Therapists

Massage Therapist

Irene F. Ortiz
Irene F. Ortiz is a Master Healer and is a licensed Massage Therapist in the state of Arizona of ten years. She attend the Desert Institute of Healing Arts, in Tucson AZ. She is always expanding her knowledge through continuing education by attending a variety of classes, and learning different modalities. She has had the privilege of studying with Dr. Fritz Smith, who is the founder of Zero Balancing. She is Zero Balancing Certified, and has been practicing for eight years. She is in the process of receiving her certification in Zero Balancing. Other modalities that are part of her healing work are, Reiki Master Teacher, Cranial Sacral. She has studied with Richard Utt, Applied Physiology, Accupressure.

Yoga Instrustor

Kathy Edds
Kathy Edds teaches Anusara Yoga classes at Rancho La Reforma on Saturdays at 12 pm to 1:30 pm (mixed levels). Anusara inspired classes are heart oriented, taught with universal principles of alignment, strength building, increases flexibility and fun. Classes are also taught in Tubac and Tucson, visit her website for more information. The class is for beginners and anyone that has practiced yoga. Options are given to make the practice easier or more challenging, all are welcome. Click on her underlined name above to visit her website, or go to www.kathyedds.com

Restorative Yoga & Somatic Movement for Horse and Human

Gloria Hester
Gloria Hester teaches Workshops at Rancho La Reforma about 4 times a year or private one on one sessions. Gloria has taught Yoga for 8 years, she is certified by White Lotus Foundation. Her Therapeutic Restorative Yoga supports poses to nurture and restore combined with Yogic wisdom, gentle movement to re-educate the nervous system. Gloria's workshops include Equine Hanna Somatics, which is a hands on method of assisting the horse in recognizing any forgotten patterns of movement that were previously accessible to him. Horses as well as humans over time, develop chronically contracted muscles ("sensory motor annesia"). This results in unconscious patterns of holding in the musculature. Through this work we are asking the horse or the human to sense this unconscious holding pattern and release it. The work is very subtle and requires mindfulness. It is her great privilege to bring this work to both horse and human. To learn more click above on her underlined name or visit www.gloriahesteryoga.com.

Sweat Lodge Leader

Mona Polacca
Mona Polacca is of Havasupai, Hopi and Tewa lineage and an enrolled member of the Colorado River Indian Tribes of Parker, AZ. She has served as a Treasurer and tribal council member of her tribe. She is in the Arizona State University School of Justice Studies Interdisciplinary Ph.D. program studying social justice issues related to public policy and legislation which, effect American Indian Tribes. Mona has over twenty years of practical experience working on health and social issues affecting American Indian tribes throughout the nation. She served as the field team leader for a research contract with the National Institute of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse at the University of Arizona. She also has established a publication and presentation record. She wrote a chapter entitled "Clinical Vignette: Mandatory Reporting, Domestic Violence in an American Indian Tribe" for Physicians Guide to Violence Against Women (2004). As well as other articles, "American Indian and Alaskan Native Elderly", and s second author of "Staying in Balance on the Fourth Hill of life: Mental Health and the Elderly Native American". In a collaborative project she developed and educational video and training manual titled, "Embracing the Rainbow: Staying in Balance on the Fourth Hill of Life" which addressed mental health and aging issues of the American Indian. In 1996, the video was recognized with an award for "quality and effectiveness" by the Aging Society of America. Mona is currently employed by the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc. as a Health Program Specialist working on behalf of the Native American Indian Tribes in Arizona. She is also a founding member of the International Council of the Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers, an organization that promotes world peace and the preservation of indigenous earth based medicine. She is a member of the Native American Church and relies on the teachings of her elders as a strength perspective in walking the Red Road of life.