A 1991 graduate of Healing Arts Institute and an instructor since 1995, Kathleen's education in bodywork continues to the present. She has had additional training in CranioSacral Therapy I&II, On-site (chair) massage, Sports Massage, Acupressure, Soft Tissue Release, Zentherapy¨, Reiki I&II, Therapeutic Touch, Aromatherapy and most recently, Maya Abdominal Massage. Drawing from over 25 years of subtle energy healing research and practice, Kathleen uses a variety of effective methods to facilitate the body's own healing abilities in her active bodywork practice in Citrus Heights. She has worked with essential oils since she started her massage practice in 1991 and teaches the Raindrop Therapy workshop at Healing Arts Institute. While she did not originate this technique, she has had remarkable results using it on friends and clients. In June of 1999 she completed the International Certification Course in Aromatherapy with Dr. Kurt Schnaubelt at Pacific Institute of Aromatherapy which included, structure and energy of essential oils, treatment of disease, cosmetology, and psychology of fragrance, holistic skin therapy, and toxicology. Nationally Certified in 1992 by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork, and a member of Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals, Kathleen brings technical abilities and metaphysical knowledge along with the purest integrity of her profession into the classroom.

Myron has worked in the health and safety field for over 15 years. He has broad safety and regulatory compliance knowledge and is an excellent communicator. His teaching methods are extremely effective and he engages the participants where they remember the principles of the training. He has a passion for working with students in the area of CPR/FA and is enjoying the working relationship with the Healing Arts Institute. Myron is a Master CPR/FA and AED trainer with American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and Medic First Aid.

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

Joseph Carter is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley in Conservation of Natural Resources and is a Licensed Acupuncturist in both California and Hawaii. He maintains private practices in Marin County and the East Bay, specializing in the treatment of gynecological and immunological concerns. Along with teaching acupressure and related Oriental health practices, he is also a faculty member of the Academy for Guided Imagery.

Accupressure Certification Training

Jody Falconer, CMT has trained since 1994 with Dietrich Miesler, MA, CMT, founder of Day Break Geriatric Massage Project. She helped develop the DAY-BREAK Geriatric Instructor Program, and has been teaching for Mr. Miesler since. Jody has also trained in Therapeutic Touch since 1993, learning from the founders, Dolores Krieger and Dora Kunz. She began teaching Therapeutic Touch in 1997, both beginning and intermediate classes. She is a teacher on staff at California Institute of Massage & Spa Services, instructing in the Massage Technician Program, Advance 1 Program, Geriatric Massage and Therapeutic Touch. She maintains a private practice in Sonoma, CA, which includes working with seniors, soft tissue injuries and chronic illness with Therapeutic Touch. Her goal is to massage with compassionate touch, bringing a sense of wholeness and balance to the client so that their innate life energy can help them to heal.

Geriatric Massage

Therapeutic Touch

Therapeutic Touch - Intermediate Level

Elijah Free has been a professional healer for over thirty years. All of his healing is original in nature. For the past eight years, he has been an associate at Pacific Naturopathic in Palo Alto with a group of doctors, Naturopathic and Traditional, where Elijah specializes in pain elimination. His patients mostly consist of people who have not been able to become well and heal in any other modality. Often his patients have been in pain for many years, even decades. Elijah also specializes in fibromyalgia, arthritic states, and other forms of metabolic conditions that create pain in tissue.

In 2007, Elijah, also a Master Medical Herbalist, received a patent for an herbal formula that actually heals the metabolic state in the body that causes fibromyalgia. The use of this formula will also be taught in the class. He has designed over twenty-five other formulas that he uses in his daily healing practice. The fibromyalgia formula and selected others will be available for qualified practitioners to use in their practice.

Elijah is the originator of Freeing. Elijah is also an Iridologist, hydrotherapist, and nutritional consultant. Apprentice to Angels, Elijah's first book, is published by Westchester Publishing Company.

Seated Massage

Karen Goldsmith has been a Registered Medical Assistant since 1989. She received her CMT at HAI in 2002. She has studied and certified in Reiki, Crystal Therapy, Therapeutic Touch, Herbology, Aromatherapy and Color Therapy.

In 1998 Karen was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. Because of finally getting a diagnosis she has studied extensively and has worked with many clients who suffer from Fibromyalgia and like syndromes. As a result of her research and work she is striving to bring understanding, compassion and care of those with these invisible conditions.

Mark Green has been doing massage and somatic therapies professionally since 1992. His education includes graduating an A.M.T.A./C.M.T.A. approved 500 plus hour certification program at Integrative Therapy School in Sacramento. He began teaching massage and advanced modalities in 1993, and his early work includes experience in several chiropractic settings. He also served as a member of the Surf to Sierra Sport Massage Team. Mark has continued his therapeutic education through seminar and private training, and incorporates a variety of techniques in his truly holistic approach. These include acupressure, reflexology, polarity therapy, deep tissue, kinesiology, orthobionomy, as well as sport techniques, ayurveda, vibrational healing, breath work, touch for the terminally ill, and more. Mark has taught at the Healing Arts Institute since 2002, and continues to maintain a private practice, and expand his knowledge and abilities in the healing arts.

Jolanda Jackson became a Certified Massage Therapist/Athletic Trainer in the Netherlands in 1994. She completed a 4-year program of Physical Therapy in 1998. At the school for Physical Therapy she learned many different modalities of massage, including Swedish Massage, Reflexology, Deep Tissue massage, Lymph Drainage, and Deep Friction Massage.

After she passed her Physical Therapy final she moved to Germany with her husband. While in Germany she worked at an outpatient clinic as a Certified Massage Therapist and Physical Therapist for 3 years. She learned many valuable techniques from her German colleagues and took courses in subjects like Osteoporosis, Pregnancy, Pelvic-Floor and Pelvic-instability. At night she taught classes for the arthritis foundation. She then got her group exercise certification and taught step and Hi/Lo classes at a German fitness studio.

In 2000 she and her husband moved to Beale AFB. Jolanda is presently working as a Physical Therapist Assistant in the Rideout-Fremont Health Group. She teaches exercise classes at Yuba College.

Relieving Trauma in the Body

Barbara Lawrence is a Reiki practitioner and has been teaching the Usui System of Reiki since 1995 both privately and in a classroom setting. She has been working full time as a massage therapist in Granite Bay since 1993 in private practice, Chiropractic offices and Retreat Center environments integrating Soft Tissue Release, Ortho-Bionomy® and Reiki with her Swedish/Deep Tissue massages. She has been the Director of the Massage program at Christ the King Retreat Center, in Citrus Heights since 1995. She is a Certified Yoga Instructor with both Yogafit and Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA) and teaches at Yoga For Fitness in Roseville. She enjoys bringing her passion for body-mind-spirit synergy into her classes.

Dr. James Mally has been doing massage professionally in many different settings since 1975. He is a graduate of both Bastyr University, an accredited naturopathic medical school covering all aspects of natural therapeutics and the Lindsey Hopkins School, a 1000 hour massage training program. Dr. Mally is able to integrate his thorough knowledge of anatomy and physiology with the practice of massage. He has been teaching massage certification programs since 1979, and is currently teaching advanced classes in deep tissue massage and sports massage in massage schools around the world. Dr. Mally has produced videos, DVDs and workbooks on Deep Tissue Massage Swedish Massage and Sports Massage and an Anatomy CD. These teaching aids have been highly acclaimed and are being used by massage schools around the world.

Tamara Mondragon apprenticed with "Auntie Margaret Machado", renowned Hawaiian Kapuna (teacher) on the "Big Island" of Hawaii in 1973. In 1974 Tamara received her Hawaii state license to practice massage, and has kept her promise to her teacher to spread the healing benefits of Hawaiian Lomi Lomi throughout the world. In 1986 she moved to California and shared Lomi Lomi with people from all walks of life, including the L.A. raiders football team.

In 1994 Tamara became a certified massage instructor in the state of California, and teaches students from all corners of the world who travel to study with one of "Auntie Margaret's" first students. Tamara has written a cover story for Massage Magazine on Lomi Lomi, and is the co-creator of 3 instructional videos and DVDs. Please visit her website at www.lomilomi.com for more information or to contact her directly. Aloha!

Hawaiian Lomi Lomi Certificate Class

Bernice Nielsen has been an esthetician for 25 years and a massage therapist for 17 years. Her many years of experience include advanced training where she learned arts and techniques of massage that are experienced in the finer salons of the world.

She specializes in manual lymph drainage and has been specially trained in Austria where she gained expertise in, among other things, manual lymph drainage for use in the treatment of lymphodema, and pre and post-operative cleansing services. Her spa service specialties include body wrapping, Parafango, the finer points of herbal wrapping, exfoliations and cellulite massage. Her knowledge of the finer points of massage are taught in her Finesse class where specialized strokes and combinations of strokes come together to create that special feel sought by the more experienced massage client.

She now passes on this knowledge in classes offered in Lymphatic Drainage Massage, as well as Finesse and Spa Services, thus giving students an opportunity to learn techniques that she has mastered only through years of specialized training and experience. She has been an instructor with Dr. James Mally’s Healing Arts Institute for over ten years.

Courtney Payton, has been a licensed massage therapist since 1997. She has had the opportunity to teach and train in a variety of professional settings to a large number of students as well as created and taught professional development and massage and bodywork curricula since 1998. Additionally, she has an extensive background in exercise physiology, kinesiology, pathology, and anatomy/physiology. She has trained under Andrey Razuvayev, a Russian sports massage therapist trained in the former Soviet Union. She has continued to study, instruct, and perfect the techniques and information contained in this course since 1997. She also trained under Ivan Lach, a colleague trained in a variety of settings including the Czech Republic. Her knowledge of the human body combined with these techniques makes this course essential in healing injuries through massage therapy.

Courtney has consulted for major resorts/spas who have sought out her expertise due to lack of information on ethics and etiquette and her extensive background in massage therapy and bodywork. Her knowledge of working in a wide variety of settings coupled with instructing professional development courses since 1998 makes her ethics and etiquette course invaluable in learning about ethical issues.

Although she formally left her work in social services in 1997, she continues working with infants, parents & families through her partnership with Infant Massage USA. – an ideal blend of her background in child development and her role as a massage therapist.

Suzanne's role in the field of Infant Massage is as an International Educator, Trainer and Humanitarian. Suzanne's comprehensive knowledge base, her passion for this work, her integrative approach, the integrity of her commitment to her students and her energetic presentation is what make her courses and presentation educational, inspiring and fun. She is confident that, together, we can help create more compassionate communities worldwide.

Suzanne's trains clinicians, practitioners and laypersons around the world as parent educators - either adding to and complimenting the student's area of existing work or helping them develop a whole new direction in their service to infants and their families. Suzanne presents at national and international conferences to expand the awareness and knowledge of infant massage as an age-old practice that is scientifically validated as a way to nurture the love our children are born to share. The bells and whistles of infant massage are the list of clinical benefits that can't be ignored. There is so much to get excited about as we learn more about the infant, and the real responsibility we have to pledge that we shall do everything in our power to preserve the love each child is born to share. It's simply what being human is about.

April 2006 marked the release of Suzanne's first book: Baby Massage - Soothing Strokes For Healthy Growth by Viking Press (a division of Penguin). In addition, Suzanne appeared in a 6-page article in People Magazine (Issue: April 24, 2006) - highlighting her humanitarian service to abandoned children in the Republic of Belarus.

Infant Massage Educator Certification Training

Bob Robinson first recognized the tremendous potential for well being through deep and skilled bodywork in 1972 when he received a series of Rolfing® sessions. He is a Certified Advanced Rolf Practitioner trained and currently certified by the Rolf Institute® of Boulder Colorado. He took his beginning and Advanced Rolf Training from Dr. Ida Rolf the founder of Rolfing. He has additional training in CranioSacral® technique, Muscle Energy Technique (MET), and Rolf Movement Training. He has been teaching workshops in Myofascial Bodywork™ at Healing Arts Institute for last seven years.

Poppie Tanksley CMT is a Native Californian of American Indian descent, backyard herbalist, massage therapist and professional soapmaker. She is a graduate of Healing Arts Institute and founder of Native Stone Massage and Bodycare. Native Stone Massage combines traditional herbs, essential oils, heated stones and massage to achieve maximum relaxation, improve flexibility and instill an over all sense of well-being.

Stuart Taws is a Sports Rehabilitation Therapist from England. The Soft Tissue Release techniques he teaches have been proven in World-Class athletic competition and in the Pain Clinic environment. They have, over the years, been simplified and distilled so that they are easy to comprehend and apply. And Stuart's public speaking experience lends a lively, fast paced quality to the workshops. They have repeatedly been described as "the best learning experience ever!"

If you subscribe to Massage and Bodywork, you will have had the opportunity, in the Spring 1998 issue, to have read Mr. Taw's compelling article in which he shared the effective treatment of Piriformis syndrome. He has also done extensive writing on the subject of massage and the treatment of fibromyalgia. If you peruse previous issues of Massage and Bodywork you will easily find what others are saying about Mr. Taws and his workshops. In the Winter 1997 issue, the article "What Doctors Don't Want You to Know About Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Tendinitis", details the success that the author, Michael Young, has had in treating such conditions, often with only one or two sessions. He goes on to reveal that he learned how to do so in June of 1996 in one of Mr. Taws' workshops. In the article "In The Treatment of Chronic Fatigue", Houston LeBrun gives special notation to Stuart Taws and his previous articles on CFS and MFS. On pages 121 and 122 you will find Mr. Taws listed in a profile of eight people chosen by the editors of Massage and Bodywork as having made a difference in the somatic profession during the last decade! The fact that Mr. Taws is ranked equally among such honorable names as Dr. Tiffany Field (Touch Research Institute), Ben Benjamin, Ph.D., and others will give an idea of the caliber of this instructor…and this workshop!

Stuart Taws is a Sports Rehabilitation Therapist from Great Britain, and the only instructor of Soft Tissue Release® in the United States. He has worked with the prestigious Santa Monica Track Club and has used STR® with great success on the world's fastest athletes. He is also a Category "A" provider for the National Certification Board.

Soft Tissue Release™

Robin Varga, a NHI graduate and nationally certified massage therapist, earned her reflexology certification from the American Academy of Reflexology in 1993. She has been personally trained by Bill Flocco in the "Flocco Method of Foot, Hand & Ear Reflexology", and has been teaching classes in northern California for many years. Robin's enthusiasm combined with a full time practice in the Bay area gives her a rich range of experience to help your learning be enjoyable, practical and deeply rewarding.

James Waslaski, past chair of the AMTA National Sports Massage Educations Council, is an author and international lecturer who has pioneered deep pain free orthopedic massage, pain management and sports injury treatments. James is a licensed massage therapist and currently teaches seminars throughout the U.S., Canada, Ireland, Scotland, London, Costa Rica, Greece, and the Caribbean.

All seminars utilize his unique multidisciplinary approach, blended from disciplines around the world, resulting in structural integration, pain free movement and enhanced performance. His credentials include working in emergency rooms and trauma centers for almost 20 years treating both medical and orthopedic conditions. He has worked extensively with professional and Olympic athletes including the New York Yankees and at the 1996 Olympic Games.

James has presented at Chiropractic Conventions in Florida and North Carolina and to the American College of Sports Medicine. He has also presented at many state, national and international massage conventions including a keynote speech in Sydney, Australia at the Olympic Training Center in Australia. Many of his articles have been published in health care magazines in the U.S. and internationally. In

1999 James received the FSMTA International Achievement Award for educating medical practitioners worldwide toward integrated pain free healing.

As a dedicated life long learner James has effectively integrated techniques from the world's leading: •structural body workers •physical therapists •orthopedic physicians •osteopathic physicians •chiropractors •nurses •athletic trainers •exercise physiologists •personal trainers and •nutritionists to eliminate even the most complicated pain conditions and to assure peak performance.

Tashina Yoshii is an Instructor of Shiatsu massage with over 20 years experience teaching Shiatsu techniques to students in Texas and California.

Tashina was an Occupational Therapist in pediatrics in Seattle, Washington with a keen interest in Asian healing modalities. In 1979, she began her studies with Yasuo Mori, a Shiatsu Master, living in Seattle, Washington. Tashina apprenticed with Mr. Mori for over 4 years. Upon completion of her apprenticeship, Mr. Mori encouraged Tashina to practice and teach Shiatsu Massage.

Tashina has been teaching traditional Japanese Shiatsu since 1985 and teaches her state approved Shiatsu programs in Texas. Tashina has now expanded her business and also teaches at several schools in Northern California in the Sacramento area.