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Nothing is more effective than self-care. It is both the beginning and the end of all learning about energy medicine healing.

Self-care is life-saving and life-transforming. It is also pain-relieving and comforting. It relaxes the primitive brain, allowing higher intelligence to engage naturally.

The following teachers are certified to teach the Self-Care component of the TARA Approach. Each is a gifted, compassionate and skilled embodiment of the power of self-care. Contact them directly and bring the blessing of the TARA Approach to your community, organization or agency.

TARA Approach Certified Teachers

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Teacher:	Deborah Sweet, MA, BCCH
Email:	debbiesweet@msn.com
Website:	www.empowered-healing.com
Phone:	303-818-8613
Location:	Seattle, Washington Other locations for classes in the US - please call for information
Bios:	Advanced TARA Approach Practitioner Certified Self-Care Teacher Certified Module One and Module Two Teacher Certified Clinical Herbalist Nutritionist Flower Essence Practitoner EMPOWERING THE HEALER WITHIN I believe we are our own best healers; it is my job simply to give you the tools that will empower you to heal. The essence of my work is to educate you and guide you to rediscover your relationship with your body, mind, and spirit. This can take place in the form of nutritional therapy, working with herbal medicine, flower essence therapy, shock and trauma renegotiation, Jin Shin TARA, classes and/or mentorship. At the core of my practice is the belief that all sickness starts with energetic imbalances that are not seen or addressed at their inception. By addressing these root causes of disharmony, we can potentially prevent further physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual disharmonies from manifesting, thus ending the lineage of shock and trauma. The more we move towards balance and harmony, the more we are able to connect with the essence of who we are and experience our full capacity for life. Your healer within is ready, are you?
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Teacher:	Eloise Manley Schafer
Email:	emsokc@sbcglobal.net
Phone:	405-850-5532
Location:	Oklahoma City, OK and The Big Island, Hawaii
Bios:	Eloise Manley Schafer is a dancer who holds a degree in Movement Studies, a Certified Authentic Movement Facilitator and Certified TARA Approach Self-Care Teacher and Practitioner. She began studying with TARA Approach founder Stephanie Mines in Boulder, CO in 1994 and has maintained her love, study and daily practice of this healing system ever since. Eloise lives, practices and teaches in Oklahoma and on the Big Island of Hawaii. Early childhood traumas, personal injuries and lifestyle changes led her to pursue movement awareness practices as a means to self-discovery and healing. She believes that to live is to move. We all vibrate with electromagnetic energy and if the flow of that energy is disrupted disharmony results and can manifest physically, emotionally, psychologically and spiritually. Eloise is eager to guide you toward awareness of your natural inner rhythms and help you re-connect with your inherent body wisdom to self-heal. By teaching you the subtle energy medicine techniques of TARA Approach Self-Care, she can empower you to use your hands, compassionate awareness and focus intention to achieve the following goals: 1. Relief of painful symptoms 2. Increased immune function 3. Release of old destructive thought patterns and habits 4. Resolution of emotional wounds 5. Maintenance of health and sense of well-being. Don't stay stuck in chronic disharmony and imbalance. Honor yourself by learning TARA Approach Self-Care and move toward greater fluidity, resilience and authentic presence in your everyday experience.
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Teacher:	Nashalla Gwyn Nyinda
E-mail:	nashalla@hotmail.com
Website:	www.holistic-health.org
Phone:	303-570-8242
Location:	Colorado and surrounding states, Boston area, Nepal, and India
Bios:	Trained in Tibetan and Chinese medicine, nutrition and herbology, Nashalla is Certified to teach Self Care and Module One of the TARA Approach. She offered the first Self-Care course ever taught in Darjeeling, India to a group of medical students. She is herself preparing to practice as a doctor of Tibetan medicine. She includes the TARA Approach and Jin Shin TARA in everything she does. Nashalla is responsible for developing the first Tibetan translation of the Jin Shin TARA Self Care book. She is also the proud and loving mother of Osel Nyinda.
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Teacher:	Deepti Pascual Srivastava
Email:	deepti_light@hotmail.com
Phone:	720-839-4469
Website:	n/a
Location:	San Francisco, CA
Bios:	A Certified Self Care Teacher, Foundations level practitioner and student of Jin Shin TARA since 2002, Deepti is also a certified Reiki Master, Pranic Healing practitioner, massage therapist, and yoga teacher. She brings a rich and traveled multicultural background steeped in family, years of study in the spiritual traditions of India, and a creative, compassionate and playful spirit to the healing relationship �Our bodies are temples and vessels for the Divine and in themselves contain unique precious stories of our lives, jewels of wisdom and heart and soul waiting to be discovered. They are speaking, breathing, shining and dancing through our body-mind all the time, inviting us to listen, honor and commune in this beautiful relationship and mystery called Life.� Deepti received her B.A. from Naropa University in Contemplative Psychology with a focus on health and healing in 2004. She is currently enrolled in the M.A. Counseling Somatic Psychology program at the California Institute of Integral Studies.
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Teacher:	Renee E. Sutton
Email:	reneesutton@earthlink.net
Website:	http://www.healthierhealing.com
Phone:	843-770-9947
Location:	South Carolina
Bios:	Renee Sutton is a Licensed Nurse Assistant. She specializes in home health self-care training, pre/post surgery, stress management, and caregiver self-care, cancer care, and spinal cord injuries.
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Teacher:	Rachel Sofia Erdman
E-mail:	tara-approach@prodigy.net
Phone:	303-499-9990
Location:	Boulder, CO
Bios:	Certified Self-Care Teacher for youth. Rachel Sofia Erdman is the only cetified Self Care Teacher specializing in teaching youth (ages 10-19). Rachel is available to teach in Boulder County, Colorado and throughout the United States. She focuses on the use of the TARA Approach for teens and adolescents. She also has some training in using the TARA Approach for people with Multiple Sclerosis. Rachel uses the TARA Approach for her own wellbeing. It was also instrumental in the resolution of craniosynostosis with which she was diagnosed at the age of four months.
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Teacher:	Kevin McGough
Email:	tara_hawaii@hotmail.com
Phone:	808-896-2642
Location:	Island of Hawaii
Bios:	Certified Self-Care Teacher. Advanced Level Certification. I combine the power and knowledge from over 20 years of aikido training and 18 years as a paramedic with a special vision to serve those on the path of awakening. "Kevin McGough integrates his deep compassion with a natural psychic gift that helps his clients find their way out of the maze of the world into the truth of their authentic path" - Stephanie Mines, Ph.D.
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Teacher:	Jeffrey Najarian, CMT
Email:	jncmt@aol.com
Phone:	303-926-8443
Location:	Colorado, Ohio
Bios:	Jeffrey Najarian is the TARA Approach’s AIDS Outreach Coordinator. He is skilled at presenting the TARA Approach for agencies serving the AIDS community. He has spoken and given workshops for AIDS Medicine and Miracles, Shadowcliff Retreats for People Living with AIDS, Boulder County AIDS Project and Colorado AIDS Project. He is the co-author of the TARA Approach’s guide to resolving the dynamics of substance abuse.
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Teacher:	Leopoldina Pineda Rendon
Email:	medusas@cableonline.com.mx
Phone:	(52)777-3188258 (office) (52)044-5516793675 (cellular)
Location:	Location1: 16 de septiembre #27-16 Acapantzingo, Cuernevaca, Morelos C.P. 62440 Mexico Location2: Newton 256-1 Col. Polanco Mexico, DF (52)55-52546769
Bios:	Leopoldina Pineda Rendon is a Certified Self Care Teacher of the TARA Approach and an Advanced Practitioner. Holographic Repatterning Certified Practitioner. "My world is the healing process and I have my ancestor's curandera gifts that guide me to support my clients in finding their power and bringing it out." - Leopoldina Rendon Pineda "Leopoldina Rendon Pineda is a glorious facilitator of real healing who combines the great gifts of curanderismo with cutting edge contemporary awareness of resolving shock and trauma." - Stephanie Mines, Ph.D.
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TARA Approach Practitioners

Practitioner:	Colleen A. Haney, M.Ed., CCC/SLP
E-mail:	bocacolleen@aol.com
Phone:	561-417-4903
Location:	Boca Raton , Florida and parts of Pennsylvania
Bios:	TARA Approach Practitioner Colleen Haney is also a Speech Language Therapist and a Prepare for Surgery Therapist, and uses these skills with her TARA Approach practice. She is a gifted and experienced public speaker. She combines professional expertise with heartful outreach.
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Practitioner:	Brian Kerley, LMT
Email:	djbrianthomas@mac.com
Phone:	808-938-3033
Location:	San Francisco, California
Bios:	Brian Kerley has over four years of experience with the TARA Approach. He is a licensed massage therapist in California and Hawaii and an advanced practitioner of Jin Shin TARA. Brian is a member of the Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals. He brings youthful enthusiasm with a grounded presence to his sessions. Very passionate about music, Brian “tunes in” to the rhythms of his clients and leaves them feeling more balanced. For more information about his massage practice go to www.internationalorange.com.
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Practitioner:	Ruth Tonissen, RN
Email:	ruthtoni@aloha.net
Phone:	808-217-2116
Website:	n/a
Location:	Big Island of Hawaii
Bios:	As a Certified TARA Approach Practitioner, Ruth infuses her practice with her profound experience recovering from caregiver burnout. She utilizes TARA's self-care treatments on a daily basis and shares this commitment with other healthcare professionals and caregivers. By connecting with the innate wellbeing present in each of us, the TARA Approach stimulates total recovery from shock and trauma, including compassion fatigue. The TARA Approach guides students to the wealth within that flows naturally in the form of health and inner wisdom. Ruth is available to tap this abundance for all who come to her courses or receive sessions. She is especially interested in providing services for hospital staff. Her background as a nurse who has recovered from burnout prepares her to successfully develop the vitality of hospital staff. Ruth can provide TARA treatments on the Big Island of Hawaii where she resides, or on any of the other islands. Contact her to schedule treatments for your community, agency or hospital facility.
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Practitioner:	Ra�l Ortiz-Mena
Email:	ssromg@avantel.net
Phone:	(777) 311 3833, 311 7195 (Cuernavaca); (55) 5575 2185, 5575 8034, 5559 9830 (Ciudad de M�xico)
Location:	Mexico
Bios:	Foundations Level Certification Jin Shin, Homeopathy, Chiropractic, Psychotherapy
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Practitioner:	Gustavo Perez Monzon
Email:	pmonzon@avantel.net
Phone:	011-55-735-2592
Location:	Morelos, MEXICO
Bios:	Gustavo Perez Monzon is an Advanced Practitioner of the TARA Approach. Gustavo is an art teacher as well as a healer and is a strong advocate and model of the power and potency of self care.

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Description of Certification Levels: Foundations Certification: This certification means that the student has taken the introductory, module one and module two training cycles at least twice. Advanced Certification: The student with this certification has completed all of the requirements for the Foundations Certification. In addition, they have completed a minimum of three Advanced Training programs. Teacher Certification: A Certified Teacher of the TARA Approach has completed all of the above requirements. They have also taken a required number of additional courses to enhance their learning and understanding, read extensively and documented their treatment and teaching experiences thoroughly. They have demonstrated and documented their capacity to successfully lead a group and transmit the multifaceted material of the TARA Approach.
Disclaimer At the request of many visitors to our website, we have prepared a list of TARA APPROACH practitioners. The practitioners listed here have studied at various levels. The training level they have completed is indicated. These entries will be revised as practitioners continue to complete higher levels of study. Most of these practitioners practice a variety of healing modalities, in addition to the TARA APPROACH. Practitioners who have trained in the application of the TARA APPROACH are not required to apply the TARA APPROACH in their practice. The TARA APPROACH encourages each potential recipient to discuss with his/her practitioner the interventions to be applied. Interviewing your therapist-candidate is highly recommended. The decision to apply the TARA APPROACH, and the manner of its application, is a decision made exclusively by the practitioner based on his/her best professional judgment after consultation with the client. The TARA APPROACH and the Dom Project are not responsible for the decisions or actions in the course of treatment. The TARA APPROACH and the Dom Project do not evaluate, or make any representation regarding the degree of competence or expertise demonstrated by the individual practitioners included on this list.