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Peggi’s therapeutic Mind Bodywork practice focuses on health awareness and how to move beyond chronic pain. She also specializes in rehabilitation whether from sport injuries, surgeries or moving through repetitive motion injuries, emotional concerns, developmental brain injuries and neurological issues as well as palliative care. She has been cultivating many aspects of Mind Body therapy over the past twelve years. Her specialized modalities include The Feldenkrais Method® of somatic movement reeducation , Integrative massage including Swedish, Sport and Deep Tissue (DT), CranioSacral (CST), Lymph Drainage (LDT), Positional Release (PRT), Prenatal massage and Essential Oil Therapies. Peggi is also a registered, certified Hypnotherapist and Master Practitioner of NeuroLinguistic Programming (NLP). She sees clients weekdays and weekends and teaches Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement ® classes at several locations throughout the Maryland and D.C. region.
Peggi is a Feldenkrais Guild Certified Practitioner of North America (GCFP), board certificated and registered with the American Board of Hypnotherapy, and is National (NCBTMB) and Maryland State certified and licensed in therapeutic bodywork and maintains her CPR and First Aid certifications. Trained with the Upledger Institute for CranioSacral and Lymph Drainage therapies, she is a member of the Feldenkrais Guild of North America (FGNA), International Alliance of Healthcare Practitioners, the American Massage Therapy Association, the Alumni Association of Potomac Massage Training Institute. She has also been published by MPA Media & AMTA for her work in treating sciatic pain. |
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 Licensed Massage Therapist (LMT)
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| Nat # 507155-06, State MO3335, AMTA #190323 |
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Graduate of the Professional Massage Therapy Program, Potomac Massage Training Institute
Additional training includes: Anatomy & Physiology; Mini Med at Georgetown University; Dissection of Shoulder, David Kent (2006); CranioSacral Therapy with Upledger Institute (2004); Lymph Drainage Therapy with Upledger Institute (2006); Massage for Stroke patient, Harold Packman (2006); Strain-Counterstrain Therapy with private instructor, Sherry Hunter, LMT, RYT (2005 -2007); Essential Oil Therapy Workshop with Riley Associates (2004); current CPR, First Aid, and extensive continuing education coursework, Laban Movement Anatomy assistant teacher, Laban Institute, NYC 2011
Current training in Feldenkrais Guild Certification Program, end of year 3 of 4 year program with David Zemach-Bersin (FPTPBalto3)
Feldenkrais Workshops: Donna Blank, (2006-2009) Alan Questel on Reversibility (2007) and guest in his 4th year certification program Santa Fe, NM
Mentorship under Donna Blank, MS, CMA, GCFP/GCFT (2005 – present)
Masters of Music Degree in Performance, Catholic University of America.
Bachelor of Music Degree, Catholic University of America |
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I have always followed my passions and “heart’s desires” in life. I find that at least if I love what I do, then the difficult times are not so hard to endure because, after all, I choose this path, and get to fulfill my heart’s desires.
My first passion was music, classical vocal performance. I went off to conservatory and graduated with Bachelors and Masters in Music, and for eighteen years pursued an operatic career. Due to life style choices I left this career and created my cottage industry chef and event planning company called Peggi’s Feast. This was another one of my passions in life. During the first fifteen years of running Peggi’s Feast I continued my pursuit in Mind/Body healing and became a certified and registered Hypnotherapist and Masterpractitioner of NeuroLinguistic Programming (NLP). I integrated my talents into rapport building skills to make a win win situation for both my clients and myself. I was also seeing clients privately to address how to efficiently change learned behaviors. After fifteen years of working eighty to one hundred hours a week in catering, I became aware of how limited my physical flexibility had become. The pain at first seemed the result of a sport injury but I came to realize that my habitual patterns and limited range of motion had finally gotten the best of me. I continued to seek ways to heal myself and through lots of trials and tribulations I came to therapeutic Mind Body approaches.
I have always been focused on the healing process, discovering how to have optimal balance in the pursuit of a happy and healthy life. It was time for me to further my path in this direction. I returned to school in order to pursue a degree in Therapeutic Massage Therapy. Together with the Feldenkrais (R) Method, Yoga therapy, Positional Release Therapy and Thai Massage, I moved beyond chronic pain. My continuing passion and new career in therapeutic mind bodywork is a culmination of self-introspection and a life long heart’s passion in holistic approaches to awareness and self-healing, empowerment and balance. |
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| Check, cash & in Rockville location only, accepting major credit cards |
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| Flexible week & weekend, no nights |
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| $100 hour, $135 for 1 1/2 hr, $180 for 2 hrs |
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Massage Therapy
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Aromatherapy
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Bodywork
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COVID-19-Related Issues
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Craniosacral Therapy
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Deep Tissue Massage
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Geriatric Massage
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Manual Lymph Drainage
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Medical Massage
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Myofascial Release
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Online / Video / Teletherapy
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Orthopedic Massage
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Positional Release Therapy
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Pregnancy Massage
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Seniors and Elder Care
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Sports Massage
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Swedish Massage
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Trager Approach / Movement Reeducation
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