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I needed to post this for the people and clients that were touched by her loving work, she was my mentor and friend and the world will miss her immensely I am heartbroken.

On Friday May 29th at 9:45am EST my mother Yamuna Zake passed away. She was surrounded by the sea and love in Ibiza, exactly how she wanted it.

I am heartbroken and I am also in awe.

What has unfolded over these past days has been extraordinary. The outpouring of love, the stories, the gratitude from around the world—it has been absolutely humbling. Messages are coming in from every continent from people she has touched throughout her life. People sharing how her hands changed their bodies. How her words and teachings changed their lives. How she believed in them when they didn’t believe in themselves.

There are stories of people healing from injuries doctors said were permanent. Stories of people finding their bodies again after years of pain. Stories of practitioners she trained who have gone on to help thousands of others. Stories of her showing up for people in their darkest moments with nothing but presence, knowledge, and unwavering belief in the body’s ability to heal.

I am a story too. Four and a half years ago, I flatlined. Who knows if I would still be alive if she was not my mom.

This is how Yamuna lives on.

In the real, tangible, lived experiences of the people she touched. In the bodies she healed. In the practitioners she mentored who are now healing others. In the community she built that will continue this work because they are living proof that it works.

She gave everything to help people suffer less and live more fully in their bodies. And the evidence of that—the actual lived reality of it—is pouring in from thousands of people around the world.

There will never be another Yamuna. What she built, what she created, what she gave—it was extraordinary.

Thank you for loving her. Thank you for learning from her. Thank you for sharing your stories. They are her legacy.

With love,
Yael

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