Meet Our Team
KATHLEEN JARAMILLO KWESKIN
LMT, RYT, Reiki master, ceo & founder
Kathleen is a licensed advanced massage therapist, reiki master teacher, yoga instructor, meditation guide, wellness educator, and herbal product designer with a passion for the healing arts and helping others through their journeys. Kweskin holds a Summa Cum Laude double bachelor degree in International Studies and Psychology from the University of New Mexico. She served as a Positive Psychology mentor, counselor and teaching assistant throughout college and continues to integrate Positive Psychology into her teachings to this day. Alongside her therapeutic massage license, she has certifications in myofascial release, myoskeletal alignment technique, aromatherapy, energy healing, kinesiology taping. Kweskin holds extensive training and certifications in cupping and is a cupping therapy specialist. Kweskin continued in her extensive training around the world. She trained in community outreach in the orphanages of Peru, studied aromatherapy in Indonesia, trained in the art of massage in Thailand and immersed herself into the world of yoga in the mountains of India, all before managing two spa-type locations and opening your wellness center right here in Ridgefield, CT! Kweskin, originally Jaramillo, comes from an ancestral line of activists, healers and entrepreneurs in New Mexico and is a loving wife and mother with a passion for the healing arts and being a part of making the world a better place.
Maegan Biscia
REIKI Master, Wellness Coordinator & Concierge
Maegan has been involved in health and wellness through many avenues throughout her life. She began her spiritual journey by going to wellness retreats as a kid, learning to practice yoga, meditation and gratitude along the way. Maegan loves to help those around her, which is a big part of why she decided to pursue a degree in Psychology. In 2018, she became a Summa Cum Laude graduate, having completed her bachelor’s degree from Western Connecticut State University. Driven by her desire to help heal, Maegan further pursued a certification in Reiki 1, 2, and her Masters. Since graduating, she has been using her degree and certification to help others however possible, including working as a substance abuse counselor for over a year before joining the Grow Wellness team. Maegan now offers Reiki in the monthly Rise and Renew New Moon Workshops!
“I look forward to sharing this journey of healing and growth with everyone, and continuing to spread love and light to all”
- Maegan
“I look forward to sharing this journey of healing and growth with everyone, and continuing to spread love and light to all”
- Maegan
LISA CITO
CERTIFIED YOGA INSTRUCTOr, Ayurvedic teacher, Reiki practitioner, HOLISTIC HEALTH COACH
Lisa Cito is an experienced certified, registered yoga teacher through the Ishta yoga center N.Y.C. (Be Yoga) She is a certified Holistic health coach through the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in N.Y.C. and an Ayurvedic teacher as well by way of her studies with Deepak Chopra at the Chopra Center University in La Costa California. Lisa has been assisting her students since the mid 80’s to discover and bring out their true inner vibrant glow. She continues studying and learning in her quest to continually learn and grow and share and with her students. Lisa is a published author of many guided meditations and oxygen yoga book series. She had her own private yoga wellness studio for the 20 years in Greenwich, Ct. Lisa taught in Rye at the Westchester Country Club and Greenwich Country Club for 15 years and is delighted to be teaching classes at Grow Wellness. By combining different styles of yoga and her studies in Ayurveda and Holistic health Lisa creates an eclectic class for a unique full well rounded and enjoyable experience. Lisa’s approach is lighthearted and she enjoys creating a space of unconditional love and acceptance for an experience that will help to bring out your true inner vibrant glow into wellness.
LISA'S CLASS SCHEDULE:
Saturdays - Saturday Yoga Flow 1:30pm
Saturdays - Saturday Yoga Flow 1:30pm
Alicia De mello
Licensed Massage Therapist
Alicia has been a Licensed Massage Therapist since 2015 as well as a certified reflexologist since 2017. She holds certifications in Medical Massage and Neuromuscular Therapy for the cervical spine and jaw as well. With a basis in Swedish massage, she incorporates trigger point work, movement, and education into her sessions. She believes that massage therapy is not just for the body but also for the mind.
Alexandra Jarama
Wellness Concierge
Alexandra is our new Front Desk Concierge at Grow Wellness! She has had a strong desire to help others since she was young. Her spiritual journey started at an early age through practicing yoga and meditation, as well as delving into the metaphysical with crystal collecting, crystal jewelry wrapping, and tarot card reading. She has explored many avenues of helping others through careers in customer service and healthcare. Since then she has found a passion for alternative and natural methods of healing such as herbal medicine, massage therapy, yoga, and reiki energy healing. Working at Grow Wellness has been an excellent opportunity to dip her toes in all aspects of holistic wellness, and she hopes to spread her love and newfound knowledge back to the community.
Michael Rosembaum
Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapist, life Transformation and spiritual coach
Michael Rosenbaum has been a transformational hypnotherapist and alternative healer for over 20 years. He specializes in a holistic approach which includes the mind, emotions and the physical health of the body. He helps clients “un-stuck” from unhealthy patterns and emotional upsets so they can live life from a sense of well being and “higher self”. He also does nutritional counseling to help people maximize their physical health naturally.
He has been a member of a spiritual “mystery” school since 2006 and also teachers spiritual awakening processes with his clients.
Michael Rosenbaum has certifications as an Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapist, Life Transformation and Spiritual Coach, Metaphysician Practitioner, Transcendental teacher, Regression and past-life regression therapist, RoHun Practitioner, and natural health coach.
Michael has over 3,000 hours of training in alternative therapies.
He has been a member of a spiritual “mystery” school since 2006 and also teachers spiritual awakening processes with his clients.
Michael Rosenbaum has certifications as an Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapist, Life Transformation and Spiritual Coach, Metaphysician Practitioner, Transcendental teacher, Regression and past-life regression therapist, RoHun Practitioner, and natural health coach.
Michael has over 3,000 hours of training in alternative therapies.
Jessica Outlaw
Yoga Instructor
Jessica Outlaw has been teaching yoga in the New York City area since 1999. Her teaching approach and personal practice owe a debt of gratitude to the many teachers and styles of yoga she has studied. She has been greatly influenced by Shiva Rea, Cyndi Lee, Laughing Lotus, Kula Yoga Project, Anusara and Iyengar Yoga. Within the nurturing and safe environment she creates Jessica leads her students on path of self-discovery by encouraging them to practice with intelligence, mindfulness and curiosity. She enjoys bringing the practice to ever widening audiences and populations to expand its therapeutic and fitness benefits to all.
JESSICA'S CLASS SCHEDULE:
Mondays - Hatha Yoga 6pm
Thursdays - Hatha Yoga 10am
JESSICA'S CLASS SCHEDULE:
Mondays - Hatha Yoga 6pm
Thursdays - Hatha Yoga 10am
Jessica Myers-Bittner
LIcensed Massage Therapist
Jessica has been practicing as a licensed massage therapist in both Connecticut and New York for over 14 years. She is also NCBTMB certified. In 2008, Jessica graduated from the Connecticut Center of Massage Therapy's (CCMT) Clinical Program in Westport. She has taken a variety of additional courses including Myofascial Release Technique, Myoskeletal, Massage Cupping and Upledger's CranialSacral therapy level 1 & 2. Jessica is comitted to continue improving her skills and growing as a therapist.
Colton Sposta
Licensed Massage Therapist
Colton has been a licensed Massage Therapist since 2015. His love of being an active individual and a competitive athlete growing up experiencing different sports injuries led him to be more fascinated with how the body works finding ways how to heal faster, recover quicker, and perform better. Colton’s style too massage therapy is corrective, targeted and specific. Colton holds certifications and specializes in Cupping therapy, Deep Tissue Massage and Myoskeletal
Alignment Technique which is a unique bodywork system to relieve pain, restore function rebalance and reeducate the body.
Alignment Technique which is a unique bodywork system to relieve pain, restore function rebalance and reeducate the body.
Meg Rooney
Yoga Instructor
Meg’s professional life has varied and evolved throughout her life. Most recently, after earning a Master's degree, she taught language arts to middle school students for 15 years. A teacher by training, experience and interest, she is now a certified 200-hour-trained yoga instructor.
After the school shooting in Newtown, CT (a town adjacent to the one where she was teaching middle school) and the COVD pandemic, it was clear that there was an acute and growing need for more social emotional wellness among students, staff and the general population. In response, she became certified in yoga, wellness, and SEL (Social Emotional Learning). With the insights and tools gained through this training, ongoing reading and workshops, and her own 20-year yoga practice, Meg believes in the value and benefits of building a toolbox of mindfulness resources and practices, including yoga. What is practiced during mindful moments and yoga enrich the lives of each practitioner. She believes that these are gifts practitioners give themselves resulting in far-reaching benefits for both the individual and the community at large.
It is Meg’s passion to help others learn these tools and take what they practice on the mat into their daily lives.
After the school shooting in Newtown, CT (a town adjacent to the one where she was teaching middle school) and the COVD pandemic, it was clear that there was an acute and growing need for more social emotional wellness among students, staff and the general population. In response, she became certified in yoga, wellness, and SEL (Social Emotional Learning). With the insights and tools gained through this training, ongoing reading and workshops, and her own 20-year yoga practice, Meg believes in the value and benefits of building a toolbox of mindfulness resources and practices, including yoga. What is practiced during mindful moments and yoga enrich the lives of each practitioner. She believes that these are gifts practitioners give themselves resulting in far-reaching benefits for both the individual and the community at large.
It is Meg’s passion to help others learn these tools and take what they practice on the mat into their daily lives.
MEG'S CLASS SCHEDULE:
Yoga for Joy & Wellness - Thursdays 6pm
Yoga for Joy & Wellness - Thursdays 6pm
Elin Waterston
Thai Yoga Bodywork Practitioner
Elin grew up in the dance world, starting Ballet at age 3. She went on to study many styles of dance including, Jazz, Lyrical, Theater Dance, Highland Dance, Latin, Ballroom, and Bellydance. In 2008 Elin began practicing yoga and it became an important complement to her dancing - each discipline improving the other. The concept of combining elements of dance, yoga and aerial arts, led her to Aerial Yoga and Rope Wall Yoga.
Elin’s interest in movement, anatomy, alignment, and functional mobility is apparent in her classes. She believes it is of the utmost importance to keep the body healthy and moving as it is designed to move. This belief led her to study Yin Yoga and Thai Yoga Bodywork and add therapeutic elements to her teaching skills.
Elin loves the feeling of freedom and joyfulness that all styles of movement provide, and movement’s ability to change and empower people. She is an avid student as well as a teacher and likes to find fresh, creative ways to approach her practice. She is happy to share her love of all things movement with her students.
Elin’s interest in movement, anatomy, alignment, and functional mobility is apparent in her classes. She believes it is of the utmost importance to keep the body healthy and moving as it is designed to move. This belief led her to study Yin Yoga and Thai Yoga Bodywork and add therapeutic elements to her teaching skills.
Elin loves the feeling of freedom and joyfulness that all styles of movement provide, and movement’s ability to change and empower people. She is an avid student as well as a teacher and likes to find fresh, creative ways to approach her practice. She is happy to share her love of all things movement with her students.
Certifications:
Om Factory Aerial Yoga, 500HR E-RYT® Vinyasa Yoga, YACEP®, Grounded Aerial™ Bungee Dance, Fly Gym Aerial Fitness, Climb&Spin® Pole Dance, LaBlast® Ballroom Fitness, Matt Phippen 30 Hour TT. Matt Phippen Mobility TT, Kate Gillespie 20 Hour TT, Biff Mithoefer Yin TT, FeetUp™ Inversion TT, CPR/AED
Jay Margolin
Guitartist & Percussionist - Grow Wellness Ambient Musician
Jay Margolin is our resident Ambient Musician. He accompanies our Monday night yoga classes with drumming and acoustic guitar serenading, as well as our Goat Yoga Events! When not at Grow Wellness you can find him playing with his band “The Red Hots”. Jay used to teach music privately and worked with music therapy at Greenwich Woods Nursing & Rehab before joining our team at Grow Wellness.
Cassandra Mulcahy
MMT, MT-BC (Music Therapist Board-Certified)
Cassandra offers curated music experiences that are designed to heal and empower you by connecting you to your inner creative wisdom. She is a Music Therapist who hails from the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts, and currently resides in Fairfield County. She received her Bachelors in Music Therapy from Berklee College of Music and her Master in Music Therapy from Temple University. Throughout her 14-year career, she has had the privilege of serving individuals and groups from birth to death. Currently her passion is dedicated to Holistic, Psychiatric and Oncologic communities. No music experience is necessary to participate in her workshops, only the intentions set by the authentic rhythm of the tiny drum resonating in your chest.
Explore more information on her upcoming drum circle here!
Learn more about Cassandra's private offerings at The Sound of Wishes (http://thesoundofwishes.com/links/)
Explore more information on her upcoming drum circle here!
Learn more about Cassandra's private offerings at The Sound of Wishes (http://thesoundofwishes.com/links/)
Aysha Khan
Henna Artist
Hello. My name is Aysha Khan. I’m a professional Henna Artist for past 5 years.I live in Danbury Connecticut. I was migrated from Pakistan in 2018. I’ve been doing henna since I was a kid. I started doing little designs at first and now I’m able to do full body art. I make my own organic henna products at home, to assure the best quality of my products. My instagram is @henna_art365, and I can be found on google as Henna By Aysha.
Kim Scala
Hypnotherapist
Kim is on an amazing transformational journey . Her wisdom and keen insight will be of great value to all who come into her high energy field. Kim is a board certified Hypnotherapist. She has Mediumship and Tarot Reading certification as well as Reiki 1&2, Quantum Touch and EFT Tapping. Kim uses various energy stimulation techniques and guided imagery visualizations to assist you to overcome subconscious blocks . Kim energetically attunes and recalibrates your body energy centers to get them running optimally. Kim is a graduate of UCONN and a long time resident of Ridgefield Connecticut. To book a session with Kim: visit https://www.focusplushypnosis.com/ or call (203) 240-2040