Education

• 1997  Certificate in Orthopedic Massage (200 hour post-graduate training) Institute of Orthopedic Massage, Kensington CA, Thomas Hendrickson DC, director,     
• 1999-05 Supervision with Gail Stewart, senior bodyworker and leading Trager practitioner
• 1998-01 Workshops with Dean Juhan, senior Tager instructor
• 1998  500 hour Massage Certificate, Phillips School of Massage, Nevada City CA
• 1994  Certified Massage Therapist (200 hour training), Phillips School of Massage, Nevada City CA
• 1993  Lomi Associate (200 hour Lomi Somatic Education training), Lomi School, Petaluma, CA, Robert Hall, MD and Richard Strozzi Heckler, PhD, founders and instructors  
• 1996-02   Study of Radical Therapy with Beth Roy, San Francisco and Skills For Change coaching with Julia Kelliher, Nevada City, CA.
• 1980  Graduate study in trumpet, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia CA
• 1977  BA in Music, University of California, Santa Cruz

 Related Experience

• 1985-89 Intensive study of Iyengar yoga with Evlaleah Howard, back-care and therapeutic yoga specialist and founder, San Francisco School of Yoga.
• 1987  Alexander Technique lessons, Nora Nausbaum, San Mateo CA
• 1979  Introduction to Iyengar yoga, Dunja Lingwood of Anacortes WA
• 1990-92 Study with Arnold Jacobs, Chicago Symphony—brass pedagogue world-renowned for mental/physical approach including in-depth study of breathing
• 1983  Study with Kato Havas, Oxford UK—string instrument pedagogue famous for helping students overcome mental/physical blocks and/or injuries

 Related Employment

• 1994-present Private bodywork practice, Nevada City CA
• 1998-02 Massage therapist, Lake Wildwood Chiropractic, Penn Valley CA
• 1996-06 Subcontractor with Bodywatch On-site Health Services, Nevada City CA