Academics
Kirstie Segarra, MA, LMT, RMTI, ERYT began her training fifteen years ago in Bali, Indonesia with traditional healers. She incorporates her knowlege of Eastern techniques with Myofascial and Structural Bodywork. Kirstie is intentional in her integration of both philosphies and feels strongly that a great therapist should be strong in energetics as well as anatomical understandings of the body. She is a practicing yogini for over 15 years and teaches in the Yoga Teacher Training Program. www.traditionalbalinesemassage.com
Tony Quintana, LMT, RMTI began his training here in Taos over fifteen years ago in Shiatsu. He graduated from Scherer Institute of Natural Healing (Santa Fe) in 1999. Likewise, Tony is passionate about teaching structural bodywork that is integrated with energetics. Tony practices Tai Chi and loves weight lifting.
Kirstie and Tony work together to teach the core classes. However, many other instructors teach within our programs and our Continuing Education Programs. We are excited about the diversity of our instructors in experience and backgrounds. The variety aids in offering a well rounded education for our students so they are throughly prepared for a field in bodywork.
Ana Easter, DOM, RN has been in the healing arts her entrie professional career. She received her nursing degree from Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1979 and practiced nursing in a wide variety of hospital settings from cardiac rehabilitation to psychiatry. Ana was an integral part of a multi-disciplinary medical team that developed a successful adolescent detoxification unit for Francis Scott Key Medical Center in Baltimore. Ana received her acupuncture training at Southwest Acupuncture College in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has been in private practice as a Doctor of Oriental Medicine in Taos since 1996. She received her Ear Acupuncture Detox certification in 1997.
Patrick Shaw, LMT, RMTI is a graduate of the Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque, NM where he studied with Dr. Vasant Lad for two years. He offers a combination of advanced bodywork modalities: Thai Massage, Cranial Sacral Therapy and fascial-release techniques. He has been practicing therapeutic bodywork since 1991 as a graduate of the National Holistic Institute in CA. He has specialized in Traditional Thai Massage for over fifteen years. www.dancingelephantstudio.com/healingart/
William "Ganesh" Veal, DC for Cranial Sacral Therapy
After twenty five years of practicing Cranial Sacral Therapy, Lee Veal,
AKA Ganesh, maintains a teaching and clinical practice in Taos, Boulder,
and Kansas City. His unique and fresh approach resources a wide range of
modalities to create an exciting educational environment. www.babycranial.com
Daniel Eagle, LMT is an instructor in Tai Qi and Martial Arts. He is a graduate of or IMTP program and has over 25 years of experience in martial arts.
Lucy McCall owns and operates Avala Mesa Miracles, wildcrafted tinctures and flower essences for over 25 years. She teachers Herology for our Holistic Health and Healing Arts Program. She is also an astrologer for natal to Jyotish (Vedic). She has an apprenstice program where one can live in a tipi in rural Northern New Mexico while learning Wildcrafting, Medicine Making, Medical-Astrology and more. http://laplaza.org/~herbs/
Ana Chavez is a native New Mexican Sobadora, born and raised in the Land of Enchantment.
A Sobadora, or native healer by birth, Ana learned the healing traditions from both of her grandmothers. Ana recognized at an early age that she was a conduit for healing energy.
Focusing that energy Ana investigated traditional forms of healing, studied modern massage, anatomy and physiology and received training in polarity therapy, shiatsu and other healing modalities. www.taosrocks.com