My Somatic Education

I have the good fortune to be able to travel and seek out new and innovative techniques that may not have made their way to Utah yet. This sets me apart and gives me something cool to offer in the way of creative CE courses and Apprenticeships. My Somatic education includes:

Basic Training

• Eagle Gate College 2013 -2014 

  • 750 hours Massage and body work License 

  • 4.0 GPA Deans and Presidents list

  • Merit Scholarship award. 

  • FSMTB Exam Score 768/800 

  • Utah law and rule exam score 85%

• Rolf Institute aka:  Dr Ida Rolf Institute  

  • 731 hours  basic training 2014 - 2016

  • One-on-one internship with advance Rolfer: Mary Phillips  2015

Advanced Manual Therapy Technique Training

• DNM (dermoneuromodulation) :   30 CE hours 2018

• Dr. Ida Rolf Institute A breakdown of the Pelvic Girdle and legs and the structural patterns that age us:  24 CE hours 2019

• Precision Neuromuscular Therapies (PNMT) Techniques for the hips and thighs. 8 CE hours. 2023

• James Waslaski Orthopedic massage: Kinetic Chain Patterns for Complicated Knee Conditions 16 CE hours

• IASTM Hawkgrips level I & II: 22.5 CE hours 

Advanced Movement Therapy Technique Training

• Embodying Rolf's Structural integration recipe. 2021: 42 CE hours

• Certified Ki Hara Trainer

  • Level 1 Carrie Collins Chicago IL 2017: 32 CE hours

  • level 2 Carrie Collins Chicago IL 2018: 32 CE hours

Advanced Mindful Awareness Therapy Technique Training

• Mindful Awareness Body-oriented Therapies (MABT)

  • level 1 certified at Center for Mindful Body Awareness in Seattle WA, 2018 

• The Upleger Institute 

  • CranioSacral therapy Level 1, 32 CE hours; Salt Lake City 2020

  • Neuromuscular Explorations: Anatomy and Biomechanics of the CNS & PNS 20 CE hours 2020 

  • CranioSacral Therapy level 2, 32 CE hours; 2021 Missoula MT

  • Somatic Emotional Release level 1. 32 CE hours; November 3- 6 2022, Pheonix AZ 

  • Somatic Emotional Release level 2. 32 CE hours; April 4- 7 2024, Salt Lake City UT 

  • Somatic Emotional Release: Mastering the Inner Physician. 24 CE hours; August 22-25, 2024 Salt Lake City, UT. 

• Level 1 Reiki  American Massage Therapy Association 8 hours Continued Education (AMTA CE) workshop

Miscellaneous training and workshops.

• .LGBTQAI+ Ethics  

• CBD research 

• Body mechanics and Self care 

• Business Strategies