Education & Trainings
Certifications:
California Certified Massage Therapist, 2013
Certification # 50844
Esalen Massage Practitioner, 2013
Soul Motion Teacher Certification, 2015
DanceAbility Teacher Certification 2019
Extended Student Program Esalen Institute
Certification in Leadership and Manual Therapy/Somatic Studies
Completed: 2014 (1200+ hrs. of studies)
University of California, Santa Barbara
BA Degree, Art (emphasis in photography and digital media)
BA Degree, Sociology
Graduation: June 2005
Massage Education:
Opening the Chest and Freeing the Breath
with Perry and Johanna Holloman - Oct 29-Nov 3, 2023
Assisted Essentials of Esalen Massage (Weekend workshop at Mckinnon)
with Char Pias and Jessica Fagan - 2019
Healing the Back Shoulders and Hips Esalen Deep Bodywork:
with Rob Wilks and Paul Paul Wehrman – December 21-January 19, 2014
Beyond the Long Stroke: The Integration of Deep Bodywork
with Perry and Johanna Holloman - June 9-14, 2013
The Healing Art of Deep Bodywork Mastery Class:
Working with Difficult Cases with Perry and Johanna Holloman - April 28-May 3, 2013
The User’s Guide to the Human Body
with Tom Myers - February 17-March 17, 2013
Deep Bodywork and Subtle Sensing
with Perry and Johanna Holloman with Eric Moya – February 1-8, 2013
Spiritual Massage: Light Body Infusion
with Maria Lucia Bittencourt Sauer - January 20-February 17, 2013
Streams of Energy (Shiatsu)
with Jim Gallas - August 5-September 2, 2012
Presence of Touch: Cranial Sacral
with Suzanne Scurlock-Durana - July 20-27, 2012
Your Life Cannot Be Any Easier Than Your Movement: Introduction to Cortical Field Re-Education
with Sybil Krauter, Ellen Kindle and Melissa Krikorian - July 1-6, 2012
28-Day Esalen Massage Practitioner Certification Training
with Daniela Urbassek, Oliver Bailey and Peggy Horan - February 24-March 23, 2012
Liberation Education:
Turtle Tank an Incubator for Radical Love and Freedom~
with Samia Abou-Samra and Ije Ude - 2017-Present
Co-Facilitator for Holistic Resistance - Disrupting our whiteness
with Dylan Wilder Quinn and Jennie Pearl - 2021/22
Holistic Resistance - Disrupting our whiteness 4 month program
with Dylan Wilder Quinn and Jennie Pearl - 2020
Seeing the Racial Waters
with Robin DiAngelo and Ken Hardy - 2019
For the Culture Trans/GNC/NB/2S/I + Healers retreat
February 2019
Queer Yes! Jam - 2017/18
Seeing the Racial Waters - 2018
with Robin DiAngelo - 2018
Practicing Justice
with rev angel Kyodo williams - July 2017
Process Work: Looking deeper at White Privilege
with Lane Arye - 2017
Women Identified, Trans, Gender non-conforming - Meditation
with Arinna Wiseman - 2016/18
Sacred Alchemy for Leaders
with Z Griss - 2014
Queer Grief Ritual - 2016
White Awake: 5 month series
with Rochelle Towers and Lois - 2015
Interplay: Art and Social Change for Millennials - 2015
Dance Related Education:
DanceAbility Teacher Training Month long summer Intensive
August 2019
Axis Dance Company Summer Teaching Intensive
August 2018
Soul Motion Teacher Training
with Vinn Martí, Michael Molin-Skelton and Zuza Engler - 2014/15
5 Rhythms and 4 Foundations of Mindfulness
with Lucia Horan and Noah Levine - January 10-12, 2014
Soul Motion: Taking Refuge
with Zuza and Scott Engler -August 18-23, 2013
Ancient Memories: A Continuum Journey into Our Human Origins
with Emily Conrad- July 14-21, 2013
Shall We Dance: Salsa, Tango and Family Constellations
with John Harris- March 31-April 5, 2013
Spirtweaves Emerge: Come into Being through Evolution
with Michael Molin-Skelton and Anneli Molin-Skelton -
March 17-22, 2013
Soul Motion: Begin Again
with Vinn Arjuna Marti - February 24-March 1, 2013
Soul Motion: Alone, Together
with Vinn Arjuna Marti - February 22-24, 2013
Soul Motion: The Dance of the Master
with Vinn Arjuna Marti - November 16-18, 2012
The Brazilian Soul: Dance and Drumming
with Cida Viera and Jayson Fann - June 15-17, 2012
Hip Hop Dance: Moving the Spirit through Rhythm and Creativity
with Amy Campion - May 25-27, 2012
Other Relevant Education:
Assisted Embodied Relationships: Gestalt Awareness Practice
with Michael Clemmens - June 9-July 7, 2013
Sharing Your Life Story: Improvisational and Writing
with Anne Randolph - May 12-June 9, 2013
THE MAX: Expanding the Limits of Your Self-Expression
with Paula Shaw - November 18-23, 2012
Embodied Relationships: Gestalt Awareness Practice
with Michael Clemmens - September 2-30, 2012
Gestalt Awareness Practice - Visiting Teacher Intensive
with Christine Price - July 1-6, 2012
The Transformative Power of Emotion
with Dorothy Charles - March 18-April 15, 2012
Scent and Fragrance free
I am allergic to natural and chemical scents, including but not limited to perfumes and cologne, laundry detergent, essential oils and shampoos. I ask folks to please come in as fragrant/scent free as possible to your session.