I have been practicing as a professional bodyworker in the Bay Area since 1996, in community health centers and in private practice. I currently teach at McKinnon Body Therapy Center. Here is my bodywork site.

Professional and Volunteer Work:

Santa Cruz Needle Exchange Wellness Program 1996-97: massage therapy

Hospice by the Bay 1997-2000: massage and energy work

Golden Gate Chiropractic Center 1998-2000: massage and physiotherapy

Community Health Institute 2000-2001: massage and Chi Nei Tsang

Quan Yin Healing Arts Center 2004-2006: massage therapy

Oakland Vet Center 2011: Massage Therapy Pilot Project working in collaboration with community mental health providers and team of body-based therapists to assess effects of massage and energy work to reduce symptoms of PTSD.

Private practice in massage therapy, somatic education, and Chi Nei Tsang 2000-present

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Education:

Body Therapy Center

1996-97: 320 hours of state certified therapeutic massage training and practice

1997: certified in Reiki I and II

1997: 48 hours in Movement and Manipulation

1999: 24 hours Cranial-Sacral Integration

Chi Nei Tsang Institute

1999-2003: 265 hours training, certified intermediate Chi Nei Tsang practitioner

Quintessence Healing Arts

2003-04: 180 hours mentorship program in Chi Nei Tsang and Healing Taoist practices

City College of San Francisco

Fall 2000: General Anatomy

University of California at Berkeley

Fall 2002 Human Physiology

Esalen Institute

2014-2016 Continuing Education Deep Bodywork

McKinnon Body Therapy Center

2019-2022 Continuing Education: Craniosacral therapy, myofascial release