Experience
10/01 - present
Massage Therapist, Aromatherapist, Flower Essence Therapist
Alternative Healthcare Committee Member, Nutrition Committee Member
East Bay Community Recovery
Project
Oakland, CA
1/03 - 12/05
Massage Therapist
American
College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic
San Francisco, CA
5/02 - 9/04
Massage Therapist
UCSF Osher Center
for Integrative Medicine
San Francisco, CA
10/98 - 10/01
Self-employed Massage Therapist
San Francisco, CA
9/96 - 10/02
Reiki Practitioner
The
Reiki Clinic at the Immune
Enhancement Project
San Francisco, CA
Other Massage Therapy Experience / Events
* 5/04-present: Humanitarian Committee Member, Association
for Comprehensive Energy Psychology
* 7/05:Chicago Blues
Reunion Band, at Great
American Music Hall
* 6/04-12/05: Reiki volunteer, addicted newborns at SF
General Hospital Neo-natal ICU
* 6/04-12/05: Volunteer advocate, Project
Prevention
* 2/04-6/05: Distant healer for IONS/CPMC-IHH
Wound
Healing Study
* 8/03-10/04: Volunteer massage therapist, Ronald
McDonald House
* 10/03: Presenter, UCSF
Nurses' Pain Management Workshop
* 8/03: Presenter in Spanish, SF
General Latino cancer patient program
* 7/03-6/04: Volunteer massage therapist, Glide
Complementary Care Clinic
* 11/03: Volunteer massage therapist, Susan
G. Komen Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk
* 10-11/02: Volunteer massage therapist, Bali,
Indonesia bomb victims
* 2/00: Massage Therapist, NBA Productions, NBA
all-star game
* 12/99: Volunteer massage therapist, La
Casa de Las Madres
* 5/99: Massage Therapist, Asian
Art Museum, Art After Hours: Body & Soul
Education
10/04-12/05
Master
of Arts: Counseling Psychology
John F. Kennedy University, School of Holistic Studies, Pleasant Hill,
CA
Professional Training
1/09
The
Enneagram, Loss and Grief with David
Daniels, MD
Enneagram
Worldwide, Menlo Park, CA
9/08 - 12/08
Enneagram Weekly Panel Series with Helen
Palmer
Enneagram
Worldwide, Berkeley, CA
3/08 - 5/08
Enneagram Weekly Panel Series with Helen
Palmer
Enneagram
Worldwide, Berkeley, CA
3/08
Kundalini
Vidya Workshop with Joan
Harrigan
CIIS, San Francisco,
CA
1/08
"The Healing Potential of Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness"
Workshop with Stanislav
Grof
Millbrae, CA
10/07
1st Annual International Somatic Experiencing Conference
Life
Energy and the Emergent Therapeutic Paradigm: A Balanced Approach to Body,
Brain and Mind
Foundation for
Human Enrichment
Berkeley, CA
9/07 - 11/07
Enneagram Weekly Panel Series with Helen
Palmer
Enneagram
Worldwide, Berkeley, CA
8/07
Psyche
and Cosmos Class with Stanislav
Grof and Richard
Tarnas
California Institute for
Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA
6/07
The
Wise Heart and the Mindful Brain: Buddha Meets Neurobiology with Dan
Siegel & Jack
Kornfield
San Francisco, CA
5/07
"The Cosmic Game" Workshop with Stanislav
Grof
Spirit Rock,
Woodacre, CA
5/07
Traditional
Kundalini Science Workshop with Joan
Harrigan
San Diego, CA
5/07
Spiritual Approaches to Loss Workshop with David
Lukoff and Christel
Lukoff
UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
3/07 - 5/07
Enneagram Weekly Panel Series with Helen
Palmer
Enneagram
Worldwide, Berkeley, CA
1/07
Intuitive Acupressure Class
Acupressure Institute,
Berkeley, CA
8/06
Tibetan Medicine Workshop with Dr.
Keyzom Bhutti
Dondrub
Ling Dzogchen Center, Berkeley, CA
1/06
Healing Potential of Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness Workshop with
Stanislav
Grof
Millbrae, CA
12/05
Evolution
of Psychotherapy Conference
Anaheim, CA
1/05
Fifth
International Conference on Shamanism
Santa Fe, NM
7/02 - 8/04
200 hour Advanced Certificate, Emotional
Balancing: Trauma & Abuse
Acupressure Institute,
Berkeley, CA
Internship: Survivors
International, working with survivors of torture
6/04
International Society
for the Study of Subtle Energies & Energy Medicine Annual Conference
Colorado Springs, CO
5/04
Association for
Comprehensive Energy Psychology Annual Conference
Litchfield Park, AZ
3/04
Sensorimotor
Psychotherapy for Trauma Pre-Conference and Attachment
Trauma Conference
UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
12/02
Trauma, Culture
and the Brain PTSD
Conference
The
Foundation for Psychocultural Research, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
8/02
40 hours of Jin Shin Jyutsu Training
Jin Shin Jyutsu,
Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (training in San Francisco, CA)
9/08
Vajrakilaya
empowerment received from His
Eminence Gyana Vajra Rinpoche
Kensington, CA
8/08
Mind
Beyond Death teachings received from Dzogchen
Ponlop Rinpoche
San Francisco, CA
6/08
Tibetan
Chöd teachings received from Tsewang Tsedar Rinpoche
Point Richmond, CA
5/08
Tummo
teachings received from Tenzin
Wangyal Rinpoche
Berkeley, CA
2/08
Daylong satsang with Bonnie
Greenwell
Santa Cruz, CA
1/08
The Nine Subtle Stages of Prana: Gateways to Bliss, from Tenzin
Wangyal Rinpoche
Pacific Palisades, CA
11/07
Transforming Ordinary Perception into Bliss:
The Five-Fold Teaching of the Dzogchen Master Dawa Gyaltsen, from Tenzin
Wangyal Rinpoche
Berkeley, CA
5/07
Hevajra
Empowerment from His Eminence Ratna Vajra
Ewam Choden, Kensington,
CA
4/07
"In Praise
of Dependent Origination" Teachings from His
Holiness the Dalai Lama
San Francisco, CA
1/07
Tibetan Geomancy Sa-Che course from Dr.
Nida Chenagtsang
International Academy
for Traditional Tibetan Medicine
El Cerrito, CA
10/06
Tibetan Bön Chöd teachings received from Menri
Ponlob Trinley Nyima Rinpoche
Los Angeles, CA
6/06
Tibetan Bön teachings received from His
Holiness Lungtok Tenpai Nyima
Berkeley, CA
5/06
Tibetan Bön Sleep Yoga teachings received from Tenzin
Wangyal Rinpoche
Berkeley, CA
12/05
Tibetan Bön Dream Yoga teachings received from Tenzin
Wangyal Rinpoche
Berkeley, CA
11/05
Teachings received from His
Holiness the Dalai Lama
San Francisco, CA
8/05
Tibetan Bön Dzogchen Ngon-dro & Phowa teachings from Lama
Khemsar Rinpoche
Berkeley, CA
7/05
Bodhisattva Vows and Medicine Buddha Empowerment received from Lama
Lodru Rinpoche
Kagyu Droden Kunchab,
San Francisco, CA
7/05
"No Time to Lose," teachings on Shantideva's "The Way of
the Bodhisattva" from Pema
Chödrön
Moraga, CA
7/05
"Integrating the Shadow" workshop with Ralph
Metzner
California Institute of
Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA
11/04
Tibetan Bön Dzogchen A-Khrid teachings received from His
Holiness Lungtok Tenpai Nyima
Marin Headlands, CA
8/04
Ascended
Masters Retreat with Susan
Shumsky and Joanna
Cherry
Stewart
Mineral Springs, Weed, CA
8/04
Native
American Sweat Lodge with Walking Eagle Hün-Na-îtch, Karuk Spiritual
Leader
Stewart
Mineral Springs, Weed, CA
5/01
Heart Sutra Teachings
and Medicine Buddha Empowerment received from His
Holiness the Dalai Lama
Mountain View, CA
9/00
10-day Vipassana retreat with Ajahn
Dhiravamsa
Four Springs,
Middletown, CA
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