Karen Lee Shavin

I am a Massage Therapist, Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner, Yoga Teacher, iRest Yoga Nidra Teacher, and a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. I integrate what I have learned into my work. I have advanced studies with Kathy Kain (Touch Skills Training, Somatics of Emotion, and Somatics of Common Complex Emotions), Brigit Viskins (Alchemical Alignment), Bodynamics, and Raja Selvam (Pre and Perinatal Trauma). A graduate of the Viniyoga Foundations Program for Teaching & Yoga Therapy, I completed a 500 hour yoga teacher training where I learned to basic tools to apply yoga strategies therapeutically to physical, physiological, emotional and end of life conditions. As Licensed Massage Therapist, I appreciate the power of touch. I have continuing education hours in Reiki, Thai Yoga Massage, Shiatsu, Hot Stone, Myofascial, Lymphatic Drainage (Dr. Vodder), Medical massage, and CranioSacral Therapy (Upledger). I studied meditation at yama studio and completed a Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) eight week training program through Gina Sager, a student of Jon Kabot-Zinn. I am Certified to teach Amrit Desai Yoga Nidra at the Advanced level. I am currently a teacher-in-training with Richard Miller in his iRest Yoga Nidra program where I have completed Level 2 and am studying with a mentor in the Certification process. I spent most of my professional life working in the field of education, with an emphasis on under-served populations and children with emotional difficulties. I have a M.Ed. from Johns Hopkins University in Early Childhood Education and a C.A.G.S. in Special Education, with a focus on Infant Mental Health.