Our Instructors & HFC: Introductory Presenters

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

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 or Kathy Burns , or Angela Stevens.

Our Certified HFC Introductory 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., for more than 25 years Suzanne has taught and mentored in the area of conscious awareness and its relationship to the healing process. She developed the Healing from the Core curriculum and audio series Healing From the Core: A Journey Home to Ourselves, based on decades of helping healthcare practitioners hold healing space for themselves and others.
An expert at integrating right and left brain learning, Suzanne is particularly adept at weaving together mind, body, and spirit to create a unique environment where profound healing can occur. Known for her grounded, direct, nurturing way of assisting others in going to the heart of their healing process, where deeper healing begins, Suzanne draws on a wealth of experience as a teacher and therapist, mother and wife, and generously shares from all areas of her life.

Since 1986, she has been a certified instructor of CranioSacral Therapy and SomatoEmotional Release training with the Upledger Institute, nationally and internationally. Since 1997, Suzanne and Emilie Conrad have co-led the ground-breaking work of synthesizing the movement and breath world of Continuum with hands-on CranioSacral therapy. She also provides ongoing staff development training at Esalen Institute and is a well-known and sought-after speaker in this field. She has authored the chapter "Developing Therapeutic Presence", within Complementary Therapies and Wellness: Practice Essentials for Holistic Healthcare, and numerous other articles such as , "The Gift of Presence" in Massage Magazine and “Reclaiming the Feminine Field” in The Ecozoic Reader. Her upcoming book on developing therapeutic presence is due out later this year.

Joanna Haymore, MS, OTR/L, (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.

“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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Kathy Burns, (Arizona) - Kathy brings 30 years of diverse training and development experience to her work as a Healing from the Core instructor. In public school settings, corporate boardrooms, and private classrooms, Kathy has helped people reach individual and group goals by enhancing their communication skills and improving their performance. Kathy is the business manager and co-owner of a successful massage and Craniosacral therapy practice in Arizona. She is responsible for the hiring, training, and ongoing development of eight licensed therapists. Her practice goal is to help people live joyfully through a daily commitment to Healing from the Core energy habits. Kathy’s warmth, compassionate heart and humor are the foundations through which she creates a safe healing environment for all.

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Angela Stevens, COTA, CST (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 to facilitate her client’s healing process.

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.

Angela believes in the power of the human spirit to create a world-wide connection of love and compassion. Her goal as a Healing From the Core teacher is to share the profound and powerful course principles and techniques that support creating that connection.

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