· 01
Structural Integration
Hands-on fascial release to address the restrictions that limit your movement. This isn't massage. It is systematic bodywork that reorganizes your structure. You will feel things shift. You will move differently.
§ I / The Practitioner
I've always been watching bodies.
Twelve years of structural integration and private training in Santa Cruz. A practice built one client at a time, through careful hands and a lot of reading. I work at the intersection of bodywork and movement, because neither alone is enough.
§ II How I Got Here
A practice, not a program.
Twelve years of practice. Hundreds of clients. A lot of reading, more hours under someone else's hands, and a steady refusal to stop being curious about structure.
I've always been watching bodies. The way someone walks into a room, favors a shoulder, braces before they sit down. I couldn't name what I was seeing until I found structural integration.
This work gave me a language for patterns I'd been noticing my whole life, and a systematic way to change them. My hands found a calling. Anatomy Trains gave it a map.
Twelve years and hundreds of clients later, I'm still driven by the same question: how did you get the way you are? The answer is always in the structure, in the fascial lines, the compensations, the history written into how you move.
I work at the intersection of structural integration and movement education because neither alone is enough. Reorganizing the body's architecture without teaching it new movement patterns leaves work unfinished. Teaching movement without addressing structure is like tuning an instrument that is out of shape.
If you're trying to understand your body, not just manage it, this is the work. And yes, I'll still crack a dad-joke if it helps loosen a hip.
§ III Credentials & Training
Twelve-plus active credentials, earned in person.
No quick online certificates. Every credential below took weeks or years of in-person training, supervised practice, and practical examination.
01
Anatomy Trains Structural Integration (ATSI)
Certified Practitioner
02
Anatomy Trains Teacher in Training
Advanced Certification
03
ScarWork
Sharon Wheeler's Method
04
BoneWork
Sharon Wheeler's Method
05
Cranium
Sharon Wheeler's Method
06
Face Zoga
Wojtek Cackowski
07
Slings Myofascial Training, Level 3
Advanced Myofascial
08
NASM Certified Personal Trainer
NASM-CPT
09
NASM Corrective Exercise Specialist
NASM-CES
10
ACE Corrective Exercise Specialist
American Council on Exercise
11
Precision Nutrition Coach Level 2
PN L2
12
MovNat Level 2
Natural Movement
13
MedFit Parkinson's Disease Fitness Specialist
Specialty Certification
14
MedFit Drug & Alcohol Recovery Fitness Specialist
Specialty Certification
The list above is the core stack. Continuing education, workshops, and specialty hours accumulate each year. The full record is kept current on the Credentials page.
Full credentials → § IV What Makes This Different
Two methods, one lens.
Structural work changes the architecture. Movement work teaches the body to live in it. Together, the change sticks. I work in both, by design.
· 02
Movement Education
Teaching you how to move efficiently. We work on patterns, not just muscles. You will learn skills that transfer to everything you do, from picking up groceries to your next long hike.
· 03
Whole-System Approach
Pain in your knee? The problem might be in your hip. Or your ankle. Or how you breathe. I look at the whole picture, not just where it hurts.
§ V Santa Cruz
Based here. Practicing here.
I work with clients throughout Santa Cruz County, from downtown to the Westside, Capitola to Aptos. Being local means I understand the lifestyle. The surfers at Steamer Lane. The trail runners in Nisene Marks. The climbers at Pacific Edge. The professionals who commute over the hill.
Sessions happen at my private studio or at select outdoor locations, depending on what the work calls for.
