Our Team

Alysia Makhani (she/her/hers), MSN, MPH, RN, Founder of FLor Verde Healing

Alysia identifies as a first-generation South-Asian American woman, lifelong yoga practitioner, and student. Her current work focuses on improving marginalized communities' mental and physical health through decolonized yoga, meditation, mindfulness, and plant medicine through individual and group sessions.

Alysia has worked in the healthcare industry as a nurse for over 15 years with experience in pediatrics, public health, home care, case management, gender-affirming care, adolescent health, holistic wellness, and cannabis education. Throughout her career, Alysia has been committed to integrating concepts of social justice and social determinants of health in her work.

Her teaching style is influenced by Viniyoga (yoga therapy), Sivananda, and Buddhism. She believes that yoga and wellness practices should be accessible to all, regardless of age, body type, race, gender, sexuality, caste, economic, and social status.

Farooq Alihassan (he/him/his), MA, LPC, NCC

Farooq identifies as a first-generation, South Asian Person of Color. Farooq’s work as a therapist draws heavily from Liberation-Based Psychology, Anti-oppression work, & social justice.

His training as a therapist was done at the Institute for Family Services which pioneered a Liberation Based, Transformational Family Therapy, which translates social justice values and multicultural theory into a therapeutic model. He has a strong focus on family of origin and processing generational trauma.