wendy newton

Wendy Newton E-RYT 500, C-IAYT, RPE, BCPP, is a Polarity Practitioner & Educator and yoga educator, author and mentor. Wendy is an initiated yogiraj in the ISHTA Yoga lineage, and co-authored Tantra of the Yoga Sutras (2018) with Alan Finger, founder of ISHTA Yoga. In addition to being on faculty at the Polarity Therapy Institute, she is senior faculty and mentor in the ISHTA Yoga teacher training program and the Yoga Polarity Center’s Yoga Therapy and Polarity Therapy programs. She conducts workshops and trainings internationally at the intersection of yoga, energy medicine and personal empowerment. wendynewtonyoga.com

Amadea Morningstar

Amadea Morningstar, RPE, RPP, RYT Amadea Morningstar is an internationally recognized author, teacher, and practitioner in the field of Ayurveda. She is the founder of the Ayurveda Polarity Therapy and Yoga Institute in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Amadea has a private practice in Santa Fe, New Mexico, offering Ayurvedic nutrition and lifestyle education, marma therapy, and polarity therapy. Her publications include the new Easy Healing Drinks from the Wisdom of Ayurveda series.

https://amadeamorningstar.net/

SHARON PORTER

Sharon Porter, RPE, RCST, is a Health Educator, Bodyworker, and Body-Centered Psychotherapist with great experience, skill, compassion and humor. She maintains a private practice and has trained holistic practitioners since 1974. She co-founded and taught in the first large school of Polarity Therapy, which expanded to several locations along the West Coast. In the course of 40+ years of study, teaching and working with clients, she has integrated the work of her many great teachers, including Dr. Randolph Stone (founder of Polarity Therapy).

Janice Marie DURAND

Janice Marie Durand, RPE, BCPP, is the founder and director of Tree of Life Center in Efland, NC. Since 1991, TLC has offered professional development & continuing education for bodyworkers specializing in 'whole brain, experiential learning' through energy healing and wellness classes. For over 20 years, Janice has guided and developed Somatic Energy Healing & Polarity Therapy trainings, as well as movement and embodiment practices such as T’ai Chi, Chi Gong, & Gentle Energy Yoga classes.

Eleanora Lipton

Eleanora Lipton, RPE, BCPP, PTP is a pioneer in the field of Polarity Therapy and the founding director of EmPowerFlow Yoga. EmPowerFlow Yoga, formerly known as Atlanta Polarity & Intuitive Yoga Center, has been based in Atlanta for over 30 years. Eleanora is one of thirty original American Polarity Therapy Association members, a past APTA Board Member, and co-author of The Therapeutic Art of Polarity. She has been teaching over 35 years, specializing in integrating energy principles of Polarity Therapy with Hatha Yoga. Eleanora leads retreats and trainings throughout the US, Scandinavia and Europe. pathsforwholeness.com

GARY PETERSON

Gary Peterson is the founder of The Settling Touch and Resource (STAR) Institute and is a Registered Craniosacral Therapist (RCST ®) and approved teacher with the (BCTA/NA) Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy Association of North America. He has been teaching and practicing energy therapies for over 30 years; he teaches Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy trainings, Polarity Therapy trainings, Settling® trainings and Working with Babies classes at various locations around the United States, as well birth surround workshops and other therapeutic work for the nervous system. His clinical practice is inspired by his increasing desire to understand and work with the deep causes of suffering found in shock and trauma to the nervous system. Gary’s first book, Settling: Simple Ways to Calm Your Nervous System, will be published soon. Gary and his wife Bonnie have 3 grown children and 2 grandchildren and live in Sebastopol, CA.

NISEEMA DIEMER

Niseema Diemer, RPE, BCPP, SEP, LMT is a Polarity Practitioner & Educator and bodyworker with a special focus on working with trauma.  As a Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner, also trained in Bodynamic Developmental Psychology, she supports many clients in their trauma-healing processes. She is also a Licensed Massage Therapist, and has been practicing Polarity Therapy for over 14 years. In addition to being on the online faculty at the Polarity Therapy Institute, she is on faculty at the Soma-Psyche Institute and has taught at the Swedish Institute of Massage in NYC. She leads workshops

www.niseema.com

Glen Weimer

Glen Weimer, RPE, BCPP is a Board Certified Polarity Practitioner, Registered Polarity Educator and former board member of the American Polarity Therapy Association (APTA). He was founder and former director of the Arizona Polarity Institute, Tucson and former polarity education director at the New Mexico Academy of Healing Arts, Santa Fe. Glen has taught at colleges, conferences and both polarity and massage schools throughout the USA. He currently resides and practices year-round on Nantucket Island.

https://glenweimer.com/

Elizabeth Ferrara

Elizabeth Ferrara, RPE, BCPP, has been a lifelong student of various forms of Energetic Healing Arts. Her work involves deep listening, attunement, witnessing and enhancement of life force and the human energy field using the deep intention and wisdom of various ancient and contemporary healing practices, among them Polarity Energy Work, Astrology, Yoga, Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, Native American Medicine Wheel & The Four Directions, Meditation, Client Rapport & Conscious Communication, Astrology, Tarot & Qabalah, Reflexology, and Cleansing.

Christina Ross, phd

Christina Ross, BCPP, RPE earned a PhD in Energy Medicine. She currently works as a biophysicist at the Wake Forest School of Medicine’s Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM), studying the effects of low-frequency Pulsed Electro Magnetic Frequencies on cell communication and signal transduction. She has published articles in internationally known medical journals and is there author of Etiology: How to Detect Disease in your Energy Field Before it Manifests in your Body.

DR. MAURO ZAPPATERRA

Dr. Mauro Zappaterra obtained his MD and PhD from Harvard medical school. He has been trained in Polarity Therapy, Craniosacral Therapy and Reiki. He is board-certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation with a particular focus on optimizing human performance, increasing awareness and decreasing suffering. He is the director of multidisciplinary care and clinical research at Synovation medical group and is staff physician at the VA greater Los Angeles healthcare system. He completed his PhD on the role of the Cerebrospinal Fluid in brain development and has continued to investigate the CSF as a potential fluid to convey source information to the body. https://www.holdingspace.com/projects

Boris hediger

Boris Hediger, BCPP, BSN, MBA, has worked in healthcare for more than 25 years. A former nurse/paramedic, he has held a variety of roles such as an intensive care nurse, flight nurse, and nurse manager/ leader, before finding his calling in Polarity Therapy. In his work with critically ill patients, Boris increasingly found that there was a missing piece—and he found the answer in Polarity Therapy. Boris is originally from Switzerland, and has lived in the US for over 14 years with his wife Nicole and daughter Jewel. He resides in Marin County, CA. 

CarlyRainé Canant

CarlyRainé Canant, MA, APP (they/them) is an expressive arts activity leader with a background in therapeutic clowning, experiential education, and counseling psychology. They practice Polarity Therapy to support the process of uncovering the presence, warmth, and capacity for health that each person has within them as their birthright. CarlyRainé enjoys trail running with their dog, reading parts of books, and crisp homegrown sprouts on avocado toast.

BRYNT BEITMAN

Brynt Beitman, BCPP, YTT, is a Board Certified Polarity Practitioner, Pilates Teacher, Yoga Teacher, and internationally touring dance artist. His work in these different modalities is unified by his desire to help people resonate with their own capacity for positive transformation. Brynt sees these practices as different roads supporting the journey toward greater wellness. He is a graduate of Soma Psyche Institute (APP), Polarity Therapy Institute (RPP), the Pilates Trainee Program at Groundfloor Exercise NYC, Yoga and Ayurveda Center (200- RYT), and The Juilliard School. 

Frances Sorensen

Frances Sorensen, RPP, RYT, received her RPP level training from Polarity Therapy Institute; she’s a Yoga instructor (RYT 200),  Dance Practitioner (GaGa/ 5Rhythms/ Contemp) and lifelong seeker.  She is certified in Ayurvedic Nutrition for Whole Health, as well as Reiki, and is trained in somatic-oriented trauma healing, CranioSacral Therapy, and Neural Re-patterning.  She resides and practices in New York City.