Bodyworker
since 1983 Immune Physiology
and Toxicology, Manual Lymphatic Drainage, Massage Technician
Program, Reflexology/Aromatherapy, Visceral Lymphatic Drainage
and Visceral Physiology/Nutrition
Katie is Director of the Santa Barbara Body Therapy Institute.
She is author of the SBBTI Level I Manual and developer of the
SBBTI certificate programs. Her studies with Deborah Hunter,
Renee Fleming, Rodger Jahnke, Marshal Rosenburg, Phil Selinsky,
Mary Sullivan, and Vern Woolf have all been foundational in
the holistic framework of SBBTI that shapes the curriculum,
techniques and experiences offered throughout SBBTI certificate
programs. She maintains an active presence in the classroom,
daily operations and in private practice. |
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Somatic Educator
since 1980
Deep Tissue/Compressive, Deep Tissue
Sports, Deep Tissue/Trigger Point, Ethics, Palpatory Anatomy/Muscular
Physiology
John is coauthor of Fix Pain and co-creator of Barefoot Bodyworks.
He co-founded The Sports Massage Training Institute (first full-time
sports massage school in the U.S.). The TAFE in Australia adopted
their sports protocol as part of a 2- year professional-level
program. John's unique and lively bodywork training style has
taken him worldwide as workshop facilitator, therapist at the
1984 Olympics and presenter for the CMTA, the Association for
Humanistic Psychology and other professional schools and organizations.
John is an auto-didact, who views Janet Travel and James Cyriax
as his bodywork mentors. He maintains an injury care bodywork
practice at SBBTI. |
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Bodyworker since 2005
Deep Tissue, Trigger Point, Barefoot,
Anatomy
Erick is a graduate of SBBTI's 1000-hour Holistic Health Practitioner
Program. He has worked in psychiatric nursing care for twenty-five
years as well as a longtime student of Martial Arts. He now
maintains a private bodywork practice in Deep Tissue, Trigger
Point and Asian Bodywork. |
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Bodyworker since 1995
Medical QiGong
Matthew is a Master Medical Qi Gong Practitioner, a Holistic Health
Practitioner, an Herbal Pharmacist and an Acupuncture Apprentice
with Dr. Henry Han. He is the author of SBBTI's Five Element Physiology,
Immune Physiology and Toxicology, and Meridian Mapping. He received
his practitioner training from SBBTI and the International Institute
of Medical Qi Gong. He maintains a Medical Qi Gong and bodywork
practice in Santa Barbara. |
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| is an empowering speaker who invites people to
look at their bodies in a totally different way. She has been
facilitating Access for 7 years and has assisted people with
stress, eating disorders, chronic pain, physical illnesses,
pregnancy and childbirth. Prior to being introduced to Access,
she lived in and out of a wheelchair for ten years and weighed
422 pounds. Audrey has lost over 200 pounds without dieting,
pills or surgery and is now able to enjoy walking, running,
dancing, jumping, and swimming with no assistance. Audrey facilitates
classes internationally and has workshops in the USA, Australia,
New Zealand, and Costa Rica. www.audreylynette.com or www.accessconsciousness.com |
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Bodyworker since 2001
Massage Technician Program
Sonia is a Licensed Massage Therapist. She is a record-breaking
cyclist for the Ride Across America and teaches competitive
cyclists in training. She received her therapist training through
SBBTI. She maintains a private practice in sports and injury
care in Santa Barbara. |
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Bodyworker
since 1977 CranioSacral Therapy
I and II, Visceral Lymphatic Drainage, Polarity Therapy, and
Pregnancy
Mary is a Licensed Acupuncturist, Cranial Sacral Therapist,
Registered Polarity Practitioner, and a Massage Therapist. She
is author of Cranial Sacral Therapy and Polarity Therapy, manuals
and DVDs through Real Bodywork. She has studied with Hugh Milne,
Charles Ridley, Michael Shea, Susan Osborne Sheets and Ray Castellino
and has degrees from the Alive Polarity Institute, Pacifica
Graduate Institute and Santa Barbara College of Oriental Medicine.
She maintains a private practice in Northfork, Fresno and Santa
Barbara, CA. |
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a professional aromatherapist in practice since 1995, a certified,
licensed massage therapist, educator, speaker, and owner of
Cherubs Aromatherapy, a business dedicated to providing excellence
in aromatherapy products to practitioners and the spa industry.
Sherrie graduated from Michael Scholes' School of Aromatic
Studies in
Beverly Hills in 1995 and his Advanced Course in 1997 with
honors. She has also studied aromatherapy with Kurt Schnaubelt
and Jeanne Rose. Sherrie graduated from the Santa Barbara
Body Therapy Institute in 1997 and is a practitioner of aromatherapy
and massage.
Owning a retail aromatherapy shop, day spa and wholesale
manufacturing warehouse in Ojai since 1997 has given Sherrie
an inside view of the practice of true aromatherapy as well
as an appreciation and understanding of what it means to be
a holistic practitioner, retailer, and business owner. She
enthusiastically shares her expertise.
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