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Bonnie Snyder
LMT
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Bonnie Snyder, LMT, BA Education
Bonnie graduated from Seattle’s Brenneke School of Massage in 1995 and began a private massage therapy practice in Bellingham, WA. After moving to Bend in 1997, she started her private practice and taught at the former Central Oregon School of Massage. In 2000 she began teaching in the Massage Therapy Program at Central Oregon Community College, where she has taught kinesiology, massage, and introduction to massage therapy as a career, a course she designed and developed.
Bonnie has taught infant massage at the Athletic Club of Bend and in private classes. She loves her profession and is committed to the field of massage, and massage education. Bonnie believes massage can be of benefit to every body, and has a passion for offering excellent skills to her clients. Her continuing education courses have covered a wide range of techniques, including myofascial release, treatment of whiplash injuries, cadaver anatomy, and cranial sacral therapy. She has studied deep tissue massage with Bill Musser, LMT, and has assisted in workshops on whiplash treatment, and SOAP charting with Diana Thompson, LMT.
Bonnie lives with her husband, Bob, their two cats and three dogs. She also does dog training at Dancin’ Woofs Compassionate Dog Training and Daycare, and has raised two service dogs for Canine Companions for Independence.
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Jim Parker
LMT, AAS Massage
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Jim Parker, LMT, AAS Massage
Jim’s passion for massage therapy and teaching creates an engaging and exciting learning environment. He has a very practical and pragmatic approach to teaching and practice. Jim owns a very successful clinic and specializes in treatment of myofascial pain. He uses a variety of modalities, intuition, extensive knowledge in science/physiology of the body to analyze and treat myoskeletal dysfunction.
Jim has over 31 years of teaching experience including 12 years at Umpqua Community College and 8 years at Central Oregon Community College. He holds an AAS degree in massage therapy and has over 2,000 hours of postsecondary training in various massage techniques and theories.
Jim is a life-long learner and is always searching for more knowledge and skill.
Student evaluations reveal that Jim is considered one of their best instructors: he is thorough, fair and extremely knowledgeable of the subject matter. He presents science, theory, and hands-on information in a practical, real world format that makes learning exciting and interesting to his students. His students respect and appreciate his no nonsense approach to massage and his belief that there should be a reason for your action.
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Amy Lafferty
MS, LMT
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Amy Lafferty, MS, LMT
Amy Lafferty, MS, OTR/L, LMT has a wealth of experience as a health care provider. She worked for several years as an Occupational Therapist at the University Hospital in Denver, at the Mapleton Center for Rehabilitation in Boulder, CO, and in Idaho before discovering the highly gratifying work of Massage Therapy. Amy holds a BA degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder, a MS degree in environmental education from Colorado State University, and a MS degree in Occupational Therapy from Colorado State.
Amy completed her massage training (including advanced deep tissue training) at COCC. She is both a Licensed Occupational Therapist and a Licensed Massage Therapist in Oregon.
As an environmental education curriculum developer and front-line educator, Amy learned that individuals learn from various paths. She is committed to making learning experiences relevant and meaningful to students.
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Deby Grant-Bowman
LMT, AAS Massage
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Deby Grant-Bowman, LMT, AAS Massage
Deby has 26 years of teaching experience and 15 years as a licensed massage therapist. She has developed successful private practices in Portland and Bend Oregon. Her primary focus is treating chronic pain conditions, auto injuries, and stress management.
She loves to teach because she loves to learn. Deby often says, “Teaching makes me a better therapist and my private practice makes me a better instructor”. She enjoys inspiring and motivating students to believe in themselves and their abilities to be the best massage therapist they can.
Her desire is to give the knowledge and skills she has learned in a fun, creative, learning environment. Students say she communicates the main objectives of a lesson clearly, so that they can understand the importance, for their own massage careers.
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Ellyn Lindquist
BA, LMT
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Ellyn Lindquist, BA, LMT
Ellyn brings over 15 years of experience in bodywork and Rolfing® to her classroom and creates a fun and creative environment. She graduated from Indiana University with a degree in Psychology and then went on to attend East West College of the Healing Arts in Portland, OR and the Rolf Institute for Structural Integration in Boulder, CO.
Ellyn has taught anatomy, kinesiology and pathology at East West College, assisted at the
Rolf Institute and for continuing education classes and is now teaching myofascial work and
pathology at Sage School of Massage. She also has had teaching experience in rock climbing and mountaineering classes.
Ellyn owns Central Oregon Rolfing® & Therapeutic Bodyworks in Bend and has a full practice in structural work and Rolfing. She is active in triathlon, skiing and Pilates. She has a sound background in rock climbing, yoga, dance and playing music and was a choreographer for musicals in her hometown of Appleton, WI.
Her realistic approach to teaching helps students to understand what they will experience in their practice. She uses humor and philosophy to integrate scientific knowledge into practical application. Ellyn’s philosophy of being a therapist and teacher is “I simply want to help educate people to better understand their bodies and minds and the correlation between the two”.
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Amy Smith Gruebert
LMT
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Amy Smith Gruebert, LMT
Amy is a certified massage therapist, licensed in Oregon and Nevada, an ISSA certified fitness trainer, a yoga instructor, a massage anatomy teacher, and owner of Studio Sabai in La Pine, Oregon.
She has been working in massage for over 10 years, in a variety of health care and rehab settings. She has studied extensively a variety of advanced massage techniques as well as the science of anatomy and physiology. Recent studies have taken her to Thailand to study the art of Traditional Thai Yoga Massage, an ancient healing modality with health and flexibility benefits.
Amy also has 10+ years of personal yoga practice, studying yoga styles that include Iyengar, Anusara, and Forrest Yoga. For the past 5 years she has studied intensively with Angela Sullivan, in the styles of Ana Forrest and Angela Farmer, and Deborah Nicholson, both in Carson City.
The awareness and understanding of body, breath, and posture through yoga provides an added unique perspective to bodywork techniques. With the variety of massage styles, yoga experiences, and personal fitness work, Amy brings an eclectic approach to her work, providing a unique perspective that is always client centered. Amy has an intuitive sense of what is needed, and her work is about facilitating wellness and finding a sense of joy in the body.
Advanced Education - Continuing Education
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Jim Parker
LMT, AAS Massage
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Jim Parker, LMT, AAS Massage
Jim’s passion for massage therapy and teaching creates an engaging and exciting learning environment. He has a very practical and pragmatic approach to teaching and practice. Jim owns a very successful clinic and specializes in treatment of myofascial pain. He uses a variety of modalities, intuition, extensive knowledge in science/physiology of the body to analyze and treat myoskeletal dysfunction.
Jim has over 31 years of teaching experience including 12 years at Umpqua Community College and 8 years at Central Oregon Community College. He holds an AAS degree in massage therapy and has over 2,000 hours of postsecondary training in various massage techniques and theories.
Jim is a life-long learner and is always searching for more knowledge and skill.
Student evaluations reveal that Jim is considered one of their best instructors: he is thorough, fair and extremely knowledgeable of the subject matter. He presents science, theory, and hands-on information in a practical, real world format that makes learning exciting and interesting to his students. His students respect and appreciate his no nonsense approach to massage and his belief that there should be a reason for your action.
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Bill Musser
MS, LMT Massage
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Bill Musser, MS, LMT Massage
Bill Musser has had private practices in Colorado, New Mexico, and Oregon and has worked in a variety of treatment settings. He holds a Master’s degree in Exercise Physiology and has been a Registered Nurse. Prior to moving to bodywork on a full-time basis he had a career in college teaching and administration. He has served as chairman of the Oregon State Board of Massage Therapists and has performed as a principal investigator in research on carpal tunnel syndrome for a National Institute of Health study. Bill was selected as the Jerome Perlinski National Teacher of the Year by the Council of Schools of the American Massage Therapy Association for the
year 2000. His clients have included motor vehicle accident victims, injured workers and athletes (recreational and intercollegiate to Olympic Gold medalists and world record-holders). In addition to his private practice in Eugene, he has taught in the advanced massage program at Central Oregon Community College in Bend. A former NCAA College Division All-American, he also performs biomechanical analysis for swimmers.
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