Meet Dr. Alandi Stec, DC
Chiropractor, Reiki Master, Healing Arts Practitioner
Early Foundations
My path into healing has always been guided by what feels true in my body. I’ve followed that truth through movement, meditation, the natural world—and into the unseen patterns that shape how we feel, function, and live.
I was raised in a home rooted in yogic spirituality. Breathwork, chanting, meditation, and subtle energy weren’t separate from life—they were the pulse of it. That early imprint continues to shape how I understand the nervous system: as intelligent, sacred, and always communicating.
I began my academic studies in Art History, where I learned to see the world through form, pattern, and symbolism. That training still informs how I read the body—attuned to nuance, to texture, to what’s quietly expressing beneath the surface.
Deepening the Practice
I’ve studied classical yoga philosophy and meditation extensively, including a year-long immersion with Christopher Hareesh Wallis, PhD, whose teachings in nondual Shaiva Tantra helped anchor my inner experience in a wider lineage. I’ve also had the privilege of studying with Dr. Monique Andrews, whose integration of neuroscience and somatic healing continues to influence how I work with trauma, regulation, and integration.
In 2018, I began working alongside Dr. Eric Rubin at NorthPoint Chiropractic—a long-held dream that became a reality in 2021 when I officially joined the practice. Dr. Eric has been my most formative teacher in the healing arts—through chiropractic, craniosacral work, Reiki, and intuitive energetics. His mentorship taught me to listen not just through words, but through sensation—to attune to how the nervous system expresses through structure, energy, and emotion. He helped me understand how to perceive and respond to the body’s innate intelligence with precision and reverence.
That same year, I began formally studying Reiki with Dr. Eric, which felt like the final piece of a larger whole. Reiki gave me a deeper understanding of how energy patterns arise within, move through the field of the body, and become expressed in the physical form. It taught me how to work with psychosomatic turbulence—not by pushing, but by creating space for release at the energetic level first.
Sharing the Work
Also in 2018, I began teaching Yoga Nidra—initially online, then in person in 2021, fulfilling another dream. This practice quickly became a rooted part of my offerings in both practice locations. Through the lens of nervous system regulation, Yoga Nidra invites a shift into deep parasympathetic rest, supporting stillness, coherence, and inner clarity. For many—including myself—it feels like an inner chiropractic adjustment: subtle, powerful, and profoundly restorative. Sharing it continues to be one of my deepest joys.
Movement as Medicine
Before stepping into this work professionally, I trained and competed with the Walnut Creek Aquanauts, one of the nation’s top synchronized swimming teams. After retiring, I coached with the club for over a decade. That foundation taught me the language of movement, the somatic imprint of high-level performance, and the intelligence that lives in every cell when we learn to listen.
I hold a Yoga YRT certification, am an avid CrossFitter, and consider myself a lifelong student of embodied intelligence. I live in rhythm with the seasons and follow an earth-based approach to nourishment and care—rooted in simplicity and reverence for the natural world.
Life Beyond the Practice
I find joy in movement that challenges and refines—whether I’m studying mechanics under a barbell or pushing my edges in a hard workout. Outside the studio, I come alive in nature: hiking among big views, backpacking under open skies, cycling winding roads, paddle boarding calm waters, or exploring spiritual sites around the world. I also love live music and the foods of the world—always drawn to beauty, flavor, and depth wherever it lives.
Travel has been one of my greatest teachers. I’ve explored Korea, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia, India, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Poland, Italy, Spain, France, and England—drawn not just to the landscapes, but to the rituals, textures, and cultural rhythms of each place.
How I Practice
At Life Force Chiropractic, I offer care that is gentle, somatic, and attuned. Every session is a quiet collaboration between you, your system, and what is ready to shift. Whether you're seeking regulation, release, or reconnection—this is a space to return to yourself.