Meet Your Myofascial Therapist
In 2002 I saw my first John F Barnes Myofascial Release Approach advertisement in a massage therapist magazine. There was John’s face looking confidently into my eyes. The ad was clear, this therapy is going to change your career, life and the world for the better. He was clearly on a mission of excellence in hands on therapy.
It was a year later, while attending Zen Shiatsu school, a teachers’ assistant introduced the class to MFR. I was immediately fascinated at how my body responded by letting go on a level that I had never felt before. At the time I was a very young therapist and lacked the confidence to get myself to the MFR seminars.
Life and family took over and I was never able to commit to getting trained. I was a successful massage therapist in Rhode Island, working in a highly regarded hydrotherapy spa and my own practice seeing mostly chiropractic patients. I was also a therapist with chronic neck and shoulder pain, thumb pain and headaches. It is a blessing that my massage therapist started training in John’s approach to MFR. As she treated me, my body responded instantly. As pain and tension started to melt away it was if my body was saying, “did you forget? This is what we need and this is what we have been waiting for all this time!” Long after leaving the table, I continued seeing changes in how I felt on a day to day basis that astounded me.
I committed to receiving regular treatment for menstrual difficulties, anxiety, depression and pain, it became clear that this was how I was going to be able to help people on that deeper level that I was always searching for. The life changing effects of MFR are indeed changing the world, and I was determined to be a part of it.
I attended every seminar I could get to in the northeast and soon came out to Arizona to study directly with John. As I used what I was learning with my clients they soon were asking for MFR instead of massage. After moving to Arizona, I switched to a full time MFR practice to serve clients needs for real relief from symptoms that are lasting. I also teach classes to introduce MFR to the community and help clients develop self care routines.
I am absolutely honored to be able to treat you with MFR therapy! It has changed my life and so many others for the better and I know it can do the same for you!
My education details:
2002- Graduated from The Desert Institute of the Healing Arts (DIHA), Tucson, AZ with 1000 hours of accredited, comprehensive Massage Therapy training.
2004- Completed 750 hours of Zen Shiatsu from DIHA.
2004-2018 Continuing education in Reiki, Chi Nei Tsang, Thai massage and Ethics for Massage Therapists.
2021-Forever training in The John F Barnes' Myofascial Release Approach. Courses completed:
Myofascial Mobilization
MFR 1
Fascial-Pelvis
Myofascial Unwinding
MFR 2
Cervical-Thoracic
Advanced Unwinding
Pediatric MFR
Subtle Energy
Myofascial Healing
Therapy for the Therapist
Arizona license# MT29716 Rhode Island license# MT01876