Alix Mayer is Chairman and co-founder of Free Now Foundation. She has been interviewed by Dr. Joseph Mercola, Steven Kirsch, Steve Bannon, Mike Adams of Natural News, and many others. She has appeared on Clay Clark's Re-Awaken America tour, Defeat the Mandates LA, COVIDCON, and at many rallies and protests. Prior to Free Now Foundation, Alix ran a worldwide research group at Apple, worked as a health consultant, served on the Board of Children's Health Defense (national) and co-founded and chaired the California chapter of CHD.

 

Kris Wolcott is a longtime Bay Area educator who has taught for 30 years in public and independent schools, as well as clinical settings that serve at-risk and incarcerated youth, providing integrative health services. With an MA in education and learning support, she has completed training and certifications in Waldorf education, integrative nutrition, neurobiology, yoga, martial arts, sensory-somatic and therapeutic movement modalities, as well as environmental education. A mother of two, she currently teaches high school wellness and is earning a PhD in education and transformative studies with a focus on trauma, resilience, and human flourishing. 

 

Dr. Doug Mann graduated from Yale University School of Medicine and is a board-certified Ear Nose & Throat specialist. He became interested in medical freedom early in the pandemic, as draconian measures were imposed and while drugs that offered true help were being suppressed. Inspired by Robert F Kennedy Jr. , Doug became a fighter after seeing people being forced to lose their livelihoods over an ineffective experimental vaccine. 

 

Jeremiah Turner studied Anthroposophical Speech Arts in Dornach, Switzerland and England. In partnership with Dr. David Gershan, Dr. Robert Gorter, and other health practitioners, Jeremiah has practiced Anthroposophical Therapeutic Speech with all ages since 1998. He has taught and performed creative speech across the U.S. and in India and Brazil, and regularly speaks for eurythmy events. Jeremiah continues to train in ATS with Dietrich VonBonin, who pioneered the field based on indications from Rudolf Steiner. 

 

Sheldon Berg is a Hypnotherapist, Non-Denominational Minister, Paranormal Remediator, and Cannabis producer. Sheldon began training in Transcendental Meditation at age 10. He later completed a Master’s of Intuition Medicine training and a BA in Psycho-Spiritual Healing, then studied Chinese Medicine with Dr. Angela Wu, and became a Certified Chi Nei Tsang practitioner. As Policy Chair of the California Growers Association, Sheldon helped craft medical cannabis law in our state, then fought against its undermining by Prop 64. In 2005 he authored "Confessions of a Dope Dealer".  

 

Susan Gerhard is an athlete, trainer, writer/editor, teacher, and coach specializing in natural movement and resistance training. She's a certified Movnat trainer who's participated in barefoot running seminars with Christopher McDougall (Born to Run) and Eric Orton (Global Run Academy). Though she won her age group in the Pittsburgh marathon, summited Kilimanjaro, and is a two-time masters national champion in Olympic weightlifting, she is not a fan of overtraining and aims to bring variety and joy to the practice of small group exercise.

 

Tuula Ala has been working with plants and alternative medicine for over 20 years. She’s a botany school drop-out and an avid forager, and has treated friends and family with traditional diet, herbs, and healing modalities. Tuula successfully treated her own Lyme disease. She is currently in the process of obtaining a certification in medical astrology.

 

Tomi Hougan is an artist, spiritual reflector, and dancer who is passionate about natural childbirth. She studied with women's issues expert Elizabeth Davis to learn about natural childbirth options. Tomi is passionate about placentas, aka "Trees of Life", and owns San Francisco Placenta Encapsulation, offering sacred burial ceremony, tinctures, art prints, and her own unique pill recipe, a balance for preserving precious nutrients and hormones, but also cooking for safety. Tomi loves to connect with women on how to best serve their individual desires regarding their baby's sacred organ.

 

Practitioners Offering Consult/Treatment:

 

Lisa Mehta - Life Coaching - As a certified transformational life coach, wife, homeschooling mom of two teens and a lifelong learner, Lisa Mehta partners with people to create and build a life they love. She is passionate about helping people break through self-imposed limits to open up to more possibilities and experience true inner freedom.

 

Sharma Bouche - Therapeutic Massage – Sharma has been in the healing arts field for over 20 years. Her massage practice includes a multitude of modalities including neuromuscular and trigger point techniques, Shiatsu, pre- and post-natal, hot stone, breath work, and so on. Also a Doula and Homeopath, Sharma is mother to two teens and is dedicated to all expressions of natural living.

 

Amber Bryan, LAc - Acupuncture - Amber found her way to the healing arts in the early 2000's through her own dis-ease, for which allopathic medicine offered nothing. She discovered the Acupressure Institute, then the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in San Francisco. Amber has been in private practice since 2006 and specializes in a Japanese style of acupuncture that relies on abdominal palpatory diagnosis.

 

Donald Hughes, LAc ("Don Dragon") - Chinese Herbal Medicine – Acupuncture – Massage – Don is an acupuncturist specializing in Chinese medical massage and classical Chinese internal medicine herbology. He practices at his office in Albany and also teaches Genbukan Ninpo Taijustsu,  traditional Jujutsu, and Qi Gong energy exercises.

 

Dr. Kirsten Hill, DC - Chiropractic – Dr. Hill founded "Dance With Life Chiropractic Family Wellness Center" to help people create well-being and zest for life. Dr. Hill has advanced training in resolving pain and injuries, pediatric chiropractic, prenatal care, and wellness practices. Her gentle approach to hands-on care facilitates deep transformation in the lives of people of all ages. She has served the Sunset neighborhood and San Francisco community as a chiropractor since 2004. 

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Garrett Hewstan, DC - Reorganizational Healing - Garrett has dedicated his life to helping people come into alignment on every level: physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. He is very passionate about Reorganizational Healing (ROH), and Nonviolent Communication (NVC) and feels these systems offer the largest scope of health and wellness he has encountered. Garrett loves working with individuals and groups alike.

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Dr. Shelley H. Lane, OMD, L.Ac. NTP - Weston Price - Dr. Lane started practicing acupuncture in the Santa Barbara area in 1984. Now in the Bay Area, she specializes in digestive health. Dr. Shelley is a co-chapter leader for the Weston A. Price Foundation, an organization that teaches about nutrient-dense food, farming, and the healing arts. She is available to answer any nutritional questions and explain the principles of the Weston A. Price foundation.

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Yuki Takaishi Payne - Massage - Yuki has been practicing Amma, traditional Japanese massage, exclusively for the past 24 years. Beginning in 2004, Yuki's wellness company, "Touch Wellness," has offered ergonomic training, chair massage, and self-care workshops for the workplace, bringing health & wellness practices to companies throughout the Bay Area. Yuki resides in Pacifica with her husband and homeschooled daughter, where she has a private Amma practice.