Everything about the human body is fascinating to me. I am intrigued by the way we 'live' in our body and take it for granted, hardly ever stopping to notice until it reminds us of its presence with pain. I appreciate the wisdom and insight we gain by simply choosing to pay attention to our body: its subtle, spontaneous movements, and our experience of using it in every day life.

It is natural, then, that the inspiration I find in my work comes from discovering the relationship that exists between our experience of the human body and how that influences our daily activities, our overall health, and our enjoyment of life itself. I am fortunate to be able to express this enthusiasm through my work.

I am teacher, lecturer, researcher, and student of the human body. I have seen how a few sessions of bodywork, with a minimum of verbal dialogue, can dramatically change people's physical symptoms, and positively influence their inner-relationship with themselves and with others.

My career spans more than 30 years, less a brief interlude of working in another, unrelated field. I have performed more than 15,000 sessions of massage therapy, totaling more than 22,000 hours of hands-on work. Yet, even today, when I begin a session of bodywork, or talk with a client, the experience is fresh, and there is always a new conversation with the body.

My practice of kinesiology, bodywork, and massage therapy has led me on a journey from California to New York and, finally, to Austin, Texas. My clients include, or have included, the Joffrey Ballet, Riverdance Dance Company, San Antonio Spurs, University of Texas, Rice University, Dell Computer Corporation, and many high-profile clients.

I hold licenses as a massage therapy instructor and massage therapy practitioner. In addition, I am an academic researcher and lecturer in human movement science and kinesiology. As well as my academic pursuits, I have a private practice in Austin (Westlake), Texas.

Currently my outside interests are in the study of Cybernetics and Systems Science, and Quantum Coherence.

An experience with bodywork at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California, and a chance meeting with Moshe Feldenkrais (Feldenkrais) stirred my interest in massage therapy and bodywork. This led to a three-year residency at the institute, where I learned from people such as Charlotte Selver, George King, Milton Trager, Bernie Günther, Barry Stevens, Seymour Carter, and many others whom I cannot even begin to thank.

Charlotte Selver (1901-2003) Photo: Sensory Awareness Foundation (Used with permission)

For those of us at the institute during that time, our thoughts and conversations were never far from our work. We spent many nights hanging out in Dia's trailer, with George King holding court as we talked about "table work," or engaging in long esoteric conversations about structure, function, and psychology of movement. I don't think any of us considered our work as "groundbreaking" or realized the impact it would have in shaping future bodywork and massage therapy in the United States, and elsewhere.

Marvelously talented and creative people came to teach at the institute: Will Schutz, Fritz Pearls, Charlotte Selver, Moshe Feldenkrais, Laura Huxley, Joseph Campbell, Ida Rolf, Buckminster Fuller, Stanislav Grof, Terrance McKenna -- the list goes on.

I am deeply indebted to Michael Murphy and Dick Price, the founders of the Esalen Institute. They were instrumental in providing a rich environment that opened the door to the study of human potential and the world of unrealized human capacities that lie beyond the imagination.