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Our Team
Sevā Seeds was founded by a team of holistic wellness practitioners dedicated to bringing wellness to people from all walks of life, with a special focus on those disadvantaged by their circumstances. Our passionate team members offer their time and energy in service of this cause.
Council of Elders
(Board of Directors)
In many traditions, "elders" are recognized not by age alone, but lived experiences. Elders are entrusted with wisdom, long-term vision, and the responsibility to protect the well-being of future generations.
We honor this lineage through our Council of Elders which serves as the Board of Directors*.
May Che, C-IAYT
Founder and Elder Member (Board Member)
President and Executive Director
I am a certified yoga therapist of over 15 years and the heart behind Sevā Seeds Collective, as well as founder of Gaia Villa Retreats and re:YOGA Therapy + Wellness. My professional path was shaped by personal experiences of overcoming chronic health challenges rooted in my upbringing marked by financial hardship, familial dysfunction, and transgenerational trauma.
Seeking healing, I spent two years immersing in studying and teaching internationally. I have offered yoga therapy and integrative wellness practices in settings ranging from private practice to rehabilitation centers, health conferences, corporate seminars, and community nonprofits. I believe holistic wellness should be made available to those of all walks of life and I am dedicated to making it accessible, especially for underserved youth.
Tobi Fishel, PhD
Elder Member (Board Director)
Program Director
I am an integrative clinical and health psychologist, serving as GME Director of Residency Wellness at USC/LA General. Previously, I co-founded the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Vanderbilt and co-developed its Distressed Physician Course, blending emotional intelligence, narrative medicine, and mindfulness. I have also taught trauma psychotherapy at USC.
With my husband, Dr. Marc Weigensberg, I lead sacred nature journeys that foster healing and wholeness. My practice weaves self-compassion, mindfulness, creative arts, movement, spirituality, and community, guided by values of authenticity, safety, and connection—supporting others in awakening to the innate gifts of their own soul.
With over 35 years as a pediatric endocrinologist, I learned early that chronic illness extends beyond the physical, touching mind, heart, and spirit. For more than 25 years, I have also cared for foster youth, incarcerated youth, and other at-risk young people, whose needs revealed the limits of strictly allopathic medicine.
This led me to become a certified Interactive Guided Imagery℠ practitioner and to integrate narrative medicine, storytelling, council, poetry, music, ritual, and ceremony into my work. For over three decades, I have also led nature-based retreats, supporting children, adolescents, and adults in discovering inner strength, ancestral wisdom, and pathways to true healing.
Marc Weigensberg, MD
Elder Member (Board Director)
Program Director
* The Council of Elders is the wisdom body of Sevā Seeds and serves as the organization’s Board of Directors, holding fiduciary responsibility and stewardship of the mission as defined under California nonprofit law.