About Us

Dr. Heather M. Skeens, MD, CFMP

Dr. Heather Skeens is a Fellowship-trained, Board-certified Ophthalmologist (eye surgeon), and Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner. She is the Founder of the West Virginia Cornea and Cataract Center of Excellence in Charleston, West Virginia, as well as Almost Heaven Yoga and Sauna Services, based in Summersville, WV.

Dr. Skeens specializes in state of the art cataract surgery and cornea transplants. She discovered functional medicine through her personal struggles with autoimmune disease, as well as while providing end-of-life care for a family member with a rare form of cancer known as sarcoma.

As she was provided with only traditional allopathic medical options for her health, as well as for the care of her family member, she was increasingly dissatisfied with the lack of exploration into why a sickness develops in the first place. It was through these struggles and frustrations that she learned of functional medicine. Her studies in this most scientific based area of medicine, allowed her the knowledge to seek out the treatment of root illness cause, and reverse her own multitude of daily signs and symptoms. Dr. Skeens is a daily practitioner of yoga for eight years. She has taken yoga classes at some of the most prestigious yoga centers throughout the United States, which include Vinyasa, Ashtanga, and Bikram style yoga, among others. She has studied meditation with one of the world’s foremost experts in the discipline. She is a second-degree black belt of the Korean Taekwondo Association, and studies under the direction of Grandmaster Sok Ho Kang of South Charleston, WV. Dr. Skeens is Board eligible for the Diplomate exam in Clinical Nutrition.

Dr. Skeens is proud to bring to others the treatments that she has used to reverse her autoimmune disease. The use of an infrared sauna, yoga, meditation, diet and nutrition, along with mineral and vitamin supplementation. She, along with sister, Kellie Blake, of Nutrisense Nutrition Consulting, operate a functional medicine based practice in South Charleston, WV.

Gregory M. Skeens, RYT

Gina K. Skeens

Gregory Skeens is a native resident of West Virginia. He is the operations manager and certified yoga instructor for Almost Heaven Yoga and Sauna Services, LLC. Originally from Williamson, Greg and his wife Gina have owned a home in Summersville since 2006. He is graduate of West Virginia University, where he received a Bachelor's Degree in Physical Education. He attended graduate school at WVU and Marshall University in Education, and received a Master's Degree in Criminal Justice from Kennedy Western University. He was the first elementary school physical education teacher in Mingo County, the first Director of Parks and Recreation for Mingo County, and the first Administrative Assistant to the Mingo County Commission. He moved to Texas for work in 1981, but was always trying to work his way back to West Virginia.

Greg worked for a fortune 1,000 company and has extensive experience in the management of multiple locations. He managed a regional office workforce of 15 employees, more than 1,000 regional employees, and an annual budget of over 250 million dollars. After 23 years of service, he finished his career as the Regional Vice President for The GEO Group, Inc., in Charlotte, North Carolina.

After living in Texas, Florida and North Carolina he retired in 2009, and was able to return to the "mountains and people I love,” and has lived in Summersville since then.
Greg was diagnosed with Head and Neck Cancer in 2013 and underwent surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy at the Cleveland Clinic. This treatment caused many changes in his body, and for several years caused him to suffered from insomnia, anxiety, mild depression and limited mobility in his neck, right shoulder and arm.
Previously a skeptic of yoga and meditation, at the urging of his daughters, he began practicing the arts in 2019. He describes the experience as "life changing,” and wants to share that experience by bring the practice of yoga and meditation to others. Greg is currently completing his formal training as a registered yoga teacher. His background in physical education makes this discipline a natural for him.

"Since practicing yoga and meditation daily, I recovered the mobility in my neck, shoulder and arm, and am doing very well mentally and emotionally. I want to share my journey with the people of Summersville and surrounding communities.”

Greg has been married to his wife Gina for 35 years, and has two daughters.

Kellie Blake RDN, LD, IFNCP

Kellie Blake RDN, LD, IFNCP is a registered dietitian specializing in functional nutrition. She graduated from the University of Kentucky in 2001 and is licensed to practice dietetics in West Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky. In addition to her work as both a psychiatric and hospice dietitian, Kellie co-owns a private practice, NutriSense Nutrition Consulting, LLC.

In her private practice, Kellie assists her clients in determining the root causes of disease symptoms and uses a functional nutrition approach to help clients regain their health and quality of life. Kellie is also a health and nutrition writer and currently serves on the Editorial Board of Integrative Practitioner where she contributes monthly articles featuring her client case studies.

She is a mentor in the Dietitians in Integrative and Functional Medicine practice group and was named a Top Ten Dietitian by Today’s Dietitian magazine in 2015. After a 20-year battle with autoimmune disease, Kellie was introduced to functional medicine and nutrition and has been able to successfully reverse her own autoimmune disease symptoms using this life-saving information. Kellie is passionate about sharing the food as medicine message, but also practices daily yoga and meditation, and utilizes targeted nutritional supplements to sustain her excellent quality of life.

Kellie maintains a healthy living blog at nutrisensenutrition.com and shares her favorite recipes on Instagram @nutrisensenutrition

Taylor Graham

Taylor Graham has been practicing yoga since 2015. She came to her practice looking for ways to manage and decrease stress and anxiety while studying law at WVU.

She completed her first 200 hour teacher training in 2018 and began teaching weekly vinyasa and beginners yoga classes in Greeley, Colorado. She completed a 200 hour therapeutic yoga teacher training in February 2020 in Loveland, CO. In June, she moved back to West Virginia to be closer to family and is excited to be settling in Summersville.

Taylor is passionate about sharing the healing capabilities of yoga and making yoga feel accessible and available to all bodies. Taylor brings a heart-centered focused to every class and a sense of humor to all aspects of life.