
Lamp of Life
illuminated healing
Katherine Chitnis, RN


My
Story
Katherine Chitnis is a multitalented practitioner in the healing arts. She believes that, when it comes to health, positive outcomes are best achieved through a combination of modalities. As a Registered Nurse, she applies her knowledge and experience with physiology and disease with her intuitive skills, creating a plan of care that acts as an excellent addition to medical treatments.
Katherine’s love for therapeutic touch and energy healing runs deep, harkening back to when she would practice treatments on herself, her parents, and the animals on her childhood farm. A student of Yoga for over 20 years, she is an enthusiastic teacher in the Ashtanga Vinyasa lineage of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. In 2012, she learned the practice of Qi Gong under Jeff Primack, and in 2018 she graduated from Krista Shirley’s 200-hour Ashtanga Yoga Apprenticeship. She underwent her Reiki Master training with Katie Martinez, RN, BSN, of Intuitive Reconnections, completing in 2018. During her course of study, she began formally working with clients and utilizing her skills as appropriate in the hospital where she worked. Katherine explored Reiki in the context of sound healing in 2021. In 2024, she expanded her skillset to include Myofascial Release under the guidance of Maria Alfieris, PT. She currently focuses on blending her talents and knowledge to promote the body-mind connection in private sessions and healing events.
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Katherine has greater than 20 years of direct patient care, working in various roles and settings. As a result, she has a strong bedside manner and a keen understanding of life’s various stages. Starting in 2001 as a Certified Nurse Assistant and graduating from Valencia College’s Nursing Program in 2014, she has experience with patients from pediatric to geriatric, from acute to long-term care. Her specialties include Neuroscience and Oncology. She currently serves in Case Management, where she focuses on patient education and care coaching.
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Over the span of her nursing career, Katherine has realized she is medically intuitive. She values helping others by applying her medical knowledge to her intuitive abilities, offering practical solutions and guidance as well as hands-on healing.