

Meet the Team
Janette Votaw
Owner, Acupuncturist, MSTCM
Jan's life took a fated turn, when she began experiencing fatigue and chronic pain in her thirties. Struggling to be her own advocate, as so many do, in the western medicine system, she got tired of prescriptions and acute symptom treatment. Jan wanted health, not just temporary solutions. With much reluctance she turned to alternative medicinal therapies and booked an appointment with an acupuncturist. Jan was committed to her health and slowly, over the course of two years her fatigue and chronic pain disappeared. Jan's success with acupuncture, peaked her curiosity and she became fascinated with Traditional Chinese Medicine. A few years later she returned to school to earn a Masters in Traditional Chinese Medicine to help others facilitate their own healing journeys.
Jan's dream has grown to include many other modalities and practitioners. She is dedicated to holistic health and offering alternatives to the western medical system, that often focuses on quick fixes instead of long term wellness. Jan has over 17 years experience now and an incredible healing team to support her mission to wellness.
Call 530-892-1196 to book an appointment with Jan at either location.

Chico Team
Our Chico Team includes Massage Therapists, Reiki Practitioners and a Somatic Integration Specialist

Office Manager, Billing Specialist, HBOT Tech
Marcella Votaw
Marcella, better known as Marcy around the office is an integral part of our Chico Team. She has over ten years of marketing and sales experience and eight years in office management and customer service. Marcy keeps the Healing Center running smooth and is always there to help make your experience optimal.

CMT
Laurie Howard
Laurie combines her 30+ years as a CMT, with a variety of techniques and modalities to offer an intuitive, compassionate and very personalized approach to your overall health and wellness. She is a certified massage and body therapist who studied and received certifications from various holistic healthcare institutions such as Esalen and the Institute of Educational Therapy in Berkeley, Ca. , which focused on physical, emotional and movement therapies.

CMT
Stormy Weston
Inspired by her mother, Stormy knew what she wanted to do from a young age. At 16, she started saving and working toward her goal, and by 18 she proudly graduated from Chico Massage School.
During her training, Stormy developed a deep appreciation for integrative massage, understanding that every body is unique and requires a customized approach. Her sessions are designed to both relax and restore, ensuring each client receives the personalized care they deserve.
Stormy's specialties include Trigger Point Therapy, Firm Swedish, Soft Deep Tissue, PNF stretching, and cupping.

CMT
Cornelia Coppock
Cornelia is a 1986 graduate of the National Holistic Institute.
She gives massages that give her clients the opportunity to relax the mind, body, and spirit. She uses modalities, including Reiki, Swedish, Acupressure, Manual Lymphatic Drainage, Aromatherapy, and Hot Stone Therapy.
She also provides prenatal massages.
Anyone dealing with stress and anxiety could benefit from a massage from her.

CMT, Health Educator, Somatic Integration Specialist
Ashley Hohenstein
Ashley has been a massage therapist and health educator for over 20 years. She is certified in eighteen modalities of massage and specializes in Myofascial therapies, PNF stretching and isolations, Deep Tissue, Trigger Point, Acupressure and many more. Recently Ashley extended her practice to include Somatic Integration, a combination of visualizations, energy work and emotional release that targets the root of the physiological or psychological problem. Ashley believes health is optimized when harmonizing the mind, body and spirit.

HBOT Technician, Office Assistant
Kathryn Sheppard
Kathryn's relationship with the Healing Center began as a patient. Her diagnosis of Leukemia (ALL) in her youth was just the start of a lifelong curiosity about health and wellness. Kathryn's personal auto-immune healing journey gives unique insights and perspectives into the valuable partnership of conventional western medicine with holistic wellness practices. Kathryn has a deep passion for the possible outcomes that lie within our mild hyperbaric oxygen therapy (mHBOT) program, as she has experienced, firsthand, the valuable role mHBOT has played in healing from Lyme as well as a traumatic brain injury. Willing to share her personal wellness experiences in hopes her successes and failures may be useful tools for others on their journey to prosperous health, Kathryn believes understanding and treating the root cause of illness is critically important. Kathryn wants others to not just survive, but to thrive in their daily lives.
Red Bluff Team
Our Red Bluff Team includes Chiropractic Care and Massage Therapists

Chiropractor
Dr. Strawberry Weber
Dr. Strawberry Weber has been using the Activator Methods Chiropractic Technique for over fifteen years. As a Chiropractor with years of clinical and post-graduate study experience, Dr. Weber is committed to promoting optimal health and well being of patients. Dr. Weber uses a “whole person approach”. This approach to wellness means looking for underlying causes of any disturbance or disruption (which may or may not be causing symptoms at the time) and make whatever interventions and lifestyle adjustments that would optimize the conditions for normal function. Visit www.strawberryweberchiro.com to schedule.
Read what some of our clients think about this team!
Barbara, Chico
“My Somatic Integration journey has opened a door for me to have and maintain the healthiest relationship with myself. I couldn't ever imagine my healing journey without having Ashley in it."
Michelle, Chico
"Jan's acupuncture treatments helped me recover from my knee replacement surgery with less pain and swifter than I had previously expected. Jan is incredible!"
Stephanie, Chico
“Jan worked with me throughout my entire second pregnancy. There was a notable difference between my comfort in my first pregnancy and my second. I know it was the acupuncture treatments that made all the difference. ”