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Katie Mickey, Director, H.H.P., R.P.P.
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.
 
John Harris, MT
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.
 
Erick Hudson, MT, HHP,
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.
 
Matthew Jones, HHP
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.
 
Audrey Lynette 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
 
Sonia Ross, MT
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.
 
Mary Sullivan, MA., L.Ac., MT, R.P.P.
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.
 

Sherrie Bitts Dawkins is 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.