From a young age, I've had the gift of touch. I remember when I was 12 years old, I used to massage my Mother’s head. In college, my dorm mates would ask for back rubs. In 1969 when my sister became a professional masseuse, I began massaging my children. I remember massaging the hands of a friend who was so pleased that he asked me to massage his whole body. That’s when I decided to become a professional mind-body worker. I've been offering healing mind-body work ever since.
Massage has played a large part in my own journey of healing as well. I transformed the neck and back pain I had as a child. Now I can enjoy pleasurable movement, and teach others to find the same pleasure, comfort, ease and curiosity in themselves.
I have learned various ways to work with the body and support its wisdom, and these are part of the healing work and teachings I share with clients.
My Health Journey
Throughout my life, I've struggled, as we all do, with physical, emotional and mental challenges. The roots of many of these challenges, including my neck pain and scoliosis were due to a head trauma at birth.
As part of my healing, I tried out many forms of massage and mind-body therapies, and went on to study those that I thought could best support my clients in their journeys.
These include Touch for Health, Movement IntellIgence, The Realization Process, Developmental movement, and various forms of meditation and spiritual awareness. Today, I am able to blend and incorporate these and other processes to serve the the unique needs of my clients.
As part of my healing, I tried out many forms of massage and mind-body therapies, and went on to study those that I thought could best support my clients in their journeys.
These include Touch for Health, Movement IntellIgence, The Realization Process, Developmental movement, and various forms of meditation and spiritual awareness. Today, I am able to blend and incorporate these and other processes to serve the the unique needs of my clients.
Transforming the whole person through the whole living body
My own healing journey, has given me both empathy and understanding for my clients' experiences. I'm also able to work with children, so that they can experience the kind of healing I missed as a child.
I understand that changing one's body-mind is an evolutionary process and maintaining whole body, mind, emotional and spiritual health is a life-long journey.
In serving older clients and as I age myself, one important key I've found to long-term health is to move, stay flexible and always keep learning.