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Faculty and Staff

Serving as the keystone of Pacific Rim College's pursuit to provide world class education and opportunities is our teaching Faculty and Staff.

Academic Board

The Academic Board exists in order to protect the rights and interests of the student body and faculty. Primarily the Board ensures that school policy making and planning is not left in the hands of a single individual. Students who feel their needs are not being appropriately met may make their concerns known to the Student Council. Liaising directly with the Academic Board, the Student Council acts as a conduit in the procurement of students' needs.

Teaching Faculty

PRC's teaching faculty is comprised of a diverse group of instructors with unique backgrounds and enthusiastic teaching styles. When possible, instructors have a terminal degree in their field of expertise and/or extensive experience. We select our instructors not only for their professional qualifications, but also for their passion and ability to inspire students. Via in-class evaluations and verbal feedback, students are integral in PRC's decision to make instructional and curricular modifications.

See below for more information about our instructional faculty.

Dr. Viktor Benedek, MD Founder, Academic Dean Dr. Viktor Benedek was born in the Soviet Union on April 3, 1954. Viktor began his medical studies in 1971 at a medical school in Beregovo, Ukraine, where he finished in 1973 with an Honours Diploma. For 2 years following his studies, he was a Military Medical Officer. Viktor then went on to medical university, studying at the State Medical University in Izhevsk, Russia, and earning his Doctorate in Medicine in 1982 from St. Gyorgy University of Medical Sciences in Szeged, Hungary. Viktor then spent the next 6 years as a medical doctor in Hungary and concurrently earned physician's specialization training for general practitioners from the University of Budapest. Viktor immigrated to Canada in 1989 and spent the next 2 years as a primary health care provider in Winnipeg. He moved to the West Coast in 1992, settling on Vancouver Island. For the next 3 years he was the manager of a 79-bed, multilevel care facility with 53 employees in Victoria. He and his wife also owned and managed a health care facility in Qualicum Beach. During this period Viktor began his career as a college instructor. Over the last 14 years he has been an instructor of biomedical sciences, earning the distinction of being one of Victoria's most revered teachers in health sciences. In 1999 he earned a diploma in a provincial instructor program at the Vancouver Career College. Outside of medicine, Viktor enjoys nature most of all. He is an avid skier and outdoorsman and loves to cook using foods grown in his own garden or foraged from the wilderness. He even finds time to make twig furniture. Viktor is multilingual, speaking English, Hungarian, Russian and Ukrainian. He is a loving husband and a proud father of three boys.

Todd N. Howard, BSc, DTCM, RAc Founder, President Todd Howard was born and raised in the Appalachian Mountain range in the eastern United States. He began his formal medical studies at West Virginia University where he graduated with distinction from the undergraduate School of Medicine, completing a thesis on the role of Complementary and Alternative Medicines in sports therapy. He has since explored the world pursuing studies in indigenous medicines. He has traveled on 5 continents in 30 countries, including a year of work at the world's busiest clinic of Acupuncture and Homeopathy in Sri Lanka, 3 months interning in hospitals in China, 4 months as an Acupuncturist and lecturer on a world-class cruise line and 2 months as a medical volunteer in East Africa. Todd earned a Doctorate of Acupuncture from the Open International University of Complementary Medicine and a Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine from the International College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Victoria, British Columbia. He was one of the youngest people ever to be named a Doctor of Oriental Medicine (OMD) in West Virginia and is currently a Registered Acupuncturist in British Columbia. Todd moved to Victoria in 2002 where he founded Grassroots Holistic Healing, which supports various local and international humanitarian groups and projects. He has been a college instructor since 2004 and was was a faculty member of the University of British Columbia's School of Pharmacy Continuing Education in 2006. In addition to his academic and career accomplishments, Todd is an elite distance runner with international racing experience. He was the top North American finisher at the 2006 and 2007 Real,- Berlin Marathons, winner of both the 2007 Vancouver Island Race Series and the 2007 BMO Vancouver Half Marathon and eighth finisher at the 2008 AT&T Austin Marathon. He has placed in the top 5 in 5 international marathons. In the future, Todd intends to pursue a Doctorate in Medicine with a specialty in infectious diseases. He hopes to provide sustainable medical care in poverty-stricken regions of the world.

James Christian, BSc, MNIMH, RH Dean, School of Phytotherapy James Christian is a fully qualified and licensed Medical Herbalist, having studied with the College of Phytotherapy in the UK and achieved a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Herbal Medicine. This program was a 4-year, full time program involving rigorous training in western medical sciences, diagnostic skills, pharmacy and materia medica (the study of individual herbs) and extensive clinical training in their London Clinic. James maintains professional membership in the National Institute of Medical Herbalists (NIMH) in the UK, which is the oldest professional body of practicing medical herbalists in the world. The NIMH was founded to maintain high standards of practice and patient care. James is also past-President of the Modern and Traditional Herbalists Guild of BC and a member of the Canadian Herbalists Association of BC. He is working on establishing licensing of Herbal Medicine and Herbalists within BC and Canada. James also sits on the Board of the Canadian Council of Herbalists Associations (CCHA) and works at a national level to promote and protect Herbal Medicine. James has traveled throughout South Korea and studied Oriental Herbal Medicine with Oriental Medical Doctors and Pharmacists there. At the same time he lectured in Western Herbal Medicine at CHA Hospital and University in Seoul to both Western and Oriental Doctors and Pharmacists. James is very passionate about nature and the environment. He travels to various parts of the world to study their use of indigenous medicines. Aside from working with medicinal plants in South Korea, James has spent time in Peru where he met with shamans in the rainforest to talk about their use of plants as medicines.

Brea Segger, BA, Dip Fin Mgmt Director of Operations and Admissions Brea has extensive experience as a Business and Organizational Manager in a variety of fields including organizational development, business development, performance management and human resources. In early 2005, Brea joined Kirschner Consulting Inc. as a Senior Consultant, focusing on Merger and Acquisition Due Diligence and Strategic Candidate, Employee and Organizational Assessments. Brea subsequently founded Segger Consulting and has been successful in providing organizational and human capital assessments pre- and post-Mergers and Acquisitions for multi-million dollar businesses primarily in the environmental and construction sectors of the USA, Canada and the Cayman Islands. Brea holds a BA with distinction from the University of Victoria and a Diploma in Corporate Finance from the British Colombia Institute of Technology.

Lonny Fox Dean, Northwest School of Hellerwork Lonny Fox began studying Cheng Man Ching's Yang Style Tai Chi under Judith Weaver to aid his Judo practice nearly 4 decades ago. He spent 9 years studying Santorio Karate and then Tai Quan Do under Sabum Woo Kim. He moved to Victoria in 1980 and opened The Fox School of Tai Chi and soon after graduated with a certificate in massage from the Jupiter Hollow School of Massage in Glen Ellen, California. Furthering his education in massage and energy medicine, Lonny graduated from Joseph Heller's Hellerwork program in December of 1987 and took his first advanced Hellerwork training in 1990 in New Zealand. He then added Craniosacral certification to his resume, earning certification in Levels I-III from the Colorado Cranial Institute. In 1994 Lonny achieved the status of certified Hellerwork Teacher. In 2002 and 2003 Lonny earned a Diploma in Homeopathy and began to integrate homeopathic remedies with his busy Hellerwork practice. Having joined the faculty at PRC in 2006, Lonny currently teaches Tai Qi Chuan and is the director of the Northwest School of Hellerwork.

Brenda Loew, MAc, LAc Director, Japanese Acupuncture Certificate Program Brenda Loew graduated from the Northwest Institute of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine in 1991. Specializing in Japanese acupuncture systems - particularly Manaka Yin Yang Balancing Therapy, Shonishin Pediatric Acupuncture and Toyohari Meridian Therapy - she operates a successful practice in Seattle. Brenda has traveled annually to Japan since 1996 for advanced studies with senior Japanese teachers and attends annual national trainings in the US. In Amsterdam in 2005 she completed the first Advanced Toyohari training offered outside of Japan. Brenda is the current President of the Toyohari Association of North America (TANA), President of the Seattle Branch of the Toyohari Association, and an authorized Toyohari instructor. She was on the faculty of NIAOM from 1994 to 2002, is on the Continuing Education faculty of Bastyr University, and teaches Japanese acupuncture across the United States. She is a co-founding member of the Japanese Acupuncture Institute, LLC, which offers a Certificate in Japanese Acupuncture.

Nikki Manzie, BSc Director, Diploma of Eastern Therapies and Bodywork program Nikki Manzie is the Director of the Diploma of Eastern Therapies and Bodywork program at Pacific Rim College. She has a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Integrated Sciences, is a Certified Yoga Teacher, an Ayurvedic Medical practitioner and educator, and is trained as a Traditional Thai Massage teacher and practitioner. A meditation practitioner since 17 years of age, in 1998 Nikki founded Yanumoja Yoga, a practice of self-exploration through movement, breath, meditation and reflection on seasonal themes. Since then she has provided professional training for yoga teachers and, in more recent years, has expanded her teaching to include traditional Thai massage and Ayurvedic Marmatherapy (acupoints in the Indian tradition). Nikki is also passionate about wild-crafting herbal medicine, rock-climbing, hiking, camping and art!

Janette Baugh, MAc, LAc, LMP Janette Baugh earned a Master's of Acupuncture from the Northwest Institute of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NIAOM) in Seattle. She also holds a Master's in Education from the University of Washington. She earned her Japanese Acupuncture Toyohari Certification in 1997 and has since trained yearly with senior Toyohari Masters in the US and Japan. She has served as a faculty member of Japanese Acupuncture since 1996, teaching at NIAOM, Bastyr University, and Seattle Institute of Oriental Medicine, and is a co-founder of the Japanese Acupuncture Institute, LLC. Janette brings 30 years of teaching experience, a clarity of presentation, and great enthusiasm to her teaching. She maintains a private practice in Seattle specializing in Japanese Acupuncture, Therapeutic Massage, Cranial Sacral and Yoga Therapeutics.

Linda Bienenfeld Linda Bienenfeld is a successful entrepreneur who artfully combines her practice, business, and the expansion of Hellerwork Structural Integration. She has produced and directed Hellerwork Training since 1988. Linda has spent 25 years devoted to Hellerwork and the field of alternative medicine. She co-directed the Los Angeles Healing Arts Center, one of southern California's largest successful centers of complimentary medicine. She is also highly accomplished in movement, combining breath, yoga, and spiritual dance to help bring more understanding, awareness, and integration to the movement process.

Regina Buckwalter Regina Buckwalter was trained by Joseph Heller in 1979. During the past 29 years, while creating a private practice, she has also explored movement as a healing art. She has studied primarily with Emily Conrad D'Aud, Judith Aston and Anna Halprin. In 1989, after studying intensively with Gabrielle Roth, Regina was one of the first students to be certified as a teacher of the Five Rhythms. In addition, she has a background in Bodynamics (how developmental trauma affects structure), Hakomi, Treatment of Trauma and Psycho-Biomechanics (how physical movement patterns interface with psychological organization). Regina's work centres on healing and integrating the body, mind, spirit and emotions through movement, creative self-expression and awareness. In her teaching she mindfully creates a safe space that allows each student to express and claim his or her authentic self.

Fiona Hamersley Chambers, BA, MEDes, MSc Fiona was born in Vancouver and spent much of her childhood around coastal BC. Most of her formative years were spent with her family at the old Dididaht village site of Clo-oose (in what is now Pacific Rim National Park Reserve), in the UK countryside, and in the Penelakut community on Kuper Island near Chemainus, BC. It is this early experience in nature and with First Nations communities that she attributes her life-long interest in ethnobotany. She holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Victoria in French and Environmental Studies (1994), a Masters of Science in Environmental Change and Management from Oxford University (1998), and a Masters in Environmental Design from the University of Calgary (1999). Speaking English, French and Spanish, she has travelled extensively throughout Europe, Mexico and Central America and has a strong interest in learning about traditional plant uses wherever she can. Fiona has taught Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria since 1999, and currently divides her time between teaching, running a small organic farm and nursery in Metchosin, writing books and academic papers, working as a naturalist, and raising two energetic boys. She enjoys outdoor pursuits like hiking, camping and playing with her children, and is especially fond of foraging for wild foods to cook with her family back at home. She also plays the guitar and sings.

Malcolm Clark Malcolm Clark has practiced and taught Tai Qi Chuan and Qi Gong for 10 years. Malcolm brings awareness to students' structural imbalances through body movement. He discovers where tension resides in the body by warming up the senses within. Experimenting with body movement opens pathways of understanding and an expanded field of possibility in the moving body. Some of the techniques used include physical listening, following, spiraling, and falling into space. Malcolm runs a practice of healing energy and bodywork at his studio in Victoria, BC, where he lives with his wife and two sons.

Conrad Crockett, RAc Conrad Crockett completed a Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine program in Victoria, BC, and has been a yoga instructor since 2003. He is currently an acupuncturist at Cedar Hill Sports Therapy Clinic, and employs his knowledge of yoga and of the meridian and nervous systems to help his clients experience radiant health and vitality. Using his post-graduate studies and teaching experience in sports therapy, Conrad teaches Orthopedics and Traumatology at PRC.

Marcia Dixon, MSc Marcia Dixon has a BSc in Herbal Medicine for the College of Phytotherapy and a MSc from the Scottish School of Herbal Medicine. She is a member the National Institute of Medical Herbalists (NIMH) and the Ontario Herbalists Association (OHA). Marcia is a part-time faculty member at Seneca College, teaching an introductory course in Herbal Medicine. She was also an approved clinical supervisor for students of herbal medicine attending Mohawk College.

Marta Donovan, BSc, RPBio Marta Donovan is a Registered Professional Biologist who currently works as a botanist in Victoria managing information on the status and distribution of rare plants in BC. She holds a BSc in Biology from the University of Victoria and a Diploma in Environmental Technology from Camosun College. Over the past 20 years she has amassed impressive knowledge about local medicinal plants. Before moving to Victoria in 1987, Marta owned and operated one of Toronto's premier natural food markets dedicated to providing organic foods and natural health care products and promoting organic agriculture.

Martin Feldman, LAc Martin Feldman graduated from the New England School of Acupuncture in 1982 and has been an ardent student of various styles of Japanese acupuncture ever since. He has studied Toyohari Meridian Therapy for nearly 2 decades, including 4 trainings in Japan, and serves on the Board of Directors of the Toyohari Association of North America. A nationally-renowned lecturer and teacher, Martin is the former Chair and current faculty member of the Japanese Acupuncture Department at the New England School of Acupuncture in Boston.

Dr. Christopher Franz, MD Christopher Franz earned his Medical Doctor degree from the Autonomous University of Guadalajara, Mexico. He then worked as an associate medical researcher at the National Institute for Medical Sciences and Nutrition in Mexico City at the department of Intra-hospital Epidemiology and Infectology. Following his work in Mexico, Dr. Franz earned his Masters Degree in Tropical Parasitic Diseases from the University of Valenncia, Spain. He then joined the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and worked as refugee camp medical coordinator in Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya. Influenced by his interest in the humanitarian aid, Dr. Franz earned his second Masters Degree in International Health and Tropical Medicine from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain. He returned to Africa to work as a Public Health specialist in Angola, Ethiopia and Uganda at their respective Ministry's of Health. His main duties as a Public Health specialist were capacity building of health-care personnel, revising the essential drug list protocols as well as the implementation of new treatment protocols for infectious diseases, giving technical advice on the implementation of several national and regional primary health-care programs and outbreak containment. Dr. Franz is currently in his second year of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine studies.

Reuven Freesman, DTCM, TCMP Reuven Freesman earned a Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Victoria, BC, and completed post-graduate training in Tianjin, China. Reuven's passionate interest in the human condition has taken him from ancient wisdom through modern science and beyond. His knowledge and training in dozens of healing systems compliments his years of in-depth of study in other areas, encompassing virtually every major world religion and philosophy. Greatly influenced by the work of Integral visionary Ken Wilber, Reuven's goal is to distill the essence of all this knowledge into a fully integrated healing session that gives each patient precisely what they need to reach their fullest potential. His natural gifts as a teacher make him an inspiring presence to students and patients alike. Reuven has trained with many pre-eminent experts in the field of Chinese Medicine, including Dr. Michael Greenwood, Lonny Jarrett, Neil Gumenick and Dr. Fang Liu in Tianjin, China. Reuven runs a highly successful Chinese Medicine practice, incorporating Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine, at Alembic Healing Arts Center. In his free time, Reuven enjoys writing and playing the guitar.

Dr. Michael Greenwood, MD Michael Greenwood trained at St. John's College, Cambridge, and St. Mary's Hospital, London, and practiced Family Medicine in Victoria for many years. His interest in deep healing arose out of his own experience of chronic pain, which began with a motorcycle accident while he was a medical student. The pain, unresponsive to all that conventional medicine could offer, forced him to face the limits of his own medical training. His search for an answer led him on a fascinating journey to a new understanding of health and illness, stress and deep inner tensions, and how they affect our lives. Many of those insights were recorded in Michael's first book, Paradox & Healing: Medicine, Mythology and Transformation, co-authored with Dr. Peter Nunn and first published in 1992. Michael's explorations into alternative approaches led him to study Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda and meditation before they became generally fashionable. He was one of the founding staff-members of the Canadian College of Chinese Studies, where in addition to teaching, he initiated a research study into the use of acupuncture for post-MVA chronic pain. That research gradually evolved into the highly successful residential program at the Victoria Pain Clinic. His second book, Braving the Void: Journeys into Healing, arose out of his experiences at the Pain Clinic, where he developed many of the interactive techniques discussed more fully in The Unbroken Field: the Power of Intention in Healing. In 1993, Michael gave up his Family Practice to devote his time to people suffering from chronic pain and other chronic illnesses. He is the Medical Director of the Victoria Pain Clinic.

Neil R. Gumenick, MAc (UK), LAc, Dipl Ac Visiting Professor Neil Gumenick is one of the world's foremost practitioners and teachers of Classical Five-Element Acupuncture. He is Founder and Director of the Institute of Classical Five-Element Acupuncture Inc., which offers training to acupuncturists, physicians, and students in this unique system of body/mind/spirit medicine. He has been in private practice in Santa Monica, California for 26 years and holds 3 degrees and an advanced teaching certification from the College of Traditional Acupuncture, UK. He is a founding member of the Worsley Institute of Classical Five-Element Acupuncture, Provost of the Master Apprentice ProgramTM, and one of only 5 practitioners in the world to be designated a Master Apprentice to the late Professor J.R. Worsley. Neil has been a Professor of Acupuncture at Emperor's College and SAMRA University and has taught at the USC and UCLA Schools of Medicine, the Worsley Institute, TAI Sophia, Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, Santa Barbara College of Oriental Medicine, the Pacific Symposium, CSOMA Expo, and the AOM Alliance Expo. He is a distinguished columnist for Acupuncture Today, and has been published in the California Journal of Oriental Medicine, the Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly and the European Journal of Oriental Medicine. He is currently writing the text The Practice of Classical Five-Element Acupuncture, in corroboration with Dr. J.R. Worsley.

Joseph Heller Joseph Heller is an internationally renowned educator in the field of structural bodywork and somatic education. He graduated from the California Institute of Technology in Mathematics and worked for 10 years as an aerospace engineer for NASA at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. His career in bodywork began in 1972, when he trained with Dr. Ida Rolf. In 1975 he became the first president of the Rolf Institute. He went on to study movement with Judith Aston and the energetics of healing with Brugh Joy. His psychological training includes Bioenergetics, Gestalt, est, Psychosynthesis, Voice Dialogue Facilitation and Hakomi. He also studied anatomy and dissection at the Los Angeles College of Chiropractic and at Cal Poly. In 1978 Joseph Heller founded Hellerwork in an attempt to integrate structural work with movement, psychology and the energetic wisdom of the body. He and the teaching staff of Hellerwork International have trained over five hundred Hellerwork practitioners who practice in the US., Canada, Europe, Japan and New Zealand. Joseph Heller has taught numerous courses in the last 20 years on all aspects of structural bodywork, postural alignment, movement reeducation and cranio-sacral release both for the general public and health professionals. His seminars have been well attended in the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan and New Zealand. Joseph Heller continues his commitment to provide superior education in the art and science of bodywork so it will become a recognized modality in the healing professions. He maintains a private practice, while traveling around the world lecturing and teaching.

Ted van Hemert, RAc Ted van Hemert, R.Ac, Currently teaches Acupuncture Point Energetics, and Techniques and Therapeutics at PRC. Ted has been in practice for over 8 years, and has lectured all over the world. With a pragmatic approach to teaching Chinese Medicine, he blends his clinical experience with humour and visual aids to encourage effective learning from his students. Currently practicing at Alembic Healing Arts Centre, Ted's interest in Medicine started with a passion for Botany, Western Herbology and Nutrition. Extensive study in those areas eventually led him to discover Chinese Medicine, and within himself a natural talent for Acupuncture. Ted is passionate about medicine and has a genuine desire to bring about an enhanced quality of life in his patients. Ted has a special interest in community-based acupuncture, acu-detox, and treating pain of any kind. Ted is the founder of Fine Point Acupuncture.

Amanda Howe, MSc Amanda Howe has been a practicing herbalist for over 20 years and grows and wildharvests herbs for use in her practice. She was admitted to membership of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists (UK) in 1986 and completed a M.Sc. degree in Herbal Medicine with distinction from the University of Wales, UK, in 2003. She is currently a research associate at Royal Roads University Centre for Non Timber Resources, sits on the board of the Canadian Council of Herbalists' Associations and is a member of Health Canada's Expert Advisory Committee for Natural Health Products. She is also actively involved in community initiatives to preserve local environment and medicinal plant ecosystems. Amanda lives and practices in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island.

Dr. Kevin K. Hu, PhD, DTCM (China), RTCMP Dr. Kevin K. Hu is a senior acupuncturist and herbalist with over 20 years clinical experience in China and Canada. In 1986, after graduating from a 5-year TCM program from the Hubei College of TCM, he started his career in the Changhang General Hospital, one of the largest public hospitals in Wuhan. He worked as a doctor of integrated Chinese and Western medicine, successfully treating both walk-in and hospitalized patients. In 1994, Kevin went to the Guangzhou University of TCM to complete further training in clinic and research. Six years later he was granted a Ph.D (TCM) and became a professor of the university, responsible for training international students seeking higher level education in acupuncture and herbology. He is an author of a number of medical books and research papers published in China. Kevin has practiced and taught acupuncture and herbal medicine since his immigration to Canada in 2004. He is currently a Registered Practitioner of TCM in BC.

Yong Hu, MSc Yong Hu has a Master's in Traditional Chinese Medicine from Nanjing University of TCM. Beginning in 2001 he spent 5 years working as a herbalist at the Yangzhou City Hospital of TCM, the last 4 of which he served as the hospital Chief of Staff. He has been a medical representative on herbal medicines for several major pharmaceutical companies during the last decade. Yong Hu is an expert on the Chinese Materia Medica.

Nadine Ijaz, BArtsSc, RH(AHG) Nadine Ijaz is a Clinical Nutritionist, Shiatsu Therapist and Registered Herbalist who has been in practice combining these 3 modalities over the last decade. Nadine's education includes an interdisciplinary degree from McMaster University; formal training at 2 colleges of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Sourcepoint Shiatsu Centre, and East-West School of Herbology (under Michael and Lesley Tierra); as well as an extended internship/apprenticeship with Paul Pitchford, author of Healing with Whole Foods. Nadine has also completed several courses with such important practitioners as Donald Yance (Herbal Medicine, Healing and Cancer) and shiatsu master Tetsuro Saito. She is currently completing a M.Sc degree in Herbal Medicine through the Scottish School of Herbal Medicine (in association with U. Wales). Most recently, Nadine worked as the staff Nutritionist/Herbalist at InspireHealth, an integrated cancer care centre in Vancouver. Prior to the birth of her son, she owned and managed a multi-disciplinary clinic that included her store, the Food Apothecaria, and a full herbal tincture dispensary. In addition to running professional-level trainings in all areas of her work, and creating a community clinic in Vancouver, she also trained nutritional consultants for 6 years at the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition. Nadine's activist background in social and ecological justice movements informs her healing work in deep ways, which complement her commitment to daily life as a spiritual practice.

Lonny S. Jarrett Visiting Professor Lonny Jarrett is a world-renowned presenter and authority on Chinese Medicine, has been practicing Chinese Medicine in Stockbridge, Massachusetts since 1986. He is a founding board member of the Acupuncture Society of Massachusetts and a Fellow of the National Academy of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. Lonny is author of Nourishing Destiny: The Inner Tradition of Chinese Medicine and The Clinical Practice of Chinese Medicine, as can be seen at http://www.spiritpathpress.com/. He runs a cutting edge community for students and practitioners of Chinese medicine online at www.nourishingdestiny.com.

Jim Kragtwyk, MSc, CCC, ICADC Jim Kragtwyk has over 25 years experience as a therapist/counsellor. He holds a Master's Degree in Counselling from the University of Victoria and is the only 5Rhythms Movement Psychotherapist in private practice in Canada. Jim is a Canadian Certified Counsellor (Canadian Counselling Association) and an Internationally Certified Alcohol and Drug Counsellor (Canadian Addiction Counsellors Certification Federation). Jim served as full-time Lead Instructor for the Community Mental Health Worker Certificate Program at Camosun College in 2004. He maintains a private practice, Medicine Moves Movement Psychotherapy and Counselling Services, in Victoria. He is also a Certified Gold Sash Wing Chun Kung Fu Martial Arts Instructor (Sifu) at West Coast Sunny Tang Wing Chun Kung Fu.

Michael Lium-Hall, BA, RAc Michael Lium-Hall has a diverse and integrated academic and professional background. He received his BA in Human Ecology and Education in 1991. He worked for several years within private and public schools as a classroom instructor, and later as a special education teacher, where he worked with children diagnosed with ADHD, Autism, and a variety of other learning disabilities. Having had a life-long interest in wholistic approaches to health and healing, Michael was initially drawn into the study of complementary medicine as a result of his sister's battle with polymyocitis. Since then he has accumulated more than 12 years of study and practice in the fields of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Acupuncture, Massage, Yoga Therapy, Addictions, Music Therapy, and Organizational Psychology, all of which are valuable in his multidisciplinary practice. Michael has worked with people of all ages, from small children to the elderly, and has worked in a wide variety of settings including health clinics, health spas, yoga studios, hospice, retirement homes, and corporations. Michael has been in private practice for more than 8 years and currently overseas both Hemma, a community-based acupuncture clinic and yoga studio, and Integratus. He is a Registered Acupuncturist, Body-worker, Yoga therapist and member of the National Acupuncture Detox Association.

Gillian Marsollier, MTCM, RAc, CI Gillian Marsollier received her Masters of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture in British Columbia and then successfully passed the provincial registration exam in 2001. She has practiced in Vancouver, BC, St. John's, NL, and Dartmouth, NS. Gillian has been a primary instructor for the 3-year Acupuncture Program in St. John's, NL, through the CompuCollege and serves as Program Director for the Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick CompuCollege Acupuncture programs. Her practice specialties include Acupuncture, Chinese Herbology, Iridology and Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture.

Michael McFarland Michael McFarland has been a dedicated practitioner of bodywork since his initial training in Hellerwork 25 years ago. He is a gifted teacher with a warm and engaging style. He serves as an associate trainer on the Hellerwork faculty where he specializes in teaching bodywork/manual therapy techniques, palpatory and functional anatomy, and movement on and off the table. His classes consist of a great deal of practical learning with demonstrations and trades, encouraging students to incorporate what they learn into their practice. His primary interests and passions tend to be related to the body including how it functions and moves, its flexibility and strength, how it heals and regenerates and how to live in a body as an expression of art. His current regular practices are one-on -one Pilates instruction, yoga, and Gabrielle Roth's five rhythm classes. He also participates in an ongoing Men's group based on David Deida's work. These practices have opened him to more energy, to a more profound sense of presence, and a deeper purpose.

Sabina Pettitt, DTCM Sabina Pettitt is a Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the co-creator of Pacific Essences. Acknowledged internationally as a pioneer in the field of marrying the knowledge of these two fields of healing, Sabina teaches people how essences can be used to heal physical, emotional and mental disease and nourish Spirit simultaneously.

Anne Deleume Poirier, RA, OET Anne Deleume Poirier earned certification in aromatherapy first as a certified aromatherapist in 1995 and then as a registered aromatherapist in 1996 from the Aromatherapy and Reflexology Centre in Hamilton, Ont. She also holds professional certifications as an Essential Oil Therapist, Aromatherapy Instructor, La Stone Therapist and Ear Coning Practitioner. For the last 14 years she has been practicing as a Registered Aromatherapist (RA) and Essential Oil Therapist (EOT) at Arome Aromatherapy Studio located in downtown Victoria, BC. She has taught the BCAOA aromatherapy course curriculum as a certified aromatherapy instructor for 2 years and is a member of both the BCAPA (British Colombia Association of Professional Aromatherapists) and the BCAOA (British Colombia Alliance Of Aromatherapy). Anne brings to the classroom her diverse knowledge in Chinese hand and ear reflexology, Bach flower remedies, hydrosols, perfume blending and much more.

Diane St. John, BSc Diane St. John is a Somatic Therapist and a Certified SE Practitioner. Her comprehensive background includes stress management, Hellerwork structural integration, trauma resolution therapy, Voice Dialogue and movement. She specializes in teaching clients how to increase the resiliency of their nervous system and increase their capacity for intimacy with themselves and others. Diane and her husband Don teach "Health, Heart and Connection" workshops.

Don St. John, PhD Don St. John is a somatically and interpersonally oriented psychotherapist practicing in Seattle, WA. His psychotherapy integrates Peter Levine's SE with Diana Fosha's Accelerated Experiential Dynamic approach. Don is a trainer emeritus in Hellerwork International, and is currently teaching workshops in Health, Heart and Communication with his wife Diane, and movement workshops influenced by Emilie Conrad and Susan Harper's Continuum.

Daniel Zizza, LAc, MAc Dan Zizza became interested in Japanese acupuncture in 1986, while still a student at NIAOM and studying with Stephen Brown. After graduation in 1989, Dan began extensive study in Japanese acupuncture with Stephen Birch, Junko Ida, and Kiiko Matsumoto. In 1995 Dan had the opportunity to study with the senior senseis of the Toyohari meridian therapy association for an introductory weekend. Following that workshop he took the year-long basic training program in Toyohari meridian therapy, completing the program in 1996. Since then Dan has continued studying Toyohari meridian therapy, attending regular trainings with the senseis both in the US and in Japan. Dan began teaching and supervising students in Japanese acupuncture clinic shifts at NIAOM in 1994. In 1998 Dan began instructing in the Japanese acupuncture certificate program. He became a Toyohari meridian therapy instructor in 1999.