Few professional training programs provide the time for you to
slow down and develop your self-awareness and self-attunement.
Deepening your felt sense of self allows you to be more deeply
present to another.
Your very Presence impacts the therapeutic relationship.
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Touch practitioners who decide to commit to a BodyMind
Therapy mentorship will learn ways to deepen their work by
awakening and integrating bodymind awareness in their clients.
BodyMind Therapy practitioners do this with their presence,
their touch and their words.
Mentees will have the opportunity to experience, as well as
practice hands-on sessions. I work with each practitioner
individually, tailoring our sessions together to fit their unique
and varied skills and skill levels.
Mentorships usually have a committment of six months,
including two three-hour sessions per month.
Professional experience in the field of BodyMind:
BodyMind Trainings:
Rubenfeld Synergy Method®, 1998-2002
Synergist Training progam, Ilana Rubenfeld & Faculty
Portland Gestalt Training Institute, 2003-2010
Ortho-Bionomy Training, 2006
Body & Emotions in the Therapeutic Session, Breitenbush, OR, 2010
Master Synergist, Rob Bauer, at 3-day workshop as assistant
Working with the Body in Psychotherapy, 2006-2007
Training Program, Daniel Schiff, PhD
Biodynamic Cranial Therapy, 2005-present
Training/Mentorship
Todd Jackson, 2005 - present; 2010, Mentorship
Workshops:
Cherionna Menzam-Sills, 2009
Mike Boxhall, 2013, 2014
Giorgia Milne, 2018
Cranial Therapy Teaching Assistant
Todd Jackson, Cranial I, II & III Workshops, 2013 - 2019, 2021
Presentations/Workshops:
International Association of Rubenfeld Synergists
Annual Conference, 2012, Ashland, OR
Qualities of a Healing Presence, A case for non-doing
International Cranial Teacher Study Group (Interface)
Interface 2010, Breitenbush, OR
A Prepatory Meditation for Meeting Clients
Interface 2012, Breitenbush, OR
Qualities of a Healing Presence, A case for non-doing
Interface 2013, Darry, Germany
Picasso Does Cranial, Art for cranial research?
Interface 2015, Flathead Lake, MT
Feeling Our Way Toward Stillness
Interface 2016, Squamish, British Columbia, Canada:
Breath as Movement, Breath as Sound
Interface 2022, Ratna Ling, Cazadero, CA
Soulcraft
Infant/Maternal Cranial Sacral Therapy Conference
2012, Portland, OR
Qualities of a Healing Presence, A case for non-doing
Northwest Cranial Association
2014, Annual Retreat, Copalis Beach, WA
Picasso Does Cranial, Art as Integration of a Cranial Session
2015, Annual Retreat, Copalis Beach, WA
Feeling Our Way Toward Stillness
2021, Webinar
BodyMind Therapy
Introduction to Biodynamic Touch Workshop
2018, Portland, OR
Cranial 1 - Biodynamic Interface Workshop
2018, 2019, 2022, Portland, OR
BodyMind Therapy Workshop/Retreat
2022, Rockaway Beach, OR
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