I have a doctorate in physical therapy and I specialized in the rehabilitation of adults with neurological disorders for over twenty years.  I also developed and taught neurologic rehabilitation courses for physical therapy programs at several universities. 

 

When I was forty-five, I developed debilitating pelvic pain, which made it impossible to work. I focused on my personal healing for a decade. I started out using most of the Western medicine interventions available at that time, and when I was still hurting, I combined these efforts with other treatments, including psychotherapy, life coaching, meditation, yoga, massage therapy, acupuncture, holistic bodywork, and energy work.

 

To help myself heal, I became a Reiki master and took courses as a therapist in two forms of holistic bodywork (CranioSacral Therapy developed by Dr. John E. Upledger, DO and the Myofascial Release Approach developed by John F. Barnes, PT).

 

Through all this effort, I gradually discovered how my physical pain was related to the overall state of my mind and body, and I uncovered childhood dynamics and lots of repressed sexual trauma that contributed to my state of being. Over the years, the pain gradually dissipated and eventually went away.

 

When the pain subsided, I began working with clients using the holistic bodywork and energy work that had helped me heal. I also began speaking about healing at universities and churches.

 

I wrote from the start of the pain and throughout the decade of healing, and this eventually became The Healing Series. In these books, I use my story and the stories of many clients to describe key features of holistic healing.

 

​​After I finished writing the book series, information started to come through spontaneously. I gathered this information up into my upcoming book titled: OPENING. Ways to Live with More Peace, Awareness, and Joy.

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I have recently combined the content from all my books into a 7-week course for seniors (Opening the Body-Mind-Spirit) at California State University. I plan to share this information more widely in the future. 

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