Kara Mirarchi, CMT
Kara Mirarchi has been in the healing arts industry since 2005. She started her career as the sports massage therapist for the United States Women's Soccer Team participating in 3 world championships. Kara brought her experience in the field into the classroom and has been teaching, directing and creating massage therapy programs ever since. She is on the board of editors for the Science of Massage Institute and a site evaluator for the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools ensuring massage therapy programs are meeting their benchmarks and maintaining their standards.
Rufus Fuller
Rufus Fuller is a Acupuncturist based out of Long Beach, California. He has the professional credentials of L.AC. (Licensed Acupuncturist) and is our resident doctor on site.
Rufus is the Academics Director of Panacea Holistic Institute. In addition, teaches the Eastern Approaches course and self care for the care giver.
Crystal Dawn Rios
Crystal Dawn Rios began her career in the healing arts after receiving her first Reiki attunement in 1997. Since then she has become a Reiki master herself and in 2004 graduated with honors from Texas massage Institute.
She further built her range and skill-level by training in Thai massage with a private instructor in Chiang Mai, Thailand. She continued to study all modalities of healing touch, expanding her knowledge with training in Therapeutic Cupping, Craniosacral Balancing, Watsu, Polarity Therapy and Yoga.
She also loves to perform pregnancy and geriatric massage, finding the healing she inspires to be very rewarding.
She taught massage at Everest College from 2007-2008 and has been a Cloud Nine Yoga Teacher Trainer since 2012. Since April of 2020, Crystal has trained in Jyotisha (Vedic Astrology).
Crystal Dawn is the Program Director for Panacea and brings her training with the Hendricks Institute alive into her Anatomy classes.
She serves as a member of the Restoring Resourcefulness faculty for the Foundation for Conscious Living as a Big Leap Coach.
She loves to travel and scuba dive.
Jason Miller, CMT
With a passion for holistic ideals and the intention of bringing wellness to each member of his clientele, Jason Miller stands out as an experienced and well-versed. A massage therapist he is proficient in a wide range of massage & wellness modalities. A certified leader, he has held hundreds of workshops training Massage therapists, Physical therapists, Chiropractors and Acupuncturist in the advanced art and skill of cupping therapy continued education. He has lobbied at state and national levels for education, accessibility and funding.
Jason is a certified sports massage therapist, clinical medical massage therapist, internationally certified master cupping therapist, 200hr yoga instructor, peace ambassador, holistic educator, Sensei Reiki practitioner. He strives to engage in expanding his growing knowledge & understanding in the art of holistic health.
Jason's therapeutic touch personable manner along with his altruistic ethics will help you reach your peak performance. Dynamic treatments are customized to restore and condition athletes of all expressions. Meeting you where you are and adding value to your holistic health regime.
Alexandra Rix, CMT
Alex graduated from Panacea Holistic Institute’s first cohort of Earthlings in the fall of 2020 and has been practicing Massage Therapy out of Sacred Roots Holistic Healing since.
Originally from Western Massachusetts, she made the move to Los Angeles to continue her education at California State University Long Beach where she complete her BFA in Dance and BA option in Dance Science. After graduation, Rix dove into Massage School at Panacea. She works as a Massage Therapist, specializing in providing accessible bodywork for the dance community, and as a Freelance Dancer throughout the greater LA area.
She serves as the Director for the Student Clinic at Panacea, as well as offers Authentic Movement classes for the student’s enrichment.
Jocelyn Fee Miller, CMT
Jocelyn is loving life in the healing arts! Guided to cultivate pain-free bodies and minds, Jocelyn gained most of her hands on Massage Therapy experience in Southern California, with a background in the Mt. Shasta area.
Practicing Massage Therapy since 2009 and offering Yoga Instruction since 2010, Jocelyn is pleased to welcome her newest project--Panacea Holistic Institute! In 2012 she paired up with Kailey Waite and Jenny Ahn to create an alternative health venue in the heart of Long Beach: Sacred Roots! It was a dream, even then, to offer an Education Branch for Holistic Professionals.
Here we are in 2018, Jocelyn has paired up with her husband, Jason Miller and associate Allison Denney to create Panacea Holistic Institute! As well as cultivate the future 500 hour + Certified Massage Therapy program. Jocelyn looks forward to integrating self-care principals and conscious business ethics into every course we offer!