Welcome, and thank you for arriving here today.

My name is Ana Gak.

I am a transformational coach, guide, and soul alchemist.

For more than a decade, I have walked the crossroads of science and soul—holding space for nearly a thousand individuals to make the unconscious conscious, embrace the polarities within, and live in deeper alignment with their true north.

I have always felt called to understand the unseen forces that shape our lives—the stories we inherit, the patterns we unconsciously repeat, and the quiet wisdom that lives in the body and soul.

At Alchemy of Polarity, I weave together behavioral science and positive psychology with astrology and energetics to create a unique path of transformational coaching.

I officially initiated this offering into service in early 2020, but my metamorphosis journey began long before—in 2011, when I moved to the jungles of North Shore, Maui, Hawai’i. This marked the beginning of what I refer to as my initiation into “Spirit School.”

The slopes of the Haleakalā volcano were my home-base until 2021, during which time I journeyed across the world and back again three times before finally relocating to my ancestral roots in Serbia.

Born and raised in New York City to immigrant parents, I grew up straddling languages, cultures, and the Atlantic Ocean.

I earned my Bachelor’s of Science in Journalism from Boston University and went on to teach English on the Central Pacific Coast of Costa Rica with TEFL International.

In 2013, I sat 20 days of silent meditation in Vipassana centers in Sonoma County, California, and Bogotá, Colombia.

In 2014, I completed my RYT-200 Akhanda Yoga training with Yogrishi Vishvketu at Anand Prakash Ashram in Rishikesh, India.

Astrology and energetics have been foundational to my own shadow integration journey.

I have studied astrology for nearly two decades, learning from master teachers including Kay Taylor, Steven Forrest, Pati Carlson, and Molly McCord.

My curiosity for indigenous rituals and ancestral traditions sparked while living with the Boruca tribe in Costa Rica in 2009, eventually leading me to complete a Master’s of Science in Visual Anthropology and Sociology at Freie Universitaet Berlin in 2018.

Throughout my journey, I have been fortunate to participate in numerous plant and entheogenic medicine ceremonies in Hawai’i and Mexico, as well as discover the heart-opening magic of cacao while volunteering at a horse farm in the Andean cloud forest of Ecuador.

Working with the spirit of cacao remains a living part of my practice, grounding, softening, and connecting me with community and soul.

My professional training in coaching was completed with Wellcoaches, earning certification as an ICF-certified Health and Wellness Coach in 2020.

Many dark nights of the soul, personal (r)evolutions, and integration of life’s teachings brought me to my professional home within the mental health and wellness community.

For three and a half years, I worked as a Mental Health Coach for a leading online behavioral health company, offering blended-care coaching to employees of companies including Facebook, Pinterest, Starbucks, eBay, Morgan Stanley, Lululemon, and Zoom.

With over 4,000 client sessions and a 97% client improvement rate across clinical measures (GAD-7, PHQ-9, PSS), I offer a foundation rooted in evidence-based practices—Cognitive Behavioral Coaching (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Techniques (ACT), and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)—woven together with the wisdom of soul-centered systems such as Evolutionary Astrology, Human Design, and Energetic Alchemy.

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My Mission

My work is devoted to helping you make the unconscious conscious, alchemize the polarities within, and step into embodied, soul-aligned living.

Through a personal journey of soul reclamation, I discovered that alchemy—the transformational union of shadow and light—is the gateway to personal power, creative energy, and the manifestation of dreams.

I am here to share my path, and to hold a flame for you as you navigate your own.

Together, we reflect one another’s light—and help uncover the wounds that call for compassionate attention and healing.

As Ram Dass so beautifully reminds us,

“We are all just walking each other home.”

I believe healing is not about becoming someone else—it is about remembering the vastness you already are.

Through our work together, I will guide you to:

• Meet the hidden parts of yourself with compassion.

• Move beyond either/or thinking into wholeness.

• Embody the fullness of your own becoming.

You are not here to live small.

You are here to live the paradox, the poetry, and the possibility of your unique path.

When you are ready, I am here to walk beside you.