Amelia Amy Davis
BS, RMBP, SEP, CAMTC#: 43586
I am a bodyworker specializing in healing trauma. I work with people of all ages, from babies to elders.
My approach is based in supporting the body's innate healing capacity. My manual therapy work includes both structural and biodynamic approaches. I utilize a wide variety of bodywork tools and principles that promote health, support you to connect to your inner and outer resources, and feel at home in your body.
I enjoy working individually, and as part of a team with other health care practitioners. I offer care in personal injury cases or motor vehicle accidents, and have experience creating documentation for insurance companies.
Education
Musings from the Womb, Ariel Giarretto, Berkeley, CA, 2016
Healing Pre & Perinatal Trauma (18 hours)
Somatic Practice with Kathy Kain & Stephen Terrell, Corte Madera, CA, 2014-2016
Somatic Resilience and Regulation After Early Trauma (120 hours)
Somatic Experiencing Master Classes with Peter Levine, Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute, Corte Madera, CA, 2013-2016
Archetypes & Developmental Trauma (25 hours)
Advanced Bodywork, Polyvagal Theory & Complex Syndromes (27 hours)
Through the Eye of the Needle (25 hours)
Manual Therapy Studies, Ron Murray, DO (MP), Marin, CA, 2012-2014
Detailed journeys into the biomechanics both inter and intra-osseously,
and how these relate to soft tissue structures and movement in Pelvis,
Knee/Ankle, Ribs/Diaphragm/Embryonic Midline, & Anterior
Neck/Cranial Base (104 hours)
Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute with Kathy Kain, CA, 2012-2013
Touch Skills Training for Trauma Therapists (96 hours)
Somatic Practice with Kathy Kain, Berkeley, CA, 2011-2012
Resilience & Self Regulation, Complex Trauma, Somatic Resonance, Working with MVA's (66 hours)
Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute, CA & NY, 2010-2013
Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (216 hours)
The Embodied Spirit with Mike Boxhall, Aumale, France, 2010
Advanced Courses in Craniosacral Therapy (153 hours)
Dialogues in Contemporary Rehabilitation, Sharon Wieselfish-Giammatteo, USA, 2000-2009
Integrative Manual Therapy Studies (800 hours)
Manual therapy techniques for working with a variety of body structures and
systems including digestive, endocrine, circulatory, lymphatic, brain, subcortical, urogenital, liver, bone, kidney/adrenal & more.
Institute of Integral Health, Berkeley, CA, 1998-2001
Lauren Berry Bodywork Studies with Linda Caesara (280 hours)
Piedmont Yoga Studio, Rodney Yee, Oakland, CA, 1996-1997
Graduate of 2 year Advanced Studies Program for Yoga Teacher Training (640 hours)
The Rosen Institute, Marion Rosen, Berkeley, CA, 1994-1997
Rosen Method Bodywork Practitioner (360 hours)
Upledger Institute, San Francisco, CA, 1992-1998
Certified in CranioSacral Therapy 1 & 2 and SomatoEmotional Release 1 & 2
National Holistic Institute, Emeryville, CA, 1991
Certified Massage Therapist & Health Educator (600 hours)
National Outdoor Leadership School, Sedro Wooley, WA, 1990
Outdoor Educator training program
Institute of Psycho-Structural Balancing, San Diego, CA, 1987
Certified Massage Technician (120 hours)
Partnering the Possible with Dawna Markova, Madison, WI, 1985-1990
Studied body awareness/movement, perceptual learning styles, interpersonal interaction & healing personal history.
Edgewood College, Madison, WI, 1983-1985
Certificate to teach Learning Disabilities Grades K-8
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 1976-1977, 1980-1982
Bachelor of Science - Education. Major: Studies in Behavioral Disabilities. Certificate to teach Mental Retardation Grades K-12, Emotional Disturbance Grades K-8. Graduated with Distinction.
Bodywork Experience
Private Practice, Orinda and Berkeley, CA, 1996-present
Massage/Bodywork, Yoga instruction, SE & somatic/health education for injuries, MVA’s, impact trauma, early childhood trauma, sexual assault, medical/surgical trauma and other health issues.
Prins Chiropractic, Albany, CA 1995-99
Massage/Bodywork for MVA’s, impact trauma, and work related injuries.
In Line Chiropractic, Oakland, CA, 1992-2018
Massage/Bodywork/SE for sports injuries, MVA’s, concussions, impact trauma, and work related injuries.
Berkeley YMCA, Berkeley, CA, 1991-1995
Massage, Shiatsu, PNF Stretching, Reflexology.
Teaching Experience
Park Boulevard Yoga Center, Oakland, CA, 1996-1998
Iyengar & Bodymind Centering influenced yoga classes.
Marquette Middle School, Madison, WI, 1988-1990
Grades 6/7: Special Education- Emotionally Disturbed/Learning Disabled self-contained/integrated classroom.
Lincoln Elementary School, Monroe, WI, 1983-1988
Grades 5/6: Special Education- Emotionally Disturbed/Learning Disabled self-contained/integrated classroom.
Assisting/Organizing Experience
Kashmirian Yoga & Meditation, Berkeley/Bolinas/Cazadero, CA, 2009-2013
Organized 3 day non residential and 5 day residential retreats at Rudramandir, Empty Gate Zen Center, Commonweal & Black Mountain Retreat Center for my spiritual teachers Nathalie Delay & Daniel Odier to teach a mediation and movement practice from the Kaula and Pratabijna schools of Kashmiri Shaivism.
Piedmont Yoga Studio, Oakland, CA, 1997-1998
Assistant teacher for Rodney Yee’s yoga classes.
UW Madison & Marquette Middle School, Madison, WI, 1989-1990
Cooperating Teacher for UW-Madison Special Education Student Teachers’ field experience in a public school classroom.
"There is a voice that doesn't use words. Listen." - Rumi