For as long as I can remember, I have had a desire to learn and to understand how things work. I combined my interest in athletics and passion for learning by attending the University of British Columbia where I obtained a Bachelors Degree in Physical Education with a major in Sports Medicine.

I furthered my studies of the human body by entering massage school and graduated from the West Coast College of Massage Therapy (Vancouver, B.C.) in 1991. I volunteered at many sporting events such as the Canadian Ironman (Penticton BC), Hawaii Ironman, Vancouver Marathon, as well as many triathlons and other sporting events.

In 1995, I was introduced to Craniosacral therapy, and pursued further studies with the Upledger Institute. I continued my studies in cranial work and visceral manipulation, completing my Advanced Level II Craniosacral therapy in 2000. Craniosacral therapy spurred on my interest in the human body and its amazing capacity to heal. Of particular interest to me is the mind-body connection and how what we think and feel affects us physically. I decided to explore further, and enrolled in studies with the Canadian College of Osteopathy.

Osteopathy embraces the philosophy that the body has a natural ability to regulate and to heal itself. It is a natural medicine that looks at all the body’s systems and their inter-relationships to one another. By restoring the normal mechanics, this allows the flow of fluids again in the body and all the nutrients that they carry, to be distributed to the tissues.

I completed my fifth year of Osteopathic training in May 2007 and I am currently continung my studies as a thesis writer.  Every day, I have the opportunity to continue to learn the art and science of Osteopathy.

I believe that each and every body tells a story of the person who inhabits it. It is my job as therapist to listen to the patients’ tissues and allow them to tell their story.

“The tissues never lie” Jean Pierre Barral D.O.