About

Healing isn't about fixing something broken or becoming someone new. It's about remembering who you've always been.

Meet Marissa Sasak, the heart behind Dharma Dojo.

Discover the story, the soul, and the mission behind this sanctuary for transformation, spiritual growth, and self-healing.

My Journey

We don’t teach from theory - we teach from experience. From what we’ve lived, practiced, and integrated into our bones. That’s where real wisdom is born.

I’m Marissa Sasak, and my path into healing work wasn’t linear at all - it was a journey filled with many ups and downs, and resulted in deep personal transformation. After years of struggling with anxiety, depression, self-sabotage, and the pull of addiction, I found myself on a journey inward. Through nearly 15 years of self-healing, spiritual exploration, and intuitive development, I learned how to not just survive, but to reclaim my joy, my wholeness, and my purpose.

That journey wasn’t just emotional, it was physical, too. I healed years of chronic low back pain, severe allergies, digestive issues, skin conditions, and intense PMDD - symptoms that were deeply rooted in unresolved trauma and emotional imbalance. Once I began listening to my body as a messenger instead of an enemy, true healing began to unfold.

I also moved through many toxic and karmic relationships that reflected back the parts of me that still needed love. For years, I didn’t know how to choose connection that honored my worth because I hadn’t yet learned to love myself. But through this deep inner work, I came home to myself. And from that place of self-love and sovereignty, I attracted my soulmate and built a relationship grounded in mutual respect, depth, and joy.

This work didn’t just heal my body and my heart, it gave me the courage to change my life.

For years, I worked as a mechanical engineer in the biotech field. It looked great on paper, but quietly drained my soul. All I truly knew was that I was passionate about healing, about helping others reconnect with their power, just as I had. I had no roadmap, just an inner knowing. And through the healing tools I now share, I found the courage to take the leap and build something meaningful. That leap became Dharma Dojo.

I want to be crystal clear: this is an ongoing journey.

I’m always growing. Every new chapter in life brings its own challenges, but the difference now is that they no longer feel as heavy. In fact, many of them feel expansive, even exciting. That’s the gift of this work: when you know how to love and nurture yourself, growth stops feeling like a battle and starts feeling like becoming more you.

And here’s something else I’ve come to believe deeply:

Healing and becoming your true self isn’t rocket science. It’s actually the most natural thing in the world! We just forgot.

Somewhere along the way, we learned to disconnect from ourselves, taught to trust outside voices more than our own, shaped by the limitations of others. But your body, your heart, your spirit - they all remember how to come home. This work is about helping you remember too.

In case you're wondering, I’m an INFJ, a Cancer Sun, and a 4/6 Manifestor in Human Design.
I’ve always been deeply intuitive, able to sense beneath the surface and tune into the energetic truth of things. One of my greatest joys is seeing someone’s potential before they see it themselves, and helping them rise into it. Not with force or urgency, but with presence and gentle nudges.

Clients often tell me how safe they feel in my presence and how soothing my voice is for them.
It’s one of my quiet superpowers: creating a space where people can let down their guard, reconnect with their truth, and experience transformation from a place of softness, not struggle.

Why I Do This Work

I believe that every single person has the power to heal themselves and create a life aligned with their true essence. But most of us were never taught how.

That’s why I’m here. To help you remember.

My passion is helping sensitive, empathic, and soulful people reconnect with their intuition, release old patterns, and step fully into the life they’re meant to live.

Healing is not about fixing at all. It’s about shedding everything that was never you. It's about returning. To your breath. To your power. To your heart.

My Training & Experience

My work is rooted in a unique combination of lived experience, deep study, and soul remembrance. What I guide others through is not just what I’ve learned, it’s what I’ve lived, practiced, and embodied.

Lived Experience & Trauma Healing

Like many people, I carry the imprint of childhood trauma - experiences that made me feel unsafe, unseen, and unworthy. That pain followed me into adulthood, showing up as anxiety, depression, addiction, and a constant need to prove myself.

As a child, I turned to achievement and perfectionism as a way to receive love and feel safe. School became my outlet and my escape - I learned to excel, but I also learned to hide. I disconnected from my body and buried my truth in order to survive.

My healing journey has been about reclaiming my wholeness, not just by soothing the nervous system, but by unlearning the belief that I had to earn love. I had to teach myself how to love the parts of me I once thought were unworthy. That’s the kind of transformation I now hold space for in others.

Formal studies

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, UC San Diego

M.S. in Biomedical Engineering, University of Surrey (UK)

Although my university studies and professional career path seem far away from the world of healing, they shaped me in important ways.

My eight-year career in the biotech field became my first training ground in overcoming imposter syndrome and trusting my own voice. It also helped me build the structure and integrity needed to run a successful, heart-centered business today.

Kundalini Yoga Teacher Certification

In 2014, as a martial artist of 18 years, I found myself in the darkest season of my life. Through therapy and acupuncture, I was encouraged to try Kundalini Yoga - and it completely saved my life.

This was my first journey into spirituality, healing, meditation, and the power of mantra. I immediately went into teacher training and thereafter began teaching regular classes at a studio and later at my place of work. This was a really magical time for me and helped awaken the teacher and healer within me and deepened my ability to guide others.

Energy healing & psychic development

After spending years doing 40, 90, and a 1000 day Kundalini meditations, I knew I wanted to go deeper into healing. It saved my life, but I was still caught in waves of emotional intensity, self-doubt, and addictive cycles.

Just as the pandemic started and I started my business, I dove into classes at a psychic academy and truly learned how to become sovereign in my own energy, body, and voice. I had already taken some Reiki training, but this went so much deeper. It was more than just about being able to read people's futures - it was about my own spiritual growth and remembering who I truly am. This was a game changer for me as an empath.

I always had a passion for cultivating my intuition and now giving readings and healings is one of my most favorite things to do for others. They allow me to help people see their truth, reclaim their power, and align with their soul path.

Somatic Healing & Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)

At some point along my journey, I knew all of the "theory", I knew what was causing my pain, but I learned I couldn't just think myself out of it - I needed to heal on a body level.

This is when I began creating my own somatic practices - intuitive, body-led ways of creating safety and presence for difficult emotions and energetic blocks. Around the same time, EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) re-entered my life.

My mother first introduced me to tapping when I was living in Germany, in the midst of a deep depression. It helped me survive. Years later, EFT returned to me again and again, always exactly when I needed it most.

I now use a deeply intuitive version of EFT that I created to help clients to shift limiting beliefs through the body, rather than just the mind. This work brings lasting, cellular-level change.

A Methodology of Remembrance

Each step of my healing journey helped me develop the methodology I now live and teach - one that soothes the nervous system, regulates emotions, strengthens intuition, and reconnects you to your spirit and your body as your allies.

I no longer try to earn love, chase success, or beg for external validation. I live life on my terms, with deeply embodied self-worth and self-love. I put myself first and I teach others to do the same.

This path wasn’t built from textbooks.
It was built from surviving, unraveling, remembering - and now, sharing.

Dharma is your destiny - your soul's path, your purpose, the reason you're here.

Dojo is a place to experience life your way - a space to learn, to practice, to explore, to grow, to remember who you truly are.

About Dharma Dojo

Dharma Dojo was born from my own healing journey and my devotion to this work - and to the people who feel called to it.

It’s not just a brand or a business. It’s a living sanctuary for transformation, healing, and soul alignment.

Here, sensitive, empathic, and creative beings are invited to feel safe enough to let down their guard, reconnect with their inner truth, and come home to themselves - body, mind, and spirit.

This is not a place to fix yourself. It’s a place to remember that you were never broken. We welcome your shadows and celebrate your light. We honor both the human and the soul.

Whether through retreats, group journeys, membership sessions, or 1:1 healing containers, Dharma Dojo exists to help you awaken:

the power to heal
the inspiration to dream
and the courage to live authentically

At Dharma Dojo, we honor the body as a sacred messenger.

So many people come to this work after doing all the “right” things - therapy, coaching, medication, mindset work - but still feel stuck, anxious, fatigued, or in chronic pain.

What I’ve seen again and again is this:

Chronic symptoms, emotional overwhelm, and cycles that won’t shift are often your body’s way of communicating that something deeper needs your attention.

And it’s rarely just one thing. Healing is multifaceted - physical, emotional, energetic, and spiritual. We don’t separate these parts of you. We slow down. We listen. We create space to hear what your body has been trying to say, so you can finally feel free.

This is a space to reconnect with your intuition, regulate your nervous system, release inherited patterns, and re-align with the life that’s truly meant for you.

At Dharma Dojo, we focus on natural, substance-free healing, but not in a dogmatic way.

This is about tuning into your body, your intuition, and finding the path that’s truly aligned with you. For some, that may include working with substances or therapies in conscious, intentional ways. For others, it’s about coming home to the healing intelligence already within you.

The heart of this work is about rebuilding your trust in yourself.
You are your own healer, we don’t hand you prescriptions or protocols. We help you attune to your inner signals, explore what’s arising with compassion, and choose the healing path that’s right for you.

Dharma Dojo is here to remind you:

You are your own healer.

Your body remembers.

Your soul knows.

You don’t have to do it alone anymore.

My Methodology

There’s no one-size-fits-all path to healing. I don’t follow a rigid system because you are not a rigid being.

My approach is intuitive, integrative, and trauma-informed. It’s rooted in deep presence, energetic sensitivity, and the belief that your body holds the map.

What You Can Expect

In our work together, we may explore:

Nervous system regulation and healthy emotional processing
Energy healing and intuitive guidance
Somatic practices, yoga, breathwork, voice-activation
EFT tapping and belief re-patterning
Visualization, higher-self connection, and psychic tools
Inner child work and subconscious integration
Grounded coaching, spiritual insight, and soul alignment

Each session is a co-creation between you, me, and your higher guidance. You don’t have to come with the right answers - you just have to be willing to show up with honesty and curiosity.

The Foundation

The body is a sacred messenger.

Symptoms, emotions, tension, pain - these are signals, not problems to fix. When we listen with compassion, healing unfolds naturally.

Safety comes first.

You can’t heal in survival mode. I create a space where your nervous system can soften, your heart can open, and your truth can emerge.

You are your own healer.

I’m not here to fix you - I’m here to remind you of your power. The healing doesn’t come from me. It comes from you, remembering who you really are.

Everything is welcome.

Your fear, your doubt, your grief, your joy, your rage, your magic, your dreams. All of it has a place here.

Healing Comes From Within

The work I guide is intuitive, body-based, and rooted in your natural healing intelligence.
It’s not about strict protocols or external fixes - it’s about helping you reconnect with your own inner compass. You’ll learn to listen to your body, trust your energy, and discern what truly supports you - whether that’s stillness, movement, or a bold leap into something new.

This isn’t about doing it “the right way.”
It’s about finding your way and feeling safe enough to follow it.