about us
The Women
Behind Amanaia
Denny Cohen Ashkenazi
Founder & Visionary
Denny Cohen Ashkenazi is a master NLP coach, clinical hypnotherapist, and consciousness guide with over two decades of experience transforming lives from the inside out. She is the founder of N.O.W. NLP Academy LA and the creator of TheMinDesign™ — a framework that bridges subconscious reprogramming, somatic intelligence, and sacred ceremony.
Denny's path into this work began with her son Roy, who was born with Cerebral Palsy. Faced with a diagnosis that left conventional medicine with few answers, she turned inward — exploring the deepest layers of healing, consciousness, and the body's innate intelligence. What emerged was not just a personal breakthrough, but a life's calling.
She founded N.O.W. in 2005 and opened her NLP certification school in 2007, training hundreds of coaches and guides across the world. She is also the owner and land steward of the Amanaia House — a private 8-acre vortex sanctuary on sacred Hopi land in Sedona, Arizona, where she holds the retreats and immersive experiences that have become the heart of the Amanaia offering.
Denny's work is not about fixing what is broken — it is about remembering what was always whole. She holds space with fierce tenderness, clinical precision, and a deep reverence for the human spirit.
Chana Zilberberg
Executive Director
Chana Zilberberg is the visionary behind The Amanaia Path — an experience-driven journey designed to bring people together, awaken connection, and guide individuals into deeper transformation.
She is the creative force and integrator behind every gathering — curating, designing, and bringing to life each experience with intention and care. With a natural gift for connection, she weaves together people, energy, and environment to create spaces that feel both elevated and deeply human.
Blending her background in NLP, somatic work, and conscious living, Chana ensures that every experience is not just an event, but a meaningful step along the journey. Each gathering is thoughtfully designed to offer a taste of something deeper — leading into immersive retreats in Sedona, where the path fully opens.
Through her leadership, Chana is building a growing community rooted in connection, expansion, and shared experience — where people don't just attend… they belong.