Faculty
 | Julie Reynolds brings twenty years of experience in the healing arts to her work. She has trained as a Naturopath and as a Nurse, and has studied a wide range of bodywork modalities. She began teaching in 1986 and is owner and director of the Massage Therapy Institute. |
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 | Isabel Adkins, BA, CMT, has been a Massage Therapist since 1994 and an Oncology Massage Educator since 2001. Her work has included integrating comfort based massage with Eastern bodywork modalities. to strengthen the body during cancer treatment, disease and it's trauma. She directed and supervised the Oncology Massage Program at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital and has been a keynote speaker at the UC Davis Cancer Center forums on Complementary Medicine. Isabel has contributed with a chapter to the 2nd edition of Medicine Hands: Massage Therapy for People with Cancer on the topic of a Chinese Medicine approach to Oncology Massage.
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 | Kathleen Davis is a Certified Massage Therapist credentialed through the Acupressure Institute in Berkeley. In addition to teaching Acupressure and Tai Chi, she continues to study the traditional Chinese theory of health and the healing art of Jin Shin Jyutsu. She maintains a private practice in which she integrates Chinese Tui Na massage and JinShin Jyutsu. |
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 | Jim Gilkeson has been a bodyworker and instructor of subtle energy work since 1983. He is the author of Energy Healing: A Pathway to Inner Growth and "A Prilgrim in YOur Body: Energy Healing and Spiritual Process", as well as a monthly internet newsletter. He currently practices at Harbin Hot Springs and in San Anselmo, specializing in creative combinations of subtle energy therapy, craniosacral therapy and massage. |
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 | Tim Holt teaches workshops in California and Japan. His professional focus is the blend of deep tissue massage and deep stretching integrated into effective joint and soft tissue release. He returns to Asia frequently to continue his studies in Shiatsu and Traditional Thai Massage. He maintains a private practice in Sebastopol, California. |
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 | Teresa King has been a practicing physical therapist since 1998 and is a Certified Massage Therapist, with a private practice in Davis. |
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| Sharon 'Kealo' Krepps teaches Bodywork and workshop intensives in Hawaii and the continental United States. She incorporates cross-cultural psychological and spiritual studies, sacred Huna principles, and symbolic interpretation as applied to bodywork. She teaches core classes of LOMILOMI (Hawaiian Massage) and LOMILOKU (Deep Tissue Massage). She practices Lomi Lomi massage in Washington State. | |
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 | Dale Perry is the proprietor of a private massage practice in New York, providing a holistic integrative approach to healing and wellness through clinical and therapeutic modalities. He provides injury and rehabilitation work for insurance, labor and industry cases referred by chiropractors, orthopedic surgeons and medical and naturopathic physicians. |
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 | Bridget Scadeng is a Massage Therapist who began her career as an educator and labor coach. She currently maintains a private education and massage practice in the Bay Area. Most recently, she developed and now teaches a basic massage training for educators, midwives, and doulas with the emphasis on the needs of pregnant and laboring women. |
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 | Keesha Standley is a certified massage therapist and teacher who maintains a private practice in Orangevale and teaches body rolling classes throughout the Sacramento area. |
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 | Venice Sullivan has over 2,000 hours of training in the bodywork field, including advanced training in Louyen Neuro-muscular Therapy, Structural Integration, Somatics, Russian Medical Massage, and St. John Neuromuscular Therapy. She has a busy private practice in Carmichael, CA. |
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 | Brad Wathen is a Lomi Associate and has been a certified massage therapist since 1989. Brad received his Lomi Associate credential in somatic education in 1993 and continued in advanced studies with the Lomi school. He continues to develop his work and currently has a practice in Nevada City. |
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 | Greg Williams has been practicing massage for 20 years and has specialized in massage for pain management. His background also includes working for semi-pro baseball and soccer teams and, for the last 12 years, working with local hospice and homecare providing compassionate touch for the terminally ill and elderly in his community. He holds a Master’s Degree in social and behavioral sciences and has a private practice in Chico, CA. |
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 | Gary Wilson is a nationally certified massage therapist who has been teaching massage since 1985. He teaches Anatomy, Kinesiology, Pathology, Deep Tissue and Myofascial Release at various massage schools and maintains a private massage therapy practice in Ashland Oregon. |
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 | Jeannine Hewitt began her massage career in 2001 working in the medical massage field. She is the owner of Geris Garden Spa which has been listed in Sacramento Magazine as the top place to be pampered. She developed methods for offering body treatment without a shower and has been teaching it to others for many years. Jeannine is certified in many different modalities and specializes in Hot Stone Massage and Spa therapies. She continues practice massage while running her Day Spa and teaching throughout Sacramento. |
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 | Dr. Michelle Homer is a Naturopathic Physician in southern Oregon. She serves on the Oregon Board of Naturopathc Examiners. In addition to her private practice, Dr.Hormer also teaches. Classes including anatomy, physiology, and hydrotherapy. |
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 | Rebecca Lavadia is a massage therapist, Reiki practitioner and Aromatherapist. She has created her own line of aromatherapy products for massage therapists and has her own aromatherapy store in Sacramento. She says “When bodywork of any kind is combined with the mood-enhancing properties of essential oils, we are nurtured on every level of our being, be it mind, body or spirit. Magic happens when working with this ancient practice of blending. |
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 | Robin Varga has trained in Reflexology with Bill Flocco and has been teaching classes in northern California for many years. Robin;s skill combined with the experence of her full time practice in the Bay Area gives her classes a depth and breadth which helps your learning to be practical as well as enjoyable and deeply rewarding. |
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 | Lea Wildflower has been working as a professional massage therapist for 20 years, specializing in Hot Stone Massage for the past seven. She has worked in several settings offering hot stone and other massage sessions, including spas and private practice, in Sebastopol. |
