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Diane Dalbey
Diane Dalbey, Ph.D., CST, CMT, has been a teacher and body-mind practitioner for thirteen years. In 1990, after two decades in publishing, Diane earned her Master's and Doctorate degrees in Somatic Psychotherapy. As a trauma resolution specialist, she uses advanced CranioSacral Therapy - CST, Somatic Experiencing® and many other modalities. Diane has studied in the U.S. and China and served on the faculty of the Touch Therapy Institute (now National Holistic Institute) since 1990, as well as at Total Woman. She also guest lectures at Pierce College on Stress Management. She is a member of the International Association of Healthcare Practitioners®, the Foundation for Human Enrichment®, the Upledger Institute Foundation, and is listed in Who's Who in the West and Outstanding Young Women of America.
Don McFarland
Don McFarland, DC, has worked for more than fifty years on therapeutic frontiers, where mind, body, emotion and spirit all share equal time. Synthesis became key on his path: Breathworker, Bodyworker, Shaman, Behavioral Therapist, Aston-Patterning teacher, chiropractor. He refined his tools from the complete continuum of human experience to create a synthesis of unusual therapeutic efficiency, which he calls Body Harmony®. He teaches worldwide, while maintaining a private practice and is the founding director of the International Body Harmony® Guild. For fifteen years he has led developmental groups for the Los Angeles County Probation Department and for twenty years has been associated with Axelsons Gymnastic Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. He first joined the teaching staff at the Institute in 2002.
Lena Nyholm
Lena Nyholm, PT, CMT, a native of Finland, began her long history of bodywork when she took her first massage class at Axelsons Gymnastiska Institute in Sweden in 1980. She then became a physical therapist at the renowned Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. During her long career and many travels, Lena has learned a variety of techniques. She began her teaching career over seventeen years ago and has served as an advanced teacher and administrator for the massage program at Axelsons Gymnastiska Institute in Sweden, and she taught workshops all over Sweden and Finland. She has together with a Swedish educational corporation educated physical education teachers in the art of massage and stretching. Lena Nyholm conducted a scientific research study on chronic pain patients and massage with the University of Uppsala in Sweden. This research was published in 2004 in the Psychotherapy Psychosomatic Medical Journal. Lena is an authority and a published author in the field of tactile massage, including Child Massage and Geriatric Massage. Her book "Swedish Child Massage" has been translated and published in the English language. Her articles are published in various Swedish professional magazines, and in ABMP's massage newsletter "Different Strokes". Lena has been affiliated with the Institute since 1993.
Maria Furlano
Maria Furlano, L.Ac., MTOM, HHP, is a Licensed Acupuncturist and trained as a Holistic Health Practitioner since 1996. Maria has practiced Qigong for 10 years and began training in Martial Arts at age 12 under Tae Kwon Do Grandmaster David Chaanine. In 2000 & 2001 studied Qigong in China at the Beijing Red Cross Medical Exchange Center with Master Su Jian Wan, and is currently training under Bernard Shannon, D.M.Q. (China) with the International Institute of Medical Qigong. Receiving her undergraduate training at the Boston Conservatory of Music, Maria has taught Theatrical Movement, Stage Combat, and Breathing Techniques to children and adults at UCLA, the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicom (L.A.), and the Boston Conservatory of Music. Since 2005 she has been a Qi Gong instructor with the Lionheart Institute of Transpersonal Energy Healing. Since 1999 with the Touch Therapy Institute/National Holistic Institute teaching Body Mechanics, Business, Anatomy/Physiology, Qi Gong, Fibromyalgia, and PNF. Her private practice, the Sacred Space Acupuncture Center (SacredSpaceAcu.com) is located in Burbank, CA.
Mary Bond
Mary Bond, MA, Advanced Rolfer, trained in Structural Integration with Dr. Ida Rolf in 1969 and is on the faculty of the Rolf Institute. She also earned her Masters in Dance from UCLA. Mary has authored the book Balancing Your Body, as well as numerous magazine articles on bodywork and movement. Her new book, The New Rules of Posture, became available in February 2007. Her teaching emphasis is on sensory and movement changes that contribute to sustainable improvements in mind and body functioning. More information can be found at www.marybond.net. Mary is certified by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork and has taught at the Institute since 1994.
Nicola Salter
Nicola Salter, DiCA, Reiki Master, has taught Reiki for 7 years and has been a Reiki Practitioner for 10. She also received her Diploma in Clinical Aromatherapy from the London College of Aromatherapy. Nicola has had the honor to use her work in hospitals and clinical settings, as well as private practice, both in England and Los Angeles. She appears frequently at health events and on numerous radio and television programs. She runs her own natural skin care company advocating the use of chemical free products. More information can be found at www.aroma1healing.com. Nicola joined the teaching staff at the Institute in 2002.
Shulamit Sendowski
Shulamit Sendowski, BA, AmSAT, discovered the Alexander Technique years ago while seeking a relief from physical discomfort and body limitations. Inspired by the genuine ideas, and encouraged by the increasing benefits, she took the 3-year training program, and graduated from the Alexander Training Institute of L.A. in 1991. She has been teaching since then and maintains a private practice as well. Certified by AmSAT (the American Society for the Alexander Technique), she believes in awareness and self observation as primary tools for change, growth, and development. Shula has taught at Touch Therapy since 1996.
Suzanne P. Reese
Suzanne P. Reese, International Trainer, HHP, is in high demand as a Certified International Infant Massage Educator and Trainer, Parent Educator, Author, Speaker and Humanitarian. Her undergraduate degree in Child Development and her 10+-year career in complimentary care as a Nationally Certified Massage Therapist, Holistic Health Practitioner and Yoga Teacher offer an ideal blend of formal knowledge and practical experience for her work in infant massage. That combined with her deep commitment, Suzanne delivers her mission with an undeniable passion in her service to families and babies. Her professional baby massage affiliation in the United States is with Infant Massage USA. Her audience and students represent countries from all over the world. She trains and certifies practitioners and clinicians representing pre- and postnatal, family, child and infant related fields as parent educators of infant massage. Suzanne is the author of Baby Massage: Soothing Strokes For Healthy Growth by Viking Press. Suzanne joined the first humanitarian medical team to serve abandoned children in Vesnova, Belarus, with the Chernobyl Children?s Project International. Her work with this project was featured in a 6-page article in the April 24, 2006 issue of People Magazine. When Suzanne is not writing, serving humanitarian efforts, leading workshops or presentations, she devotes her time to her family, friends, home and the natural wonders that live and grow where she resides in the desert mountains of San Diego, CA. Suzanne is an alumnus of the Institute and began teaching here in 2000. |
