Welcome.
My name is Chandra Zas.

Somatic Coach · Author · Guide

My personal and professional mission is to help raise our collective consciousness through personal growth. That's why I have my coaching practice, and it's why I birthed the Handbook for Human Potential into the world.

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Chandra Zas, somatic coach and author

A short welcome video from Chandra Zas

Who is Chandra Zas

I'm a small-town girl who went searching the world for the feeling of home within my own bones. I grew up in the Sierra foothills, and in my early twenties I set out to travel, chasing that sense of home inside my body, my heart, my being.

That search became my life's work. I'm wired to hold big, hard emotions with compassion and acceptance, and I've spent thousands of hours in therapy, in retreats and workshops, and in my own healing, learning to stay steady through the roller coaster of personal and collective transformation. It's what lets me zoom out, see the pattern beneath the struggle, and ask the honest, open questions that lead you home to your own inner wisdom and body-knowing.

My searching led me here, to the work I love most: helping people heal, grow, and transform.

Chandra Zas with her daughter
Chandra Zas with her family
Chandra Zas and her partner

I'm most complimented for my parenting. And… I'm far from perfect. I have plenty of my own struggles that I'm still healing and growing through.

My Mission

I believe we are at a pivotal moment in human consciousness. Every one of us who can help move the needle, for our own growth and for our collective evolution, matters now more than ever. That is the difference I am here to make.

The Adventure of Awareness

Awareness is the first step. Love is the next.

Meet what you find in yourself with compassion instead of shame, and change from there, because change made with love is the kind that lasts.

Where to Go Next

Two doorways in

Coaching · Education · Parenting

Zen Odyssey

My home for working together: somatic coaching, the Mood Before Food method, and parenting support for those ready to move from patterns to presence. Join the Zen Odyssey Studio to grow with recorded content, on your own time.

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Chandra Zas leading a Zen Odyssey somatic embodiment session
Handbook for Human Potential, compiled and edited by Chandra Zas
An accessible guide to personal growth

Handbook for Human Potential

I'm the Book Momma, the compiler and editor, and the author of two chapters. Foreword by Jeffrey J. Kripal, with 18 healers, doctors, and guides gathered into one accessible map for personal growth.

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Coming Soon

Books on the way

01

A physical recipe book

My recipes, gathered into print, to hold in your hands while you cook in your kitchen.

02

Guided coaching journals

The journals my clients use, transformative on their own, even if we never work together.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

Who is Chandra Zas?

Chandra Zas is a somatic coach, author, and the Book Momma of the Handbook for Human Potential. She helps people heal, grow, and transform, moving from inherited patterns to presence through somatic coaching, the Mood Before Food method, and nervous-system work. Based in Reno, Nevada, she works with clients through Zen Odyssey.

What is a somatic coach?

A somatic coach helps you work with the body, not only the mind. Rather than trying to think your way out of stress, cravings, or reactive patterns, somatic coaching helps you regulate your nervous system and listen to your body's signals, so lasting change becomes possible.

How can I work with Chandra Zas?

You can book a call with Chandra and explore her coaching, courses, and the Zen Odyssey Studio at zenodyssey.com. You can also read her work in the Handbook for Human Potential.

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