About Me
I am a Certified Massage Therapist (CMT) and specialize in Sports, Deep Tissue, and Emotional Release Work. I am a graduate of the Monterey Institute of Touch in Carmel, California, and the Esalen Institute in Big Sur. My background is in Clinical Psychology at San Jose State University, and I have also studied Metaphysics and Breathwork in Santa Cruz, California.
I have a Masters degree in Somatic Psychotherapy from the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco.
In 1998, I was hired by the Monterey County AIDS Project as Massage Coordinator and founded the Massage Outreach Program, touching many folks challenged by HIV.
My work has been featured in The Monterey County Herald, and POZ Magazine, a national publication for healing those with serious illnesses.
I have also worked with the Sacred Mountain AIDS Foundation on their retreats in Santa Barbara, the San Luis Obispo AIDS Support Network, AIDS Medicine & Miracles, and the Esalen Institute, massaging folks with HIV.
Classes I've Designed and Teach in California
Making Contact
Teaching men how to connect on a deeper level and looking at our strategies for disconnection - for the SF Dept of Public Health
Compassion In Action
How to do bodywork on seriously ill people
Massage as Process
Exploring Spirituality through Bodywork - Vibrational healing techniques, chakra and aura reading, Zen practice, dance and movement.
Touch & Intimacy
Teaching Gay men how to touch appropriately, and bring greater intimacy into their lives.
Sensory Energetics Naked Yoga and Movement
Naked Yoga, teaching men, through movement and breath, how to open up the energy channels in their hips to get the sexual energy moving, plus opening up the heart energy.