HOLISTIC WELLNESS

Amelia Island, Florida

OUR TEAM

Dr. Chris Antczak
Licensed Chiropractor Physician, Personal trainer, nutrition consultant, anti-aging and regenerative medicine.

Dr. Chris Antczak who has over 20 years of Chiropractic experience is the owner of Holistic Wellness Center. His passion for Holistic Healthcare is what made this place happen; bringing like minded people together in one community committed to your whole wellness. He specializes in Personal Exercise Education, Natural Hormone Adrenal and Thyroid Balancing through full panel fe/male saliva and blood spot testing for Vitamin D deficiencies and thyroid issues. He provides personalized full body manipulating  for complete wellness. Dr. Chris will have you laughing on the adjustment table, getting a great sweat during your workout and walking out feeling like a new and improved you!

Corey O’Shea
Office Manager, Certified Chiropractic Assistant and Yoga Instructor

Corey Ann O’Shea is our Office manager, Certified Yoga Instructor & Chiropractic Assistant with a degree in health sciences. You can find her and her pups Jasmine & Otto greeting you with a smile when you walk in our front door or teaching yoga out in our beautiful courtyard.
“I remember taking my first yoga class thinking I was crazy for being there because I could hardly touch my toes but at the end of class I knew there was something about breathing and making weird shapes with my body that felt so good! My practice became much more frequent after I got diagnosed with Fibromyalgia and a doctor recommended daily yoga to help with chronic pain, anxiety, depression and other symptoms that I struggle with. I practiced at home and started seeing a chiropractor frequently. When I moved to Austin, TX in 2014 I started practicing every single day at local donation studios and quickly fell so in love with the way yoga made me feel, the community, & the varieties of yoga I was introduced to. I soon after completed a teacher training at Sukha Yoga in Austin and it was one of the best things I ever did. I am currently a 200 hour certified yoga teacher and a forever student always eager to learn. I hope to further my training with Yoga Therapy so that I can help others who struggle with symptoms similar to mine find what feels good in their own body to get relief. I believe that anyone can practice yoga, and everyone should, you just have to find the style that is right for you! Life has been a roller coaster but fortunately has brought me to the exact place I am supposed to be. I am so very excited to be a part of the Holistic Wellness Center team and can’t imagine being anywhere else.” -Corey Ann

Jessi DeBerry
Personal Trainer

Jessi DeBerry is a personal trainer with a Kinesiology degree who specializes in personal training with both adults and children.
“My passion is to empower others to live their healthiest and happiest life! With a background in personal training and group exercise, I earned a bachelor’s degree at the University Louisiana at Monroe in Kinesiology with a concentration in the fitness and sports industry. Being a young mother, I find it important to stay active and healthy, not only for myself but for my son and future children as well. I feel the ultimate goal is to understand that you can love yourself where you are at and still work to be a better you than before. I am excited to be a part of the Holistic Wellness team and am looking forward to helping others achieve their health and fitness goals.” – Jessi

Meilani Pruitt (Mei)
Personal Trainer

Meilani Pruitt earned her degree in Exercise Science and a certificate in nutrition in her hometown of Santa Fe, NM. She is a NASM Certified Personal Trainer and Corrective Exercise Specialist with experience in rehabilitative exercise, Yoga, Pilates, Nia, Zumba, Aqua Zumba, cardio, cycling, track & field, aerobic kickboxing, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, bootcamp, HIIT, and weightlifting.

“I fell in love with Yoga and Pilates when I realized how they were both able to connect my mind to my body and clear my daily worries simultaneously. Soon after I changed my relationship with eating by learning the importance of good nutrition and how making healthy choices not only fueled my body but made me feel good from the inside out. Before I would feel sluggish and guilty after eating, but when I made smarter food choices I would feel vibrant and energized. My health journey became centered around how I felt, rather than how I looked. I was getting excited about getting stronger, not the number on the scale.

I rehabilitated myself with exercise after a high speed collision, and soon after found myself working in a Physical Therapy Clinic, where I learned the importance of postural awareness and correcting muscular imbalances. My coaching philosophy revolves around core strength, balance, proper body alignment, flexibility, functional movement patterns, and guiding muscles through a full range of motion to activate the entire body, because “if you don’t move it, you lose it!” I specialize in meeting clients unique and specific goals. I would love to see you in a class or one on one, but most of all I would love to see you loving yourself! I am so excited to be a part of the integrative approach to health here at the Holistic Wellness Center!” – Mei

Brandon Blevins
Massage Therapist, Personal Trainer, & Nutrition Counselor

Brandon Blevins was trained at the highly reputable Florida School of Massage in Gainesville, FL graduating in 2017. Brandon believes in tailoring a massage to the individual needs of each client by using multiple modalities to get the best results possible.

Brandon is a compassionate and skilled Licensed Massage Therapist as well as a Certified Personal Trainer, who’s life mission is to help individuals achieve optimal health and wellness through a combination of Education, Nutritional Counseling, Bodywork, and Physical and Mental Exercise. Brandon specializes in treating soft tissue injuries and soreness as well as back, knee and hip pain, frozen shoulder, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, and chronic muscle tension patterns.

Brandon is also a certified Thai-Yoga massage Therapist! Only one of two on Amelia island. Thai massage is an ancient eastern medicine focused on opening the natural flow of energy throughout the body that can so often be blocked by the mental or physical stress of our daily routines. Thai massage is performed through a series of stretches that cover the entire body and includes deep-pressure point work to release tension and stimulate the body’s natural flow of Qi (chi). Brandon utilizes a variety of massage techniques to treat soft tissue injuries and nerve entrapped areas which prevent a person from participating in the lifestyle or activities they desire. Interweaving his knowledge of kinesiology, with focused deep tissue, call for motion, stretching and hot and cold therapy, Brandon combines specific deep tissue strokes with active movement and integrates various forms of hydrotherapy in his work.

Brandon loves his work and enjoys working with a motivated clientele that want to expedite their own healing through massage and home care.

Tony Bolt
Personal Trainer

Anthony Bolt is a NASM Certified Personal Trainer. His focus is on building strength and increasing mobility through basic fundamental exercises. By focusing on the four concepts of sleep, nutrition/hydration, stress control, and exercise, he can lead clients to achieve aesthetic, performance, and/or longevity improving goals. With over five years experience as a trainer, he has trained all ages and body types. “With a consistent training plan and proper lifestyle changes, any goal can be achieved with patience and consistency.”

Austin Tchikatilov
Personal Trainer, Board Certified Holistic Nutritionist

Austin is currently attending UNF while pursuing a degree in psychology and aspires to attend chiropractic school. Austin has been a competitive athlete his entire life and was a heavily recruited basketball player out of high school while living in New Jersey. He decided to pursue college basketball but soon realized that he felt called to a different path. Since he moved to Florida and entered the fitness industry, Austin has attained multiple certifications: Certified Personal Trainer (ACE), Fitness Nutrition Specialist (ACE), Pain-Free Performance Specialist (NSCA), Functional Movement Specialist (FMS-L1), and Board Certified in Holistic Nutrition.

Austin has extensive experience in various modalities of training but specializes in functional strength training and energy system development. Austin takes a holistic approach when working with clients and firmly believes that permanent lifestyle changes can only occur when the mind, body, and spirit are in alignment. He feels blessed to be able to work with incredible, like-minded individuals and hopes to help guide people on their various fitness and life journeys!

Stephanie Newberry
Founder and Instructor of Aquagym Fitness

Stephanie Newberry is the founder and instructor of Aquagym Fitness. She holds classes here in our salt water pool weekly.

Cathy Cowell
Massage Therapist

Cathy Cowell has been licensed since  2000. Her passion for health and wellness led her into the career of massage therapy. She enjoys helping clients achieve optimum health and brings a mind-body awareness to the client. She will assess the issues of the client and will use her years of experience along with her intuition to help relieve the tension and pain.

Listening to the client, she will approach each session with the client’s preferred pressure and use the different modalities of massage she has learned over the years. The modalities she will employ in her sessions vary from Swedish massage, trigger point therapy, acupressure,
myofascial release, stretching, cupping and manual lymphatic drainage. She is a firm believer in the power of therapeutic touch and likes to help the client become more aware of what they can do at home (or work) to continue on their journey of well being.

Cathy is licensed in both TN and FL. She just relocated here with her husband Joe and their three rescued dogs. She likes to spend her time doing photography with Joe, walking the dogs, doing yoga, water aerobics, strength training, and bike riding.