Joanne’s Educational Background
Certifications:
- Licensed Massage Therapist; 1985
- Certified Infant Massage Instructor; 1986
- Certified Feldenkrais Practioner; 1991
- Certified Doula (DONA); 1999
- Certified Baby’s First Massage Instructor 2004
- Certified Hypnobabies Hypnosis for Childbirth; 2007
- Certified Hug Your Baby Teacher 2008
- Certified Calm Birth Teacher 2009
- Certified Fertility Massage Specialist-Nurturing the Mother 2009
- Certified in Pregnancy Massage-Nurturing the Mother 2012
- Arvigo Method of Maya Abdominal Therapy Practioner 2013
- Focusing Professional Training 2015-2017
- Spinning Babies®Aware Practitioner 2017
Trainings:
- Birth Basics-Penny Simkins 2001
- When Survivors Give Birth-Penny Simkins 2004
- Taking the Labor out of Labor-Debra Pascali-Bonaro 2004
- Normalizing Breech Birth-Ina May Gaskin 2009
- Aroma 101 – Essential Oils- Jade Shutes 2012
- Biological Nurturing Basic and Advanced-Suzanne Colson 2012/13
- Acupressure in Pregnancy and Labor-Debra Betts 2013
- Rebozo in Labor-Gena Kirby 2013
- Ethics of PostNatal Care and Touch-Sacred Window School 2014
- Spinning Babies-Gail Tulley 2014
- Lymphatic Drainage Breast Massage Hand Expression-Alison Hazelbaker 2014
- Birth Emergency Skills Training 2014
- Holding Space For Pregnancy Loss 2018
Ongoing Studies in:
- Authentic Movement
- CranioSacral Therapy
- Upledger Institute 1996/2000/2008
- Michael Shea-Pediatric CST 2003
- Alison Hazelbaker-CST and Infant Breastfeeding 2015
- Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)
- Level 1 & 2 – Jondi White 2015