About

The Makaranda Method

How We Work

The Makaranda Method is a nature-based, holistic approach to well-being. We work at the intersection of psychology, ecology, and spirituality, helping you return to your natural rhythm.

We help you slow down enough to notice what's happening inside you, in your relationships, and in the world around you.

Our work begins with nervous system regulation and grounding. From there, we explore expansion: recognizing and releasing inherited patterns, healing relationships, and transforming how you relate to money, work, and love.

We teach practices that bring you back to balance: how to breathe, how to trust, and how to build a life rooted in the body and the Earth.

"My purpose is to reconnect us with our wild and wonderful planet. From there, everything else meant for us can unfold."

- Eleanor Evans Medina

Our Team

Holistic, collaborative care to support your unique journey.

My purpose in life and work...

Who we Are

We're a community of therapists, coaches, nurses, and facilitators trained in meditation, psychedelics, and Earth-based healing.

We support individuals, couples, and groups through:

Psychedelic preparation & integration

Somatic & relationship therapy

Money management & planning

Energy work and Reiki

Birth and death support

Meditation and breathwork

Ketamine-assisted therapy

Ways to Work With Us

1:1 & Couples Sessions

When life feels overwhelming, your body holds the answers.

We integrate mindfulness, somatic therapy, and holistic coaching to bring clarity and regulation back to your system.

Integration Group

90-minute gatherings for grounding after ceremony or peak experiences.

Led by Makaranda-certified coaches, these groups include guided meditation, nervous system tools, and community reflection.

Earth Circle Retreats

Immersive weekends designed to help you shed old patterns and reconnect with your natural rhythm.

Guided by Eleanor and her team, each retreat weaves meditation, yoga, live music, psychedelics and integration.

Meet Our Team

Eleanor Evans Medina, MFTC

Eleanor founded The Makaranda Method through her own path of healing. She works at the intersection of clinical therapy, mindfulness, and plant medicine, helping clients return to the wisdom of their bodies and the rhythm of nature.

Amelie Rey, RYT

Professional Counselor in training| Researcher | Somatic Practitioner | Trauma Specialist | Denver, CO & Virtual

Amelie works with people caught in cycles of fear, OCD, and disordered eating. She helps clients rebuild trust with themselves through somatic and relational work.

Kate Pauley, LMFT

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist | Ceremonialist | Ketamine-Assisted Therapist | Denver, CO & Virtual

Kate helps you examine your thoughts and patterns so you can heal, change, and accept yourself. Her work gives you the power to create the life you want to live.

Emily Christensen, RNC-OB

Ketamine Therapist | Labor & Delivery Nurse | Birth & Postpartum Educator | Seattle, WA & Virtual

Emily supports women through the threshold of birth and postpartum. She bridges western medicine and eastern philosophy to bring calm and meaning to motherhood.

Daria Moss, MA, RRT

Respiratory Therapist | Intuitive Medicine Practitioner | Reiki Level 2 | Denver, CO & Virtual

Daria helps people remember how to breathe again. Her sessions combine gentle inquiry and nervous system awareness for a whole system reset.

Lindsay Lynch

Psilocybin Facilitator in training | Microdosing Coach | Neuroscience Educator | Reiki Level 1 | Denver, CO & Virtual

Lindsay works with microdosing as a tool for awakening. She supports clients living with chronic pain, anxiety, and depression.

Kathleen Hooper

Vocal Coach | LVDY| Denver, CO & Virtual

Kathleen helps people reconnect with their body's intelligence through voice, breath, and song.

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1993 - My dad, little sister Kathleen in the backpack and me, feeling a lot

The Story Behind
The Makaranda Method

Eleanor here! Over the years people have asked me how I created this method, and here is a bit of the story.

I’ve always been sensitive. I felt so much in my little body as a child, and my parents called me an "old soul." My clothes were too itchy, the sounds too loud, the lights too bright. I could never quite find comfort in my body, and that made school hard. While other kids did well in the classroom, I wanted to be outside.

My dad taught me how to identify birds, trees and clouds and through this I began to sense something ancient that I didn’t yet understand.

read the full story

From one old soul to another 💌

A free gift for you - a guided meditation to help you return to center. And you’ll also receive my monthly letter, where I share personal reflections & practices for living in rhythm with life.

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