Hello, my name is Ivana Bakker and I am an Integrative Health Practitioner. Over the years I’ve become incredibly passionate about natural health and helping people rebalance their body and mind. It all started with me wanting to change my life after going through my very own health journey. The beginning of 2020, I started experiencing daily gut issues, horrible acid reflux, indigestion, acne, anxiety/panic attacks, muscle tension, and numbness. I had never experienced something like this in my life. It’s a scary thing to one day wake up and forget what it feels like to feel like you once did. You take it for granted. I realized that until you experience your own health symptoms you will never truly understand it. During that time I met with doctors that didn’t really have any answers for me. “How did I get here? Why was this happening?” Nothing. I was left in the dark and made to feel that my symptoms were just “normal.” Medications were their only answers. I wanted something more than to just mask my symptoms. There had to be more, right?

I then decided to take matters into my own hands and be my own health advocate and guide. Through researching, I eventually found myself emerged in the practice of natural and integrative health, and slowly started implementing these practices into my daily life. I became obsessed with learning more. It was only through a holistic and integrative health approach that I was able to truly discover the foundational and root cause of my symptoms. I have found so many answers just through functional medicine labs that no other conventional doctor was able to provide me with in the past.

I am forever a changed person because of my experience, and I am so grateful for what I’ve gone through, because without it I would not be where I am today. This journey has quite literally changed my life and perspective, and through it I have found my deepest passion and path in life. To serve others and help to uncover their truest self and well-being. For those of you struggling today, I hear you. I see you. I understand you. I would love to help change your life. I believe true happiness and health comes from achieving a balance of physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. If you are ready to take control of your health and start your journey towards wellness, I would be honored to work with you.