Val Leoffler is a bodywork &Trager practitioner, clinical hypnotherapist & movement educator who, at 58, is celebrating 30 years of private practice in healing & bodywork teaching movement to individuals, classes and groups.
She is nationally certified with NCBTMB, is an Authorized Continuum Movement & Jungle Gym Instructor and has taught for Twin Lakes College, UCSC, Cabrillo, and private organizations. Her training includes 30 years of experience with Emilie Conrad & Susan Harper, founders of Continuum, developmental movement systems with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, training with Dr. Milton Trager, creative arts with the Tamalpa Institute, 28 years of yoga (Iyengar & Tri-Yoga), a blackbelt in Judo, studies with Gabrielle Roth, improv theatre, Craniosacral Therapy with Upledger Institute, Zero Balancing with Dr. Fritz Smith, perception & movement studies with Hubert Godard, women’s health and an extensive background in working with injury & healing.
As a co-founder of the Santa Cruz Women’s Health Center in the 1970’s she developed a lifelong commitment to the study of alternative healthcare and interest in Eastern Healing Arts, including certification in Amma Massage. She is continually interested & delighted in how the fluid worlds of bodywork and movement arts influence & inform each other & brings this passion & vitality to her teaching.
About Private Sessions:
Available by appointment only Monday-Friday. Some insurances apply. Call 831 426-2063 to schedule an appointment.
Integrative Bodywork and Movement discovery:
Every session is individually tailored to meet & support the clients needs.
This somatic inquiry can weave breath, touch and awareness with advanced tablework, Clinical hypnotherapy and movement education.
“All movements on the earth, waters, winds or living creatures follow the undulating curvatures of a wave. Sound and light exist as waves with specific frequency and length. Mentastic movements create wave like shimmerings that resonate through the body and have a loosening and lightening effect on both the body and mind.”
—Dr. Milton Trager
Private Continuum Movement sessions also available.