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Instructors
Abbey, Jason - LMP Jason Abbey is a Licensed Massage Practitioner (LMP), Reiki Master, Nationally Accredited Instructor of two bodywork modalities, Sound Practitioner, Tonal Healer, and Holistic Personal Chef. Jason launched his own massage practice in 2004 and has since followed his passion around the globe. Most recently, he traveled to Thailand for a month to study the time-honored practice of Thai Massage to deepen his knowledge of what he has learned in the US. In his training in Thailand, he focused on Thai Bodywork and Thai Herbal Compress therapy. Jason has been teaching Massage Cupping (MC) for 6 years. NCBTMB #450472-07.
Brook, Marjorie - LMT  Marjorie Brook has been a Nationally Certified, New York State Licensed Massage Therapist since 1997. In addition to teaching, Marjorie has a private massage therapy practice - A Kneaded Break - that caters to both healthy and special needs children and adults.
As an Advanced Active Isolated Stretching (AIS) Practitioner (June 2003) and a Certified Personal Trainer (1996), Marjorie trained under and assisted Aaron Mattes (pioneer of AIS) with classes across the United States & Canada for four years prior to breaking out on her own. In 2007, Marjorie founded her own bodywork education institution called Brook Seminars. From the very start of her practice as a Massage Therapist, Marjorie recognized the importance of treating scar tissue. This understanding led to her developing a speialized technique called, "Scar Tissue Release". Marjorie currently teaches AIS and Scar Tissue Release seminars throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. NCBTMB # 446175-00, Florida #50-8540 and BOC #P3641.
Clay, Karen - LMP  Karen Clay LMP holds a BA in Dance and has been a movement artist and performer for 30 years. Licensed as a massage practitioner in 1985, she maintains an active private practice. In 1996 she was certified by the Zentherapy® School of Structural Integration, and in 2007 she earned certification from the KMI School of Structural Integration. Karen has been a continual student in the field of Somatics for the past 29 years. Her studies have included classes in Skinner Releasing, Biokinetics/Hanna Somatics, Aston Kinetics, Feldenkrais, Kinesis, and Continuum.
In 1993, Karen developed Somatic Unwinding, and in 2000 inaugurated her second course, Essential Breathwork. Her passion for language, movement and sensation enable her to create heightened sensory awareness and receptivity to the message of our senses through movement. Karen was a frequent presenter at the former Brenneke School of Massage and for the AMTA-WA conventions. NCBTMB #451271-10.
Crafted Touch: Lauren Christman, LMP and Richard Polishuk, LMP  Lauren Christman has been a bodyworker since 1994. Her practice focuses on structural integration (KMI), craniosacral therapy and visceral manipulation for adults and children. As a certified teacher for Kinesis/Tom Myers, she teaches Anatomy Trains, Body3 and KMI, locally and abroad. With over 13 years experience teaching beginning and advanced massage students, Lauren brings a balance of precision, curiosity and humor to the classroom.
Richard Polishuk has been practicing bodywork since 1986, and teaching since 1989. As a teacher he is most passionate about the principles that create a strong ongoing link between assessment and treatment. His practice centers on Aston-Patterning and orthopedic methods. Together, they teach classes in intraoral work, postural assessment and fascial release techniques, and they share a clinic from their home in Seattle, Washington. Their website is www.craftedtouch.com, and they are happy to receive inquiries about their work
DeNardo, Debbie - LMT
 Debbie earned her BS degree from Northern Illinois University and received her massage therapy education at East West College of the Healing Arts in Portland, Oregon. After 20 years of dedicated professional and managerial work in the insurance industry, Debbie's passion for healing and helping others led her into the field of massage therapy. She owns and operates a home based private practice, Massage Solutions, LLC. Debbie has over 13 years of massage experience and is a professional member of the American Massage Therapy Association.
Debbie's experience in teaching her classes comes from Lolita Knight, founder of Fijian Massage, Chinese Facial Massage and Soft Touch Island Massage. Lolita Knight, based in Indiana, learned the Fijian barefoot technique while living in the remote villages of Kadavu and in 1997 she further developed it and began teaching it in the United States. During her 25 years of living in New Zealand, Lolita learned Chinese pressure points in 1999 from a Chinese doctor. Utilizing these points, she developed a 4-part facial massage method now known as Chinese Facial Massage. Also while in New Zealand, Lolita learned Indian Head Massage and has been teaching it with revisions to improve the flow as well as adding strokes and adapting it to the table as traditional Indian Head massage is done seated.
In 2008, in addition to her massage work, Debbie began working as a teaching assistant and marketing manager to Lolita. During this time she worked closely with Lolita, assisting in the development of new techniques such as those found in Soft Touch Island Massage, Chinese Facial Massage & Massage Tools. Now a certified instructor of NCBTMB approved continuing education courses, Debbie plans to continue Lolita's legacy by bringing unique and beneficial classes to the massage community as Lolita prepares for retirement. Debbie's blend of technique, knowledge and sense of fun translates well into a creative, hands-on class environment. NCBTMB # 307802-00.
English, Laurie - LMT, RPP, LCICI
 Laurie's practice of massage began as a little girl - her family role being to massage her grandmother. Combined with her disciplined training in classical music from the ages 4 through 16, she incorporates a heightened sense of musicality in her touch. After receiving her licensure in polarity therapy (RPP = registered polarity practitioner) she became a certified SynergyDanceTM instructor and has taught at the American Polarity Therapy Association Conferences.
With over 3,000 hours of training and a specialty in indigenous massage styles, Laurie is considered a master masseuse. She has over 10 years of spa experience as well as forming her own company SpaNomad, LLC which focuses on providing on-site services. One of SpaNomad's signature therapies is Champissage: Indian Head Massage. Laurie is one of only three teachers in the United States certified to train students in Champissage from the London Centre of Indian Champissage International.
Laurie not only trains, but is a practicing therapist. She provides between 10 and 50 Champissage treatments each week. Laurie's Champissage classes provide 21 CE hours and Laurie is a NCBTMB approved provider (#451035-09). She also holds a B.A. degree from Yale University in Psychology. - More Classes Coming Soon!
Haller, Nancy - MA, Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner cm, NCMMT, LMP  Nancy is a lifelong student and educator. Her Guild Certified Feldenkrais training began in 1993 and completed in 1997. In 1995 she completed her massage training at Seattle Massage School, graduating with honors. She has maintained an active practice since 1996. Her teaching and speaking began in 1995 and in 1998 she began to teach nationally. Nancy recently completed her MA in Somatic Movement Studies with Leslie University in Cambridge, MA. Her passion is working with the client to enhance the relationship of posture, balance and movement for ease in their functional daily lives. She created "Neuromuscular Connections" to educate other practitioners in their communication and manipulation skills. NCBTMB #450156-06.
Hartley, Kim - LMP  Kim Hartley, is a 1990 graduate of Brian Utting School of Massage. She began her studies of Lomilomi in February of 1991. In the last 20 years she has accumulated over 2200 CE hours of study with 11 different teachers of Lomilomi. Her lineage includes her Hawaiian masters, Aupuni ' Iwi Ula, Auntie Margaret Machado, Dr. Maka ' ala Yates, Dougie McKeague, Mahealani Henry, and Harry Uhane Jim (author of, Wise Secrets of Aloha). Kim's additional teachers are Shawn La Sala Kimmel, Mark LaMore, Daniel Albers, Nancy Kahalewai (author of, Big Island Lomilomi), and Wayne Powell. She has had the opportunity to study from both the Kona format and Temple style lomilomi. Heartspire lomilomi is a style of massage that Kim and her husband Jim have created by drawing their favorite Hawaiian Healing Protocols and Principles from all of their lomilomi teachers along the way.
Kim began teaching lomilomi in 1994 when her massage classmate Teri English, who moved to Calgary, Alberta in Canada, hosted her and Lynette Dickson to teach a workshop. Thus began a yearly sojourn for the beginning of her lomilomi teaching career. She began teaching in Olympia, Washington in 1996 and formed Heartspire School of Hawaiian Massage with her husband in 1999. Kim's teaching style is very heart-centered, she embodies "the Aloha Spirit". Kim has a natural way of supporting and nurturing the gifts each student has to share. Through her love and enthusiasm of lomilomi, she guides her students to incorporate pule (prayer), intention, and loving touch into their bodywork practice. Kim also creates an 'Ohana (family) environment for students, allowing an unfolding and safety for a deep body/mind/heart/spirit connection to come forward. Jim Hartley has been studying and practicing lomilomi since 1992, also learning from most of Kim's teachers over the years. He has been assisting Kim since 1996. Jim easily embodies both the spirit of the guardian and the nurturer, a combination that is very important in this sacred work. He is a graduate of Alexander School of Massage class of 2000. Jim is also an accomplished goldsmith and mineralogist; he has been designing and repairing jewelry since he was 16 years old. He has a love of crystals and gemstones and quite a collection available. NCBTMB #450029-06.
Hynes, Millie - LPN/LMP  Millie Hynes graduated from Seattle Massage School in 1993. Prior to massage school, she worked as a Licensed Practical Nurse in a variety of settings. She especially enjoyed working in surgery, obstetrics, and physician offices. Toward the end of her nursing career (while she was in massage school), Millie was employed in long-term care, which gave her the opportunity to work with the elderly in the same care facility where her father was a patient. Seeking more information about alternative treatment for her father, Millie became acquainted with Dietrich Meisler, the founder of DAY-BREAK Geriatric Massage Institute. She took instruction from Dietrich while still attending massage school.
Through Dietrich's enthusiasm and devotion for geriatric massage, Millie made it her goal to start the first geriatric massage program in a long-term nursing care center in Seattle, which she did in 1993 at Mount St. Vincent. While he was at Mount St. Vincent's, Dietrich filmed an instructional video for health care providers about the benefits of touch for the elderly. Millie continued to stay in contact with Dietrich as a resource and friend. She has been practicing geriatric massage since 1993 and became an instructor in 2007 through DAY-BREAK. NCBTMB #22353-00.
Kohli, Nitika - LMP/CPYI Nitika Kohli is a certified Purna Yoga instructor with over 2000 hrs of training and has taught meditation workshops and yoga classes for the past 3 years at www.purnayoga.com. She graduated from the Cortiva Institute of Massage (Seattle) in July 2010. While a student at Cortiva, Nitika held classes in yoga, centering and grounding for her fellow students outside of formal classes. She is currently going through a craniosacral certification training with Pat O' Rourke to be completed in May 2011.
Nitika moved from Atlanta, GA at the end of 2009 to pursue her love for the healing arts. While she started on the path of yoga as a form of relief from her fast paced work environment, yoga has since become a way of life, of healing, of growth, and discovering potential in herself that she never even knew she had. The healing profession of massage has only complemented and enhanced this path of self discovery for Nitika, revealing even more of her true self and strengthening her intuition. She is excited about offering Meditation "Snacks" and Self Care for Massage Therapists to help bring the best of both yoga and massage closer together creating even more depth to the practice of healing. The workshop supports her strong belief that to truly help others heal, we must heal ourselves and create balance in our own lives first. Nitika also holds degrees in Biology from Emory University, GA and Computer Science from Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA. She is on the Board of Directors of the Golden Lotus School, a nonprofit organization founded in 2009, where she teaches heart-centered education to children ages 7 - 17. The school's website is www.goldenlotusschool.org. - More Classes Coming Soon!
Lowe, David - PT David Lowe has been practicing physical therapy since 1996. He earned his BS in Biology from Washington State University in 1993, and his BS in Physical Therapy from the University of Washington in 1996. He also earned a certification as strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) in 2002. David worked in Edmonds from 1996 to 2008, in an outpatient orthopedic clinic. He worked with a wide variety of musculoskeletal impairments in Edmonds. Since 2008, David has been working in Everett, where he primarily treats clients with spine and pelvic girdle issues, including a large percentage of chronic pain patients. Many of the patients in David's current practice have not responded to traditional physical therapy, and require a treatment approach that focuses on patient education.
David's treatment approach includes educating each patient in the mechanics of pain, as well as in the biomechanics of his or her specific dysfunction or injury. David has found that if a patient has a better understanding of why he or she hurts, that the patient is better able to adapt his or her lifestyle in a way that allows improved function and reduced pain; he has also found that removing some of the 'mystery' behind how pain works allows his patients to make a better long-term recovery. David employs a combination of patient education, movement training, home exercise prescription, and soft tissue and joint mobilization in his practice. David also teaches Pathology at the Denton Massage School in Arlington. - More Classes Coming Soon!
McAtee, Robert - RMT, CSCS, C-PT  Bob McAtee, has been a massage therapist since 1981, specializing in sports massage and soft tissue therapy. Since 1988, Bob has maintained an active, international private practice in Colorado Springs, CO. He is an NCBTMB approved provider and regularly presents workshops throughout the U.S. and internationally on facilitated stretching, sports massage, and soft-tissue injury care. His seminars consistently receive 5-star reviews for their depth of information, hands-on learning, and for Bob's relaxed teaching style.
Bob is Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (1992), is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (NSCA 1998), and a certified personal trainer (ACE 2006). He¿s also the author of Facilitated Stretching. Since its release in 1994, Facilitated Stretching has sold over 100,000 copies and has been translated into Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Korean, and Japanese. Bob invented the patented Hand-L Massage Tool, used by manual therapists worldwide to save their thumbs. For more information, please go to: www.stretchman.com. NCBTMB # 294954-00.
Popp, Ursula - L.AC., VCST, CC  The common thread in Ursula's life has been her work with people. Through years of working as a counselor in private practice and for the city of Zurich, she learned that she could not access her clients fully through talking and conversation; there was a significant aspect of the person that she was not able to address with counseling skills alone. This discovery led her to the field of bodywork. Shortly after receiving certification in Massage, she began her study of Cranio-Sacral work with Hugh Milne, Founder and Director of the Milne Institute. She found that this work deeply resonated with her core beliefs and values because of the focus on caring for rather than fixing, development rather than results, experience-based knowledge and wisdom, connection rather than separation, and the whole person rather than their problems.
After having taken only the first few cranial classes, Milne, recognizing Ursula's natural talent and aptitude for the work, asked her to assist him in teaching his classes. During this time, Hugh taught her more than she could have ever dreamed. Eventually, she became one of the core instructors for the Milne Institute, teaching all the classes in Europe as well as in the US for over 6 years, before leaving to develop her own Cranio-Sacral program in January 2002. Though academic information is a significant component of all of her classes, her greatest joy is supporting students as they master and embody this sophisticated therapy and discover their own creative ways of understanding and applying it. Ursula's desire for a medical paradigm within which to better understand the human body ~ its structure, function, and disease processes ~ also led her to pursue a degree in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. Again, because this healing modality is ancient, holistic, energetic, and effective, she found it deeply resonated with her core beliefs. After being awarded a Master's in Acupuncture, she sought specialty training in Pediatric Acupuncture and Toyo Hari Japanese Acupuncture (a treatment where needles are not inserted into the skin). In addition to her education and training, Ursula's fifteen-year Zen meditation practice has had a tremendous influence on how she thinks about health and well-being, and has deeply informed her approach to treatment and teaching. She believes that her work would not even be possible without the grounding and deepening effect of the Zen teachings, the rejuvenating benefits of regular sitting and meditation retreats, and the support from her teachers and peers. Ursula continues her spiritual development as a student of Deena Metger, poet, Shaman, and Medicine Woman, and has become a vital part of a vibrant healing community in Seattle called Daré, with branches all over the country. (Daré is a Shona - a tribe native to Zimbabwe - word that best translates as 'council'. It is a community of people who focus on right relation to everything and work toward healing of the individual, the community, and all creation). For more information about Ursula Popp and her classes in Cranio-Sacral work, please go to: www.ursulapopp.com. NCBTMB #322123-00
Rynerson, Kay - LMP  Kay started her massage practice in 1988 after graduating from Seattle Massage School and began working in a health club, where she stayed for nearly ten years. Two years after her graduation, Kay began her Thai Massage studies shortly after reading a magazine article about Thai Massage. She was so pumped, she wanted to take the very next flight out to Bangkok.
After an exploratory trip to Thailand in 1993, where she experienced many different styles of Thai massage, Kay came back home and found Michael Eisenberg. Michael, at the time, took students on annual trips to Chiang Mai, to the Institute of Thai Massage (ITM), where he acted as an assistant instructor. A talented therapist and gifted teacher, he patiently taught Kay the whole routine as taught at ITM over a period of five years, a little at a time. By taking her time to absorb and learn, she was able to practice, integrate and fine-tune the moves. By the time Kay returned to Thailand in 1997, she took and passed the teaching certification course at ITM. with Chongkol and Attchara Settakorn. Discouraged by the lack of adequate teaching materials, Kay created her own over a period of the next four years (1997-2001) which culminated in The Thai Massage Workbook. This workbook is the step-by-step guide that Kay wished she had while learning. The workbook includes a full three-hour routine. And now there is the DVD, a shorter, step-by-step guide to a 90-minute routine. Kay maintains a private practice of both Western style massage and Thai massage in Seattle. She returns to Thailand every year or two to concentrate on collecting new moves, refining old ones and exploring the many approaches taken by each individual therapist. There is no end to the learning process, so the work she does in her treatment room is always evolving. Kay has also worked with many creative Thai therapists from throughout the world, who have generously shared their knowledge and experience. In addition, Kay is a member of the Thai Healing Alliance International (www.thaihealingalliance.com), a non-profit association of Thai therapist, teachers and institutions committed to excellence and to the promotion of this great tradition. The association is working towards standardizing levels of achievement and study. For more information about Kay or to learn more information about her informative books and DVDs, please go to: www.learnthaimassage.com. NCBTMB 450656-08.
Schmidt, Dawn - LMP  Dawn has been involved in both public and private education for over 25 years. She has served as Director of Education and Instructor at both Brenneke School of Massage (now Cortiva Institute - Seattle and Seattle Massage School (now Everest College). Currently, Dawn is an adjunct faculty member at Bastyr University Physical Medicine Department teaching massage skills to future Naturopathic Physicians and Acupuncturists. She is also currently providing continuing education in the form of workshops and mentoring.
Dawn has been licensed and practicing massage in Washington State for over 20 years. Prior to that, she practiced in California off and on since 1977. She has an eclectic private cash based practice and serves as an employee in a medically oriented clinic providing services. Dawn's massage/bodywork skills span a wide spectrum of approaches from energetic and wellness to clinical medical massage/bodywork. She specializes in treatment of difficult to resolve conditions in all body areas and she recently served as a Research Interventionist with Group Health Research Institute. Dawn provided massage treatment for patients with cervicalgia as part of a large massage dosing study.
Her educational background includes a Bachelor of Science Degree in Physical Education/Kinesiology and a Professional Teaching Credential (for K - Adult). She has also taught in public high school setting teaching health education and physical education.
Dawn has also been involved in consulting, research and has been a long-term volunteer for many industry organizations, such as:
- Group Health Research Institute: consultant to develop data gathering instruments and massage protocols treating low back pain and generalized anxiety disorder.
- C3 Study: developed the massage protocols for use in the "C3 Study" addressing end of life care with Bastyr University and the University of Washington.
- Massage Therapy Research Consortium (MTRC): former member
- Academic Consortium on Complimentary and Alternative Health Care (ACCAHC): as a founding member Dawn focused on facilitating respect and understanding amongst health care professions and developed common ground to support accurate education, representative of the respective professions.
- Massage Therapy Body Of Knowledge project: task force member
- Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation (COMTA): served as commissioner, secretary and as an experienced on-site evaluation team member and leader
- Accreditation Council on Continuing Education and Training (ACCET): experienced on-site evaluation team member and leader
- American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA): member of the national committee for Ethics and Standards of Care. At the state level, Dawn was instrumental in developing competency based educational and licensing standards for the profession.
Dawn provides consultation services for attorneys, law enforcement, legislators, educators/school owners and licensed massage practitioners regarding massage business operations, practice and skill development considerations, as well as ethical and legal issues for the massage profession. She diligently worked to develop, lobby for change and facilitate legislation beneficial for the profession. In 1999, she participated on the Insurance Commissioners Clinicians Workgroup on the Integration of Complementary and Alternative Medicine clarifying coverage issues for CAM services and forging alliances between CAM providers and deepening the dialogue between CAM providers and clinical directors for Insurance companies.
Storwick, Sandra - LMP/CPYI Sandra's interest in the healing arts grew with her personal journey of self healing. Sandra is a graduate of the Brian Utting School of Massage, class of December 1999. She has a private massage practice out of her home in Kirkland and one of her current pursuits is the study of cranial sacral massage. Sandra is also a certified Purna Yoga teacher at the 2000-hour level. She has been teaching yoga and meditation classes at Yoga Centers (www.yogacenters.com) in Bellevue since 1985. Sandra has a strong background in the visual arts. She also has degrees in Development Studies and Education from University of Calgary in Canada. During the 80's she taught drawing and ceramics at an International School in South India. She is one of the founders of, and is currently on the board of directors of the nonprofit organization, Golden Lotus School, (www.goldenlotusschool.org), whose mission is teaching heart-centered education to children ages 7 - 17. As she watched her two daughters transform, as they practiced these techniques, she felt that she wanted to offer other children the opportunity maintain a connection with their inner wisdom and a sense of self love as they navigate through the teenage years. As her two loves, massage and Purna Yoga, grew side by side, she has often had such a strong feeling that the massage community would receive so much benefit from what Purna Yoga has to offer. This workshop is the beginning of that process of reaching out to share the Purna Yoga techniques for self healing and self balancing with the massage community. Sandra's website is: (www.goldlotusyoga.com) - More Classes Coming Soon!
Utting, Brian - LMP  Brian Utting founded the Brian Utting School of Massage, located in Seattle, in 1982. Brian developed and evolved the curriculum and taught there throughout the school's history. During most of this time, Brian also served as the Director until he sold the school in 2006, where he continued to teach until 2008. Brian teaches with a rare blend of passion, precision, humor, common sense, and depth. He was awarded the AMTA's Robert N. Calvert Award for Lifetime Achievement in April 2009. NCBTMB #451040-09.
- Muscle-Specific Deep Tissue Techniques for the Back (Seattle February 8, 2012) - 4.5 hours
- Muscle-Specific Deep Tissue Techniques for the Arms (Seattle February 29, 2012) - 4.5 hours
- Muscle-Specific Deep Tissue Techniques for the Iliopsoas, Diaphragm & QL (Seattle March 21, 2012) - 4.5 hours
- Muscle-Specific Deep Tissue Techniques for the Legs & Hips (Seattle April 7, 2012) - 8 hours
- Muscle-Specific Deep Tissue Techniques for the Legs & Hips (Post Falls April 28, 2012) - 8 hours
- Muscle-Specific Deep Tissue Techniques for the Arms (Post Falls April 29, 2012) - 4.5 hours
- Muscle-Specific Deep Tissue Techniques for the Posterior, Lateral and Anterior Neck (Seattle May 19, 2012) - 7.5 hours
- Evaluation and Treatment of Shoulder Injuries (Seattle July 28, 2012) - 8 hours
- Bindegewebesmassage: Connective Tissue Massage (Seattle September 19 & 26 2012) - 7 hours
Warne, Patricia - LMT Patricia Warne graduated from The Desert Institute of the Healing Arts in Arizona in 1984. She spent the first 8 years of her profession at Canyon Ranch Spa and Resort in Tucson Arizona. She was the assistant Supervisor in the Hydrotherapy Department and played a vital role in the design and development of new therapies.
Patricia has studied extensively in Europe, especially in Germany and brings a rich background in the science of temperature therapeutics to the classroom. She was the first instructor trained by Mary Nelson, the founder of LaStone Therapy, and has been an international instructor since 1997 in the USA, Canada and Europe. Patricia has also taught in many massage schools and spas for the past 15 years. Patricia currently travels to teach LaStone Therapy as well as offering private sessions in Eugene and Portland, Oregon. Her experience and expertise are second to her passion for the Healing Arts and she shares this knowledge with students in an inspiring and motivating style. NCBTMB #146289-00.
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