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Lona Alexander Lona is certified by AmSAT, the American
Society of the Alexander Technique, and has been teaching private and group
classes since 1990. She is also certified in two yoga traditions and
has been teaching yoga since 1976. One of her greatest joys is helping
students find greater ease, confidence and creativity in their work. Eloise Albrecht
Eloise has been rubbing people the right
way since at least 1975. She went to school for massage in Gainesville,
Florida in 1994, and has been working steadily as a massage therapist ever
since. She has trained in many different modalities - NMT, Shiatsu,
Reflexology, Trager, Deep Tissue, Reiki, etc. - but most enjoys working in
her own style that she calls 'sneaky deep tissue'. "Deep tissue massage
does not have to be painful - in fact, when you actually get to the level of
sensation that is pain, you are doing more injury than good," says
Eloise. "What I laughingly refer to as 'sneaky deep tissue' refers to
the idea that the muscles let go at their own pace, and when the therapist
follows the muscles 'lead', instead of forcing them, deep work can happen
that will hold longer and bring about true transformation." Eloise was involved in the formation of
HHI 10 years ago, and one of the first teachers here. She went back to the
East Coast for awhile, but is excited to be coming home. Eloise is also
a New York State acupuncturist. K. John McEnany, H.H.P
John offers a blending of: Neuro-Muscular, Myofascial Release, Sports
Injury Recovery, Reflexology, Trigger Point Therapy, Touch For Health, Reiki,
Acupressure, Craniosacral & more. Graduating from the Utah College of
Massage Therapy in 1997 with 1,100 hous of training John started with a
Chiropractor in Burbank & worked in office for five years along with a
private practice and added to his knowledge of bodywork with continued
education courses. Former Officer of the A.M.T.A. Vice Pres. of Education
(L.A. chapter). His focus is chronic
pain reduction & improved range of motion. John works with athletes & performers (cast of Riverdance,
singers, dancers, martial artist, and marathon runners) helping improve
performance & endurance. Specialized work for the elderly offered; and
stroke/brain injury recovery, Pregnancy massage, delivery assistance, infant
massage classes and Reiki Attunements. Mandy Newberry, LVN, CMT Mandy spent several years as a floor nurse
and her compassion and desire to help others led her to massage therapy.
Mandy is a graduate of Hands on Healing Institute. She currently works at
Healthcare Recoveries and is in private practice. Mandy's background and
knowledge of Eastern and Western medicine enables her to teach Anatomy and
Physiology with the perspective of how it applies to massage therapy. Mandy
is also one of the instructors for our special Continuing Education Credit
course for Nurses. Frances Nicolais, LMT Frances is our Director of Education and one of our original
instructors. She has such loyalty to our school; word has it that she
has been known to dye her hair purple to match our school color.
Frances is also the owner of the KELA-Kneaded Experience LA, a
professional chair massage company in operation since 1995. Her passion
is myofascial release, which she provides to any willing participant at her
office in Montrose. She has developed the Focus on Fascia classes at
Hands-on-Healing and teaches them with as much passion and enthusiasm as any
one person can! Frances also teaches the Myofascial Trigger Point classes and
has developed (and teaches) the only 100 hour chair massage program in all
Los Angeles. Jim Pirri, LMT
Jim always felt that there was a
mind/body/emotion/spirit connection, but never realized the full extent of
that connection until his first class in Myofascial Release (MFR) in 2005,
which helped him just as much emotionally as it did physically. The effect
was so profound that he decided to change his life’s direction and pursue
Bodywork as a vocation with an emphasis on working with the fascia. In addition to MFR, he is also certified
in Swedish, Deep Tissue, Chair massage and Myofascial Trigger Point
therapy. He worked in a physical
therapy office specializing in MFR for about two years and currently has a
private practice and continues to do chair massage as well as working in a
spa setting. He is a self-described anatomy geek and believes that technical
knowledge combined equally with intuition makes for a very effective
therapist. As in the body, it’s all connected and treatment is facilitated
when dealt with in this manner. Logan Rardin, LMT, C.Ht. Logan comes to HHI with a broad background
in the Healing Arts. With a lifetime
of natural studies and experience in the outdoors, Logan has integrated many
different ideologies into his teaching of massage therapy as well as his
holistic practice. He has over ten
years experience as a certified, licensed Massage Therapist. Logan’s
course of studies in the healing arts and wilderness survival come from a
strong Shamanic Indian influence, as well as his studies internationally. This has given him many tools with which
to guide and support students in this chosen path within the Healing Arts. Stefanie Sabounchian, AAR & ARCB Certified ReflexologistStefanie studied and practiced Reflexology
for many years in her home country of Germany before she came to the United
States in 2000. She earned her Professional Reflexology Certificate in
Integrated Foot Hand Ear Reflexology from the American Academy of Reflexology
in 2002 and is National Certified with the American Reflexology Certification
Board. Stefanie is on the Board of Directors of the Reflexology Association
of California and she has a thriving full time private Reflexology practice
in Southern California. Stefanie teaches Foot Hand Ear Reflexology at several
schools including the American Academy of Reflexology where her
professionalism, passion for helping others and her genuine sincerity has
endeared her to all of her students. Vicky Saikali,
LMT
Vicky hails
from a Pennsylvania Dutch background in Pennsylvania and then spent 12 years in
the Virgin Islands before making California her home. She grew up with
a strong connection to the Earth and a belief in the body's ability to heal
itself. After her 3 children became more independent, she knew it was
time to finally do what she felt was her "calling" and became
a graduate of Hands on Healing Institute. Her experience here was
profound and she realized she wanted to be a facilitator of this experience
for others, so she became a teacher! She is one of the instructors
for the CMT150 Beginner’s Program and Deep Swedish Spa class and loves
teaching and watching her students find their passion. She is a
licensed massage therapists specializing
in Swedish Massage and Myofascial Release with certificates in
Pregnancy/Infant Massage, Chair Massage, and the Alexander Technique.
She shares an office with other therapists in Montrose, as well as
works out of a chiropractor's office in Glendora. Vicky is
passionate about the healing arts, the body/mind/spirit connection, and
aiding her students on their personal growth journey. Andrea Schally, Aromatherapist, CMT Andrea's homeland is Austria. She is a
certified Aromatherapist practicing in the United States since 1994. Andrea
concentrates on healing with essential oils by revealing and unblocking
physical, emotional, spiritual and mental imbalances in order to achieve
homeostasis and restore the body's health. She had been studying essential
oils for over 20 years and her knowledge of essential oils and their uses is
extensive. Andrea is a Swedish
massage instructor as well as the head of the Aromatherapy Program in the
Elective Program. Nora Stewart, LMT
Nora was moved
to go into massage during a midlife time of transition. “It was a
calling!”, she says and she has never looked back. Once graduating from
Hands on Healing, she was strongly pulled towards Chair Massage and
Myofascial Release, and has since become the General Manager of the Kneaded
Experience LA, experts in the Los Angeles chair massage industry. Nora
is now sharing her extensive experience in the chair massage field, as one
the instructors of our 100-hour structural chair massage program. Mary Frances Spencer, LMT
Mary Frances began practicing Yoga in the
early 1990's when she was experiencing high stress working as a designer in
the textile industry. She Heather White, CMT Heather is the Associate Director of HHI
and delights in teaching Swedish massage, energy healing, and
meditation. She grew up in a family
that was very active in holistic therapies including energy medicine, which
she has gone on to study and practice throughout her life. She began her
meditation practice at age eight and traveled to Western Europe at age twelve
teaching meditation for children. Heather has a degree in Philosophy from
UCLA and has been studying and practicing the ways of the Tibetan Bön
Buddhism tradition for the last fourteen years. Heather feels that she has
found the passion of her life in teaching and is much loved by her students.
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