Alignment is your natural state
Like water, your true nature knows how to flow— toward what feels right, aligned, and true.
I know what it feels like to live a life that doesn’t feel aligned.
I’ve experienced disconnection, self-doubt, and the quiet feeling of knowing something isn’t right—but not knowing how to change it.
My journey led me through deep inner work, emotional healing, and reconnecting with my intuition.
Not in a perfect or linear way — but in a real, human one. Now, I guide others through that same process. Not by fixing you, but by helping you reconnect with the version of you that was never lost.
Yana is a holistic practitioner and self-discovery guide who, after overcoming a deep depression and leaving her comfortable life in Washington DC, embarked on a transformative journey through Central America in search of healing and self-exploration. Among the tools she used on her journey, shadow work was the most profound practice, enabling her to face and integrate the hidden parts of herself that were holding her back. Through this deep inner work, Yana healed emotional wounds and unlocked a new level of self-awareness.
Yana’s work fosters balance, resilience, and vibrancy, helping others to live more authentic, vibrant lives without relying on medication.
Podcast appearances
Inner Child Healing & Shadow Work: Why Your Past Still Controls Your Life
Why do we repeat the same patterns in relationships, struggle with self-love, or feel disconnected from ourselves even when life looks good on the outside? In this powerful conversation, Vanessa Soul sits down with Yana Goncharenko, an inner child healing and shadow work guide and founder of Yana Healing Sanctuary, to explore the deep emotional patterns that shape our lives and how we can finally heal them.
Trauma, Fragmentation, Embodiment
Most people think spirituality is about escaping pain… I learned it’s actually about feeling it.
Spirituality is not about leaving reality. It’s about fully entering your body.
Tools of transformation:
Shadow Work
Understanding unconscious patterns that shape your emotions, relationships, and choices, so you can stop repeating what no longer serves you.
Inner Child Work
Healing emotional imprints from the past and rebuilding self-trust, safety, and connection to your true needs.
Breathwork
Releasing stored emotional tension and regulating your nervous system so you feel grounded, present, and emotionally clear.
Yoga / Somatic Practices
Reconnecting with the body to release emotional stagnation and restore embodiment, softness, and presence.
I work with a blend of emotional, somatic, and embodied practices to help you reconnect with your authentic self, release inner blocks, and create a life in alignment with who you truly are.
1:1 sessions deep emotional work somatic integration
