Our Staff

Email wellness@wm.edu or call 757-221-6435 with questions about therapeutic modalities at W&M.

Acupuncturist

Dr. Haunani Chong Drake

Dr. Haunani Chong Drake, [houW-nuh-nee] is a Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine, a Licensed Acupuncturist trained at the highest level in the U.S., an international Yoga and Ayurveda educator, facilitator, and mentor, and connector by nature who has served her local, national, and international communities with holistic body, mind, heart, and spirit wellness for over 20 years.

Haunani is a proud mixed-Asian American raised in a Hawaiian community as a cultural practitioner, a mom of two, and a globe-trotting military spouse to an active-duty Marine Corps Infantry Officer. As a clinician who is also involved with her state and national Acupuncture organizations, she is passionate about health equity, supporting underrepresented voices, rebelling against diet culture, and creating a model of dignity-centered medicine. She loves being out in nature, surfing, a soul-stirring bowl of ramen, and laughing with friends.

Haunani holds a B.A. in Sociology with honors from Whitman College (2002), a M.S. in Traditional Oriental Medicine from PCHS (2011), and completed her clinical Doctorate in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine from PCHS (2023). She received her NCCAOM Diplomate of Oriental Medicine in 2011 and is board-licensed in Virginia, Michigan, and California.

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Massage Therapists

Therapeutic massage services are provided by professionally trained, Nationally Certified Therapists who are licensed through the Virginia Board of Nursing.

Kay Hamlin

Kay Hamlin first learned healing arts from her grandmother and was professionally trained in Virginia Beach. With 13 years of experience, Kay has provided over 5,000 massages. Specializing in helping people feel better through touch, she is trained in Swedish, acupressure, reflexology, craniosacral, and hydrotherapy techniques.

Kay is passionate about self-care, a resource connector, and a mentor for those interested in the benefits of massage therapy. Kay is also the founder of Massage Medic, an organization that makes massage therapy available to those with financial barriers in Richmond, VA. Her interests in healing include herbology, ecotherapy, and breathwork. She resides in Richmond, VA with her husband and loves reading, cooking, and volunteering.
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Grace Anderson

Grace has been a certified massage therapist since 2000, offering modalities such as Swedish, Tui-Na, deep tissue, and prenatal massage. She served as a massage therapy instructor at American Spirit Institute and is a Registered Nurse in the Student Health Center. Grace provides individual Therapeutic Massage sessions, FitWell Pop-ups, and FitWell Series at the McLeod Tyler Wellness Center.

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Martha Rouleau

Martha Rouleau was a committed public school science educator and assistant principal in Connecticut for over 31 years as a science and math teacher, department chair, and middle school Assistant Principal before relocating to Virginia in 2018. Trained initially as a marine biologist, Martha’s love of science drew her to explore the field of mindfulness in 2007. Martha holds multiple certifications in both mindfulness and yoga, including Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Qualified Teacher, 200-hour yoga instructor, Wellcoaches Certified Health and Well-Being Coach through The National Board for Health and Wellness, and a certified Mindful Grieving Facilitator through the Center for Somatic Grieving.

Currently, Martha serves as an Adjunct Lecturer for Mindfulness Meditation at William & Mary and previously held a similar position at the University of Virginia School of Education and Human Development until 2024. Additionally, she offers support for students, staff, and faculty with resiliency building through varied mindfulness programs. Martha serves as a Well-Being Trainer with the organization Mindful Life-XT/Third Horizon Strategies.

Martha’s passion is to support others through mind/body awareness as they cultivate skills and tools to live a more authentic life with enhanced wellbeing, compassion, and connection to self, others, and life. Above all else, Martha believes in everyone’s innate capacity to tap into their inner compass, with awareness and compassion, as they navigate with focus, clarity, and presence.

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Yoga Therapist

Patti DeBlass

Patti is an E-RYT 200, RYT 500, C-IAYT yoga instructor and certified personal trainer with specialty training in Yoga for Seniors from Duke Integrative Medicine, Yin Yoga, PTSD-Traumatic Stress and Therapeutic Yoga, and functional movement patterns.

She obtained her Yoga Therapy Certification (an 800-hour course) from Inner Peace Yoga Therapy in Durango, Colorado, under the direction of Michele Lawrence. Her emphasis is on movement patterns, chronic pain, cancer, depression/anxiety, addiction, and grief. Patti is certified in Functional Yoga Therapy, and her training and teaching exceed 8,000 hours. She enjoys the challenge of creating group classes to suit her individual students’ needs physically, medically, and spiritually, as she is always utilizing the yogic principles to empower individuals to progress toward improved health and wellbeing so that they might find their personal flourishing.

Patti is the co-director of Shanti Garudasana Yoga School, teaching the next generation of yoga educators, and an Adjunct Professor at William & Mary, teaching Sound Wellness and Yoga.

Patti and her husband, Dave, are the founders of Blooms That Brighten, Inc., a Williamsburg nonprofit dedicated to donating fresh flowers to continuing care facilities. When not practicing, teaching, or attending workshops for yoga, she enjoys any time spent outdoors and on her farm, especially with her husband, two daughters, and their dogs.

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