Mind and Body Medicine
Heather Baker CMT, NCBTMB, CIMI, CMDBeginning Herbs & Nutrition, Ethics, and Mind & Body Medicine
For over 20 years, Heather has been supporting and empowering people. Her journey has led her to work with all varieties and needs, from supporting children with Autism, massaging clients with terminal illnesses, to empowering families at home as babies are being born.
Heather holds a B.A. in Psychology and is a Nationally Certified Massage Therapist from the Boulder School of Massage Therapy’s 1000 hours program. She holds certifications in CranialSacral therapy, Energy medicine, Lymphatic Drainage and Infant Massage Instruction. She is a Certified Massage Doula, which is a 250 hours course emphasizing the pre and post partum period.
Weaved throughout Heather’s work is her passion for Natural Medicines. Her studies have taken her on Ethnobotanical adventures to Costa Rico, Guatemala and Belize. While in Belize, she had the honor to become an apprentice to Dr. Rosita Arvigo. There, Heather studied Maya Abdominal Massage, herbs and other traditional Mayan therapies. Her Herbal studies also include time at Tai Sophia, where she studied with many herbalsits, Jim Duke and Simon Mills to name a few; Rosemary Gladstar, Jeanne Rose and Kami McBride are also honored for their teachings.
Heather currently is an apprentice as a Home Birth Midwife. She plans to sit for the medical Boards in 2010. She continues to teach and give back, in honor of her elders who have so graciously taught her.
Prerequisite: CMT or RN
12 certified education hours
12 certified education hours
In this class we explore the relationship between the mind and body. Lecture lays the foundation for how the masters in the field have studied and proved the relationship exists. Come understand how John Upledger, DO, Candace Pert PhD. Yogis, and Ayurvedic Medicine all weave a thread in how the mind body relate to one another. A Jungian psychological view is also brought in to deepen our understanding. This class is for those interested in why the body reacts the way it does to trauma and how we, as body-workers’, can be supportive in healing at a deeper level. Lecture, table time and role-playing support the learning process.
