Education & training
Degrees
Masters of Science in Physical Therapy, UCSF/SFSU, 2005
Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology, UF, 1996
Certifications
Pelvic Health Sexuality Counseling, Pelvic Global Academy, April 2023
Women’s Health Coaching, Integrative Women’s Health Institute, Certificate Program, August 2022
Professional Yoga Therapy Studies, 500 hours, January 2013
Massage Therapy, 350 hours, 2000
YogaSlackers: 2011
BLS/CPR: Current
Wilderness First Aide: Current
Additional training
On-going training with well renowned acrobatics instructors: since 2009
YogaSlackers Endurance Research Team : 2015
AIDS/Lifecycle Sports Medicine Team: 2011
Continuing education
Pudendal Neuralgia and Complex Pain Syndromes, Tracy Sher via Pelvic Global Academy, 11/2022
Inclusive Sex Counseling for the Clinician, Heather Edwards and Tuesday Feral via Pelvic Global Academy, 10/2022
Peer Space Holder Training, Justice Movement, 1/2021
The Crash Course for Whyte/Whyte passing and Black, Brown, Indigenous, Melanated People (BBIMP) who are ready to embark on their anti-racist journey, decolonize/unsettle their race, dismantle existing social systems and constructs, Louiza Doran, According to Weeze, 7/2020 - 10/2020
Intersections of Racism and Power: Healthcare Redefined, Dr. Uchenna Osai, YouSee Logic, 7/2020.
Aiming for Allyship, Justice Movement, 6/2020
Visceral Manipulation: Abdomen 1, 2, Barral Institute, 5/2018, 6/2019
Physical Therapy Care for Patients who are Trans/Gender Diverse, Holly Herman and team, 4/2019
Gastrointestinal Dysfunction and the Pelvic Floor, Susan Clinton, 1/2019
Treatment of the Shoulder and Knee, Kevin Wilk, 9/2018
Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation, Level 1 and 2, Herman and Wallace, 1/2015 and 10/2017
Myofascial Decompression, Level 1, UCSF, 10/2016
Functional Applications in Pelvic Rehabilitation Parts A&B, Herman and Wallace, 12/2014
Treatment Strategies in the Acute Care of Stroke Survivors, International Clinical Educators, Inc, 11/2014
Professional Yoga Therapy, 500+hours, completed 1/2014
Handstands, Hand-balancing, Partner Acrobatics Training, Circus Center and Sons of Cayuga, Master Lu Yi and Dominic Wyss , 6/2012-current
The UCSF Running Course, Clinically Applied Biomechanics, 11/2011
YogaSlacker Teacher Training, Slackline Yoga, Partner Acrobatics 5/2011
How the Brain Forms New Habits, IBP, 5/2011
Functional Mobilization I, The Institute of Physical Art, 3/2011
Therapeutic Approaches to Working with Dementia, Lanny Butler, 8/2010
Spinal Cord Injury: Treatment Ideas, CPMC, 3/2010
Neuromuscular Re-Education Techniques, Cross Country Seminars, 2/2010
Fundamentals of NDT, and NDT for Gait; 1/2010
Conscious Living/Conscious Dying, Dale Borglum, Living/Dying Project: 1/2010
Neurotrauma Symposium: Brain and Spinal Injury Center, 11/2009
Understanding the Hip: The Forgotten Link between the Lumbar Spine and the Knee, Jenny McConnell, 10/2008
Diagnosis and Treatment of Movement Impairment Syndromes, 4/2008
Brain Fitness After 30, INR, 10/2007
EZ Mobilization Techniques, California Education Connection, 10/2007
When the Foot Hits the Ground, Everything Changes, APRN, 10/2007
Emotions, Stress and Disease, INR, 9/2007
The Pelvic Girdle, Richard Jackson Seminars, 12/2006
Applied Techniques of Manual Therapy—Comprehensive Treatment of the Shoulder, Great Lakes Seminars, 11/2006