CCIM HEALTH - Key Persons

Elaina Heather is CCIM Chief Operations Officer and Wellness Director who offers the following state-of-the-art therapies in service of her patients: • Meal Planning using Food as Healing Energy • Customized yoga therapy protocols • Herbal formulations • Integrative Alchemy with Perception Reframing • Meditation classes • Reiki, both therapeutic and teaching • Multiple mindfulness practices Elaina trained with Thelma Gress (certified nurse practitioner, teacher of kundalini yoga, and student of Yogi Bhajan) from 2005-2009, Dr. Jaya Satish, a specialist in mudra meditation, and Jannon Baer (specialist in mudra yoga, meditation, and student of Thich Nhat Hanh) to gain specialized knowledge and skill in the theory, practice, and pedagogical aspects of meditation. She also studied with Kate Miller and Moses Brown, both of whom are certified teachers of Anusara yoga. Elaina furthered her training with Rod Stryker who is a specialist in pranayama and meditation.

Jamiel also had the honor of apprenticing in Ayurvedic Naturopathy with Vaidya Agam Baghel, and in 2001 Jamiel qualified in the first class of Registered Yoga Teachers in the U.S. He also holds a Master's Degree in a more constitutional approach to acupuncture from TAI(now Maryland University of Integrative Health), and he served on the Honor Council during his PA medical education at Towson University. At CCIMHealth, Jamiel works very closely with Dr. DV on office-based and home health patients we serve in Maryland.