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.

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

Green Gulch Zen Center Fall Practice Period 2022

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.