Our Why

To teach every person in the world how to uncover their energetic potential so that humanity can experience its next stage of evolution.

  • Instead of covering up symptoms, we seek to illuminate the root cause of disease through a process of deeply understanding your entire experience.
  • We recognize how the interconnectedness of biology, beliefs, relationships and environment influence overall quality of life fulfillment and abundance.

Our Vision

One billion people living with heart centered awareness in their power and in harmony with others and their environment.

Meet the Japa Team

Sheryl Utal

CEO

  • Sheryl became passionate about optimizing her potential over 15 years ago after conventional treatment for an autoimmune disease diagnosis failed. She took her health into her own hands and was determined to be the most vibrant and joyous version of herself possible.
  • In 2013 she founded Red Diamond Yoga, a large yoga studio in LA and built a strong reputation for inspiring people through yoga, breath-work, energy healing, fitness and mindfulness.
  • After five and half years and close to 40,000 students, she sold Red Diamond in 2018 to build Japa Health.
  • Sheryl believes everyone has the capacity to heal and holds a strong vision for a world of empowered, healthy people.

Layna Dakin

COO

  • 20 years’ experience leading wellness teams to help transform the lives of tens of thousands of people through yoga, fitness, meditation and mindfulness.
  • Passionate about inspiring people to embrace their full potential through small daily practices.
  • Committed to keeping it real.
  • Has studied with some of the most recognizable and influential teachers in wellness including Baron Baptiste, Annie Carpenter and Maty Ezraty.
  • Master teacher trainer for over a decade.
  • Has personally taught tens of thousands of public yoga, fitness and mediation classes to tens of thousands of people.

Dr. Alexis Cowan

Chief Scientific Officer

  • Dr. Alexis Cowan received her PhD in molecular biology from Princeton University, specializing in the metabolic effects of nutritional and exercise interventions. She is currently a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Pennsylvania studying microbiome-diet interactions in both health and disease (i.e., cancer).
  • Alexis is passionate about health and wellness at a visceral level. Her healing journey led her to overcome childhood obesity--losing over 100lbs during high school--an eating disorder, and irritable bowel syndrome.
  • Her health challenges and successes have given her invaluable wisdom into what true healing looks and feels like, and have empowered her to effectively support others on their health journeys. Alexis has deep recognition for and appreciation of the interplay between the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual levels of being, and how harmonization across these levels is absolutely essential to achieving health in a holistic sense.
  • She is passionate about spearheading a new paradigm of N=1 personalized medicine into the mainstream, elevating and empowering individuals from all walks of life to find and fuel their vitality so that they may embrace their soul's higher purpose here on the planet.

Nicolas Georgescu, Ph.D.

VP Data Science

  • Senior Data Scientist with nearly a decade’s experience in high-level mathematics, data analysis, and machine learning.
  • Graduated high school and started college at age 15; obtained PhD with 10 papers (more than double the average for the department).
  • Experience working for a major agri-tech company on multiple projects related to nutrition and sustainability.
  • Vegan for 5+ years, very passionate about consciousness related to food and ethics.

Shreyas Shah

CTO

  • Technology visionary skilled at defining strategy, roadmap and technical architecture.
  • Strong record of success spanning 25 years in the areas of information technology, software development, program management, cloud strategies, and business development for gamut of small to Fortune 1000 corporations.
  • Outcome based proven ability to solve business issues managing costs and risks. Over 15 years experience in providing strategic direction to senior management and establishing scalable IT.

We Empower People to Believe in Their Potential

Our
Values

  • We value ancient wisdom and modern science equally.
  • We value integrity and transparency.
  • We value individual differences — everyone is unique.
  • We value the highest quality educational content created by the most brilliant minds and passionate hearts.
  • We value customer privacy, ease of use, meaningful customer outcomes; and we like to have fun doing it.

Advisory Board

Traver Boehm

Transformational Coach

Author of two best selling books, TEDx speaker and highly sought-after transformational coach in the fields of consciousness, relationship, and personal development.

Paula Herrera

Market Analysis Expert

Digital Health Market Analyst at Research2Guidance consumer research and business case modeling in strategic growth, monthly digests; quarterly reports and technology deep-dives of the digital health ecosystem for chronic conditions, and other industry topics.

Dr. Kelly Bender

Naturopathic Doctor

Owner and Naturopathic Doctor at Pure Vitality Rejuvenation Center with expertise in hormone health, trained in natural medicine she holds a bachelors of science in Pharmacology & Toxicology.

Mayank Metha, Ph.D.

Prof. of Neurobiology and Physics

A professor and expert in the field/s of Neurobiology, Physics, Sleep, Memory, Meditation, and Learning. His research addresses development of the next generation of AI, and how neurons process information during sleep to create lasting memories.

Rob Gregg

Digital Marketing Expert

Digital Marketing expert with expertise in customer acquisition. Forbes 30 under 30, founder and CEO with over 12 years of success building companies, perfecting revenue strategies, and commercially accelerating businesses.

Heath McAllister

Naturopathic Doctor

Owner and Naturopathic Doctor at Pure Vitality Rejuvenation Center with an expertise in gut health and herbal remedies.

Aaron Travis

Corporate Strategy

Capital formation expert with a background in machine learning. Co-Founder/COO at Karus, AI FinTech Entrepreneur.

Dan Bowden

Health Insurance/Cybersecurity

Chief Information Officer/VP. Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Sentara. A leader in tech for healthcare, higher education, banking, retail, and the military over 25 years. Recognized as one of the top technology and cybersecurity executives in healthcare.

Jason Gootman

Wellness Coach

Jason Gootman is a Mayo Clinic Certified Wellness Coach and National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach as well as a certified nutritionist and certified exercise physiologist. As an expert in lasting behavior improvement and positive habit formation, Jason helps people turn knowledge and good intentions into action, habits, and results.

Jake Blanchard

Business Consultant

Jake Blanchard is the owner of Delta Perspective, LLC a consulting firm that helps organizations align on corporate strategy and program execution. He works with startups to multi-billion dollar organizations to organize, prioritize, and drive results. He’s also speaker, podcast host, entrepreneur, Brazilian Jiujitsu Purple Belt, and father to two amazing children.

Pia De La Llata

Holistic Wellness Expert

Pia is a holistic nutritionist, clinical herbalist, certified health coach, and yoga teacher. She has over ten years experience as a digital health professional leveraging data and technology to deliver results focusing on nutrition, movement, chronic disease prevention and coaching behavior change. Pia is passionate about helping people become their own health advocates to create the vibrant life they envision.

Bruce Cryer

Integrative Wellness Expert

For more than 35 years Bruce has been involved creating programs, products and services that can change the world by transforming health and well-being and fostering healthy sustainable workplaces. As one of the original directors of HeartMath he has worked with leaders at Stanford, Mayo Clinic, Kaiser, Duke Health System, World Bank, the UK's NHS, Cathay Pacific Airways, Unilever, NASA, and many small businesses and NGOs. He was named one of the top 50 Thought Leaders in Personal Excellence.

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