Our Tutors
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Almog Klein
Assistant TutorAlmog started her journey in the world of body and mind in 2008, through the practice of Yoga and meditation, and has been practicing Shadow Yoga ever since. Almog continues to deepen in this field and to walk the path under the guidance of her teacher. In 2012 Almog began... More Info
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Amanda Dickie
Senior TutorBased in Melbourne with her family, Amanda has worked in the wellness & allied health sector for almost 3 decades. With a background in remedial massage, health coaching, palliative care and holistic counselling, Amanda has worked with peoples pain, stress , anxiety and trauma for years and it was through... More Info
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Andy Pike
Senior TutorAndrew is a registered biodynamic craniosacral therapist, physiotherapist, yoga therapist and breath-work teacher specialising in the treatment and management of post traumatic stress. Based in the Sunshine Coast of Australia he has extensive experience having worked in various settings such as hospitals, yoga schools, neurological care units, military outpatients, university... More Info
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Anna Bidgood
Assistant TutorAnna Bidgood is a Holistic Health Practitioner based in Melbourne, Australia and has been practising in the healing space for almost a decade. After a personal loss and serious health crisis herself, Anna sought natural therapies to regain her health and then trained to bring healing and health to others.Today Anna... More Info
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Anni Lattunen
Assistant TutorHailing from a background of dance studies and performing arts, Anni fell in love with movement at a young age. This love has led her to explore dance as artistic practice as well as somatic movement as the first language of the body. Since 2022 she has a Biodynamic Craniosacral... More Info
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Avner Amit
TutorAvner came to the world of Craniosacral after years as a publishing poet and a researcher of creative collaboration. He sees BCST as the healing art of sensing through touch. He is thrilled by the anatomical and emotional subtleties of the work, and by the clinical power of wise embodied listening. Avner works... More Info
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Bree Anaka
TutorI think the best place to start would be that I have a deep Soul passion for helping others on their wellness journey and regaining their sovereignty of Self. I have compassionate curiosity for your life story, how you have come to be where you are now, and who you... More Info
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Catherine Green
Assistant TutorCatherine has a background in sport, theatre, and dance. She is a practicing Registered Massage Therapist and a Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist (BCST). Catherine has an understanding and deep interest in how a person can move with ease through life. As such she is a certified Pilates instructor, a long standing... More Info
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Christina Rella
TutorChristina is passionate about helping people resolve disturbances in their nervous system so they can heal and transform their lives. She is a certified mindfulness meditation teacher and biodynamic craniosacral therapist and teacher, serving Nelson and Kootenay Bay, BC. She has spent years practicing and studying meditation, yoga, and craniosacral... More Info
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Clara Cunningham
Senior TutorClara Cunningham is co-director of The Human Development Center. She is a biodynamic craniosacral therapist in Bellingham, WA. She began studying craniosacral therapy 20 years ago while working as a care provider for children living with disabilities and in hospice. Growing up in Alaska gave Clara a deep respect for... More Info
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Dafna Hemmendinger
TutorThroughout life I’ve been always passionate about movement and bodies and the dynamics between what we sense, what we do, and how we feel. I’ve played many sports as a teenager and have studied and teach yoga and dance as an adult, focusing on release techniques, improvisation and contact improvisation. On this... More Info
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David Finlayson
Assistant TutorDavid is a Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist and Qi gong movement teacher in Edinburgh and West Lothian. He began his journey with therapeutic work and tai qi, qi gong and meditation and philosophical study and inquiry around 30 years ago although worked in construction commercial management for many years supporting family, often... More Info
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David Linzer
TutorI was born in the Czech Republic and my ancestors come from Austria and Poland. I loved backpacking to all corners of Europe, and I spent 4 months in India once. I lived in Ireland twice for longer periods of time where I first experienced and then studied Biodynamic CST... More Info
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Frank Talbott
TutorAlthough originally trained as a lawyer, Frank Talbott has pursued a path of spiritual learning for decades. The mystery of the human being has continually drawn his attention and study. He has spent decades passionately engaged in the study of the human being as a mystery of Mind Body and... More Info
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Gareth Toner
Senior TutorGareth runs a thriving practice in Newcastle, Northern Ireland. He is senior tutor on Northern Ireland and other European BI Trainings. He was the long term co-ordinator and supervisor the Body Intelligence Clinics in Belfast and Dublin. He is a Certified TRE Provider (Trauma Releasing Exercises). He has an MSc in... More Info
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Ged Sumner
Senior TutorGed Sumner is a practicing Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist and Chi Kung Teacher. He has also studied shiatsu, healing and attachment based psychoanalytical psychotherapy. He has taught Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy since 1995. He is the director of Body Intelligence Training which offers BCST courses internationally. He regularly teaches postgraduate workshops. He... More Info
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Helen Russell
TutorI have always had a fascination with the workings of the body at every level. I have practiced Body Work for over 20 years through a variety of modalities, including Reiki, Massage and Acutonics, culminating in my practice as a Registered Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist. Originating with my love of horses,... More Info
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Hila Kay
TutorHi, my name is Hila Kay, I was trained and certified to be a Cranio Sacral Therapy (BCST) practitioner at the International School of Body Intelligence and now teach in the same establishment. I was first exposed to CST as a teenager (which was not an easy time in life, to... More Info
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Hiraman Reynolds
Senior TutorMichael Hiraman Reynolds is a BCST and neurofeedback practitioner working with children, families, individuals, and couples in Bellingham Wa. Hiraman has been a beekeeper and gardener since his late teens. He lived in a monastery in India through most of his twenties and has had a meditation and equanimity practice... More Info
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Jade Wood
Senior TutorJade has been interested in everything about the body, healing and traditional medicine since she was young, regularly receiving massages from her Malaysian Grandmother who shared simple techniques with her on how to listen through her hands. Inspired by those early experiences Jade trained in Shiatsu and Thai massage throughout... More Info
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Jane Maywood
Assistant TutorJane remembers first bumping into the ‘Breath of Life’ whilst teaching Developmental Movement Therapy. Having long been fascinated by the “livingness” of natural systems she jumped at the chance to attend a Body Intelligence Foundational Training in 2013. Since its completion she enjoys practicing BCST from her private practice in... More Info
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Jasetha James
Senior TutorJasetha holds a Masters degree in Social Work and has worked in the NGO and corporate sectors for 9 years. In 2006, she left the corporate world to follow her passion of holistic healing. She trained and was certified in massage therapies from Thailand, UK and set up her own... More Info
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Jason Jackson
Senior TutorJason first studied Crainiosacral in 1998 with Joseph Marzal (the Pacific Somatic Institute). Joseph Marzal's work with Shock and Trauma was a great influence and also a big reason for Jason moving into the Biodynamic Crainosacral style of treatment, it helped with questions he had around more mechanical approaches to... More Info
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Jeanine Lewis
Assistant TutorJeanine comes from a primary teaching background where she nurtured the love of reading and music with her students. As a life long learner, her curiosity for the healing capacity of our bodies through alternative therapies became a focus. She is trained in Qi Gong, a Reiki master, and completed BCST... More Info
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Jodi Vousden
TutorJodi Vousden is a Registered Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist in Nelson BC. She has always known that spending time outside, and exploring wild places whether on foot, skis, paddleboard, or bicycle keeps her grounded and nourished. She has spent many years working in community recreation and teaching advanced leadership training courses... More Info
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Josef Steiner
Senior TutorJosef Steiner runs a busy Biodynamic Craniosacral practice in Naduir, Galway. He trained in BCST at Karuna with Franklyn Sills. He has been involved as a tutor for Body Intelligence Ireland with Steve Haines from the very beginning. He has studied Aikido for 30 years and has been an Aikido teacher... More Info
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Julia Stolk
TutorJulia is a Registered Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist living, working and playing on the unceded Coast Salish Territories*, specifically of the Lekwungen and W_SÁNEC peoples of Vancouver Island. She began her inquiry into health over 30 years ago through work, study, play, and travel while beginning her studies in meditation and... More Info
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Julie Thérond
TutorI discovered Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy in a 15 minutes-session during a silent retreat about 15 years ago. This experience has deeply transformed my perception and experience of touch, I was at that time suffering from a long-term head injury. Following this first experience, I studied with senior tutors such as... More Info
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Kali Navada Whyte
TutorKali Navada is a yoga teacher, Thai massage practitoner and holistic nutritionist. Since graduating from Body Intelligence Institute in 2019, she has been offering BCST on Saltspring island and Victoria, BC. Her passion for transformation led her down many paths including Vipassana meditations, plant medicine ceremonies, priestess initiation, ancestral healing... More Info
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Kirstin Soares
Assistant TutorI was first drawn to craniosacral therapy in 2014 to support newborns as they transitioned at birth. As a homebirth midwife I find that craniosacral therapy offers crucial support to little ones as they initiate their first breath and adjust to life outside of the womb. I have combined the... More Info
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Lauren Miller
Senior TutorLauren is a practicing Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist based on Quadra Island, British Columbia. She completed her BCST training with Body Intelligence teachers Ged Sumner, Steve Haines, and Sheila Kean. Her bodywork practice emerged organically from a background in biology and environmental studies, particularly marine and freshwater ecology. She began studying... More Info
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Laurie MacDonald
Assistant TutorWith a profound commitment to bodywork and authentic connection, Laurie Mac Donald brings over 20 years of experience in wellness, movement, and therapeutic practice to her role as a Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy tutor. She is dedicated to helping students to tap into the innate health of the body's systems, facilitating... More Info
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Lenka Plecháčková
Assistant TutorMy name is Lenka Plecháčková, I am a human being, a wife and a mother of two beautiful daughters. My journey through life is many and varied and rich, one of my great passions is self-discovery and finding my own integrity through body therapy, study, life experiences, working with altered... More Info
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Lisa-Maree Heres
Assistant TutorI grew up in the rolling hills of County Victoria and starting my professional career, I worked in the legal industry as a Paralegal. After graduating as a Human Resource Consultant from the Recruitment Consulting Services Association, I soon found I had a love for helping people. Following my life’s... More Info
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Liz Kirkman
Senior TutorLiz Kirkman lives and works in Wellington, New Zealand. Hailing from a performance background, spending almost 20 years teaching embodiment through performance and voice and through physical work as a fitness instructor of barre, HIIT and TRX. She has assisted on the Body Intelligence trainings since 2013, presenting since 2015.... More Info
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Lolly Dadley-Moore
Senior TutorLolly Dadley-Moore, has over 25 years’ experience as a Natural Holistic Health Practitioner, specialising in Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy. Her passion for assisting people to bring health into their lives has driven her to continue developing as a Therapist, Educator and Supervisor. Lolly has a background in manual body therapy strongly... More Info
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Ludmila Nieslanikova
TutorLudmila completed her Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapty training in 2022 and has her own practice in Nový Jičín, Czech Republic. She is a civil engineer by original profession and has worked in the field for several years. Health problems and the search for alternative approaches to treatment led her to change... More Info
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Malena Sallesses
Assistant TutorMalena completed her training in Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy with Body Intelligence Training in 2023. She's also trained in face massage and herbal medicine, and currently continues her studies at the International School of Advanced Osteopathy in Barcelona (IIOA). In 2024, she opened her practice in Vercors Nord & Grenoble and... More Info
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Marianne D'Amore
Senior TutorDr D’Amore has been practicing her dynamic blend of acupuncture, nutritional counseling, chiropractic, meditation, yoga and Tai Qi for more than 30 years in Newport Beach, California. Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy brings the dimensions of wholeness, resonance, stillness and vitality to her practice in one complete package. Her philosophical foundation is... More Info
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Mark Allison
Senior TutorMark is a Senior Tutor with BI and a Registered Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist based partly in northern Thailand and partly in Spain. He discovered his passion for energetics and bodywork through Vipassana meditation and Reiki, before finding a natural affinity with BCST and its powerful integration of anatomy and intuition. Mark’s... More Info
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Marta Farre
TutorMarta is a Spanish Biodynamic Craniosacral & holistic therapist with fifteen years of clinical practice. She originally trained in BCST at Karuna Institute in UK, with Franklyn Sills, and has undertaken further postgraduate courses. Marta also weaves together specialist training in SE® trauma resolution, biomagnetic therapy, applied kinesiology, family constellations... More Info
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Mary Gold
TutorIs your courage stuck inside you? Has trauma rendered you disconnected from your body? Have you searched everywhere for answers only to be left with more questions? Are you tired of being in pain? Are you seeking to reconnect with your own sacred ability to heal? I am here to... More Info
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Mathieu Touya
TutorMathieu has been running a private clinic in SW France ( Bordeaux Region ) since 2016, also assisting and translating courses for Body Intelligence since 2019 in Nimes / France. BCST infused his life since very early as his father has been in the field for more than 40 years. Mathieu studied... More Info
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Matthieu Lopez
TutorMatthieu has been running a private clinic in SW France (Toulouse region) since 2010. He's been assisting / translating courses for Body Intelligence since he graduated in 2016, teaching the theoretical knowledge as well as the depth of clinical practice. Matthieu is also a qualified Traditional Chinese Medicine and Bowen... More Info
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Maureen O'Brien
Assistant TutorMaureen is a registered Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist, completing her training with Body Intelligence in 2018. She is an Aucklander with a clinic set amongst native bush and birdsong in Titirangi. She loves to work in the field of craniosacral therapy where, again and again, she can experience the awesomeness of... More Info
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Megan Arnel
Senior TutorMegan has 20 years experience in the holistic health industry as a remedial massage therapist , Rolfing practitioner and more recently as a biodynamic craniosacral therapist. Her interest in BCST developed over many years of receiving the work and experiencing such profound and lasting changes in her own healing. Megan... More Info
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Nancy Schrauth
Senior TutorDr. Schrauth currently lives and has a bodywork practice in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. Since young she was interested in natural, holistic, health, she followed her instincts to pursue the source of Health. She studied Yoga with a variety of teachers, which led her to study various types of... More Info
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Nancy Siegel
Senior TutorNancy Siegel lives and works in Missoula, Montana. She specifically chose her training in healthcare to develop a broad perspective of therapeutic practice, including ideas and practices from both ‘mainstream’ and complementary medicine. Her background includes training in physical and massage therapy, craniosacral therapy, nutritional therapy and pre- and perinatal... More Info
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Naomi Chuah
TutorNaomi Chuah lives in Langley, British Columbia, where she practices Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy and is the owner of a thriving holistic health clinic. For most of Naomi's adult life she's been curious about health, both body and psycho/emotional. She engages in lots of reading, always asking questions, always looking, listening,... More Info
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Natan Daskal
Assistant TutorNatan Daskal is a BCST practitioner through Body Intelligence. He is also a Certified Massage Therapist, a Registered Somatic Movement Educator, and teaches experiential anatomy, somatic-based dance, and expressive arts therapy at the Tamalpa Institute. He has completed certification programs in somatic education from Moving On Center, mindfulness-based somatic psychotherapy... More Info
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Nicole Ainscough
Senior TutorNicole has a thriving Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy practice based in Calgary , Alberta . Prior to her transition into the holistic side of medicine, Nicole worked for 23 years as a Registered Respiratory Therapist. For many years, her primary focus was working with newborn babies in intensive care, in addition... More Info
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Nikita Vasa
TutorNikita Vasa is a registered Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist and Meru Chikitsa practitioner from Chennai. She runs 'Om Sante' a healing space that helps alleviate Chronic Pain and Trauma by offering modalities based on the principles of Health, Safety and Embodiment. A meditation, breath-work practitioner, and volunteer associated with The Art... More Info
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Nirali Raphael
Senior TutorNirali is a practicing Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist in Mumbai, India. She qualified as a Physiotherapist in London, UK. Her interest in Craniosacral Therapy started during her physiotherapy training and she completed two seminars in Mechanical CST in UK and USA. She completed her Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy training in Mysore, India.... More Info
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Nupam Baswani
TutorNupam has graduated in marketing and sales management and worked successfully in the corporate sector for more than seven years. In 2008, she left the corporate world to follow her inner instinct to discover 'what she really desires to do in her life'. Her inner calling and passion for learning,... More Info
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Oly McDowell
TutorOly (they/them) is a licensed Biodynamic Craniosacral therapist and Heilpraktiker (Naturopath) living in Berlin, Germany. They were born and raised in the Bay Area, California and studied dance at Bard College. Oly is interested in healing forms that work with practices of embodiment, believing that our relationship to our sensing... More Info
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Pauline Chau
Senior TutorPauline was born and bred in Hong Kong. She started her first practice in 2005 in chiropractic and sports medicine clinics in Singapore. In 2007, she founded Integrated Energy – The Therapy Centre http://integratedenergy.com.sg in Singapore. Pauline is a certified therapist in holistic massage, reflexology, aromatherapy and sports massage (ITEC... More Info
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Poornima Ramaprasad
TutorPoornima is a physiotherapist graduated from RV Institute, Bangalore in 2015 and took Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy training in Bangalore graduating in 2017. She has been assisting trainings in Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad. Pursuing advanced training of Craniosacral Therapy in Body Intelligence. She practises and teaches meditation. Also at the faculty... More Info
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Priya Thomas
Assistant TutorOver the years, Priya has accumulated rich experience in holistic health and wellness, working with mothers, babies, teens and individuals seeking physical and emotional healing. She is the founder of Spaciousness. Priya is born and raised in the UAE. She is the mother of twin boys. Her dedication to empowering... More Info
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Robin Giles LaPrairie
Assistant TutorRobin Giles LaPrairie is a Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist (BCST) registered with the Natural Health Practitioners of Canada (NHPC). She provides a Biodynamic approach to Craniosacral therapy while integrating various aspects of Polarity Therapy cultivated by Dr Randolph Stone. She has worked tirelessly for the past 8 years both academically and... More Info
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Rosie Sievers
Assistant TutorRosie is a BCST practitioner who is based in Pōneke/Wellington, NZ and completed her training with the Body Intelligence team based in the USA. Rosie's background includes many years of experience facilitating group environments, in both the worlds of yoga teacher training and retreats and mental health peer-based education. She... More Info
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Ryan Hallford
Senior TutorRyan Hallford has been actively involved in the teaching and practice of craniosacral therapy since 1998. While having studied and appreciated many styles of cranial work, he has always gravitated to the biodynamic approach because of its capacity to unlock remarkably deep resources for healing and transformation. Ryan operates The... More Info
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Shauna McGowan
Assistant TutorHealing has always intrigued me. When I was a teenager I witnessed both Grandmothers suffer with their health (one mental health the other physical). Witnessing their experiences sparked my curiosity about what is health and how can we live it. A desire to assist others in finding health naturally led... More Info
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Sheryl Hamilton
Senior TutorSheryl Hamilton has been a registered massage therapist in Canada since 1997. Before that she was a body worker in the Kripalu tradition. She has taught in the Massage Therapy program at the Swedish Institute College of Health Sciences in New York, and anatomy and neuroanatomy at the Okanagan Valley... More Info
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Shirley Gorfil
Senior TutorShirley has been practicing as a physiotherapist since 2000, specialising in physiotherapy for babies and children. She worked for 11 years in a child development clinic and at a kinder garden for children with special needs. She has studied Craniosacral Therapy at the Upledger Institute and continued to study at... More Info
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Simon Gosling
Senior TutorSimon has been involved in complementary medicine for most of his adult life. With early trainings in yoga, reflexology, tai chi and spiritual healing, Simon became a shiatsu practitioner in 1987 and did the cranial training in 1994-5. Being deeply immersed in the emergence of Biodynamics, studying and then assisting... More Info
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Sivan Beeri
TutorSivan began her journey into the world of healing at 2007 in the ILM training A method that developed from Moshe Feldenkrais work and bio energy techniques. From 2009 guided and thought the students of the training and worked as a therapist Since 2014 she has been following her own... More Info
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Spandan Reddy
Senior TutorSpandan is a Dentist by profession and came across Craniosacral Therapy in 2007 when it helped her overcome a major back injury. She went on to learn Biomechanical Craniosacral work in 2007 from the Stanley Rosenberg Institute, Denmark and The Upledger Institute, Florida. She came across Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy and... More Info
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Sriya Rao
TutorSriya Rao is a wellness consultant, holistic health therapist and breathwork + meditation coach from India. She started her therapeutic journey as a Psychologist and soon ventured into holistic modalities seeking an integration of body and mind while enhancing vitality and reconnecting to inner resources. In 2016 Sriya completed a... More Info
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Tejaaswinny Naakra
TutorTejaaswinny Naakra currently lives in Melbourne Australia where she practices as a Certified Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist, Yoga and Yoga Philosophy Facilitator. She is a Certified Facilitator for Energy Medicine and Lecher antenna, and has a background as a BioMedical Engineer. She has worked in multi specialty hospitals in India and assisted... More Info
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Trevor Asbury
Assistant TutorTrevor (he/they) is a bodyworker and cultural worker who is deeply invested in supporting movements for collective care and liberation. Their work acknowledges that the conditions of our lives, ancestral through preconception and into present time, have an impact on our bodies, relationships and communities. Trevor believes that bodywork is... More Info
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Ursula Cook
Assistant TutorUrsula, a former midwife/nurse, came to Biodynamic Cranial Sacral therapy by accident. From the very first session she was captured by this gentle, respectful, healing modality. She is aligned with the BCST principles of the body's own innate wisdom and it’s ability to heal and return to balance. With her background... More Info
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Zabrina Barteaux
Guest TutorZabrina has been a horse lover and involved in horse care for over 40 years, starting with learning to ride and care for ranch horses in the Rocky Mountains of Northern British Columbia. Eventually her passion for horses steered Zabrina into the English riding world, with lessons, clinics and horse... More Info