Bob Cooley, Founder & President
Meridian Strengthening & Stretching
Training
www.meridianstretching.com
Bob Cooley is the founder and president of the Meridian Stretching Center and the developer of a revolutionary stretching technique known as Resistance Stretching. An expert on flexibility and its relation to health, he has united biomechanics, structural kinesiology, Hatha yoga, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and a genetically based personality system in his powerful stretching program, The Meridian Flexibility System®. Read more...
Donna Ricci Clinical Psychologist,
Certified Meridian
Stretching Intern - Level V
(Newburyport, MA)
www.creativespiritorganizing.comwww.belladonnaquilts.com
617-461-0461
Donna Ricci is a clinical psychologist and professional organizer who, for more than 20 years, has been helping people increase their awareness of themselves and their environments.
She has worked with countless clients helping them to express their creativity while coping with the demands of daily life. She has an understanding of the mind/body/spirit connection and believes that overall quality of life is enhanced when pursuit of that balance becomes a life long process. She believes that both physical and psychological traumas become trapped in the body and that a combination of cognitive therapy, attention to the external environment and a physical regimen can help release those traumas. Her extensive work with people with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder lead to the development of methods to improve organizational skills in both the psychiatric and general communities.
Creative Spirit Organizing is a company she began with the expressed purpose of helping people to increase their creative flow and output by identifying the barriers that inhibit their success. She has worked extensively with musicians and artists in helping them dismantle those barriers and become more fully expressive in their creativity.
She has done research on Noonan's Syndrome and has presented on various topics including Organizational Skills Development, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder and Asperger's Disorder.
She has been trained as a teacher and musician and is also a quilter whose work has been displayed and sold throughout Massachusetts. Her avocations have instilled an appreciation for the flow of creative spirit and its value in our lives and in society. She also has a private psychotherapy practice in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Carla Kinney, Sales Representative for U.S. Cellular
(Madison, Wisconsin)
608 444 4424www.uscellular.com
Tom Arnol, Broker at Wachovia Securities
(Madison, Wisconsin)
(608) 833-4040www.wachoviasec.com
Ron Frick, Owner of Vital Sounds
(Madison, Wisconsin)
www.vitalsounds.comAudio & Support Tools for Therapists, Teachers & Families.
Sheila M. Frick, OTR Owner of Vital Links
(Madison, Wisconsin)
www.vitallinks.netFounded by Sheila M. Frick, OTR, Vital Links is an AOTA-approved provider of continuing education opportunities that incorporate Therapeutic Listening®, vestibular habilitation, and core development. The primary objective of all Vital Links courses is to provide innovative clinical tools and strategies that can be immediately implemented upon course completion in schools, clinics, and homes. Courses are offered throughout the United States and in other countries as well.
Brian Johnson, Madison East Highschool Boy’s
Head Swim Coach
(Madison, Wisconsin)
www.mmsd.org/athletics/ecoaches.htm
Tim Kinney, Sales Representative for Badger Graphics
(Madison, Wisconsin)
www.badgergraphic.com608 834 3400
Courtney Larsen Trombone/Vocals in Phat Phunktion Band
(Madison, Wisconsin)
www.phatphunktion.comShe is a rock star, creative genius, almost
famous, smart aleck. Has spent her life making those around her
laugh. Has a sharp wit and a wicked sense of humor and is told
that with those two things and her smarts, she is the total package.
She will immediately disarm you with her charm. Short anagrams
will not describe her. She's got myriad sides to her: she's an
entertainer, your best friend, just one of the guys, a business
brain, a comic, diva. She can talk to you about karma and existentialism,
then turn around and do an impression of the Sweeney Sisters
from Saturday Night Live."Clang clang goes the trolley...."
Music has been on Courtney's map since childhood with her musical
family playing a key role in her development as an artist. Everyone in
her family plays and instrument and Courtney was no stranger to this
concept. At age 7 she began piano lessons and at 10 picked up the trombone.
Her older brother and sister told her she'd have to play a brass instrument
or be disowned by them. They each played french horn and trumpet respectively
so her choices were pretty much trombone or tuba - not exactly a tough
choice. She thanks
her bro and sis for their wisdom in helping to shape her instrument
of choice!
Paula Struwing University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Head Swim Coach
(Oshkosh, Wisconsin)
www.titans.uwosh.edu/MSwimming/HeadCoachAmy Krysiak University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Head Diving Coach
(Oshkosh, Wisconsin)
www.titans.uwosh.edu/MSwimming/HeadCoachSandy Williams, Sales Representative
Enterprise Lighting,
LTD.
(McFarland, Wisconsin)
www.enterpriselighting.com608 446 3532
Thea Holtan, Juice Plus Distributor
(Saint Paul, Minnesota)
www.juiceplus.comIt’s the one recommendation in almost every diet plan, every guide to nutrition, every fitness book. Even organizations such as the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the World Health Organization, the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society, and the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion agree. But as much as it’s preached, most people still don’t eat enough fruits and vegetables every day.
Liv Moyer, Graphic Designer and owner
(Campbellsport, WI )
www.setinink.comTammy Holtan Arnol, Verona High School Freshman & VIP Counselor
(Verona, Wisconsin)
View WebsiteMarlene La Fleur and Neva Van Ess
Owner of La Fleur Van Ess
Stables
Specializing in American Saddle bred horses
(Verona, Wisconsin)
www.lvstables.comThe focus of La Fleur Van Ess Stables is to provide superb service and care of your fine show horse and to instruct clients to ride and show their horses with skill and confidence. We are a full service American Saddlebred facility with training, sales, equestrian saddle seat instruction competing at Local and National Horse Shows.
Carly Anderson, Verona High School Boy’s & Girl’s
Assistant
Swim Coach
(Verona, Wisconsin)
Website-boysWebsite-irls
Thea Holtan, Author & Teacher
(Saint Paul, Minnesota)
www.theathot.comThea Holtan has designed these strategies from her background in High School English classrooms and K-12 media centers. She has taught them to all ages and has helped many teachers through seminars, workshops, and graduate courses since 1982. Here you will find practical help, both in writing and in teaching writing. You will join countless students and teachers who continuously use or teach the simple strategies to understand information, organize it, and put it into writing.
Merete Holtan, Hair Stylist at Renew
(Lake Delton, Wisconsin)
608 254 8080
Suzie Neas Certified Massage Therapist at Studio Z.
(Monona, WI)
www.studiozmadison.comStoughton Aqua Racers Swim Team
(Stoughton, Wisconsin)
www.stoughtonaquaracers.comDenise Hall, Aesthetician
(San Francisco, California)
www.halloffaces.comDenise Hall is a Licensed Aesthetician with over 10 years of experience in the skincare industry and has a following of clients that have been with her since the beginning of her career. Denise has worked with various high-profile plastic surgeons in the San Francisco Bay Area and stays current with the latest in skincare technology, products and services that really work! You are assured the highest level of knowledge, experience, and personal care needed to enhance and maintain your natural and youthful appearance for years to come!
Jason Bedient, Photographer & Web designer(San Francisco, California)
www.bedientphoto.com
Jason Bedient is a photographer, artist and digital media specialist living in San Francisco. When Jason is not creating photos, he may be surfing at Ocean Beach, cooking food, having fun with his girlfriend Hilary, working with his beloved plants, or reading a good book. Bedientphoto is a full-service digital photo studio specializing in portraiture, action lifestyle, and life events. Other services include digital restoration, scanning, and digital media presentation.
Andrew Gentile, Certified Medical Hypnotherapist
(San Francisco, California)
www.sanfranciscohypnotherapy.comAndrew Gentile is a Certified Hypnotherapist and Certified Medical Hypnotherapist providing emotional and medical hypnotherapy and Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) locally in San Francisco, and worldwide by phone. Andrew produces personalized MP3s that incorporate your specific needs and can be emailed to you for your continued use.
Luis Falves, Interior Architect
(San Francisco, California)
Paul Domaleski, Licensed Massage Therapist
(San Francisco, California)
Paul views massage therapy as a sacrament. He believes that massage is a gift from one person to another. It is also one of the best gifts you can give yourself. He will offer you a deeply relaxing, professional massage from a caring, intuitive, highly trained practitioner. After your massage you'll be reenergized, both physically and spiritually, and feel a renewed sense of connection with your body.
Andrew Mogrelia, Conductor, Music Director, San Francisco Conservatory Orchestra
(San Francisco, California)
www.sfcm.edu/faculty/mogreliawww.andrewmogrelia.com
Andrew Mogrelia was music director and principal conductor of the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra from 2003-2005. Prior to his appointment in San Francisco he served as conductor-in-residence at the Birmingham Conservatoire in England for ten years. He has conducted many of Europe’s leading orchestras including the Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, BBC Symphony and BBC Scottish Symphony in England, the Nieuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam, Residentie Orchestra and Dutch Radio Symphony in the Netherlands, and the Slovak Radio Symphony and Slovak Philharmonic in the Czech and Slovak Republics, among others. He has worked extensively with ballet companies in England, Holland, Scandinavia, Australia and the U.S including performances at the Metropolitan Opera House.
Mr. Mogrelia has an broad discography, including recordings for Naxos and Marco Polo of orchestral works by Handel, Suk and Novak, and numerous complete ballets by Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and Adam, all of which received critical acclaim. This season, he returns to the Australian Ballet in November and December, 2005 for Sleeping Beauty at the Sydney Opera House, conducts a series of concerts with the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, and leads the Empryean Ensemble in three concerts in California in April, 2006.
Peter Brandenhoff Ballet dancer with the San Francisco Opera
(San Francisco, California)
Peter was born in Denmark and just ended a 14 year career with San Francisco Ballet. He trained at The Royal Danish Ballet. He performed with the Royal Danish Ballet, The Hamburg Ballet, Boston Ballet, The South African Ballet Theatre and in various festivals and theatres throughout the world. He has worked with choreographers as John Neumeier, Val Caniparoli, Julia Adam, Redha, Mark Morris, David Bintley and James Kudelka to name a few. Peter has enjoyed dancing in the widest range of repertoire as possible, dancing everything from modern to character roles. He is currently performing with the San Francisco Opera and will be teaching and dancing throughout the Bay Area.
Marianna Elise, Voice Trainer
(San Francisco, California)
www.mariannaland.comMarianna's passionate relationship with music began at a young age. She discovered musical emotion and expression through her church choir, and carried it over into professional roles with Opera Americana and The Washington Savoyards. She later gave her the unique opportunity to perform as the lead character in an original musical at Caux, Initiatives for Change in Switzerland in 1996. At the beginning of 2003 Marianna moved to San Francisco. She began working with a politically-minded pop group in Australia called LANDED and traveled back and forth to write and record with them. In San Francisco she began to collaborate with Jeffrey Chin, an established producer and jazz pianist, and Andrew Epstein a jazz and Brazilian-influenced pianist and composer. Marianna teaches private voice lessons and gets great satisfaction out of sharing her love of singing with others. She thinks that excitement is infectious and that the discipline, self-confidence and enthusiasm one gets through vocal self-expression will carry over throughout all aspects of life. Everyone should sing, singing feels good.
Jeff Budin, Principal trombone
San Francisco Ballet Orchestra
(San Francisco, Californian)
www.sfcm.edu/faculty/budin.aspxCurrently principal trombone with the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, Jeffrey Budin also has held principal trombone positions in the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra Symphonique de Montréal, the Orquestra de la Ciutat de Barcelona and the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra. He performs regularly with the San Francisco Symphony and Opera, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and chamber music groups, the Empire Brass and the Summit Brass. In addition, he performs annually at the Saint Bart’s Music Festival, the Festival Delle Valle d’Itria and is currently touring with and writing for the Portland-based band 'Pink
Rusty Wells Bhakti yoga instructor
(San Francisco, California)
www.rustywells.comLorraine O'Connor DDS, Dentistry
(San Francisco, California)
www.castrosf.org/needs.dentistry415-431-7900
Ravinder N. M. Sehgal,
Bassoon in the Berkeley Symphony & adjunct Professor, Department
of Biology, San Francisco State University
(San Francisco, California)
www.berkeleysymphony.org/who/musicianswww.sfsu.edu - profile
Chris Culp Head Coach for Burlingame Aquatic Club
(Burlingame, California)
www.burlingameaquatics.comchris@burlingameaquatics.com
Christopher Culp enters the Burlingame Aquatic Club as the Head Senior Coach of the Age Group Team. After six years of coaching the Men’s and Women’s Swimming Team at San Francisco State University, Chris is looking to broaden his horizons at B.A.C. During his tenure with the S.F.S.U. Gators, the men have added 67 marks in the top ten list as well as breaking nine individual school records. On the women’s side, 49 new times have been entered into the top ten lists with two school records falling. In addition, both the single-season and career point records for men and women were set under Coach Culp. A native of Sacramento, Calif., Culp spent one year in the water for the Gators but what a year it was. During the 1996-97 season, he placed 10th in the 100-yd butterfly (:49.93), 11th in the 100-yd breaststroke (:57.29) and 13th in the 200-yd breaststroke (2:06.85) at the NCAA Division II National Championships to earn All-American honors in all three events. Culp broke school records in the 100-yd butterfly, 100 and 200-yd breaststrokes; swam on two school record relay teams and became the first male or female swimmer to score over 300 points in a season. His 324 points is still fifth highest in SFSU history. Culp was a four-time prep All-American at Jesuit High School in Sacramento and resides in San Francisco, California.
Las Trampas Swim Team (Lafayette, California)
www.lastrampaspool.com/aboutShad Wojtala, Head Swim Coach
The Hills Swim & Tennis
Club
(Montclair, California)
www.wcaclubs.comOakville Ranch Vineyards
(Napa, California)
www.oakvilleranchvineyards.comMat Plendl, Actor
(Los Angeles, California)
www.imdb.com - profileTea and Chi (My favorite tea shop)
(Vero Beach, Florida)
www.teaandchi.comThey turn to tea for the quiet moment, for the comfort of the taste and the aroma, for the little lift it gives us, for the health benefits, for the companionship of it. They drink tea for the “chi” the “vital energy” it provides. It’s not just a beverage; it’s our way of life. They love tea and love talking about it. They are very friendly and will help you with any questions you many have.