| The administration and faculty at Scherer Institute offer focused, personal attention for each student. Classes are taught by dedicated and expert instructors who are passionate about their work. They love teaching here and you will feel their commitment to your personal and professional growth. |
Lonnie Howard, MA, LMT, Director - Lonnie is a 1982 graduate of the Scherer Institute and has her Master's degree in Psychology from Antioch University. She began working in the administration of Scherer in 1983 and has been the director since 1985. She was privileged to know and work with Dr. Jay Scherer until his death in 1990 - Read More |
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Cathy Black, MA, Minister, Owner, Admissions - Cathy originally began practicing massage in 1980 and recently completed her Master’s Degree from Lesley University in Intuitive Healing and Facilitation. She was connected with the Scherer Institute from 1991- 1998 when she created and taught the Healing Quality of Touch massage courses. - Read More |
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Keith Spear, Owner, Educational Consultant - Keith brings his fresh perspectives from both the East and West Coasts to the Scherer family. His expertise in cognitive therapies and brain development give him a unique approach to learning whether it is in the healing arts or teaching young people how to process information and read more effectively. - Read More |
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Farice Rezabek, BS, LMT, Anatomy & Kinesiology, Spa Techniques - After well over a decade in working with computers and math, Farice came to study massage in an effort to balance her head with her body and heart. Graduating from the Scherer Institute was a pivotal step in this endearing, enduring journey. - Read More |
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| Andrea Ullom, BS, RMTI Nurturing Therapeutic Massage - After graduating in 1999, Andrea assisted the Nurturing, Therapeutic Massage and Connective Tissue Bodywork classes and now brings that experience to teaching the Nurturing, Therapeutic Massage. She graduated from Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island in 1992 with a B.A. in Secondary Education. - Read More |
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Dr. Wendy Van Dilla, BA, BS, ND, Certified Fertility Awareness Educator, Hydrotherapy, Introduction to Botanical Medicine
Dr. Van Dilla was certified by the Ovulation Method Teachers' Association (OMTA) as a teacher and began teaching in 1985. She decided to become a naturopathic physician and completed her prerequisites and then a double degree (BA & BS) - Read More |
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Tim Blair, BA, LMT, NCBTMB, RMTI, Introduction to Chair Massage - Tim began massage training in Seattle in 1987 before moving to Santa Fe in 2001 to complete the program at the Scherer Institute of Natural Healing. He has been connected with the school since graduation as a teaching assistant, supervisor of community outreach events, and instructor. - Read More |
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John Paul Goodman, RMTI, Certified Rolfer, Connective Tissue Bodywork
John Paul graduated from the Scherer Institute in 1997, and has been in private practice since then. His specialty lies in Connective Tissue Bodywork, especially in cases of injury or chronic pain. - Read More |
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| Phyllis Braun, RMTI, Cranio-Sacral - Phyllis is a seasoned massage therapist, bodyworker and educator, in a clinically specific practice for over 25 years. She is an educator in the massage therapy field & teaches regularly, throughout the US, her own innovate and clearly perceptive Cranio-Sacral and Integrative Neuromuscular Therapy programs. - Read More |
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Douglas Blair, NTS, RMTI, LMT, Polarity Therapy and Foot Reflexology - Douglas has been a professional bodyworker and health educator for over 25 years. He is a Registered Massage Therapy Instructor at the Scherer Institute in Santa Fe and a partner of the Taos Massage & Wellness Center in Taos, New Mexico. - Read More |
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Jay Alderson, MS, OTR/L, LMT, Pathophysiology - Jay has been teaching Anatomy & Pathophysiology for thirteen years and is in his tenth year teaching for the Scherer Institute. He is a graduate of the Scherer Institute. "One of the most significant aspects of being a teacher is the opportunity to learn. Growth is a reflection of learning. - Read More |
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Zoraida Palacios Rubel; LMT, RMTI, Healing Quality of Touch - Zoraida graduated from The Scherer Institute of Natural Healing in 2004. She has since been providing massage therapy and bodywork to her clients in her private practice and in a spa setting, in Santa Fe, NM. Zoraida has assisted in both Healing Quality of Touch and Nurturing Therapeutic Massage classes. - Read More |
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| Maureen Bish, RMTI, Nurturing Therapeutic Massage, Student Clinic Supervisor Maureen Bish graduated from the Scherer institute in 1992. After graduation she started assisting and now teaches the Nurturing Theraputic Massage class. Maureen also has a thriving private practice in Santa Fe. - Read More |
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| Lauri Genesio, RMTI, Moving Ki - Shiatsu In 1998, after 18 years in the culinary arts and the natural food business, Lauri moved to pursue her long standing interest in Asian Bodywork and Nutritional Healing. By 2000, Lauri completed her studies at the Ohashi Institute in Chicago... - Read More |
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| Cathy Hope, Aromatherapy - As a child, I was entranced by flowers and had my own small flower garden in which I dug to my heart's content. That sense of delight and curiosity is still with me, and has led me to formally study flower essence therapy at the California Flower Essence Society and Aromatherapy at the Pacific Institute of Aromatherapy - Read More |
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| Jane Ellen, Self Care with Flower Essences - Jane began teaching Flower Essences class as a guest instructor. Her passion and joy comes to life through sharing the gift of working with Flower Essences as a form of profound and subtle support for the personal and spiritual development... - Read More |
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Elizabeth Rose, BS, LMT, RMTI, DONA Certified Doula, Pregnancy Massage - Elizabeth Rose is a contemporary “Wisdom Keeper” not unlike matriarchal women of indigenous communities of the past. She has practiced Massage for the Childbearing Year for 20 years, attended 80+ births as a Midwife Assistant and Labor Support Doula. - Read More |
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| Kristen Kuester, MFA, LMT, Certified Advanced Rolfer®, Somatic Experiencing® and Cranio Sacral Practitioner, Trauma and the Body - Kristen has been involved with various body-mind repatterning since 1975 and in full time practice since 1987. She curently is practicing and teaching Transformative Bodywork, her own system of combined techniques incorporating structural integration and trauma recovery. - Read More |
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"Mushkan" Antonella D. Stearns, LMT, RMTI, Student Clinic Supervisor - Mushkan has been involved in the field of healing, bodywork, meditation and human potential since 1997. Born and raised in Southern Italy, she started practicing Reiki and bodywork while still in college. She graduated with an M.A. in English and Philosophy. In 2002, after extensive traveling in Southeast Asia... - Read More |
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| Theresa Martell, LMT, Business. Ethics - Theresa is a graduate of The Scherer Institute and has a bachelors of science degree from the University of Vermont in biological sciences. She has a private massage therapy practice and works as a therapist at an acupuncture clinic in Santa Fe, NM. Theresa has self-published two massage manual-type books... - Read More |
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Mauro Rivera, LMT, RMTI, Nurturing Therapeutic Massage - Mauro Rivera graduated from the Scherer Institute in 2006, and earned his
RMTI in 2008. He is Certified in Hot Stone Therapy, is a Level II Reiki Practitioner and has completed Scherer's 3 part Teacher Training Course. - Read More |
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