Janel is committed to empowering people to understand their body better and supporting them to feel and function their best. Janel is a lifelong learner and endlessly asking why. She uses nutrition, herbs, and lifestyle modifications to help people shift the terrain in their body towards optimal health and resilience. Her emphasis on seeing the 'whole' person, integrating science with traditional healing practices, and teaching people how to listen to and honor what their unique body is telling them sets her apart.

Janel has her PhD in Natural Medicine, she is a Board Certified Holistic Nutritionist, is certified in Functional Medicine Nutrition, is a Family Herbalist, Yoga Therapist, Doula, and Childbirth Educator. She spent the first decade of her wellness career supporting pregnant women in both the yoga room and birth room. She started an influential community birth circle, taught years of childbirth education and yoga, and attended almost 50 births. During this time she noticed a big gap in the healthcare system and was determined to go back to school to fill it. After spending many years in grad school and in internships she opened Mountain Rebalance in Truckee CA where she works one-on-one and in group settings to educate and empower people to take back their health. She has an insatiable hunger for learning. Janel is married to an emergency room physician and respects the role of western medicine but at the same time sees the importance of supporting people closely to make daily lifestyle modifications and work towards optimal health for their unique body. Janel and her family believe in keeping the pace of nature and deeply value the wild in us all.

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Janel’s Never Ending Health and Wellness Education and Experience-

2019-2020- Bioindividual Nutrition Institute- Certified Practitioner Degree Program. Graduate work digging deep into the biochemistry of specific diets such as Fodmaps, Gaps, Oxalates, Salicylates, SCD, etc.

2018-2019- Certified Holistic Nutritionist- Bauman College, Oakland CA

2018- Functional Medicine Internship at Reno Integrative Medicine with Dr. Bruce Eichelburger, Reno NV

2018- Functional Medicine Internship with Dr Dale Kelly at Balanced Health Solutions, Reno NV

2018-2020- Functional Medicine Nutrition Program- Functional Nutrition Lab, Andrea Nakayama- 3 years of Full Body Systems

2014-2018- Doctor of Natural Medicine PhD- University of Natural Medicine

2017- Certified Family Herbalist- School of Natural Healing, SLC UT

2014- Herbal Studies- The School of Natural Medicine International, Aurora CO

2013- Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy Degree- Rocky Mountain Institute of Yoga and Ayurveda and Ayurvedic Mandala Training Center- Mountain Rebalance was born as an Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy Business

2006- Certified Birth, Postpartum Doula and Childbirth Educator- Childbirth International and Boulder Doula Circle – I taught classes, attended almost 50 births in hospitals and homes, and started a Birth Collective there in Colorado

2004- Certified 200 hr Yoga Teacher- Shoshoni Yoga Institute, Nederland, CO

2000-2002- PreMed- Fort Lewis College, Durango CO

1999- Bachelo’s Degree in International Development- MSU MI