Our Team
Javi & Seba
JAVIERA KÖSTNER
Javi (she, her) is an Advanced Therapeutic Yoga teacher RYT-500, Credentialed Mindfulness-Based Psychedelic Therapist & guide, Integrative Coach and on her way of becoming a Yoga Therapist. She first came to Yoga to help cope with chronic illness, manage chronic pain, anxiety, and learn to befriend her body.
Javi has specialized in Trauma Recovery Yoga and Mindfulness Based Somatic practices. Her love for the healing power of cannabis brought her to the Ganja Yoga community, creating her own blend of slow vinyasa flow, relaxing vibes, grounded spirituality and a touch of latino spice. Originally from Chile, Javiera is a bilingual cannabis guide and group facilitator for Psychedelic Sitters School.
Together with her husband Sebastian they founded Green Magic Yoga in 2019 to bring together the practices of mindfulness, psychedelic healing and yoga. They are both trained by the Center for Medicinal Mindfulness as psychedelic sitters and cannabis guides and have been hosting monthly Conscious Cannabis circles in the Bay Area and online.
Javi is also the Community & Event Coordinator of the Santa Cruz Psychedelic Society, through which they offer Psychedelic Integration, Microdosing Hikes and other community gatherings.
SEBASTIÁN BECA
Seba (he, him) is a hacker gone healer. After working as a computer engineer for over 2 decades he decided to shift paths towards the study of consciousness and the healing arts. In 2014 he became a licensed psychologist in Chile and in 2018 he received his Masters in Integral Counseling Psychology from CIIS in San Francisco. In 2022 he obtained his California Licensure as a Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT #134131).
Seba works from a humanistic-transpersonal framework and specializes in working with adults, healing trauma, overcoming anxiety and working through life transitions. He has specialized in Gestalt (Claudio Naranjo school), EMDR, Eco-Therapy and different modalities of Psychedelic Therapy. He is certified as a Mindfulness Based Psychedelic Therapist with the Center for Medicinal Mindfulness and guides journeys with Cannabis for individuals and groups. He has also trained with Polaris, Journey Clinical and Fluence in offering Ketamine-Assisted Psychedelic Therapy (KAP). Seba is also a graduate of the Certificate for Psychedelic Therapies and Research (CPTR) at CIIS, which includes complete the 100 hour MDMA-Assisted Therapy Training by MAPS. Seba is currently an assistant and mentor for the CIIS CPTR program.
Together with Javi they founded Green Magic Yoga in 2018 as a community centered around Cannabis, Psychedelics, Yoga and Mindfulness. In 2023 they opened a Yoga Studio in downtown Santa Cruz, where they host Ganja Yoga, Cannabis Circles and other community healing events. Seba is also the Executive Director of the Santa Cruz Psychedelic Society, through which they offer Psychedelic Integration, Microdosing Hikes and other community gatherings.
Seba has a private practice in Santa Cruz called Natural Bridges Therapy specializing in EMDR, KAP and CAPT. Seba lives in the Santa Cruz Mountains with his partner and their two cats and in his free time he enjoys walking in the forest, biking, yoga, reading, learning music and other life hacks.
