Building Wellness From the Ground Up
In a city where ambition never sleeps, Alana Serfaty is building something softer, steadier, and deeply needed.
As a holistic therapist and founder of Soul Space Holistic Wellness, she supports clients through 1:1 virtual therapy, leads in-person workshops, and is now laying the groundwork for a holistic wellness center in Miami.
Her mission is simple but powerful, to create a space where healing feels accessible, grounded, and rooted in community.
The Vision That Never Left
Alana’s holistic approach didn’t start in Miami, it was shaped through years of working in group practices, witnessing firsthand the limits of traditional therapy.
She always imagined something more integrative, a space where mind, body, and spirit are supported as one.
Back in 2013, she felt the first spark of wanting to open a holistic center.
But it wasn’t until she moved to Miami, a place blooming with wellness culture and expansive energy, that the dream began to take shape again.
She saw the gap immediately, a need for a place where psychotherapy could sit alongside acupuncture, yoga, meditation, massage, and holistic medicine.
A space that doubled as a community hub, coworking space, and venue for healing events.
For Alana, this wasn’t just another business idea.
It was the calling she kept circling back to, the vision God kept returning to her hands.
The Weight of Doing It Alone
The hardest seasons are the ones that test the dream the most.
When Alana transitioned into full-time entrepreneurship, she didn’t have steady income to fall back on.
She knew she couldn’t keep working full-time as a therapist without burning out, so she chose the harder path, the one where she had to build from scratch, alone.
And right in the middle of it all, she started a second business a mobile matcha cart.
It was ambitious. It was overwhelming.
But it was also honest.
Sometimes the next chapter doesn’t show up as stability, it shows up as grit, sacrifice, and the willingness to keep going even when your hands feel full.
She learned to put one foot in front of the other.
To trust that the difficult days were strengthening her capacity.
To remember that every slow moment of growth was preparing her for the wellness center she’s been carrying in her heart for over a decade.
Growing a Vision Without a Net
Right now, Alana’s biggest challenge is reach expanding her community, finding the right people, and doing it all without a team, without a marketer, without someone to hold the other end of the dream.
Growing a business while also trying to meet basic needs isn’t easy.
Scaling when mental health is still viewed as a “luxury” is even harder, especially in a recession.
But she believes deeply in the power of in-person healing, and she knows that once she opens her physical space in Miami, people will feel what she’s been trying to show, that wellness isn’t a luxury, it’s a lifeline.
Her story is a reminder that building something meaningful often starts with years of invisible work, quiet faith, and a vision that keeps returning no matter how heavy life gets.
Choosing the Vision Even When It’s Hard
Alana’s journey reminds us that purpose doesn’t always come with a roadmap.
Sometimes it comes with long waiting seasons, detours that test your resolve, and quiet moments where you choose the dream again and again.
At Reignelle, we honor women like Alana, women who build healing spaces before the world ever sees the blueprint.
Connect with Alana on Instagram @soulspaceholisticwellness.