Experience
Formal Education
1988 Bachelor of Science / Physical Therapy, University of South Alabama
1993 Certificate/ Teacher of English as a Foreign Language, International House, Barcelona, Spain
2008 Certificate/ Permaculture Design/ Nature Awareness, Regenerative Design Institute, Bolinas, CA
2008 Certificate/ Ecological Horticulture, UCSC Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems
2022 Fully Certified Gupta Program Coach
Formative Continuing Education
The McKenzie Institute – Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy for the Lumbar, Thoracic and Cervical Spine.
Janet Travell, MD - Management of Myofascial Trigger Point Pain and Dysfunction (I studied with Dr Travell in the 90s when she was in her 90s)
Upledger/Barral Institute- Muscle Energy Technique for the Spine. Craniosacral Therapy (5 levels including, Somato-Emotional Release, Pediatric Craniosacral Therapy); Visceral Manipulation (6 levels)
Julie Motz- Prenatal and Birth Trauma
Ray Castellino- Prenatal and Birth Process Weeklong Workshop
The Milne Institute – Visionary Craniosacral Work (2 levels)
David Berceli - Trauma Awareness and Recovery - Trauma Releasing Exercises training
Educational Kinesiology - Brain Gym 101
Staying Aligned with Pilates – Karyn Staples, PT, Advanced Pilates Teacher
Treating Trauma Master Series - National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine
Associative Awareness Technique - Level 1 Certificate
Level 3 Certification - Gupta Program Neuroplasticity Coach
Professionally informative life experiences
3 time Big Sur Marathon Finisher
Soto Zen meditation practitioner 1996- present; student of Sobun Katherine Thanas and Tenshin Roshi Reb Anderson
Green Gulch Zen Center Fall Practice Period 2004
Yoga practitioner since 1994
Intuitive Tools Development training – Judith Pynn
Co-developed and designed (with Ann Frost PT) the Neck Book and Neck Class and developed and taught bi weekly Trauma Releasing Exercises classes at Santa Cruz Medical Clinic Outpatient Physical Therapy office (now PAMF)
Week long Feldenkrais Summer camp with Larry Goldfarb
Many series of Feldenkrais - Awareness through Movement - classes with Suzie Lundgren
Continuum Movement Weekend workshops and weekly classes 2001-2003 with Beth Pettengil Riley
Non-violent Communication Classes 2002, Workshops with developer Marshall Rosenberg, 2003/2005
Developed and organized pilot study of Trauma Releasing Exercises 2004-2005 with collaboration of David Berceli, founder, Eileen Zurbriggen, PhD UCSC, Robert Mueller, MD.
Years of African Inspired Dance classes with Debbie Nargi-Brown
Presenter of Trauma Releasing Exercises at Alliance for Transforming the Lives of Children conference 2004
Spacial Dynamics one day (transformative) workshop with developer Jamien McMillan
Gupta Amygdala Retraining Program
Weekly Bay Area Practice Group for students of Thomas Hubl - Academy of Inner Science - practicing Transparent Communication 2021 - present
Green Gulch Zen Center Fall Practice Period 2022
Tassajara Zen Mountain Center Winter Practice Period 2023
Green Gulch Farm/Zen Center Resident : Kitchen Apprenticeship 2023, Guest Student Manager and Attendant to Senior Dharma Teacher 2023/2024
One on one explorations of various body/movement modalities including - Shen Therapy, Hellerwork, Rolfing/Structural Integration, Gestalt, Somatic Experiencing, Feldenkrais, Reflexology, Rosen Bodywork, Integrated Awareness, Acupuncture/Oriental Medicine, Pilates, Internal Family Systems approach, Primal Reflex Release Technique, Faster EFT, Trager, Sound Healing, HeartMath