Personal goals center on helping people of all ages to find fulfillment through discovering their life purpose. Explore a variety of health, creative and life style approaches to help remove the blocks to living a loving and satisfying life. Place a high priority on collaborative / cooperative efforts to motivate human beings in living their life purpose.

Professional Positions

 April 2005 - Present: Self-Employed: Smooth Yoga & Massage (Conway, AR.) Perform massages on clients in North & Central Arkansas (independent contactor with Kreationz Spa in Conway) Offer on site massages, seminars, and personal health consultations with area businesses.  Teach Continuing Education seminars for annual massage license renewal offering a seminar I designed in 1994 titled: Breath.Movement.Sound.Touch seminar. This year, 94 therapists from 35 cities around Arkansas attended this key professional seminar! Traveled to Florida 3 times to offer my seminar to massage therapists in a Destin school.

Nov. 2004 – March 2005, Yoga Instructor -Yoga for Life/Ozark Yoga Alliance – Tecumseh, MO.
Substitute teach yoga classes, do record keeping, and perform PR for additional students. Taught 6 – 8 classes per week, and traveled upwards of 50 miles to do so.
 

Jul 01, 2003 to Aug 13, 2004, Therapeutic Support Staff, Delta T Group, Bryn Mawr, PA
Assisted mentally and emotionally handicapped children & their families in developing better ways to cope / respond to school & home life. Filled out daily reports, and attended weekly supervision meetings
 

Jun 01, 2002 to Aug 01, 2004, Yoga Instructor, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Taught as an outside contractor / instructor (not officially employed by hospital) a weekly yoga class, and meditation lesson. Outside teachers scheduled to come as well.
 

Mar 01, 2002 to Jun 01, 2003, Therapeutic Support Staff, Children's Crisis Treatment Center, Philadelphia, PA
Perform mental health duties for instituting and maintaining improved coping skills for mental & emotional handicapped children. Filled out extensive daily reports, monthly summaries, and attended weekly supervision / training meetings.

Jun 01, 2002 to Aug 01, 2004, Yoga Instructor, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Taught as an outside contractor / instructor (not officially employed by hospital) a weekly yoga class, and meditation lesson. Outside teachers scheduled to come as well.
 

Mar 01, 2002 to Jun 01, 2004, Yoga Instructor, Fitness Works Gym, South Philadelphia, PA
Taught 3 - 5 yoga classes a week, and prepared the class outline, and handouts in readiness for them. Selected music, and developed guided relaxation themes that pleased all attendees.
 

Mar 01, 2002 to Jun 01, 2004, Yoga Instructor / Massage Therapist, Philadelphia Sports Club (TSI), Philadelphia, PA conduct weekly yoga class, and perform therapeutic massages as needed for club members
 

Mar 01, 2002 to Sep 01, 2003, Massage therapist / Seminar facilitator, Whole Foods Natural Foods Grocery, Philadelphia, PA & Marlton, NJ, PA Worked as an independent contractor (not employed by Whole Foods) presenting health seminars, and offering chair massages / stress relief sessions for customers.
 

Dec 01, 2001 to Dec 01, 2002, Stress Relief seminar leader, Community College of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Conducted mini-stress relief sessions for students during final exam time, and also performed short chair massages. Served high volume of students / faculty, and made up report on how satisfied people were
 

Nov 01, 1999 to Mar 01, 2000, Seminar facilitator, Hendrix College, Conway, AR
Taught quick and applicable stress relief techniques through this (contracted out) seminar in a series of offerings. Students were pleased, and a report generated on how the stress coping strategies changed over the time the seminars were offered.
 

Jun 01, 1998 to Oct 01, 1999, Massage Therapist, Arlington & Majestic Resort Hotels, Hot Springs, AR
Performed massages on guests that visited this resort (mineral bath) town, and practiced excellent customer service principles, and received many complimentary letters from regulars.
 

Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance @ 500 hour level. Qualified to instruct would-be yoga teachers in the art of yoga instruction. Received yoga training at the Ananda Marga Retreat Intensive Training Center in Philadelphia in 1974 (this center now located in Los Altos Hills, CA.) This was a 4 1/2 month residential and internship program involving sutras, asanas, pranayamas, Aikido, service work, 4 daily meditations, and yoga psychology.

Licensed Massage Therapist (Jun 01, 1987 - Oct 01, 1987) Natural Healing Institute, Encinitas, CA
Was trained in numerous modalities of therapeutic massage, and the healing arts such as: Swedish, Traegar approach, acupressure, Shiatsu, Reiki, Therapeutic Touch, and record keeping. Took state board exam and have been licensed every year since through 2004.
 

Bachelor of Arts (Speech Communication) (1980 - 1984) University of Arkansas @ Little Rock, Little Rock, AR
Received a bachelors degree in the degree program called: Interpersonal & Organizational Communication, which included a wide variety of courses in communication, counseling, statistics, developing research surveys, intercultural communication, etc.
 

Certificates of Attendance (1976 - 1979) Arkansas Office on Alcohol & Drug Abuse Prevention, Little Rock, AR Attended over 100 hours in counseling, and intervention techniques for helping people with alcohol and drug abuse problems, as well as family issues.

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