NATURAL HEALTH SUMMARY

Concentration in the fields of nutrition, natural health, biomedical nutritional support for autism, fitness and weight loss. On-air radio personality with local radio station for more than five years. Teach proper and balanced nutrition, use and history of natural herbs, natural remedies and physical fitness. Utilize lifestyle health analysis, health histories, pH analysis and Iridology, Live/Dried blood cell analysis, saliva testing and hair analysis to gain insight and information on a client’s nutritional deficiency, pH imbalances as well as natural strengths and weaknesses throughout body systems. Practice Reiki, promoting healing in all living things on the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels.

NATURAL HEALTH EXPERIENCE

Our Special Garden, Owner 1999 - Current
Traditional Naturopath / Certified Nutritional Consultant / Counselor of Natural Health / Iridologist / Reiki Practitioner / Certified Personal Trainer

Teach clients through consultation and education how to obtain and maintain optimum health. Member of American Association of Nutritional Consultants.

• Teach the benefits of healthy eating habits, proper nutritional supplementation and exercise for healthy bodies.
• Guide clients to proper vitamins, minerals and herbs for nutritional supplementation.
• Use Live Blood Cell Analysis and Iris Analysis to assist clients in strengthening weakened body systems and cleansing congested systems with use of proper diet, supplementation and exercise.
• On-Air radio personality on local AM radio station. "Natural Health Today", promotes healthy living by following natural nutritional guidelines and through the use of natural herbs, supplements, exercise and pure water.
• Assist others in gaining knowledge needed to obtain and maintain optimum health and how to naturally prevent the onset of disease.

Applewood Chiropractic and Fitness Center, Personal Trainer/Instructor  2005-2006
Certified Personal Trainer / Yoga and Pilates Instructor

Performed fitness assessments on each new client ensuring that personalized workout would achieve desired goals and allowed for proper tracking of progress
Designed targeted and specific workout programs for individuals and guided them through their workouts within the fitness center
Taught yoga and pilates classes designed to target specific needs: balance, flexibility, abdominal health, weight loss, etc.
Balance for Wellness, Wellness Director/Physical Therapy Aide/Yoga and Pilates Instructor  2003-2005
Certified Nutritional Consultant / Counselor of Natural Health / Iridologist / Reiki Practitioner / Certified Personal Trainer 
Designed and tracked nutritional and natural health protocols.
Designed and implemented 12 week long group weight loss and fitness classes
Assisted physical therapy patients with their therapeutic exercises, ensuring that their progress was tracked and that doctor prescribed therapy goals were met 
Taught yoga and pilates classes

NATURAL HEALTH EDUCATION

Nature's Gift
Manitoba, Canada 2008
Certification in Integrated Blood Morphology, course focused on the dual implementations of Live and Dried Nutritional Blood Analysis

Trinity College of Natural Health
Warsaw, IN 2007
Doctor of Naturopathy (ND) Traditional Naturopath A naturopath is a teacher, educator, counselor of natural means for enhancing health, wellness and longevity.

National Council for Certified Personal Trainers, (N.C.C.P.T.)
Culver City, CA (class attended - Shadyside, PA) 2004
Certified Personal Trainer, Course focused on Basic exercise philosophy, Basic nutrition, Proper stretching techniques, Biomechanics of exercise

Reiki Training
Lorraine Fornoff, Usui Reiki Master, Pittsburgh, PA 2004
Level 1 and 2 Reiki Certifications

Enlightened Health - Integrated Nutritional/Medical Clinic
Pima, AZ (course held in Pittsburgh, PA) 2004
Clinical Microscopist - Live Blood Cell Technician concentration on high resolution live blood cell analysis and applied natural health and nutrition

Tree of Light
St. George, UT 2003-2004
Certified Iridologist (I) Practical Iridology focusing on constitutional strengths and weaknesses.

American Association of Nutritional Consultants
Warsaw, IN 2000-2002
Member of A.A.N.C. / Certified Nutritional Counselor. Concentrations in Natural Health, Applied Nutrition and Anatomy and Physiology.

School of Natural Health 2000-2002
Skiatook, OK
Counselor of Natural Health, Health and Nutrition, Learning the basics of Naturopathy, understanding how the body works and how to implement healthy life-styles to maintain optimum health.

Natural Health School 2001
Greensburg, PA
Herb Specialist, Concentrating on the body systems and methods for understanding how to use herbs effectively in activating, building and cleansing these systems. Teaching the most recent scientific studies on holistic healing and nutritional guidelines.

Iridology / Iris Analysis 2000
Greensburg, PA
Iridologist, Concentration on the traditional principles of and uses of Iridology with a strong emphasis in iris signs and their meanings.