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Continued Education

ScarWork: Integrating Scar Tissue into the Fascial Web

  • November 6-9th/ 2025 (24 hours) with Torrey Trover, Santa Barbara, CA.


Body-Based Breakthrough: Trauma-Informed Somatic Coach

  • June-August/ 2025 (25 hours) with Matthew Cooke, Los Angeles, CA.


The Relationship of the Neck and Lower Back

  • September 26-28/2024 (22.4 CE credits) Jan Sultan at Venice, CA.


Spine Mobilization Course with Benjamin Shields, Ph.D.

  • August 15th- 18th/2024 (32 hours), Santa Fe, NM.


ScarWork®: Integrating Scar Tissue into the Fascial Web with Sharon Wheeler

  • February 16-19/2023 (24 hours), Redondo Beach, CA


Visceral Manipulation with Benjamin Shields, Ph.D.

  • December 4 & 5, 2016 (16 hours) at Yo San University, CA.


Spine Mobilization and Regional Manual Therapy with Benjamin Shields, Ph.D.

  • Lecture and clinical practice in Los Angeles, 2016 (80 hours), in Los Angeles, CA.


Manual Therapy, Orthopedics & Rehabilitation

  • Shoulder, Hand & Upper Extremity Rehabilitation, 2016–2021
  • Evaluation of the Stiff Hand, 2021
  • Feet & Ankle Techniques, 2016
  • Managing Performance-Related Musculoskeletal Injuries in Musicians, 2021
  • Manual Therapy for Infants & Children, 2016
  • Treatment During Pregnancy, 2016
  • Deepening the Ten Series & Fascial Integration with Bruce Schonefeld, 2015
  • Zero Balancing with Dr. Fritz Smitt, 2013-2014

Somatics, Trauma-Informed & Psycho-Biological Training

  • Heart Touch Training: Certificate in Compassionate Touch, 2013
  • QPR Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Program, 2018
  • Interprofessional Geriatrics Curriculum Program, 2020
  • Human Subjects Research & Ethics Training (USC), 2018–2019


Anatomy, Embodiment & Movement Studies

  • 6-Day Human Dissection Intensives, 2011–2015
  • Body-Mind Centering® Workshops (Heart, Muscular Systems, BNP), 2011–2016
  • Franklin Method®: Fascia & Movement, 2018


Yoga, Meditation & Mind-Body Practices

  • Wisdom of Yoga Home Study Program, 2010
  • Awakened Heart Meditation Training, 2007
  • Anusara Yoga Teacher Training & Advanced Studies, 2003–2010
  • ISHTA Yoga Teacher Training (500-hour), 2001


Structural Integration & Fascial Work

  • Rolfing® Structural Integration (Phases I–III), 2012–2013
  • Certified Advanced Rolfer® Training, 2016


Craniosacral Therapy & Nervous System

  • CranioSacral Therapy Levels I & II (Upledger Institute), 2015
  • Cranial Nerves & Craniosacral Applications, 2016
  • Dermo Neuro Modulation (Upper Body), 2014
  • The Nerve Project: Exploring the Nerve Tree, 2024
  • Trauma-Informed Somatic Coach Training, 2025


Visceral & Organ-Based Therapies

  • Visceral Manipulation (Barral Institute), 2014
  • Maya Abdominal Therapy (Arvigo® Techniques), 2017
  • Embodying the Endocrine Glands & Embryological Foundations of Movement, 2014–2016


Academic & Research Distinction

  • Fulbright Research Scholar, 1994-1996

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