testimonials

“Working with Stella felt like a transformation - a rebirth. I saw one of my best friends this week and she was like, “Whoa! Something changed!” From the first moment Stella was open and warm, and created a space specifically for me and my needs. After just one session, I felt all the negative energy that was bringing me down, lifted. She worked with me on different techniques to continue the practice on my own. It’s been a whole new world, like I’m entering every encounter from a new place.”
— allison estrin - casting director
“Within one minute of sitting with Stella I knew that this was the beginning of an incredible ride. Right when I got there it was as if a switch had been turned on inside me to what I was feeling. I had no idea how numb I had been. Each week is different, the work is tailored and completely personal and specific to me. Since going to Stella I have gotten more success than ever in my life and feel more creative and connected to my work in a way that I had a hard time trusting in the past. The positive feedback from this work has been so immense it feels as if I have developed magical powers. That’s really what all this feels like - working with Stella will give you magical powers.”
— dina shihabi - actor
“Is there a better way to describe the effect that working with Stella has had on me than this: when I look in the mirror now, I find myself full of love for the person looking back at me? My eyes seem clearer and brighter. The first time it happened I was stunned, and now it’s just becoming how I see myself. I think Stella once described what we’re doing as helping me come home to myself, and that’s exactly how it feels. I don’t know if I’ve ever felt as connected to my body. I feel like I’m learning to connect and listen to the animal instincts and wisdom inside me. I found a deep voice I didn’t know I had. I learned how to identify an actual gut feeling. I learned how to experience energy flowing through and out of my body - I took a selfie and was like “wow - I look amazing! :)”. I’m literally shaking off years of grief.”
— marie condron - creative consultant
“My session with Stella was magic. She put words to my experience and my power unlike anyone I’ve ever met. I let go of an energy I genuinely thought I was incapable of letting go of. The reset button was hit on my nervous system. I slept like a baby that night and woke up with a tenderness in my heart that felt new. A remembrance of the love I feel for my own being. The dichotomy of where I was two weeks ago - having panic attacks and obsessive thoughts - versus where I am here in this moment is just...wild. Stella explained the indescribable... I left with a sweet prayer, a lightness in my heart and my eyes got three shades lighter. There is a brightness no photo will do justice. Yet here I am, mesmerized by my own reflection like I have just arrived.”
— annabelle bythe - poet
“Stella has been one of the biggest gifts to my life. Working with her is stepping into the light. She helps to find buried things and bring them out into life, breathe into them, let them go. Love them. I love how gentle Stella is in her approach; the work we do is intense, extremely personal, and very very deep, and there is a sense of extreme care and safety with Stella. There is no fear while I am with her. What Stella has done for my life... Here are just a few: she’s helped me to embrace and be strong in all my humanness. She has taught me how to breathe into my body and ground myself on stage, on a film set, in life. To own the body and soul I’ve been given, and to start to let all of me out into the world. Stella has brought a calmness into my life that wasn’t there before. She is an absolute treasure.”
— jane stephens rosenthal - director / writer
“In my sessions with Stella, I tap into a space that is inexpressibly peaceful, blissful and clarifying. Her intuitive guidance allows each experience to be unique. I’ve had friends and family meet with Stella, and each person receives unique, individual support. The work is tangible. She has helped catalyze my spiritual growth in a major way. This process of creating a deep welcome for every thought, emotion, sensation that arises—even when they’re unpleasant—has been the greatest invitation I’ve been given in my adult life.”
— eric henry - astrologer
“I once spent a week in Peru with a small group of people being guided in ceremony by a very gifted Peruvian shaman. We were cleansed in rivers, did fire ceremony, hiked on beautiful mountains at a very high altitude and then were baptized by the shaman in a sacred pool. It was an incredible experience and I bring it up to say that when I left Stella’s the first time I felt that exact same sense of stability and energetic cleanliness. She was able to bring that level of sacred healing and balance in two hours the very first time I saw her. I’ve worked with her several times since then, and every time there is a new and incredible feeling of being connected to source. She helps me understand this process of becoming ever able to hold and wield more light.”
— jenoa harlow - NMT therapist
“Working with Stella was an incredibly powerful physical, emotional and spiritual experience. With few words, Stella leads me down a path that unlocks feelings and blocks that are painful and true. With gentle and amazingly intuitive guidance, Stella releases pain and fears in me, making way for a far more grounded present way to exist day to day. My heart and head feel lighter, my awareness is greatly enhanced.”
— josh bitton - actor
“I have been in traditional therapy and know it well. I’ve read a ton of self help stuff. I could intellectually tell you where my hang ups were and where they came from, but I didn’t actually FEEL anything on a deep molecular level. Then I met Stella. It has been the experience of a lifetime. It’s incredibly intimate and personal. She’s been guiding me so gently to drop into my body - I have felt something so strongly move and release in my system. My whole life is changing. I feel safer in the world in general. When I am applying what Stella teaches me, I tap into this ease and everything in my career and life starts to work itself out. P.s. I also think Stella is one of the funniest and most charismatic people I’ve ever met. It’s incredible because I am an artist and performer, and Stella meets me on that level and speaks my language. She is such a joy to watch. So animated, so alive, so raw. I feel like spiritual teachers are sometimes a snore. Which is cool and its own thing. But, even if you aren’t willing to LEARN from Stella, you can’t help but WATCH and FEEL her. So you end up learning anyway because you’re enchanted. I also have a feeling she adjusts her language to everyone, and I just think that’s incredible.”
— rotana - recording artist
“I feel seen, heard, and held with support and love every time we have a session. I leave her house noticing how blue the sky is and how green the trees are. Stella is very real. In a city of spiritual teachers, people are wary to do this kind of work, but Stella is the real deal. She won’t let you avoid yourself. She is extremely kind-hearted, enthusiastic, and very powerful. She is honest and will not let you get away with your BS!’’
— amaya jones - jewlrey designer
“I’ve been working with Stella on a regular basis for about 4 months. Within those 4 months our relationship has grown deeper and stronger than other teachers I have seen for years. My experience working with Stella has been nothing less than divine. She has been able to take me places energetically that can be uncomfortable, but extremely healing. What I love about working with Stella is that I know whatever happens when I show up is meant to happen. She creates such a loving safe space that all aspects of self can be explored. I didn’t realize the fact that being out of my body was a comfortable state for me! Stella helping me get back into my body and to create a relationship with it has meant the world to me. Every time I leave Stella, I feel lighter and brighter.”
— jameson baltes - photographer
“Stella is a powerful intuitive soul. I’ve come to her for healing during really difficult times, and she’s always been able to create a beautiful energetic shift. Stella accesses, understands, nourishes, and heals at a deep level. Even when I cannot understand or verbalize exactly what I need, I feel seen, heard, understood, and held by her. I’ve seen such tangible transformations in my intimate relationships as a direct result of our sessions, which is amazing!! I’m so grateful to work with this remarkable woman.”
— shavangi bhatt - physician
“Working with Stella is an experience of being held safely while I explore my inner depths. We walk into the dark and come out to a beautiful scene I had yet to discover in my life. I always leave with a new part of myself revealed AND HEALED. The environment we are in evokes a feeling of calm, and Stella brings a sense of fun and truth. I can more easily find my power and heart. I feel stable in myself. I have a home I love and a job I love and income. I didn’t have those things before. Plus, I mean no big deal, but I found my essence, my soul, my true self in that room so... that about sums it up :) .”
— jackie shea - wellness coach
“After only one session with Stella, I felt a major shift in my energy, focus, and outlook on life. My visions for my art and career got bigger. I suddenly knew what I wanted to do next and how to make it a reality. Physically, my TMJ pain and headaches have literally stopped! I’ve craved exercise and moving my body and I’ve paid attention when it tells me to rest. For the first time I can remember, I feel like I’m not at war with myself. It’s a totally new experience. More please!”
— lisa ebersole - creator 37 PROBLEMS series
“I had been going to psychiatrsts for years and from the very first session with Stella, I felt more supported and impacted than from years of therapy. I am so thankful I found her, her support has transformed my life immensely.”
— john kliewer - comedian
“Stella is a spiritual awakening midwife. She helps her clients give birth to whom they really are. Stella has a way of gently easing you into a deep place of intimacy and trust in the first moments of a session. This feeling of safety allows for huge transformations and deep insights to unfold. She is a deeply skilled guide through the sometimes wild river of awakening, healing, and spiritual evolution. Stella brings joy, silliness, and humor into her sessions in the most delightful way. The laughter and fun is part of what facilitates the powerful energetic and emotional releases that are common place in a session with her. As a teacher and coach I would feel comfortable sending any student or client to Stella. Her work is 100% personalized. She is the real deal. Humble and powerful. Awakened and human. She will bring you to your knees, empower you to revel in your greatness, wake you up, and make you some jasmine tea and laugh with you.”
— jessica graham - author / spiritual teacher / sex and intimacy guide
“Stella came into my life at a time when I really needed her. She helped me to accept every part of myself and heal from my traumatic past. Each session felt magical! I highly recommend her to anyone: open up, heal, and flourish!”
— elizabeth doyne - writer / comedian
“I went to see Stella for the first time because of depression, and I’ve tried so many things to feel better, but I was still feeling very low. I went in not expecting anything, I instantly felt more alive being in her presence. I don’t know how to describe what she does. It feels like therapy to my mind, body and soul by someone who really gets it. I love how I feel like I’m being dropped into my body and balanced from my overactive critical brain when I’m with her. I like myself more. I can do in my daily life to counteract when I get stuck. I feel a deeper awareness of myself and my life after working with Stella, I’ve also learned to laugh at myself more.”
— deema alansari - art director - bond