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Massage Work History
Ama is currently accepting new clients into her private practice, which she opened in 2002. She occasionally does massage and leads massage workshops for Camp Tawonga's various Weekend and Family Camps, including "Grief and Growing," (2003-present).
Since 2003, Ama has teamed up with Amy Kahn to run "Amy and Ama's Almost Famous Traveling Northern California Retreat Series" combining the enjoyment of urban get-aways with yoga and massage workshops, hot tub soaking, and group-building activities. They are available to help you plan private workshops and group retreats.
She has also worked for medical oncologist, Dr. Garrett Smith, in his Golden Gate Center for Integrative Cancer Care (2004-2006), as a referral for UCSF OB/L&D for pregnant women on bed-rest (2005), for two chiropractors, Dr. Rabbonni Tacusalme in his practice Axis Chiropractic and Dr. Chris Amore as a referral, for Yoga Tree as a sub MT (2004-2005), and for 2 day-spas, Therapeia and Sunset Sauna and Massage (2003-2004).
Education*
From most recent:
Massage Therapy Institute, Davis, CA. 24 Hours. 5/08
- Working with Scar Tissue with Jamie Elswick.
Massage Therapy Institute, Davis, CA. 32 Hours. 5/08
- Oncology Massage Clinic with Isabel Adkins.
Massage Therapy Institute, Davis, CA. 40 Hours each. 11/07
- Acu-Oncology III: PTSD and II (Review) with Isabel Adkins.
NHI, Emeryville, CA. 19 Hours. 8/07
- Massage for People with Cancer (Review) with Gayle MacDonald.
Oncology Massage Healing Summit, Mercy College, Toledo, OH. 9.5 Hours. 5/07
- Healing the Scars of Cancer with Jamie Elswick (2.5 Hours).
- Hospice Based Massage Therapy with John Mramor (1 Hour).
- Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy with Charlotte Versagi (1 Hour).
- Wake Up Your Spirit – Eastern Approaches with Sandy Canzone (3 Hours).
- Reviewing Research on Massage Therapy and Cancer with Tracy Walton & Cynthia Meyers (1 Hour).
- Massage Therapy for Breasts Affected by Cancer Treatments with Debra Curties (1 Hour).
Klose Training and Consulting, Massage Therapy Institute, Davis, CA. 45 Hours. 4/07
- Manual Lymph Drainage (MLD, Vodder Technique) with Rene Janiece.
Massage Therapy Institute, Davis, CA. 24 Hours 11/06
- Cancer Basics with Isabel Adkins & Connie Kishbaugh.
Healing Journeys, San Francisco, CA. 14 Hours 9/06
- Cancer as a Turning Point: From Surviving to Thriving.
Acupressure Institute, Berkeley, CA. 66 Hours. 3 & 5/06
- Acu-Oncology I and II with Isabel Adkins.
Body Therapy Associates, El Cerrito, CA. 32 Hours. 4/06
- Pre- and Perinatal Massage Therapy with Carole Osborne-Sheets.
The Doula School, Oakland, CA. 48 Hours. 3-5/06
- Birth and Postpartum Doula with Treesa McLean and Elizabeth Green.
American Massage Therapy Association National Convention, Albuquerque, NM. 16 Hours. 9/05
- Breast Massage I with Debra Curties & Pamela Fitch (4 Hours).
- The “Invisible” Diseases with Ruth Werner (4 Hours).
- Seated Myofascial Techniques for Head & Neck Pain with Bob King (4 Hours).
- Preventing Repetitive Stress Injuries: Body Rolling with Yamuna Zake (4 Hours).
Massage Therapy Foundation, Albuquerque, NM. 20 Hours. 9/05
- Highlighting Massage Therapy in CAM Research Conference.
Massage Works of Evergreen, Inc., San Francisco, CA. 21 Hours. 6/05
- Repetitive Use Injury Therapy - Muscle Release Technique with Michael Young.
Center for Mind-Body Medicine, Berkeley, CA. 47 Hours. 3/05
- CancerGuides with Jim Gordon & others.
McKinnon Institute, Oakland, CA. 24 Hours. 2/05
- Reflexology with Karl Johns & Paula Koepke.
CPMC Institute of Health and Healing, San Francisco, CA. 19 Hours. 9/05
- Massage for People with Cancer with Gayle MacDonald.
Dr. Vodder School - North America Berkeley, CA. 80 Hours. 5 & 6/04
- Dr. Vodder Method of Manual Lymph Drainage: Basic Course and Therapy I with Gay Lee Gulbrandson and Linda Blanchfield.
The Scherer Institute of Natural Healing, Santa Fe, NM. 50 Hours. 3 & 5/04
- Oncology Massage Intensive: Eastern Medical Perspective with Sandy Canzone .
National Holistic Institute, Emeryville, CA. 720 Hours. 1-10/02
- Massage Therapist and Health Educator. Letter of Excellence. Graduate with Honors.
Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT. 5/97
- Bachelor of Arts in Psychology – Sociology.
- Semesters abroad in Israel, TAU-OSP, 1-6/95 and Ghana, West Africa, SIT, 1-5/96.
* San Francisco only requires 100 hours of training to practice or be hired, and 250 hours to be considered an Advanced Massage Practitioner. Ama has over 1000 hours of training.
Personal
Ama began to walk, ski, swim and do gymnastics all at about the same young age of 3. Years of playing soccer and ultimate frisbee have confirmed her love affair with competitive team sports and the joys of small group interaction.
While in college she re-connected with conscious movement through dance, especially as it relates with sound and breath. Since graduating, she has dabbled in boxing and yoga, was a physical education teacher, an after-school counselor and the site-director for the YMCA at Argonne Elemantary School, and she has been a counselor, wilderness leader and team-builder for children and teens at Trail Blazer Camps and at Camp Tawonga.
She loves the natural wonders of the great outdoors, hiking, plunging in the ocean (brrr!), music, dancing, sharing, learning, eating and having fun with friends.
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