[Intro]

Jomally Fernandez | Yoga Instructor

I’ve completed several Yoga Training and workshops so there is a lot to pick from! During my 200 YTT one anecdote that still resonates with me is that it was a Sunday and we always began training with a practice to feel the yoga in our bodies before diving into class theory. After that class I felt really sick to my stomach, not in a bug kinda way, but in something’s wrong kinda way. My teacher asked me to sit through the discomfort, which I did for a while, until I realized I knew my body better than she did and I needed to get myself to the hospital. It was the first time I was shamed for seeking medical treatment in a yoga setting and it affected me so much that it influenced the way I teach to this day. Read more>>

Amy Fornear | Wellness Clinic

When I first got licensed as a massage therapist, I got bored quick. I wanted to help people heal from pain, not put lotion on them (that is how I saw it at the time). After almost quitting, I was introduced to a licensed massage therapist who helped a friend with massage who experienced a brain trauma injury. She gained back her hearing and smelling. WHAT? At first I thought she was doing weird magic stuff because of all the other clients stories of healing. It was amazing! People were walking away with no more acid reflux, diminished headaches, no more fatigue, loss of bad cravings, completely diminished post surgery scar tissue or joint pain. I never knew moving a muscle a specific way would help those things. Read more>>

Jacqueline Andrews | Speech-Language Pathologist

I attended the California State University, East Bay Speech, Language, Hearing Sciences program to receive my Masters in Science in Speech-Language Pathology. The program was rigorous! It combined classroom instruction, on site clinic work, as well as off campus internships to complete the well-rounded program. I have two vivid memories from working at the campus clinic. My first is the challenging professional report writing expectations one of the clinic directors had on all of her students. She required her clinicians to be so thorough, so precise in their reports that anything short of perfection would result in angry red marks all over your paper and an absolute fear of ever writing in the passive voice. Read more>>