Appendix.

Training & Inspirational Reading.

Anyone who spends time with me, very quickly learns about my appetite for learning. In this space I want to share the trainings, teachers and literature that inspires and deepens my massage practice.

Training:

Ongoing Anti-Racism & Liberation Education

Trauma Informed Care

Manual Osteopathic College of Canada 2023-2024.

MH Vicars School of Massage Therapy 2014-2016.

Chand, Jeffery - Acupressure and Meridian Massage Techniques, taught online 2020

Gonthier, Geha - Shiatsu Introduction, hands on learning Edmonton 2017

Kohlmeier, Paul - Evidence Informed Clinic Cupping, taught online 2021

Marin, Gilles

  • Biology of Consciousness and Fusion Meditation, Taoist Chi Kung Basics, taught online 2020

  • Tao Touch Chi Kung- taught online 2022

  • Fundamentals of Healing with Chi Nei Tsang & Tao Touch Extrordinary Chi Kung- hands on learning 9 day retreat Nevada City, California 2022

Melnychuk, Peter

  • Universal Healing Tao Basics + Chi Nei Tsang Fundamentals, hands on learning 7 days in Edmonton 2019

  • Visceral Anatomy, hands on learning Edmonton 2021

Moen, Chantel - Introduction to Cupping Massage, hands on learning Calgary 2018

Purves, Eric - Chronic Pain Management For Massage Therapists, taught online 2023

Semeniuk, Nikki - Somatic Exercise Teacher Training Level 1, hands on learning Edmonton 2020

Reading:

  • Acupressure Potent Points by Michael Ried Gack

  • Acupressure Taping by Hans-Ulrich Kay Liebchen, MD

  • Active Your Vagus Nerve by Dr. Navaz Hibib

  • Anatomy Trains By Thomas W. Meyers

  • Bone, Breath & Gesture Edited By Don Hanlon Johnson

  • Body Reflexology by Mildred Carter and Tammy Webber

  • Chi Nei Tsang (Advanced) by Mantak Chia and Willam U. Wei

  • Chi Nei Tsang By Mantak Chia

  • Craniosacral Chi Kung by Mantak Chia and Joyce Thom

  • Eastern Body, Western Mind by Anodea Judith

  • Emotional Alchemy by Tara Bennet Golman

  • Essentials of Chinese Acupuncture by Foreign Language Press Beijing China

  • Five Elements and Ten Stems by Matsumoto Birch

  • Fusion of the Five Elements by Mantak Chia

  • General Osteopathic Treatment by Robert Johnston

  • Grace Unfolding by Greg Johansen Ron Kurtz

  • Healing from Within By Gilles Marin

  • Holistic Anatomy by Pip Waller

  • In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction by Gabor Mate

  • Muscle Energy Techniques 4th edition By Leon Chaitow

  • Neuroeffective Meditation By Marianne Bentzen

  • Osteopathy By John Parksons Nicolas Marcer

  • Planetary Healing by Nicki Scully Mark Hallert

  • Shen Medicine by Peter Hudoba, MD

  • Somatics By Thomas Hanna

  • The Art of Cupping

  • The Body that Keeps the Score

  • The Classic Collector's Edition - Gray's Anatomy

  • The Occult Anatomy of Man by Manly P. Hall

  • The Potent Self By Moshe Feldenkrais

  • The Subtle Energy Body

  • The Tao of Healthy Eating By Bob Flaws

  • The Web that has no weaver by Ted J. Kaptchuk

  • The Good Ancestor By Roman Krznaric

  • The Book of Shiatsu

  • Trigger Point Therapy by Donna Finando, L.A.C, L.M.T, Steven Finando, PH.D, L.A.C

  • Visceral Manipulation in Osteopathy by Eric U. Hebgen