Lucas, alongside his wife Marypaz Munay, co-creates transformative sacred cacao ceremonies. He specializes in guiding individuals on deep inner explorations using the vibration of ancestral instruments like the guitar, harmonica, flute, drums, and voice. Lucas brings people together in a unified circle, using medicine music, sound meditation, singing, and Dances of Universal Peace to build a safe container for emotional release, vulnerability, and gratitude. His therapeutic sound immersions facilitate mental clarity and spiritual healing, perfectly balancing the body’s energy centers and guiding participants back to self-connection and harmony.
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