Our Instructors & Overview Presenters

Healing From the Core: Grounding and Healthy Boundaries courses are currently taught by both Suzanne Scurlock-Durana, curriculum developer, and Joanna Haymore, Angela Stevens, Kathy Burns and Lori Chinitz, all authorized instructors. Advanced level courses are currently taught by Suzanne.

If you would like either Joanna, Kathy, Angela or Lori 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.

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 audio, Full-Body Presence: Learning to Listen to Your Body's Wisdom

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 from the techniques she teaches.

Joanna Haymore, MS, OTR/L, (Durham, North Carolina) Joanna is a Healing From the Core Certified Instructor who believes in the human potential to live lovingly with oneself, other beings, and the planet. Joanna's background in somatic movement and bodywork, and her lifelong devotion to growth and discovery, enables participants in her classes to find the doorway into healing for themselves. She brings compassion, warmth and ease to the experience of coming into full body presence. Joanna's roots in the rural South add a depth and richness from her own personal experience that assists others to feel safe to explore new boundaries and develop life-enhancing skills.

"Joanna is a wonderful presence in every way; she embodies the principles of Healing from the Core with such grace."

"Joanna creates an extremely safe space that allows participants to open up, go deep, share and bond. She is superb at sensing when each person is at their edge - and where they need to be working - as she assists them to move forward in their own way, at their own pace."

When she is not teaching, Joanna maintains a private practice as an occupational therapist using CranioSacral therapy, Lymph Drainage therapy, Visceral Manipulation, Sensory Integration, and Body-Mind Centering(SM) to work with children and adults. She 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. For more information and to contact her, please visit her website at: www.BodyMapSkills.com.

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Kathy Burns, (Sun City, Arizona) - Kathy's 30 years of diverse training and development in corporate boardrooms and educational settings is showcased in her leadership style as a Healing from the Core Certified Instructor. To everyone's benefit, Kathy weaves together left-brained expertise with a deep, full-hearted presence. She creates a safe and grounded container that enables people to dive deeply into their healing process. Kathy's clarity enables people from diverse backgrounds easy access to full body presence skills and concepts. Helping her students learn to incorporate new skills and tools into their daily lives is one of her strengths as an Instructor. In her own words, "It's my goal to help people live joyfully through a daily commitment to Healing from the Core energy habits." Kathy's intelligence, warmth and humor are appreciated by her students, who say, "she is one of the best teachers I've ever had."

"Kathy is an excellent communicator with a wealth of knowledge."

"Loved her energy, her sense of humor, her personal stories, her sense of time and the clear love of this work as she teaches us!"

Kathy Burns has a B.A. in Speech and English and her M.S. is in Education. She is an adjunct faculty member for the College of Allied Health at Northland Pioneer College. She currently is the business manager and co-owner of a successful massage and CranioSacral therapy practice in Sun City, Arizona. For more information, please visit her website at: www.abeneficialmassage.com

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Angela Stevens, COTA, CST (Ashburn, Virginia)  Angela truly walks her talk as a Healing from the Core Certified Instructor as she guides others through this deeply transformative process. Drawing from her personal healing journey of recovery from PTSD, Angela has refined her experience to provide an expertise that touches everyone. Angela has a way of connecting with her students through real life experiences that both clarify concepts and enhance the student's own healing process. She brings laughter, movement and her experience as an OTA to create a rich and meaningful environment for the entire group.

"Angela is an excellent teacher who shares her heart and soul so openly and generously. In doing so, she creates an environment that is nurturing and safe, where each of us feel comfortable to share our hearts as well. What a gift!"

"Angela is very knowledgeable about the curriculum and she inspired me to continue the journey to find the true me."

Angela believes in the power of the human spirit to create a world-wide connection of love and compassion. In her own words, "My goal as an Instructor is to share the profound and powerful course principles and techniques that support creating this healthy connection."

When she is not teaching, Angela maintains a private practice integrating skills from her occupational therapy and sensory integration background, CranioSacral and SomatoEmotional Release therapy, Lymph Drainage and Reiki. Her practice includes all ages. Formerly a pediatric occupational therapist, she worked extensively with a wide range of pediatric diagnoses, primarily autism. Having raised four children of her own, she has developed a deep and compassionate understanding of the tenderness in a child's heart. She provides a strong, grounded, steady therapeutic presence that creates a safe environment for her students and clients to connect with their deepest healing potential.

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Lori Chinitz, PT (Long Island, NY)

Lori is a Healing From the Core Certified Instructor, and a physical therapist with over 25 years of experience. Lori's strengths as an instructor flow out of her capacity to witness and support each person's unique journey. Her gentle, down to earth style of humor has often been a key in unlocking deeper doorways to healing. One of Lori's gifts is to create a space of safety and connection that allows everyone to feel recognized and heard. Lori combines her keen understanding of body, mind and energy dynamics to assist each person in their healing process.

"It was as though Lori spoke directly to my inner critic. She got me in touch with parts of myself I have never been able to bring to conscious awareness before."

"Lori's quiet, powerful presence created a sense of safety that allowed me to explore and heal memories I could not touch before today."

When she is not teaching, Lori maintains a private practice in Syosset, New York and is the director/owner of A Step Ahead Therapy Services, a multidisciplinary Early Intervention Agency. In her practice she uses CranioSacral therapy, Visceral Manipulation, TAMO movement strategy, as well as various other manual therapies. In addition, she is certified in Neurodevelopmental Therapy for pediatrics. She has worked with infants, children and adults in a variety of therapeutic settings.

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