Meet your practitioner: Rebecca Marshall, MEd., LMT
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I have had a lifelong curiosity about the human condition - what gives life meaning, how/why we humans do what we do, and especially about the cause and relief of suffering. After studying sociology in my undergraduate work, I discovered yoga in my early twenties. This led to a nearly 30 year involvement with that wisdom tradition, 20 of those as a Kripalu certified yoga teacher.
Since 2005 I have studied meditation in the vipassana, or "insight" meditation tradition of Theravada Buddhism, most recently with the monks of Temple Forest Monastery here in NH. I have trained in Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) - a protocol for preventing recurrence of Major Depressive Disorder. Some of my most rewarding teaching experiences have been found guiding those struggling with addictive patterns in a rehabilitative treatment setting and at the Cheshire County House of Corrections. In 2010 I received a Master's in Mental Health Counseling, a program rooted in the person-centered approach of psychologist Carl Rogers. One of his most prominent students, psychologist & philosopher Eugene Gendlin, developed the body-based practice known as "Focusing" which I offer in my Inner Body Focusing. See "Services" for more on this. The latest developments in my life's education have been receiving a massage therapy license, studying Inner Relationship Focusing with Ann Weiser Cornell, a senior student of Eugene Gendlin, and training in The Trager Approach - a form of bodywork that gently yet profoundly restores ease and peace to the body and mind. It is a journey filled with surprise, gratitude, and wonder, seeing all these threads of my own search for understanding, happiness, and freedom coming together in one complementary healing practice. I look forward to the opportunity to share my inspiration and what I am learning with you. |