Western Washington University,
Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science, 1983.
Bancroft School of Massage Therapy – 572-hour Massage Therapy program,
completed 1986.
Muscular Therapy Institute – 128-hour training, Orthopedic Massage: Assessment and Treatment of Soft Tissue Injuries, completed 1988.
St. John Institute – 128-hour certificate course in Neuromuscular Therapy, completed 1992.
Iyengar Yoga – studied with Suzanne Newton from 1992 through 1994.
Muscular Therapy Institute – 16-hour seminar, Myofascial Release: the Core, 1996.
Tom Meyers – KMI method of Structural Integration, 500-hour certificate course in Structural Integration, completed 2000.
Gil Hedley – 40-hour Somanautics Cadaver Dissection course at Tufts University, 2001.
Hugh Milne – Visionary Craniosacral Therapy, CS1 and CS2, 2004.
Bowen Therapy Academy of Australia – 136-hour Professional Bowenwork Practitioner Training, completed 2008.
Ongoing yoga and meditation trainings and practice, 1992 through present, studied with Amanda Starr, Mark Whitwell, Karen Lee, and at the Shambhala Meditation Center.