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If you would like either Joanna, Kathy, or Angela to teach a course in your area, please email our office. If you would like to have a private Healing From the Core session, please email them directly : Joanna Haymore, Kathy Burns , Angela Stevens or Lori Chinitz. Our Certified HFC Overview Presenters have demonstrated a working knowledge of Healing From the Core principles and are able to hold a healing space for others to ground and fill at a deeper level. These presenters are qualified to teach smaller courses in their local area. |
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Suzanne Scurlock-Durana, C.M.T, C.S.T.-D (Reston, VA) For more than twenty five years Suzanne has taught and mentored in the area of conscious awareness and its relationship to the healing process. She has developed a uniquely creative approach to energy, presence, grounding and integrative exercises taught beautifully in the Healing From the Core program, which includes a six level training series and a complementary audio series. All of this is based on her years of experience helping fellow healthcare practitioners hold a healing space for themselves, as well as developing their own therapeutic presence for clients and patients. She is passionate about teaching people practical skills that allow them to feel the joy of being present in each moment of their lives, without burning out. To that end, she has just completed a book and companion CD, Full-Body Presence: Explorations, Connections and More to Experience Present Moment Awareness. Since 1986 she has been a certified instructor of CranioSacral Therapy and SomatoEmotional Release with The Upledger Institute, teaching both nationally and internationally. She is also on the faculty at Esalen Institute, and provides ongoing staff development training there, as well as collaborating regularly with Emilie Conrad, integrating Continuum movement and healing presence. Known for her honest, grounded, nurturing manner, Suzanne assists others in going to the heart of their healing process. She is adept at weaving together mind, body, and spirit to create a unique environment where profound healing can occur. To accomplish this, she draws on her wealth of experience as a professional, teacher and therapist, a wife and mother, and generously shares from all areas of her life. A sought-after speaker in her field, Suzanne inspires
healthcare practitioners, coaches, teachers and care-givers all over
the world to stay energized using her life-changing tools for stress
management and full-body presence. She also has authored numerous articles,
and thousands visit her popular blog, Presence Matters: Reflections
on Body, Mind and Spirit at http://massagemag.com/massage-blog/presence-matters.
She has a private practice in Reston, VA where her clients also benefit
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Joanna Haymore, MS, OTR/L, (Durham, North Carolina) Healing From the Core Certified Instructor, has a private practice as an occupational therapist using CranioSacral Therapy, Visceral Manipulation, Sensory Integration, and Body-Mind Centering to work with children and adults. Joanna graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Masters in Occupational Therapy in 1994 and from the School of Body-Mind Centering, founded by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen in 1989. She is a Registered Movement Therapist with the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association and a licensed massage therapist. Joanna believes in the human potential to live lovingly with oneself, other beings, and the planet and offers classes and individual work to help achieve that goal. For more information, please visit her website at: www.BodyMapSkills.com “Joanna is a wonderful presence in every way; she embodies the principles with such grace.” Kay Watson “Joanna creates an extremely safe space that allows participants to open up, go deep, share and bond. She is superb at sensing where each person is at their edge and where they need to be working and assisting them to move forward in their own way at their own pace.” Michele D., Environmental Scientist
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Angela
Stevens, COTA,
CST (Ashburn, Virginia) -Angela Stevens, COTA, CST (Virginia)
As a Healing from the Core Certified Teacher, Practitioner, and teaching
assistant, Angela brings to her work a depth of life experience and
education. She maintains a private practice in which she integrates
skills from her Occupational Therapy background, CranioSacral Therapy,
level III Reiki, Lymph Drainage, Somato Emotional Release trainings,
and extensive Healing from the Core studies. Angela provides a strong,
grounded, steadfast therapeutic presence that creates a safe environment
for her clients to connect with their deepest healing potential. Drawing
from her personal journey of recovering from Post Traumatic Stress and
Disassociation Disorder, she has refined her knowledge and expertise
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Lori Chinitz, PT (Long Island, NY) Lori is a Healing From the Core Certified Practioner and a physical therapist with over 20 years of experience working with infants, children and adults in a variety of therapeutic settings. She has extensively studied Craniosacral therapy, Visceral Manipulation, TAMO movement strategy, as well as various other manual therapies. In addition she is certified in Neurodevelopmental Therapy for pediatrics. Lori presently works in her private practice in Syosset, New York and is the Director/Owner of A Step Ahead Therapy Services, a multidisciplinary agency. Lori combines her unique understanding of the body, mind and energy systems to assist each person in their healing process with a grounded, and supportive presence. |
Interview
with Lori, physical therapist [PT] for years - now an HFC Instructor
Had been studying Cranio-Sacral for 14 yrs - " but not the internal landscape needed to not burnout" Now holds energy flow & can "walk away full" from a hard PT sesssion with her comfort/energy level shifted  |
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